Research & Areas of Expertise
By integrating high-impact research and experience-based education, our faculty add value to practice and theory. Our research extends managerial understandings, as faculty contribute to leading management journals, advise Fortune 500 leaders and innovative entrepreneurs, and share cutting-edge theory and tools in their course offerings.
Fall 2023
- Eli Awtrey, PhD, assistant professor of management, had his coauthored research paper, "Verdicts, Elections, and Counterterrorism: When Teams Take Unofficial Votes," published in Academy of Management Discoveries.
Spring 2023
- Joanna Campbell, PhD, department head and associate professor of management, coauthored a paper in the Journal of Management, "Hitting the “Grass Ceiling: Golfing CEOs, Exclusionary Schema, and Career Outcomes for Female Executives."
Summer 2022
- Marianne Lewis, PhD, dean and professor of management, cowrote a book titled “Both/And Thinking’: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems.”
Fall 2022
- Daniel Peat, PhD, assistant professor-educator, coauthored "Where do I belong? Conflicted identities and the paradox of simultaneous stigma and social aggrandizement of military veterans in organizations," which was published in The International Journal of Human Resource Management.
- Campbell, former PhD student Bina Ajay and two coauthors published "The Background on Executive Background: An Integrative Review" in the Journal of Management.
Research in Action
Finding AI's Place in the Executive Suite
Department Head and Professor of Management Joanna Campbell, PhD, laid the groundwork for the evolving role of AI in corporate governance at the 2024 European Academy of Management Conference with her keynote address “Towards a Holistic View of Corporate Governance.”
Campbell explored the evolving role of AI in corporate governance, highlighting its implications for decision-making, risk management, efficiency and more. The discussion centered the rise of “agentic technologies” that augment human agency in decision-making.
Key takeaways included the increasing pressure on corporate leaders to engage in social issues and the challenges of AI ethics, bias and oversight. Overall, the presentation raised critical questions about AI’s future in boardrooms, including the potential for AI-powered directors.
Research Highlights
Eli Awtrey
Eli Awtrey, PhD, assistant professor of management, discusses his coauthored research paper, "Verdicts, Elections, and Counterterrorism: When Teams Take Unofficial Votes," which was published in Academy of Management Discoveries.
Awtrey's research explores the implications of different voting methods for group decision-making, and how evidence suggests that multivoting may be a more effective way for groups to make decisions.