Current Professional Activities

• Graduate Faculty – Master of Organization Development Program
• Undergraduate Faculty – Human Resource Management Program
• Director of the Institute for Organizational Effectiveness
• Editor of Organization Development Journal
• Advisor for Student Chapter of Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

Education:

• Ph.D., Florida State University
• M.B.A. University of Central Florida
• B.A. University of Central Florida

Teaching Areas:

• Management
• Organization Development
• Human Resources

Research Interests:

• Motivation
• Organizational Development

Selected Past Work Experience

• V.P. International Cargo Airline, Central American Division
• Management Consultant
• Instructional Designer and Trainer

Selected Publications

• Multilevel performance probability: A meta-analytic integration of expectancy & self-efficacy. Perceptual and Motor Skills. (2001)
• Managing impressions with information:  A field study of organizational realities.  Journal of Applied Behavioral Science.  (2001)
• Program Commitment during times of change: A multi-study longitudinal field investigation. Personnel Psychology.  (2001).
• A DIET for action research: A problem and appreciative focused approach.  Organization Development Journal.  (2000)
• Team innovation and perceptions of consideration: What difference does diversity make?  Small Group Research.  30(6). 730-750. (1999)
• A lexicon for organizational change:  Examining the use of language in popular, practitioner, and scholar periodicals. Journal of Applied Business Research. 15(4).  81-94. (1999)
• Whole system predictive modeling: An integrated approach to designing an effective high-performing organization. Organization Development Journal. 16(4). 43-56.  (1998)
• Massage therapy as a workplace intervention for reduction of stress.  Perceptual and Motor Skills.  84, 157-158.  (1997)
• The impact of reward interdependency on the synergogy model of cooperative performance:  Designing an effective team environment. Small Group Research  24(1).  101-115.  (1993)
• Investigating cultural differences in personal success:  Implications for designing effective reward systems.  International Journal of Value Based Management.  6(2).  65-80. (1993)

Professional Affiliations

• Academy of Management
• Organization Development Institute
• Organization Development Network
• Society for Human Resource Management
• Registered Organization Development Consultant (RODC)