Department of Management


Department of Management
W. P. Carey School of Business
P.O. Box 874006
Tempe, AZ 85287-4006

Phone: 480-965-3431
Fax: 480-965-8314
E-mail: wpcareymgt@asu.edu


The Spirit of Enterprise Center
W. P. Carey School of Business
P.O. Box 874006
Tempe, AZ 85287-4006

Phone: 480-965-0474
Fax: 480-727-6185
E-mail: spiritofenterprise@asu.edu


Alumni News

  • Aimee Ellis (PhD ASU, 2008) is a finalist for the prestigious 2009 Academy of Management Newman Award, given to the best Academy paper based on a dissertation. Aimee's dissertation was entitled "The impact of corporate social responsibility on employee attitudes and behaviors” and the AOM paper under consideration for the award is under the same title.


Ph.D. Alumni

Carlos Jesus Alsua
Vikas Anand
Joseph S. Anderson
Atira Brown Charles
Fanny Caranikas-Walker
James A. Carey
Mark Clark
Thomas Dalziel
Patricia Doyle Corner
Robert Delcampo
Samuel M. DeMarie
Aimee Ellis
Mel Fugate
Debora J. Gilliard
Sanjay Goel
Steve Gove
Loren Timothy Gustafson
Spencer Harrison
Katalin Haynes
Kathryn Jacobson
Scott Johnson
Carla Jones
Heechun Kim
Glen Kreiner
Chris Lockwood

Marianna Makri
Lynne McClure
Fran McKee-Ryan
Janice S. Miller
John Millikin
Chris P. Neck
Sushil Nifadkar
Timothy B. Palmer
Seemantini Pathak

Molly Pepper
Gregory E. Prussia
Christine Scheck
David Sirmon
Christine Shropshire

Paul Skilton

David Sluss

Greg L. Stewart

Cynthia Lee Sutton
Selvarajan Thirumalai-T
Charles O. Tustin
Kimberly J. Wade
Nathan Washburn
Mindy Sue West
Robert White
Josh Wu

2009

Atira Brown Charles

  • Florida State University
  • Dissertation:  An Examination of the Feedback Seeking Behaviors of Black and Hispanic Employees   May 2009

Spencer Harrison

  • Boston College
  • Dissertation:  Curiosity in Organizations   May 2009

  Kathryn Jacobson

  • University of New Mexico
  • Dissertation:  Contextual and Individual Predictors of Counterproductive Work Behaviors    May 2009

  Carla Jones

  • University of Houston
  • Dissertation:  The Effects of CEO and Top Management Team Heterogeneity on Competitive Aggressiveness   May 2009

Sushil Nifadkar

2008

Aimee Ellis

  • Ithaca College
  • Dissertation:  The impact of corporate social responsibility on employee attitudes and behaviors August 2008

Heechun Kim

  • Wayne State University
  • Dissertation: Three essays on international diversification of firms in an emerging economy:  Entry and exit decisions  May 2008 

Christine Shropshire

  • University of Georgia
  • Dissertation: Interlocking directors, interlocked firms and the diffusion of strategy  May 2008

Robert White

  • Iowa State University
  • Dissertation:  Toward a more robust theory of agency:  Three corporate governance essays   August 2008

2007

Katalin Haynes

  • Texas A & M
  • Dissertation: Corporate Governance, Formal and Informal Institutions and Strategic Outcomes, August 2007

Seemantini Pathak

  • University of Houston
  • Dissertation: Compensation Risk Borne by Chief Executive Officers After Refocusing: The Impact of Divestment Intensity, R&D Intensity, and Board Composition, December 2007

Nathan Washburn

  • Thunderbird
  • Dissertation: Firm Performance in Strategic Management Research, May 2007
2006

David Sluss

Josh Wu

  • University of Miami
  • Dissertation: Efficacy perceptions in teams: Implications for leadership and team effectiveness, December 2006
2005

Thomas Dalziel

  • University of Cincinnati
  • Dissertation: The Influence of Boards and Top Management Teams on Corporate Entrepreneurship, December 2005
2004

Robert DelCampo

  • University of New Mexico
  • Dissertation: Dissertation: Influences on and determinants of psychological contract evaluation in Hispanic business professionals, May 2004

Steve Gove

  • Virginia Tech
  • Dissertation: The effect of social identification on director involvement in governance roles, May 2004

Molly Pepper

  • Gonzaga University
  • Dissertation: Boundaryless mentors: Gender differences in the use of computer-mediated communication to receive mentoring, May 2004

David Sirmon

  • Texas A&M
  • Dissertation: Relative resource weaknesses and strategy: Exploring the performance effects of resource portfolios, May 2004
2003

Marianna Makri

  • University of Miami
  • Dissertation: A knowledge-based approach to predicting innovation outcomes of high-technology mergers and acquisitions, May 2003
2002

Carlos Jesus Alsua

  • University of Alaska
  • Dissertation: Goals that empower:  The impact of learning and performance orientation practices on psychological empowerment, December 2002

Scott A Johnson

Fran McKee-Ryan

2001

Mark A. Clark

Mel Fugate

Glen Kreiner

  • Penn State University
  • Dissertation: On the edge of identity: boundary conflict and workplace fit, December 2001
2000

Selvarajan Thirumalai-T

Mindy Sue West

1999

Vikas Anand

  • University of Arkansas
  • Dissertation:  Using an organizational memory framework to study the effect of organizational knowledge, August 1999 

Paul Skilton

1997

James A. Carey

  • Dissertation: Factors affecting the influence of liking on observation and evaluation accuracy in performance appraisal, May 1997
1996

Kimberly J. Wade

  • Washington State University
  • Dissertation: The effect of schema consistency and purpose of appraisal on rater accuracy and search behaviors, May 1996
1995

Samuel M. DeMarie

  • Iowa State University
  • Dissertation: Strategic issue interpretation and organizational action:  an investigation of organizations downsizing, August 1995

Sanjay Goel

  • University of Minnesota, Duluth
  • Dissertation: The Role of Managerial Risk Propensities and Corporate Governance Structure on firm Strategic Performance, December 1995

Loren Timothy Gustafson

  • Dissertation: The structure and content of organizational identity in hypercompetitive environments, December 1995

Janice S. Miller

1994

Fanny Caranikas-Walker

  • Dissertation: Liking and Performance Appraisal: The Explanatory Value of Schemas and Attributions, December 1994

John Millikin

Timothy B. Palmer

1993

Joseph S. Anderson

  • Northern Arizona University 
  • Dissertation: The role of outplacement service participation in job search outcomes among white-collar unemployed, May 1993 

Patricia Doyle Corner

Debora J. Gilliard

Chris P. Neck

  • Arizona State University
  • Dissertation: Thought self-leadership: the impact of mental strategies training on employee cognitions, behaviors, and emotions, May 1993

Gregory E. Prussia

  • Seattle University
  • Dissertation: A motivational investigation of group effectiveness using social cognitive theory, December 1993

Greg L. Stewart

  • University of Iowa
  • Dissertation: Self-regulation and the "Big Five" personality traits as determinants of employee empowerment behavior, August 1993

Cynthia Lee Sutton

1992

Charles O. Tustin

  • Fort Lewis College (Emeritus) 
  • Dissertation: The operationalization of service quality using dimensions and expectation/perception gap analysis, August 1992 

1991

Chris Lockwood

  • Northern Arizona University 
  • Dissertation: Strategic control and cross-level intended strategies:  A human resource function investigation, August 1991 

1988

Christine Scheck

  • Management Consultant 
  • Dissertation: Individual reaction to work and nonwork stressors:  a process model of stress, December 1988 
1985

Lynne McClure

  • McClure & Associates
  • Dissertation: Leaders' responses as functions of reciprocal determinism: A comparison between male and female leaders, December 1985