Faculty and doctoral students in the Department of Management at the University of Memphis are actively engaged in rigorous and relevant scientific research.  Our areas of research expertise include human resource management, organizational behavior, strategic management, international management, organizational development & change, and organizational research methods.  Below is an overview of our research programs along with examples of representative articles that we have published in premier scholarly journals in management.

Human Resource Management

Dr. David Allen studies HR management topics such as web-based employee recruitment, employee retention and turnover, newcomer socialization tactics, and HR technology.  Examples of his research publications:

• Allen, D.G., & Rhoades, L.S. (2013). Perceived organizational support and embeddedness as key mechanisms connecting socialization tactics to commitment and turnover among new employees. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 34, 350-369.
• Hancock, J.I., Allen, D.G., Bosco, F.A., McDaniel, K.R., & Pierce, C.A. (2013). Meta-analytic review of employee turnover as a predictor of firm performance. Journal of Management, 39, 573-603.
• Earnest, D.R., Allen, D.G., & Landis, R.L. (2011). Mechanisms linking realistic job previews with turnover: A meta-analytic path analysis. Personnel Psychology, 64, 865-897.
• Allen, D.G., Mahto, R., & Otondo, R.F. (2007). Web-based recruitment: Effects of information, organizational brand, and attitudes toward a Web site on applicant attraction. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 1696-1708.
• Allen, D.G. (2006). Do organizational socialization tactics influence newcomer embeddedness and turnover? Journal of Management, 32, 237-256.
• Allen, D.G., Weeks, K.P., & Moffitt, K.R. (2005). Turnover intentions and voluntary turnover: The moderating roles of self-monitoring, locus of control, proactive personality, and risk aversion. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90, 980-990.
• Allen, D.G., Van Scotter, J.R., & Otondo, R.F. (2004). Recruitment communication media: Impact on pre-hire outcomes. Personnel Psychology, 57, 143-171.
• Allen, D.G., Shore, L.M., & Griffeth, R.W. (2003). The role of perceived organizational support and supportive human resource practices in the turnover process. Journal of Management, 29, 99-118.
• Allen, D.G., & Griffeth, R.W. (2001). Test of a mediated performance-turnover relationship highlighting the moderating roles of visibility and reward contingency. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 1014-1021.
• Aquino, K., Griffeth, R.W., Allen, D.G., & Hom, P.W. (1997). An integration of justice constructs into the turnover process: Test of a referent cognitions model. Academy of Management Journal, 40, 1208-1227.

Dr. Chuck Pierce studies HR management topics such as workplace romance, sexual harassment in organizations, and test bias and discrimination in employee selection.  He also studies organizational research methods.  Examples of his research publications:

• Dalton, D.R., Aguinis, H., Dalton, C.M., Bosco, F.A., & Pierce, C.A. (2012). Revisiting the file drawer problem in meta-analysis: An assessment of published and non-published correlation matrices. Personnel Psychology, 65, 221-249.
• Aguinis, H., Dalton, D.R., Bosco, F.A., Pierce, C.A., & Dalton, C.M. (2011). Meta-analytic choices and judgment calls: Implications for theory development and testing, obtained effect sizes, and scholarly impact. Journal of Management, 37, 5-38.
• Aguinis, H., Culpepper, S.A., & Pierce, C.A. (2010). Revival of test bias research in preemployment testing. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95, 648-680.
• Pierce, C.A., & Aguinis, H. (2009). Moving beyond a legal-centric approach to managing workplace romances: Organizationally sensible recommendations for HR leaders. Human Resource Management, 48, 447-464.
• Aguinis, H., Sturman, M.C., & Pierce, C.A. (2008). Comparison of three meta-analytic procedures for estimating moderating effects of categorical variables. Organizational Research Methods, 11, 9-34.
• Aguinis, H., Beaty, J.C., Boik, R.J., & Pierce, C.A. (2005). Effect size and power in assessing moderating effects of categorical variables using multiple regression: A 30-year review. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90, 94-107.
• Pierce, C.A., Broberg, B.J., McClure, J.R., & Aguinis, H. (2004). Responding to sexual harassment complaints: Effects of a dissolved workplace romance on decision-making standards. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 95, 66-82.
• Pierce, C.A., Aguinis, H., & Adams, S.K.R. (2000). Effects of a dissolved workplace romance and rater characteristics on responses to a sexual harassment accusation. Academy of Management Journal, 43, 869-880.
• Aguinis, H., & Pierce, C.A. (1998). Testing moderator variable hypotheses meta-analytically. Journal of Management, 24, 577-592.
• Pierce, C.A., Byrne, D., & Aguinis, H. (1996). Attraction in organizations: A model of workplace romance. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 17, 5-32.

Organizational Behavior

Dr. Rabi Bhagat studies organizational behavior topics such as job stress, international management, and cross-cultural OB.  Examples of his research publications:

• Leung, K., Bhagat, R.S., Buchan, N.R., Erez, M., & Gibson, C.B. (2005). Culture and international business: Recent advances and their implications for future research. Journal of International Business Studies, 36, 357-378.
• Bhagat, R.S., Kedia, B.L., Harveston, P.D., & Triandis, H.C. (2002). Cultural variations in the cross-border transfer of organizational knowledge: An integrative framework. Academy of Management Review, 27, 204-221.
• Kedia, B.L., & Bhagat, R.S. (1988). Cultural constraints on transfer of technology across nations: Implications for research in international and comparative management. Academy of Management Review, 13, 559-571.
• Bhagat, R.S., McQuaid, S.J., Lindholm, H., & Segovis, J. (1985). Total life stress: A multimethod validation of the construct and its effects on organizationally valued outcomes and withdrawl behaviors. Journal of Applied Psychology, 70, 202-214.
• Bhagat, R.S. (1983). Effects of stressful life events on individual performance effectiveness and work adjustment processes within organizational settings: A research model. Academy of Management Review, 8, 660-671.
• Bhagat, R.S., & McQuaid, S.J. (1982). Role of subjective culture in organizations: A review and directions for future research. Journal of Applied Psychology, 67, 653-685.

Dr. Robert Renn studies organizational behavior topics such as work motivation, goal setting, work design, job performance, and self-management.  Examples of his research publications:

• Steinbauer, R., Renn, R.W., Taylor, R.R., & Njoroge, P.K. (in press). Ethical leadership and followers' moral judgment: The role of followers' perceived accountability and self-leadership. Journal of Business Ethics.
• Renn, R.W., Allen, D.G., & Huning, T. (2011). Empirical examination of the individual-level personality-based theory of self-management failure. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 32, 25-43.
• Renn, R.W., Allen, D.G., Fedor, D.B., & Davis, W.D. (2005). The roles of personality and self-defeating behaviors in self-management failure. Journal of Management, 31, 659-679.
• Fenner, G.H., & Renn, R.W. (2004). Technology-assisted supplemental work: Construct definition and a research framework. Human Resource Management, 43, 179-200.
• Renn, R.W., & Fedor, D.B. (2001). Development and field test of a feedback seeking, self-efficacy, and goal setting model of work performance. Journal of Management, 27, 563-583.
• Renn, R.W., & Vandenberg, R.J. (1995). The critical psychological states: An underrepresented component in job characteristics model research. Journal of Management, 21, 279-303.

Strategic Management

Dr. Frances Fabian studies strategic management, online communities, and entrepreneurship.  Examples of her research publications:

• Miller, K.D., Fabian, F., & Lin, S. (2009). Strategies for online communities. Strategic Management Journal, 30, 305-322.
• Fabian, F., Molina, H., & Labianca, G. (2009). Understanding decisions to internationalize by small and medium-sized firms located in an emerging market. Management International Review, 49, 537-563.
• Fabian, F. (2000). Keeping the tension: Pressures to keep the controversy in the management discipline. Academy of Management Review, 25, 350-371.

Dr. Robert Wiggins studies strategic management topics such as sustained competitive advantage, hypercompetition, and information systems.  Examples of his research publications:

• Wiggins, R.R., & Ruefli, T.W. (2005). Schumpeter's ghost: Is hypercompetition making the best of times shorter? Strategic Management Journal, 26, 887-911.
• Ruefli, T.W., & Wiggins, R.R. (2003). Industry, corporate, and segment effects and business performance: A non-parametric approach. Strategic Management Journal, 24, 861-879.
• Wiggins, R.R., & Ruefli, T.W. (2002). Sustained competitive advantage: Temporal dynamics and the incidence and persistence of superior economic performance. Organization Science, 13, 82-105.
• Wiggins, R.R., & Ruefli, T.W. (1995). Necessary conditions for the predictive validity of strategic groups: Analysis without reliance on clustering techniques. Academy of Management Journal, 38, 1635-1656.

Dr. Peter Wright studies strategic management topics such as corporate governance, agency theory, tournament theory, and the valuation of firm investments.  Examples of his research publications:

• Walters, B.A., Kroll, M., Wright, P. (2010). The impact of TMT board member control and environment on post- IPO performance. Academy of Management Journal, 53, 572-595.

• Kroll, M., Walters, B.A., & Wright, P. (2008). Board vigilance, director experience, and corporate outcomes. Strategic Management Journal, 29, 363-382.

• Wright, P., Kroll, M., Krug, J., & Pettus, M. (2007). Influences of top management team incentives on firm risk taking. Strategic Management Journal, 28, 81-89.

• Lado, A., Boyd, N., Wright, P., & Kroll, M. (2006). Paradox and theorizing within the resource-based view. Academy of Management Review, 31, 115-131.

• Elenkov, D., Judge, W., & Wright, P. (2005). Strategic leadership and executive innovation influence: An international multi-cluster comparative study. Strategic Management Journal, 26, 665-682.

• Wright, P., Kroll, M., & Elenkov, E. (2002). Acquisition returns, increase in firm size, and Chief Executive Officer compensation: The moderating role of monitoring. Academy of Management Journal, 45, 599-609.

• Wright, P., Kroll, M., Lado, A., & Van Ness, B. (2002). The structure of ownership and corporate acquisition strategies. Strategic Management Journal, 23, 41-53.

International Management

Dr. Ben Kedia studies international management topics including international business strategy and cultural & comparative management.  Examples of his research publications:

• Kedia, B.L., Gaffney, N., & Clampit, J. (in press). Role of knowledge in internationalization of multinationals from emerging economies. Management International Review.

• Lahiri, S.D., Kedia, B.L., & Mukherjee, D. (in press). Impact of management capability on the firm resource-performance linkage: Examining Indian outsourcing providers. Journal of World Business.

• Kedia, B.L., & Mukherjee, D. (2009). Understanding offshoring: A research framework based on disintegration, location and externalization advantages. Journal of World Business, 44, 250-261.

• Perez-Nordtvedt, L., Payne, G.T., Short, J.C., & Kedia, B.L. (2008). An entrainment-based model of temporal organizational fit, misfit, and performance. Organization Science, 19, 785-801.

• Perez-Nordtvedt, L., Kedia, B.L., Datta, D.K., & Rasheed, A.A. (2008). Effectiveness and efficiency of cross-border knowledge transfer: An empirical examination. Journal of Management Studies, 45, 714-744.

• Danskin, P., Dibrell, C., & Kedia, B.L. (2005). The evolving role of cooperation among multinational corporations and indigenous organizations in transition economies: A migration away from confrontation. Journal of World Business, 40, 223-234.

• Bhagat, R.S., Kedia, B.L., Harveston, P.D., & Triandis, H.C. (2002). Cultural variations in the cross-border transfer of organizational knowledge: An integrative framework. Academy of Management Review, 27, 204-221.

• Kedia, B.L., & Mukherji, A. (1999). Global managers: Developing a mindset for global competitiveness. Journal of World Business, 34, 230-251.

• Kedia, B.L., & Harveston, P.D. (1999). Transformation of MBA programs: Meeting the challenge of international competition. Journal of World Business, 33, 203-217.

• Kedia, B.L., & Bhagat, R.S. (1988). Cultural constraints on transfer of technology across nations: Implications for research in international and comparative management. Academy of Management Review, 13, 559-571.

Organizational Development & Change

Dr. John Amis studies organizational development & change, institutional theory, and strategy-as-practice. He also studies organizational research methods.  Examples of his research publications:

• Gondo, M., & Amis, J.M. (2013). Variations in practice adoption: The roles of conscious reflection and discourse. Academy of Management Review, 38, 229-247.
• Amis, J.M., Wright, P.M., Dyson, B., Vardaman, J.M., & Ferry, H. (2012). Implementing childhood obesity policy in a new educational environment: The cases of Mississippi and Tennessee. American Journal of Public Health, 102, 1406-1413.
• Vardaman, J.V., Amis, J.M., Dyson, B.P., Wright, P.M., & Van de Graaff Randolph, R. (2012). Interpreting change as controllable: The role of network centrality and and self-efficacy. Human Relations, 65, 835-859.
• Amis, J.M., & Silk, M.L. (2008). The philosophy and politics of quality in qualitative organizational research. Organizational Research Methods, 11, 456-480.
• Amis, J., Slack, T., & Hinings, C.R. (2004). The pace, sequence, and linearity of radical change. Academy of Management Journal, 47, 15-39.