Faculty & Staff

Jane V. Wheeler, Ph.D. Associate Professor Director of the Institute for Organizational Effectiveness Office: 3008B Business Administration Phone:  (419) 372-6064 Email:  jvwheel@cba.bgsu.edu Web Site: www.business.bgsu.edu/faculty_staff/wheeler

Education:

• Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1999.  Ph.D., Organizational Behavior
• Boston University, Boston, 1993.  MBA, Organizational Behavior & Management Policy
• Harvard University, Cambridge, 1990.  Certificate of Special Studies in Administration and Management
• Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, 1978.  BA, American Studies, Cum Laude, Student Leadership Award

Teaching Areas:

            EMOD -

• Advanced Organizational Theory And Behavior
• Consultation and Intervention
• Organizational Diagnostic Methods  

            MOD-            

• Consultation and Intervention
• Organizational Diagnostic Methods

            MBA -

• MBA Orientation - Team Building & Fundamentals of Organizations

            Undergraduate -

• Principles of Management

Research Interests:

• Adult development, leadership, groups and teams, self-directed change and learning, teaching effectiveness

Selected Publications:

Refereed Journals: 

• Bilimoria, D. & Wheeler, J. V. (1995). Learning-Centered Education: A Guide to Resources and Implementation. Journal of Management Education, 19(3), 409-428.
• Boyatzis, R. E., Leonard, D., Rhee, K., & Wheeler, J. V. (1996). Competencies Can be Developed, But Not in the Way We Thought. Capability,2(2), 25-41.
• Boyatzis, R. E., Murphy, A., & Wheeler, J. V.  (2000). Philosophies as the Missing Link Between Values and Behavior.  Psychological Reports, 86, 47-64.

            Book Chapters : 

• Bilimoria, D. & Wheeler, J. V. (2000).  Women Corporate Directors: Current Research and Future Directions. In M. J. Davidson & R. J. Burke (Eds.), Women in Management: Current Research Vol. II. London: Sage Publications. 

            Manuscripts under Review :

• Wheeler, J. V. & McLeod, P. L.  Expanding Our Teaching Effectiveness: Understanding Our Responses To "In-The-Moment" Classroom Events.  Submitted for journal review - (revise and resubmit - Journal of Management Education).
• Druskat, V. U. & Wheeler, J. V. Effective Leadership of Self-Managing Work Teams: Behaviors that Make a Difference. Submitted for journal review.
• Hudson, B. A., Wong-MingJi, D. J., & Wheeler, J. V.  Sailing With the Wind: Navigating the Chaotic Future of Employment with Strategic Career Management. Submitted for journal review.

            Conference Presentations : 

• Druskat, V. U. & Wheeler, J. V., Managing From The Boundary:  The Effective Leadership Of Self-Managing Work Teams.  Paper submitted to the 2001 Academy of Management Conference, Washington, D.C
• Wheeler, J. V. & Saunders, C.  Walking the Tight Rope with the Flying Wallendas: Managing the Multigenerational Workplace.  Presentation accepted for the 2001 Mid West Academy of Management Conference, Toledo, OH.
• Wheeler, J. V. The Time of Our Lives: Where We Work, Learn, and Play. 2000 Academy of Management Conference, Toronto.
• Wheeler, J. V. Is it the People We know, the Things We Do, or the Places We Go?  The Impact of Social Environments on Self-Directed Change and Learning. 1999 Academy of Management Conference, Chicago.
• Druskat, V. U. & Wheeler, J. V. Effective Leadership of Self-Managing Teams: Behaviors and Cognitions that Matter Most and the Contextual Issues that Support Them. 1998 Academy of Management Conference, San Diego.
• Bilimoria, D. & Wheeler, J. V. Women Directors: Directions for Future Research. 1995 Academy of Management Conference, Vancouver.
• Boyatzis, R. E., Wheeler, J. V., & Wright, R. P. Competency Development in Graduate Education: A Longitudinal Perspective. First World Conference on Self-Directed Learning, 1997, Montreal.

            Conference Workshops and Caucuses:

• Wheeler, J. V. & Darrow, A. L.  From New Age to Space Age:  Learning to Apply Eastern Philosophical Teachings to the 21^stCentury Organization.  Workshop submitted to the 2001 Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference
• Wheeler, J. V. & Darrow, A. L.  Deconstructing Organizational Development:  Understanding its Roots and Learning to Grow New Ones.  Best Practices in Leading Change Conference, Bowling Green State University.
• Wheeler, J. V. The Prism Effect Analogy: A New Way of Looking at Self-Directed Change and Learning, 2000 Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Carrollton, GA. 
• Wheeler, J. V. Wong-MingJi, D. J. Sailing in Stormy Seas: Strategizing for Future Careers, 2000 Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Carrollton, GA. 
• Wheeler, J. V. & McLeod, P. L.  Expanding Our Personal Borders: Increasing
• Effectiveness when Responding to "In-The-Moment" Classroom Events. 1999 Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Las Cruces, NM. 
• Wheeler, J. V. Re-Cultivating Homegrown MBA Courses: One Attempt at Globalizing Graduate
• Management Education. 1997 Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Cleveland.
• Blake, S.; Granrose, C. S.; Wheeler, J. V.; Murphy, A.Expanding Our Research Methodology: Strategies for Studying Race, Gender & Culture in Organizations. 1997 Academy of Management Conference, Boston.

Professional Affiliations:

            Membership

• Academy of Management
• Organizational Behavior Teaching Society

            Member                                                         

• MBA Curriculum Committee, Bowling Green State University
• Organizational Development Graduate Advisory Committee, Bowling Green State University

            Reviewer

• Journal of Management Education - on-going
• 2001 Academy Of Management - GDO Division 
• 1997 Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference

            Other

• 1995 Academy Of Management Conference, Organization Dimensions Of Global Change: No Limits To Cooperation,  Scholar Host
• 1994 International Conference On Experiential Learning, Steering Committee, Host/Facilitator

Other Information:

• 2000 College of Business Summer Research Award, College of Business Administration, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.   The Times of Our Lives: Where We Work, Learn, and Play.
• 2000 Instructional Improvement Grant, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green State University.  "Using Computer Software to Analyze Qualitative Data: Updating the MOD Syllabus".
• 1999 Walter F. Ulmer, Jr. Applied Research Award, the Center for Creative Leadership. Received for the paper - Druskat, V. U. & Wheeler, J. V. Effective Leadership of Self-Managing Work Teams: Behaviors that Make a Difference. 
• OB/ODC/OMT Doctoral Consortium Participant, 1997 Academy of Management, Boston, MA.

            Other Teaching Experience:

• Weatherhead School Of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland.  
• International Management Center, Budapest, Hungary

            Other Work Experience :

• Organizational Consultant, 2001 - 1992.  Clients have included: Alcoa, Roadway, Key Bank, Coca Cola,  Cleveland Public Schools, Merrill Lynch, Cleveland Children's Museum, Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral, and Emerson Press.
• NYNEX Corporation & AT&T, Boston, 1978 - 1992.
• While at NYNEX/AT&T positions included:
•              Staff Director-Human Resources & Budget Administration
•              Assistant Staff Manager-Personnel
•              Staff Manager-Small Business Branch
•              Account Executive-Industry Consultant
•              Account Executive
•              Market Administrator
•              Management Trainee
• While at NYNEX/AT&T honors included:
• Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, 1991
• Winners Circle Award, 1990, 1987
• Circle of Excellence Award, 1986
• Account Executive-Industry Consultant Certification, 1982
• Achievers Club, Northeast Region, 1981
• Top Performer, Commercial Division, 1979
• MORE Candidate, Commercial Division,1978