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3.9.10
Faculty publication

Matthew Liao-Troth (Management) had his book "Challenges in Volunteer Management" (Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing 2008) reviewed by Yvonne Harrison. The review appears in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 2010, No. 39: pp. 375-378.

3.9.10
Faculty publication

Matthew Liao-Troth (Management) wrote the article "Correlates of Faculty Unionization Voting Behavior," which appears in the current issue of "Journal of Collective Negotiations" (formerly "Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector") 2008, 32 (4): pp. 305-315. The issue was delayed with the journal’s move to a new publisher.

1.13.10
Feature

Kristi Tyran, an associate professor in the Management Department at Western Washington University, will present “Alleviating Poverty through Management Education: Helping Graduates of a Rural Girls Secondary School in Kenya through Income Generating Projects” as part of the Turning Points faculty lecture series.

Tyran's presentation is the second installment for this academic year of the series and will take place at 5:15 p.m. in Communications Facility Room 110 on campus. All Turning Points lectures are free and open to the public.

12.15.09
Faculty publication

Mary Sass (Management) and Matthew Liao-Troth (Management), along with Craig Seal (University of the Pacific) and James Bailey (George Washington University), have had their paper "Integrating the emotional intelligence construct: the relationship between emotional ability and emotional competence" published in "Organization Management Journal," Vol. 6, No. 4: pp. 204-214.

12.8.09
Faculty publication

Matthew Liao-Troth (Management) and Joy Turnheim Smith (Elizabeth City State University) have had their paper “The psychological contract of volunteers: What we do and do not yet know” published in the International Journal of Volunteer Administration, Vol. 26, No. 3: pp. 12-20.

10.22.09
Campus news

Western Washington University Professor Joseph E. Garcia plans to present a free webinar from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30. The professional development webinar will be presented by the OBTS Teaching Society for Management Educators.

10.9.09
Campus news
management | training | workshops

Officials with the Washington State Department of Personnel will be on campus Oct. 20 to 22 to teach a handful of workshops. To register, contact Rachael Stich at (360) 664-1932 or rachaels@dop.wa.gov.

The workshops:

Change Management: Finding the “Up” in Upheaval

10.1.09
Faculty publication

Jason Kanov (Management) contributed to a symposium called "Compassion in organizations and compassionate questions in organizational scholarship" that won an award: the Management Education and Development Division Global Forum Best Symposium. Kanov's portion of the symposium was called "Understanding compassion in organizations," and he co-presented it with his colleague Jacoba Lilius (Queen's University). The symposium took place on Aug.

9.9.09
Faculty publication
Craig Dunn | management | publication

Craig Dunn (Management) had his article "Integrity Matters" published in the "International Journal of Leadership Studies" (2009, Vol. 5, No. 1: pp. 102-126).

9.9.09
Faculty publication

Brian Burton (College of Business and Economics, Management), along with Craig Dunn (Management), wrote "Ethics of Care" in "Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society" (edited by Robert W. Kolb, Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, Calif., 2008, Vol.2: pp. 802-805).

9.9.09
Faculty publication

Craig Dunn (Management) wrote four articles in 2008's "Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society" (Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA, 2008), edited by Robert W. Kolb: "AIDS, Social and Ethical Implications for Business," pp. 56-59, Vol. 1; "Ethics of Entrepreneurship" (with Lance Schaeffer, formerly of San Diego State University), pp. 724-728, Vol. 2; "Ethics of Care" (with Brian Burton, a professor in WWU's management department and dean of the College of Business and Economics), pp. 802-805, Vol.

9.3.09
Faculty publication

Marko Madunic (Management) presented the paper “Strategic selection of supplier teams in customizations projects”  at the 2009 annual meeting of the Academy of Management, held in Chicago from Aug. 7 to 11.

9.3.09
Faculty publication

Jongwook Kim (Management) presented the paper “Allocation of property rights: Empirical evidence from biotechnology alliances” at the 2009 annual meeting of the Academy of Management, held in Chicago from Aug. 7 to 11.

9.3.09
Faculty publication

Matthew Liao-Troth (Management) presented “Creating a research environment” in the symposium “The care and feeding of co-authors” at the 2009 annual meeting of the Academy of Management, held in Chicago from Aug. 7 to 11. He also chaired the session on “Non-profit boards and executive leadership.”

9.3.09
Faculty publication

Jason Kanov (Management) presented the paper “A Practice-based view of the sustainable expression of compassion in low-wage work,” co-authored with Monica Worline (Emory University), Jacoba Lilius (Queen’s University of Canada), Jane Dutton (University of Michigan), Sally Maitlis (University of British Columbia) and Peter Frost (dec., formerly of University of British Columbia) in the symposium “Organizational behavior and the working poor” at the 2009 annual meeting of the Academy of Management, held in Chicago from Aug. 7 to 11.

9.3.09
Faculty publication

Joseph Garcia (formerly of Management, and now Bowman Chair of Leadership) presented “Preparing Business School Doctoral Students for Teaching: An examination of Current Practices” at the 2009 annual meeting of the Academy of Management, held in Chicago from Aug. 7 to 11.

9.3.09
Faculty publication
management | presentation | Tom Roehl

Tom Roehl (Management) presented the paper “Using company projects in the international business curriculum: Experience from three universities” at the annual meeting of the Academy of International Business, held from June 27 to 30. He also chaired the session on “Fostering experiential learning for IB teaching effectiveness” and the session on “FDI, entry, and restructuring: Institutions and environment.” He also served as a panelist on the special session “Japan: Current issues and challenges.”

9.3.09
Faculty publication

Marko Madunic (Management) presented the paper “Selection of supplier teams in international markets: The analysis of prior ties and interdependencies in customized projects” at the annual meeting of the Academy of International Business, held from June 27 to 30.

9.3.09
Faculty publication

Kristi Lewis Tyran (Management) has been elected to the board of the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society through 2012.

At the Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, held from June 10 to 13, Tyran presented “What new and experienced faculty can teach each other” with Tracey Honeycutt Sigler (Northern Kentucky University).

7.21.09
Faculty publication
management | Tom Roehl

Tom Roehl (Management) has been appointed to the editorial review board of the Journal of International Business Studies.

6.1.09
In the media
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4.22.09
Feature

Jere Hawn is shipping out.

Hawn, manager of the Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management program in the Department of Decision Sciences, is being involuntarily recalled to active duty with the U.S. Navy.

He leaves in late May for a 500-day deployment, much of which will be spent on the ground in Afghanistan.

Though Hawn does have combat experience from his previous stint with the Navy, this will be an entirely new experience for him, he said.