Resume

Education:

  • 1973 D.B.A., Mississippi State University, Department of Management. Major: Management. Minors (written comprehensive examinations and courses taken in each area): Economics, Marketing, and Business Statistics and Data Processing.
  • 1968 M.B.A., University of Memphis, Department of Management. Major: Management.
  • 1967 B.B.A., University of Iowa, Department of Business Administration. Major: Management and Industrial Relations.

Professional Experience:

  • 2015-Present Boyd Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA.
  • 1996-2015 Boyd Professor, Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA.
    A Boyd Professorship is the highest professorial rank awarded by the University.
  • 1985-2015 Ralph and Kacoo Olinde Distinguished Professor of Management, Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA. Duties included teaching Research Methods in Management, Understanding Behavior in Organizations, Development of Management Thought, Human Behavior in Organizations, and Principles of Management.
  • 1988-1997 Chairman, Department of Management, Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA.
  • 1987-1992 Adjunct Faculty Member, Industrial-Organizational Psychology Program (Ph.D.), Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA.
  • 1990-1991 Graduate Advisor, Department of Management, Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA.
  • 1981-1985 Edward L. Lowder Professor of Management, Department of Management, Auburn University, Auburn, AL. Duties included teaching courses in Organization Theory and Principles of Management.
  • 1977-1985 Psychology Adjunct Faculty Member, Industrial-Organizational Psychology Program (Ph.D.), Department of Psychology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL. Duties included teaching Research in Special Topics.
  • 1977-1981 Associate Professor, Department of Management, Auburn University, Auburn, AL. Duties included teaching courses in Organization Theory, Organizational Behavior, Principles of Management, and Motivation and Work Behavior.
  • 1974-1977 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Auburn University, Auburn, AL. Duties included teaching courses in Organization Theory, Organizational Behavior, Principles of Management, and Business Policy.
  • 1975-1976 Acting Director, Office of Research, School of Business, Auburn University, Auburn, AL. Duties included maintaining an administrative framework for research projects and serving as a liaison between funding sources and individual faculty members.
  • 1973-1974 Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Management, Overseas Graduate Program, Boston University, Boston, MA. Duties included teaching Business Policy and Organization Theory.
  • 1971-1973 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA. Duties included teaching courses in Business Policy, Human Relations, History and Philosophy of Management, and Principles of Management.
  • 1969-1971 Instructor, Department of Management, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS. Duties included teaching Principles of Management and Advanced Management Theory.
  • 1969-1971 Head Resident, Evans Hall, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS. Duties included short-range planning, policy administration, and student counseling.
  • 1969 Research Assistant, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Mississippi State University, MS. Duties included conducting short-term research contracts, including data collection and analyses and report writing.
  • 1968 Job Analyst, Personnel Department, Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division, City of Memphis, TN. Duties included investigation, preparation, and presentation of job descriptions for wage and salary determination.
  • 1968-1974 Special Agent, U.S. Army Counterintelligence (USAR). Honorable Discharge.
  • 1967-1968 Graduate Assistant, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN. Duties included assisting in the teaching of courses in the Department of Management.

Professional Affiliations:

  • Academy of Management (Life Member) - Elected a Fellow in 1979
  • American Psychological Association - Elected a Fellow in 2010
  • Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology - Elected a Fellow in 2010
  • Association for Psychological Science - Elected a Fellow in 2010
  • International Academy of Management - Elected a Fellow in 1992
  • Southern Management Association - Appointed a Founding Fellow in 1994
  • PastPrezNet – Academy of Management
  • Society of Organizational Behavior - Elected 2006
  • Society for the History of Psychology - Inducted 2006
  • Armenian Behavioral Science Association
  • Phi Kappa Phi (Honor Society)
  • Beta Gamma Sigma (Honorary Business Fraternity)
  • Delta Mu Delta (Honorary Business Fraternity)
  • Sigma Iota Epsilon (Honorary Business Fraternity)
  • Alpha Kappa Psi (Business Fraternity)

 

Professional Offices, Committee Memberships and Other Service:

  • Academy of Management: President, 1988-89.
  • Chair, Board of Governors, 1988-89.
  • Academy of Management Distinguished Educator Award, 2016.
  • Charter Member, Academy of Management’s Journals Hall of Fame, 2000.
  • Academy of Management Distinguished Service Award, 2000.
  • Member, Editorial Review Boards, Academy of Management Learning & Education, 2004-07, 2008-11, 2011-14.
  • Academy of Management Learning & Education Editorial Board Service Excellence Award, 2006.
  • Member, Board of Governors, 1989-90.
  • Member, Blue Ribbon Panel on Leadership in Management Education for the 21st Century, 1997.
  • Member, Educator/Service Awards Committee, 1989-90, 1990-91 (Chair), 1991-92, 2005-2006.
  • Liaison, Foundation for Administrative Research, 1989-90.
  • Member, AMJ/AME Editors-Designate Search Committee, 1989-90.
  • President-Elect and Coordinator of Professional Divisions, 1987-88.
  • Vice President and Program Chairperson, 1986-87.
  • Member, Budget Committee, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89 (Chair), 1989-90.
  • Member, Nominating Committee, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90 (Chair).
  • Chairperson, Foundation for Administrative Research/Board of Governors Committee, 1987-88, 1988-89.
  • Member, Secretary/Treasurer & Business Manager Search Committee, 1987-89.
  • Member, Academy of Management Executive Editor-Designate Search Committee, 1988-89.
  • Chairperson, Journal Printing and Production Task Force, 1987-88.
  • Member, Editorial Advisory and Review Board, Management Centennial Track Proceedings, 1984-86.
  • Member, Editorial Review Board, Academy of Management Review, 1977-78, 1979-81, 1982-84.
  • Chairperson, Awards Committee, 1981-84.
  • Representative-at-large, Board of Governors, 1979-81.
  • Member, Site Selection Committee, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1987-88 (Chair).
  • Member, Senior Scholars Committee, 1979-80, 1980-81.
  • Member, Business Community Relations Committee, 1979-80.
  • Member, Newsletter Editor Replacement Committee, 1980-81.
  • Member, Management Centennial Committee, 1980-86.
  • Archivist and Historian, 1977-80.
  • Editor, Newsletter, 1976-79.
  • Chairperson, Archives Committee, 1976-77, 1977-78.
  • Member, Professional Division Policy Committee, 1976-77, 1987-88 (Chair), 1988-89.
  • Associate Editor, Newsletter, 1975-76.
  • Associate Director, Placement, 1975.
  • Co-Editor, Proceedings, 1975.
  • Member, National Program Committee, 1974-75.

Academy of Management - Management History Division:

  • Ronald G. Greenwood Lifetime Achievement Award. Presented by the Management History Division of the Academy of Management for lifetime contributions to the study of management thought, 2002.
  • Chairperson, 1976-77.
  • Chairperson-elect, 1975-76.
  • Program Chairperson, 1974-75.
  • Founding Editor, The N-File Newsletter, 1973-74.
  • Member, Steering Committee, 1972-73.
  • Member, Resource Research Committee, 1971-72, 1972-73.
  • Member, Program Committee, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1993-94, 2003-04.
  • Coordinator, Inaugural Doctoral Consortium, 1984.
  • Chairperson, Nominating Committee, 1977-78, 1980-81 (Member).
  • Member, Executive Committee, 1977-78.
  • Member, Editorial Board, Working Paper Series, 1975-78.
  • Member, Richard M. Hodgetts Service Award Committee, 2003-04.

Academy of Management - Other:

  • Member, Human Resources Division Scholarly Achievement Award Committee, 2005.
  • Member, Executive Board, Sigma Iota Epsilon, 1988-89.
  • Member, Committee on History of Organizational Behavior, Organizational Behavior Division, 1983-86.
  • Member, Program Committee, Research Methods Interest Group, 1985-86.

Academy of Management - Fellows Group:

  • Dean, 1996-99.
  • Recording Secretary, 1990-93.
  • Member, Committee on Exceptional Candidates, 1989-91, 1991-92.
  • Member, Jubilee Committee, 1982-86.

Foundation for Administrative Research:

  • President, 1989-90.
  • Chair, Endowment Campaign Committee, 1989-90.
  • Member, Board of Directors, 1982-1984, 1984-1987, 1987-89, 1990-93.

Allied Southern Business Association:

  • President, 1982-83.
  • Member, Board of Governors, 1979-83.

Southern Management Association:

  • President, 1982-83.
  • Sustained Outstanding Service Award, 2004
  • Editor, Journal of Management, 1978-79.
  • Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Management, 1980-82, 1987-89, 2012-2014.
  • Faculty Member, Doctoral Student/New Faculty Consortium, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996.
  • Member, Doctoral Consortium Chair Nominating Committee, 1997
  • Member, Distinguished Paper Selection Committee, 1993.
  • Member, SMA Fellows Committee, 1988-89, 1990-92.
  • Member, Journal of Management, New Editor Search Committee, 1979-80 (Chair), 1982-83 (Chair), 1985-86.
  • Member, Paper Review Committee, Research Methods, Management Education, and Management History Track, 1994-95.
  • Member, Paper Review Committee, Policy and Strategic Management, Social Issues, and Entrepreneurship Track, 1985-86.
  • Member, Paper Review Committee, Organizational Behavior, Organization Theory, and Organizational Communication Track, 1984-86.
  • Member, Paper Review Committee, Organizational Behavior, Organization Theory, Organization Communication, Quality of Work Life Track, 1983-84.
  • Member, Board of Governors, 1975-77, 1977-79, 1979-84.
  • Chairperson, Nominations Committee, 1983-84.
  • Chairperson, Archives and History Committee, 1983-84.
  • Member, Paper Review Committee, 1982.
  • President-Elect, 1981-82.
  • Vice-President and Program Chairperson, 1980-81.
  • Member, Executive Committee, 1979-84.
  • Member, Publications and Research Committee, 1975-76, 1978-79, 1979-80.
  • Vice President-Elect, 1979-80.

Southern Management Association Fellows:

  • Member, Selection Committee, 2010-2011.
  • Member, New Dean Election Committee,2010-2011.

Society of Organizational Behaviour:

  • Member, Membership Selection Committee, 2010-2011.

Southerwest Division - Academy of Management:

  • Vice President for Research and Publication, 1986-87.
  • Editor, Proceedings, 1987.
  • Faculty Member, Doctoral Student/Young Professors Consortium, 1986, 1987, 1988.
  • Member, Distinguished Paper Selection Committee, 1986, 1988.
  • Member, Paper Review Committee, Organization and Management Theory Area, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1985-86.
  • Member, Paper Review Committee, Organizational Behavior Area, 1982-83.

Institute for Decision Sciences:

  • Member, Paper Review Committee, Organizational Theory and Policy Track, 1982.
  • Member, Paper Review Committee, Organizational Behavior Track, 1981.
  • Member, Publication Committee, 1979-81.
  • Member, Organizational Issues Sub-committee, 1979-80.
  • Member, National Council, 1976-77, 1978-79.
  • Member, National/Regional Committee, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79.

Southern Institute for Decision Sciences:

  • President, 1978-79.
  • Member, Advisory Council, 1980-81, 1981-82.
  • Member, Site Selection Committee, 1979-80.
  • President-elect, 1977-78.
  • Program Chairperson, 1976-77.
  • Co-editor, Proceedings, 1976, 1977.
  • Member, Program Committee, 1975-76.
  • Historian/Curator, 1974-75, 1975-76.
  • Vice President for Student Liaison, 1973-74.

Other:

  • Member, Editorial Board, Leadership Quarterly, 2011-14.
  • Member, Editorial Board, Organizational Research Methods, 2007-2010, 2011-2014.
  • Member, Editorial Review Board, Management & Organizational History, 2004-2014.
  • Member, Search Committee, Earl P. and Ethel B. Koerner Chair of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, A. B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, 2003-04.
  • External Reviewer, Innovation and Organization Change Program, National Science Foundation, 2000.
  • External Reviewer, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of Canada, National Academy of Sciences, 1996.
  • Subject Expert, Organizational Sciences, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Battelle Institute, Human Affairs Research Center, Seattle, WA, 1996.
  • Chairperson, J. William Fulbright Discipline Advisory Committee in Business Administration, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, 1993-95 (Member), 1994 (Chair), 1995 (Chair).
  • Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1994-98.
  • Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Leadership and Organization Studies, 1997- 2003.
  • Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship, 2000-2015.
  • Member, Consulting Editors' Board, Journal of Applied Psychology, 1994-96.
  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Focus on Management History Section, Management Decision, 2000-2002; 2003-2004.
  • Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Management History, 1994-1999; 2006-2011; 2012-Present.
  • Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Business Communication, 1992-95.
  • Series Editor, Management Laureates: A Collection of Autobiographical Essays. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science, 1990-2002.
  • Member, Editorial Board, Special Research Forum on Teaching Effectiveness in the Organizational Sciences, Academy of Management Journal, 1996.
  • Member, Junior/Senior Awards Committee, LSU Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, 1995-96.
  • Member, Editorial Board, Special Issue, "The Hawthorne Studies," International Journal of Public Administration, 1995.
  • Member, William Holmes McGuffey Award for Excellence and Longevity Selection Committee, Text and Academic Authors Association, 1994.
  • Member, Board of Directors, Junior Achievement of Greater Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA, 1992-94.
  • Chairperson, Education Committee, Junior Achievement of Greater Baton Rouge, LA, 1993-94.
  • Member, Editorial Review Board, Group & Organization Management, 1990-92.
  • Consulting Editor, Review of Business and Economic Research, 1980-87.
  • Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Library Administration, 1987-90.
  • Member, Editorial Review Board, Business Insights, 1984-87.
  • Member, Editorial Review Board, Southern Business and Economic Journal, 1986-87.
  • Member, Program Committee, Second World Congress on Management, International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management, 1993-94.
  • Reviewer, Foundation for Administrative Research/Planning Review "Best Paper in Corporate and Organizational Planning Competition," 1984, 1985, 1986.
  • External Grant Reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 1988.
  • Editorial Advisory Board, World Meetings: Social & Behavioral Sciences. Human Services & Management, 1976-80.
  • Ad Hoc Reviewer, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Executive, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Administrative Science Quarterly, Human Relations, Human Resource Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Management Inquiry, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Management Science, Organization, Organizational Research Methods, Organization Science, Perceptual and Motor Skills, Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Methods, Psychological Reports, Review of Business and Economic Research, Social Behavior and Personality.
  • Manuscript Reviewer, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, American Psychological Association, W. C. Brown Company Publishers, Dryden Press, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Oxford University Press, Sage Publications, South-Western Publishing Company, Transaction Books, University of Toronto Press, West Publishing Company, John Wiley & Sons.
  • Secretary, DBA Association, Mississippi State University, 1971-72.