OBJECTIVES:

To research, teach, and serve in human resource management.

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. (1986)  University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa   GPA:  3.85

Major:  Human resource management    Minor:  Statistics

MBA (1981)  University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa   GPA:  3.75

BA (1979)  Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa   GPA:  3.97

Majors:  Political science and economics

CERTIFICATION:

SPHR (1994-present)  Senior Professional in Human Resources

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Department Chair, June 2007-present Boise State University, Boise, Idaho Managed management department, scheduled classes, revised general business, human resource management and entrepreneurship majors, introduced department awards program.

Professor of Management (tenured), August 1986-present Boise State University, Boise, Idaho Taught human resource management, compensation management, and employee and labor relations, researched human resource management, chaired committees, supervised internships, advised students.

Lecturer, March-April 1994 University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia Taught human resource management and organization behavior.

Lecturer, March 1993, Russian American School of Business Administration (RASBA) Executive MBA Certificate Program,    Blagoveshchensk, Amur Region, Russia Taught organization behavior and joint ventures.

Graduate Assistant, August 1981-July 1986 University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Taught administrative management, developed schedules, exams, and syllabi for nine teaching assistants, wrote course coordinator manual for administrative management, collected data, wrote literature reviews, advised State of Iowa Pay Equity Committee on Comparable Worth.

Employee Relations Intern, June-July 1983 Norand Corporation, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Wrote job descriptions, assisted in evaluating jobs, drafted job evaluation and analysis procedures.

Graduate Assistant, August 1979-May 1981 University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa Analyzed data, tutored students in statistics and quantitative methods in business, reviewed literature.

Management by Objectives Intern, June-November 1980 John Deere Tractor Works, Waterloo, Iowa Reviewed literature and participated in company Management By Objectives meetings.

 

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE:

Wrote employee handbooks or analyzed compensation and training programs for 381 organizations.

RESEARCH (321 papers):

 

By Format:

 

55 Journal Publications

17 Other Publications

62 Conference Proceedings

55 Conference Presentations

129 Book/Internet Reviews

3 Submissions

By Area:

 

89 HR Ethics

55 International HR (Baltic Emphasis)

51 Recruiting and Selection

50 Experiential Training (Live Case Emphasis)

18 Training Humor

20 Compensation (Job Evaluation Emphasis)

40 Other HR

 

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

Toward a taxonomy of negotiation gambits.  International Journal of Business and Public Administration.  Forthcoming 2010 (refereed).

Legal and ethical implications of corporate social networks. (with Susan Park),  Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, Forthcoming 2010, (refereed).

Development of the Baltic States’ Internet:  Use and Sophistication.  The Results of Statistical Scientific Research 2010, (Statistikas Zinatnisko Petijumu Rezultati 2010), Forthcoming 2010, (refereed).

Voluntary Domestic Partner Benefits in North Texas (with James Wanek and Malcolm Coco).  Voluntary Benefits Magazine.  Issue 14, June 2010, http://www.voluntarybenefitsmagazine.com/article-detail.php?issue=issue14&article=voluntary-domestic-partner-benefits-north-texas practitioner-oriented).

Maintenance of Latvian business language, culture, and community through heritage tourism and the Internet.  (with Nina Ray ad Andris Berzins), Global Business Languages, 2009, Vol. 14, pp. 55-72, (refereed).

HR service learning with non-profits.  (with Dusty Bodie).  Western Journal of Human Resource Management, Spring 2009, (refereed).

Social networking and longitudinal Web activity in the Baltic States. (Sabiedrisko Tiklu Veidosana Un Timekla Vietnu Darbiba Baltijas Valstis). The Results of Statistical Scientific Research 2009, (Statistikas Zinatnisko Petijumu Rezultati 2009), Summer 2009, pp. 61-74, (refereed).

HR professional perceptions of human resource information systems (with Malcolm Coco and James Wanek), International Journal of Business and Public Administration, Spring 2009, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 100-112, (refereed).

Live case options for human resource management classes.  (with Dusty Bodie),  Western Journal of Human Resource Management.  Fall 2008, http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/388849/d3ef72c2b657a3e92fd306fb3a75a903, (refereed).

Countervailing forces affecting Japanese telework behavior. (with Kengo Usui), Journal of Business & Leadership:  Research, Practice and Teaching,  2008, Vol. 4, No. 2, 60-67, (refereed).

Perceived work differences associated with the use of mobile versus wired technologies.  (with Malcolm Coco and John McIntosh), International Journal of Business and Public Administration, Spring 2008, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1-13, (refereed).

Blogs:  advantages, disadvantages and strategies for organizations.  (with Julie Burwell and Rosemary Spitzer).  SHRM White Paper, http://www.shrm.org/hrresources/whitepapers_published/CMS_025035.asp, December 2007, 9 pages, (refereed).

HR manager comparisons of mobile versus wired technologies. (with Malcolm Coco and John McIntosh), SAM Advanced Management Journal, Summer 2007, Vol. 72, No. 3, pp. 26-34, (refereed).

Development of business-oriented Websites in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. (Uz uznemejdarbibu orienteta timekla vietnu attistiba Latvija, Lietuva un Igaunija) Problems of Statistics and Management 2007, (Statistikas Un Parvaldes Problemas2007), Summer 2007, pp. 23-40, (refereed).

Wireless telecommuting implications for HR managers.  (with Malcolm Coco and John McIntosh), SHRM Whitepaper, http://www.shrm.org/hrresources/whitepapers_published/CMS_020285.asp, January 2007, 9 pages, (refereed).

Human resource professional ratings of successful managerial traits. (with Malcolm Coco and Loraine Salazar).  International Journal of Business and Public Administration, Fall 2006, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 89-101, (refereed).

Finding organizations for real world projects.  (with Dusty Bodie),  The Teaching Professor, October 2006, Vol. 20, No. 8, pp. 4-5.  Also included in the Audio Teaching Professor, http://www.magnapubs.com/issues/magnapubs_tp/, (practitioner-oriented).

Legal and ethical implications of employee location monitoring.  International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, (with Robert Minch), July-September 2006, Vol. 2, Issue 3, pp. 16-35, (refereed).  Reprinted in End-User Computing:  Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (4 Volumes), Edited by Steve Clarke, Reprinted February 2008, Chapter 6.10, pp. 1968-1985.  Reprinted in Information Security and Ethics:  Concepts, Metholologies, Tools, and Applications (6 Volumes), Edited by Hamid Nemati, September 2007, Managerial Impact Chapter.

Controlling executive pay through effective corporate governance. Academy of Management Perspectives, (Introduction with five book reviews), “Pay Without Performance:  The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation” (with Malcolm Coco), “Corporate Governance and Labour Management:  An International Comparison”, “Top Pay and Performance:  International and Strategic Approach” (with Elizabeth Guss), “In the Company of Owners:  The Truth About Stock Options and Why Every Employee Should Have Them” (with Terrence Bishop), “Whistleblowing:  When It Works and Why” (With Ann Pomeroy), August 2006, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 121-130, (refereed).

Recommended employee location monitoring policies.  (with Ann Burford and Julie Burwell), SHRM White Paper, http://www.shrm.org/hrresources/whitepapers_published/CMS_017971.asp, July 2006, 7 pages (refereed).

Extent and nature of workplace violence prevention programs in West Texas, (with Malcolm Coco and Joe Cope),  SAM Advanced Management Journal, Autumn 2005, Vol. 70, No. 4, pp. 35-42, (refereed).

Ethical considerations in workplace violence prevention monitoring (with Malcolm Coco and Joe Cope),  Ethics and Critical Thinking Quarterly Journal, June 15, 2005, Vol. 2005, Issue 2, pp. 36-46, (refereed).

Selecting faculty for Christian business colleges:  basic policies and the role of religious commitment. (with Malcolm Coco),  Global Education Journal, June 15, 2005, Volume 2005, Issue 2, pp. 49-68, (refereed).

Using popular game and reality show formats to review exams.  The Teaching Professor, January 2005, 1 page, (practitioner-oriented).

Status of e-commerce Websites in the Baltic States. (E-Komercijas Websites Statuss Baltijas Valstis).   Problems of Statistics and Management 2004 (Statistikas Un Parvaldes Problemas 2004), Summer 2004, pp. 171-186, (refereed).

Ethical perceptions of corporate policies associated with employee computer humor.  (with Malcolm Coco), Ethics and Critical Thinking Quarterly Journal, March 15, 2004, Volume 2004, Issue 1, pp. 16-35, (refereed).

Business faculty opinions of teaching methods and resources. (with Malcolm Coco), Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Economics, July 2003, Volume 4, General Research Section, (refereed).

Perceptions of ethical and unethical labor negotiation gambits. (with Mark Johnson), Ethics and Critical Thinking Quarterly Journal, June 15, 2003, Volume 2003, Issue 2, pp. 83-107, (refereed).

Administrator perceptions of business school advisory boards. (with Malcolm Coco),  Education, Winter 2002, Vol. 123, No. 2, pp. 351-357 (practitioner-oriented).

Trainer opinions of selected computer-based training methods.  Journal of Education for Business, July/August 2002, Vol. 77, No. 6, pp, 319-324, (refereed).

An assessment of ethical behaviors in job evaluation.  Ethics and Critical Thinking Journal, June 2001, Section 1, (refereed).

Professors:  living or dead.  The Teaching Professor, August-September 2000, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 1-2, (practitioner-oriented).

Developing employee handbooks in human resource classes.  International Journal of Business Disciplines, Fall 2000, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 19-24, (refereed).

A survey of ethics in internship administration. (with Malcolm Coco),  Ethics and Critical Thinking Journal, June 2000, Section 1, (refereed).

Problems in faculty research assessment. Ethics and Critical Thinking Journal, March 1999, Section 2, (refereed).

Judging without certified judges.  U. S. Racewalking Journal,  March 1999, Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 6, (practitioner-oriented).

Management professor opinions of twenty teaching methods.  The International Journal of Business Disciplines,  Summer 1998, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 62-74, (refereed).

 

Latvia’s workforce continues to evolve and grow.  Workforce Professional, January-February 1998, Vol. 58, No 1, pp, 21-24, (refereed).

Trainer opinions of popular corporate training methods.  Journal of Education for Business,  September-October 1997, Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 5-8, (refereed).

The ethics of downsizing. (with Mark Johnson), Workforce Journal,  February 1997, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 16-20, (refereed).

Examples of training overpromotion.  Ethics and Critical Thinking Quarterly Journal, September 1996, Section 12, (refereed).

Lies, damn lies, and the selection interview:  don’t take them lies lying down. (with Mark Johnson),  Industrial Management, May/June 1993, Vol. 35, pp. 23-24, (refereed).

Lies, errors, and the selective interview:  how to combat them.  (with Mark Johnson), ISU Business Research Report, Spring 1993, pp. 4-5, (practitioner-oriented).

Course prerequisites for personnel cooperative education students. (with Bill Warberg),  Journal of Cooperative Education, Fall 1992, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 48-55, (refereed).

Work values of Baltic management:  experimental research.  (with Gundar J. King, Thad Barnow, and Eli Berniker),  Zurnals Latvijas Zinatnu Akademijas Vestis, (Journal of the Latvian Academy of Science).   Fall 1992, No. 6, pp. 20-26, (refereed).

Keeping lies out of the performance appraisal. (with Mark Johnson),  Industrial Management, January/February 1992, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 6-8, (refereed).

Humor in university and corporate training:  A comparison of trainer perceptions.  Journal of Management Development, 1991, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 33-41, (refereed).

Preparing computer information systems students for cooperative education programs. (with Bill Warberg), Journal of Cooperative Education, Fall 1991, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 58-66, (refereed).

Influence of job familiarity on job evaluation ratings.  Journal of Applied Business Research, Summer 1990, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 80-87, (refereed).

Ideas for integrating organization behavior into internships.  Organization Behavior Teaching Review, 1989-1990, Vol. 14, Issue IV, pp. 39-45, (refereed).

Lies, damn lies, and job evaluation.  Personnel, November 1989, Vol. 66, pp. 62-65, (practitioner-oriented).

Survey unveils humor in banking education.  Edutrends,  February 1989, Vol. 10, pp. 3-4, (practitioner-oriented).

What’s so funny about training?  Training and Development Journal, January 1989, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 27-30, (refereed).

How to use humor in your presentations.  Performance and Instruction, March 1988, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 11-12, (practitioner-oriented).

Idaho’s teacher shortage:  a threat and an opportunity. (with Bill Wines),  Idaho’s Economy, Winter 1987, Vol. 4, pp. 14-15, (practitioner-oriented).

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

 

Mobile Computing and Commerce:  Legal Implications for Employers.  Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking 2nd Edition, Hershey, PA:  IGI Global, August 2008, Chapter CXXVIII, pp. 938-943 (refereed).

Top-Rated Leadership Traits. (with Malcolm Coco),  HigherEd HR, Winter 2006, Vol. 1, Issue 2, p. 4.

 

SHRM Special Expertise Panel Trends Symposium Report, (with twelve SHRM Special Expertise Panels), Society for Human Resource Management, June 2006, 15 pages.

 

SHRM Case Study:  Ethical Issues as a Consultant.  (with Barry Boyles, Mary-Jane Sinclair, Allison Vaillancourt), Society for Human Resource Management, May 2006, http://www.shrm.org/hrresources/casestudies_published/CMS_016752.pdf.

 

SHRM Special Expertise Panels 2006 Trends Update. (with twelve SHRM Special Expertise Panels), Society for Human Resource Management, March 2006, http://www.shrm.org/Trends/06PanelReportUpdate.pdf.

Advice for IBM—Real People Across the Hall, In Marketing: Real People, Real Choices, (4^th Ed.), By Michael Solomon, Greg Marshall, and Elnora Stuart.  Upper Saddle River, N. J.:  Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 447.

 

SHRM Case Study:  Ethics and Disabilities.   Society for Human Resource Management, December 2005, http://www.shrm.org/hrresources/casestudies_published/CMS_014836.pdf.

 

SHRM Special Expertise Panels 2005 Trends Report.  (with twelve SHRM Special Expertise Panels), Society for Human Resource Management, July 2005, http://www.shrm.org/trends/0705FullPanelTrendsReport.pdf.

 

SHRM Case Study:  Electronic I-9 Forms and Privacy Concerns, Society for Human Resource Management, April 2005, http://www.shrm.org/hrresources/casestudies_published/CMS_011984.pdf.

Baltic Business Links. (2005) (http://mg.boisestate.edu/mg406/Baltic.htm), Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian business links.

Interviewing Questions Database:  Example Questions and Possible Answers for Interviews. (with Julie Burwell and Rachel Prine), Society for Human Resource Management, February 2005, http://www.shrm.org/hrresources/basic_published/CMS_007576.asp.

Ethical perceptions of corporate policies associated with employee computer humor.  (with Malcolm Coco), In The Principles of Ethics and Critical Thinking Applications, Volume II,  by Ludwig Otto, ed., Dallas, Texas, Franklin Publishing, 2005,  pp. 92-98.

Perceptions of ethical and unethical labor negotiation gambits. (with Mark Johnson), In The Principles of Ethics and Critical Thinking Applications, Volume I, by Ludwig Otto, ed., Dallas, Texas, Franklin Publishing, 2004.

SHRM Case Study:  Employee Theft.   Society for Human Resource Management, November 2004, http://www.shrm.org/hrresources/CaseStudy_Theft.pdf.

 

Current Literature in HR Management, In Human Resource Management, (10^th edition), By Robert Mathis and John Jackson, Mason, OH:  Southwestern, 2003, pp. 610-613.

“How to Teach on Television–NOT!” with Dr. Gundars Kaupins, Knowledge Network Training Video, (Ted Eislie-coproducer), November 1994.

The Relationship of Rater Perceptions of Market Pay and Jobholder Characteristics With Ratings of Job Evaluation Factors.  (University of Iowa Dissertation), Ann Arbor, Michigan, University Microfilms, 1986.

 

SELECTED AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES:

 

Grants/Scholarships/Fellowships, 38 received for about $81,400 total, 1986-present,

including the John Elorriaga Fellowship, Boise State University, $15,000, 2005-2008

Research Awards, The International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010

Special Expertise Panel on Ethics, Society for Human Resource Management, 2004-2007

National 3^rd Place, Human Resource Collegiate Competition, Orlando, Florida, 2003

Regional 1^st Place, Human Resource Collegiate Competition, Redmond, Washington, 2003

Teaching Awards, Society for Human Resource Management, 100% pass rate for the Human Resource Certification Institute exam, 1998, 2000, 2001

National 4^th place in number of students passing Professional in Human Resources exam, 2000

Best Paper Award, Association of Management, 1992