Our PhD Alumni

At the School of Management and Labor Relations, we believe our graduates are our most powerful recommendation and we are proud to be judged by their success.

We are pleased to introduce our alumni.

• Barnes, Jane, PhD 2004, Assistant Professor, Meredith College

  

  BarnesJ@meredith.edu | website

  Research interests: Top management teams and firm performance, woman and leadership, small business, motivation and employee development .

  Sample publication: “Recipe for success: The blending of two diverse food service cultures into a successful collaboration,” Journal of Foodservice Business Research, 2006, 9(2/3): 111–126. By J.E. Barnes and S. Fisher.

   

• Boris Bielski, Monica, PhD 2005, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

  

  mbielski@illinois.edu | website

  Research interests: union renewal, labor-community coalitions, union membership diversity and role of central labor bodies.

  Sample Publication: “Identity at Work: U.S. Labor Union Policies to Address Sexual Diversity Through Policy and Practice” forthcoming in Advances in Industrial Relations. By Monica Bielski Boris.

   

• Chung, Yunhyung, PhD 2008, Assistant Professor, University of Idaho 

  

  Department of Business and Economics
  University of Idaho
  yunchung@uidaho.edu
  Research interests: diversity, social networks, training and development

   

• Colakoglu, Saba, PhD 2009, Assistant Professor, Berry College 

  

  Campbell School of Business
  Berry College
  scolakoglu@berry.edu

  Research interests: Broad research interest in the strategic management of human resources in a global context. Specific focus on staffing, knowledge management, and expatriate assignment management in multinational corporations.

  Sample publication: “Cultural distance, expatriate staffing, and subsidiary performance: The case of U.S. subsidiaries of multinational corporations.” International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2008, 2: 223–239. By Colakoglu, S., & Caligiuri, P.M

• Erhardt, Niclas, PhD 2008, Assistant Professor, University of Maine  

  

  Niclas.Erhardt@Maine.edu  | website

  Research interests: team-based knowledge work, workplace diversity, Human Resource Management, outsourcing, and intra- and inter-firm collaboration.

   

  Sample publication: “From Bureaucratic Forms Towards Team-Based Knowledge Work Systems: Implications for Human Resource Management.”
  Forthcoming in a special issue on Organizational Learning in International Journal of Collaborative Enterprise (IJCent). By Erhardt, N. L. & Martin-Rios, C. & Way, S. A.
   

• Gasaway, James, PhD 2000, Manager, Total Rewards, Space Systems/Loral Corporation 

  Human Resources,Space Systems/Loral Corporation
  Gasaway.james@ssd.loral.com

  Research interests: Human capital management, reward systems.  

• Guo, Xuguang (Steve), PhD 2008, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater 

  

  Management Department
  University of Wisconsin–Whitewater
  guox@uww.edu

  Research interests: employee benefits and compensation.

  Sample publication: "Workers' Compensation: Recent Developments in Moral Hazard and Benefit Payments," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 62(2), 2010. Guo, Xuguang and John F. Burton Jr.

• Harden, Erika, PhD 2009, Parker-Hannifin Corporation  

  

  Learning and Organizational Effectiveness Department
  Parker-Hannifin Corporation
  erika.harden@parker.com

  Research interests: strategic human resource management (HRM), impact of HRM on organizational innovations, and the interaction between HRM and leadership.

  Sample publication: “Who Has a Better Idea? Innovation, Shared Capitalism, and HR Policies,” In D.L. Kruse, R.B. Freeman, & J.R. Blasi, (Eds), Shared Capitalism at Work: Employee Ownership, Profit and Gain Sharing, and Broad-Based Stock Options, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2010. By E.E. Harden, D. Kruse, & J. Blasi.

• Hempel, Paul, PhD 1994, Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong 

  

  mghempel@cityu.edu.hk | website
  Research interests: Global and strategic human resource management, management of knowledge and professional employees, performance management, technology in HRM.

  Sample publication: "Conflict Management Between and Within Teams for Developing Trusting Relationships in China", Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2009, 30, 41–65. By P.S. Hempel, Z.X. Zhang, and D. Tjosvold.

• Hong, Ying,PhD 2009, Assistant Professor, McMaster University 

  

  Research interests: strategic human resource management, service linkage, and leadership.
  yhong@mcmaster.ca | website

  Sample publication: “Do they see eye to eye? Management and employee perspectives of high-performance work systems and influence processes on service quality,” Journal of Applied Psychology, 94(2): 371–391. By Liao, Toya, Lepak, & Hong, 2009.

• Hyland, MaryAnne, PhD 1999, Associate Professor, Adelphi University 

  

  School of Business
  Adelphi University
  hyland@adelphi.edu | website

  Research interests: work-life balance, assurance of student learning.

  Sample Publication: "Measuring Work and Family Outcomes" in Handbook of Work and Family: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives and Approaches. 2006. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum. By Hyland, M.M. & Jackson, S. J.

• Jiang, Yuan, Assistant Professor, Indiana University–Purdue University at Fort Wayne 

  

  jiangy@ipfw.edu | website
  Research interests: Leading and managing collaborative processes and effectiveness, particularly in knowledge-intensive teamwork context; strategic human resource management; cross cultural management; multilevel theory and analysis.

  Sample publication: “Toward developing human resource management systems for knowledge-intensive teamwork.” In J.Martocchio (Ed.), Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management, Vol. 25, 2006, 27–70. By Jackson, S. E., Chuang, C., Harden, E. E., & Jiang, Y.

• Joshi, Aparna, PhD 2002, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

  

  aparnajo@uiuc.edu | website

  Research Interests: Work team diversity, gender issues at work, leadership and collaboration in global and distributed teams
  Sample publication: “The role of context in work team diversity research: A meta-analytic review,” Academy of Management Journal, 2009, 52: 599–628. By Joshi, A., & Roh, H.

   

• Kim, Haejin, PhD 2002, Assistant Professor, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea

  

  School of Business
  Sejong University, Seoul, Korea
  haejinkim@sejong.ac.kr | website

  Research interests: Women and work, employee involvement practices

  Sample publication: “The Korean Economic Crisis and Working Women,” Journal of Contemporary Asia. May 2007, 37(2): 190–208. By Haejin Kim and Paula Voos.

• Kroumova, Maya, PhD. 2000, Associate Professor, New York Institute of Technology

  

  School of Management
  New York Institute of Technology
  mkroumov@nyit.edu

  Research Interests: The effects of incentive compensation on employee motivation and company performance; the global diffusion of compensation and HRM practices.

   

• Lazarova, Mila, PhD 2004, Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University 

  

  Faculty of Business
  Simon Fraser University, Canada
  mbl@sfu.ca | website

  Research Interests: Expatriate management and repatriation, boundaryless and global careers, Work/life balance issues, comparative HRM

  Sample publication: “Boundaryless careers, social capital, and knowledge management: Implications for organizational performance,” Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30, 119–139 (2009). By Mila Lazarova and Sully Taylor.
   

• Mahony, Douglas, PhD 2001, Assistant Professor, Lehigh University

  

  Department of Management, Lehigh University
  dmm309@lehigh.edu | website

  Research interests: Alternative Dispute Resolution, participatory work systems, social networks.
   

   

   

• Martin-Rios, Carlos, PhD 2005, University Carolos III of Madrid

  

  Dept. of Management, University Carlos III of Madrid
  Visiting professor and Co-Director of Master in HRM
  cmrios@ing.uc3m.es | website

  Research interests: organizational control systems, knowledge work, and innovation.

  Sample publication: “Organizational knowledge transfer through human resource management: International diffusion of managerial performance management,” European Journal of International Management, 2008, 2(2): 170–191. By C. Martin-Rios & N. Erhardt.
   

• Michael, Boniface, PhD 2009, Assistant Professor, California State University, Sacramento

  

  California State University, Sacramento.
  michaeb@saclink.csus.edu | website

  Research interests: Collaborative enterprise, values, effecting value change and interest based negotiation.

  Sample Publication: “IBM’s Decade of Transformation: Uniting Vision and Values.” With Charles Heckscher, Lynda M. Applegate, Robert D. Austin and Elizabeth L. Collins. Harvard Business School Case N9-807-030, 2006.

   

• Pania, Daria, PhD 2002, Clinical Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University

  

  Department of Management
  Texas A&M University.

  Research interests: HRM in professional service firms; management of highly skilled, creative, and professional workforce

  Sample publication: “Electronic monitoring in the workplace.” In T. Torres-Coronas and M. Arias-Oliva (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Human Resources Information Systems: Challenges in e-HRM. Information Science Reference. Hershey, New York, 2009. By D. Panina.

• Park, Rhoekeun, PhD 2007, Assistant professor, Kwangwoon University  

  

  College of Business Administration
  Kwangwoon University
  rhokeun@kw.ac.kr

  Research interests: Group incentives, Employee involvement, Organizational behavior, Organizational strategy.
  Sample publication: “ Does Employee Ownership Enhance Firm Survival?” Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Self-managed Firms, 2004, Vol. 8: 3–33. By Rhokeun Park, Douglas Kruse, & James Sesil.

• Potosky, Denise,PhD 1996, Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University

  

  Management, Pennsylvania State University
  Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies
  dxp16@psu.edu | website

  Research Interests: Personnel selection and assessment (including technology-mediated assessment; test validity and adverse impact); applied measurement of individual characteristics and behaviors within changing organizational contexts; intercultural management, communication, and leadership.

  Sample publication: "A conceptual framework for the role of the administration medium in the personnel assessment process." Academy of Management Review, 2008, 33(3): 629–648. By Denise Potosky.

• Sharp, Elizabeth Douthitt, PhD 2001, Compensation Education Specialist, Stanford University

  

  lizd@stanford.edu

  Research interests: Leader Behaviors and Employee Effectiveness, Computer Performance Monitoring Practices, Procedural Justice, Social Facilitation, Workplace Privacy Issues.

  Sample publication: "The Role of Participation and Control in Effects of Computer Monitoring on Fairness Perceptions, Task Satisfaction, and Performance," Journal of Applied Psychology, 2001, 86 (5): 867–74. By E.A.Douthitt and J.R. Aiello.

• Schulz, Eric, PhD 2000, Associate Professor, Eastern Michigan University

  

  Department of Management
  Eastern Michigan University
  eric.schulz@emich.edu | website

  Research Interests: Employee Compensation and Task-Specific Human Capital and Pay

  Sample Publication: “Incremental Effectiveness of Two Key IT Recruitment Methods,” Journal of Managerial Issues, 2008. By Schulz, E. R., Camp, R., & Waltman , J.

   

• Tarique, Ibraiz, PhD 2005. Associate Professor, Lubin School of Business, Pace University, NY

  

  itarique@pace.edu

  Research Interests: Academic research focuses on global talent management with emphasis on recruiting and developing employees in domestic and international settings. Applied research focuses on HRM education and developing HRM professionals.  

  Sample publication: Tarique, I., & Schuler, R. (2010). Global talent management: Literature review,integrative framework, and suggestions for further research. Journal of World Business, 45:122-133.

   

• Varma, Arup,PhD 1996, Professor, Loyola University Chicago

  

  Loyola University Chicago
  avarma@luc.edu | website

  Research interests: Performance appraisal, expatriate management, HRM in India.

  Sample publication: Performance Management Systems: A Global Perspective. Global HRM Series, London: Routledge (2008), ISBN: 978-0-415-77177-1. Varma, A., Budhwar, P.S., & DeNisi, A (Eds.).
   

• Way, Sean, PhD 2005, Assistant Professor, Cornell University

  

  School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University
  saw234@cornell.edu | website

  Research interests: Current research focuses on a number of Strategic Human Resource Management topics, including the effects of HR systems, HR flexibility, climate, and internal marketing on the performance and effectiveness of organizations and their employees.

  Sample publication: “High performance work systems and intermediate indicators of firm performance within the U.S. small business sector,” Journal of Management, 2002, 28: 765–785. By Sean Way.
   

• Zigarelli, Michael, PhD 1994, Associate Professor, Messiah College

  

  Department of Management and Business
  Messiah College
  MZigarelli@messiah.edu | website

  Research interests: Management and Leadership from a Christian Perspective, Influence and Persuasion, Faith-Based Education.

  Sample publication: Management By Proverbs: Scriptural wisdom for superior results. Xulon Press, 2008 (2nd edition; 1st edition published by Moody Press: Chicago IL, 1999.)