Albers News

Accounting Students Win Case Competition

A team of SU accounting students took first place in the KPMG/Seattle University Accounting Case Competition held on April 21st. Seven schools from the Northwest participated and Courtney Beck, Vanessa Vasquez, Joe Purvis and Matt Clifford to take the top spot. Tom Kelley oversees the competition.

Red Winged Leadership Award

The third annual Red Winged Leadership Award ceremony will take place on May 10th at 6:30 PM in Pigott Auditorium. The award recognizes leadership, business acumen, and social impact. This year’s three finalists are Dan Wall, Expeditors International, Killian Noe, Recovery Café, and Jocquelyn Duncan, Work it Out Seattle. The event is organized by students in the Graduate Leadership Formation Specialization.

Albers Students Receive Fulbright Awards

An Albers alum and student received Fulbright Scholarships for 2012. Senay Kahsay, a 2008 Humanities and Business Economics graduate will study the coffee supply chain in Ethiopia. Michelle de Vera, who graduates in June as an Economics and Spanish major, will study in Mexico.

School Meeting

On April 20th, nearly 70 faculty and staff gathered for a school wide meeting. The main agenda item was a report from the taskforce looking at revisions to the undergraduate business core.

Celebration of Teaching

The first Albers Celebration of Teaching took place on April 20th. After presentations from Holly Slay, Carlos De Mello-e-Sousa, and Gareth Green, the audience adjourned to the Paccar Atrium to review 14 poster presentations on innovative teaching.

Outdoor Research CEO Speaks

Dan Nordstrom, CEO of Outdoor Research, spoke as part of the Albers Executive Speaker Series on April 26th. His presentation was on, “Anatomy of a Turnaround,” a look at the revival of the OR brand since he purchased the company in 2003.

Former Bombardier Leader to Speak

Gary Scott, who recently retired as President of Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, will participate in the Albers Executive Speaker Series on May 14th. It will be from 5:30 to 6:30 PM in Pigott Auditorium. His topic will be, “Leading a Non-US Global Enterprise.”

Volunteer Recognition Reception

This year’s Volunteer Recognition Reception will take place on May 14th from 4:00 to 5:30 PM in Casey Commons. The event will recognize the nearly 400 volunteers, including advisory board members and mentors, who assist us with the education of our students.

Gleed Presentation

Gleed Chair Dino Falaschetti is organizing a discussion of “Governance Institutions: From Geographic Causes to Business Consequences,” featuring Professor Victor Menaldo from the University of Washington. It will take place on May 3rd in Wyckoff Auditorium from 5:30 to 6:30 PM.

Albers Alumni Breakfast Series

The Albers Alumni Breakfast Speaker Series continues on May 16th with David Reid, giving a presentation on, "Reading the Tea Leaves: The Shape of China's Government for the Next Five Years and Implications for Business Policy." The event runs from 7:00 to 9:00 AM and is in room 160 of the SU Student Center.

Business Plan Competition Finals

The 14th annual Harriet Stephenson Business Plan Competition Final Presentations and Awards Reception will take place on May 17th in Campion Ballroom from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Entrepreneur and philanthropist Scott Oki is the keynote speaker.

Albers Career Night

Albers Career Night, a networking event for undergraduates, took place on May 1st. Nearly 150 undergraduate students and business professionals gathered to practice networking. The event was co-sponsored by the Albers Placement Center and nine Albers student organizations!

AACSB ICAM Meeting in San Diego

The 2012 AACSB ICAM (International Conference and Annual Meeting) was held in San Diego April 29-May 1. Albers was one of a number of schools recognized for reaffirmation of its AACSB accreditation. For the second year in a row, Dean Phillips won the door prize at the Beta Gamma Sigma Dean’s Luncheon, which entitles a SU BGS student to attend the BGS leadership conference for free. Topics covered at the meeting included changes to AACSB standards and the importance of innovation in the curriculum.

Howard Shultz

Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, visited as part of the Albers Executive Speaker Series on April 10th. The title of his presentation was, “Business at Starbucks,” and over 450 were in attendance with many more wanting to get in.

Ethics in the Business World

On April 17th, Albers hosted, “Ethics in the Business World,” which featured 40 business leaders visiting classes to discuss ethical challenges they have faced in their career. Fifty-five Albers classes meeting that day participated. Other events took place throughout the day, including an Albers alumni event in the morning and a panel discussion late in the day organized by our new Net Impact chapter.

Intercultural Networking

The Albers International Student Advisory Council, the Global Business Club, and the Muslim Student Association are co-sponsoring “Intercultural Networking” on April 27th from 3:45 to 5:00 PM in Pigott Auditorium. Martin Coles, CEO of HaloSource, is the keynote speaker. A panel of alumni and current students will address challenges faced when working in other countries.

Alpha Sigma Nu

Teresa Ling and Harriet Stephenson are being inducted as honorary members of Alpha Sigma Nu, the national Jesuit honor society that recognizes scholarship, loyalty, and service. They will be joining 18 Albers undergraduate students and eight graduate students as new members. The installation ceremony is April 19th.

BAP Receives Regional Awards

Albers' Beta Alpha Psi chapter received two awards at the Beta Alpha Psi regional conference. Our BAP students took first place in the “Outside the Box” Best Practices category and second place in the “Social Media” category. First place winners, Angela Bever, Michelle Garvida, Lingzi Gong, Alysha Williams and Anh Chung shared their financial literacy work with the Girl Scouts. Michael Watson, Haley Henderson, and Michelle Spruch shared their innovative approach to social media in the “Social Media” category, garnering a second place award.

US News Rankings

The 2013 US News Graduate rankings have been released to institutions and Albers' Part-time MBA ranking is #73 which makes us #2 in the state of Washington and #2 in the Northwest and places us #35 among private schools nationwide. Albers did very well in the specialty rankings as well, Accounting ranks #19, LEMBA ranks #23, the fourth consecutive year of being in the Top 25; and Entrepreneurship returns to the rankings at #25.

Bloomberg BusinessWeek Undergraduate Rankings

Albers ranks #65 in the nation in The Bloomberg BusinessWeek 2012 undergraduate business school rankings. We are second in the Northwest and 7th in the West. We are 6th among Jesuit universities. We also rank in the Top 40 of business programs at private universities. Most impressively, Albers faculty received an "A+" in teaching! For more information you can go to http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-20/notre-dame-tops-list-of-best-college-business-programs  

Summer Research Grants

Three faculty have been awarded an Albers Summer Research Grant for Summer, 2012. They are:

• David Reid – “A Chinese Model of Product Innovation”
• Jennifer Marrone – “When Bad Things Happen To Good Teams: Towards a Theory of Team Resilience”
• Quan Le – “Microfinance, Entrepreneurship and Rural Development: Field Study and Empirical Evidence from Quang Tri Province, Viet Nam”

2011-12 Study Tours

Albers will be offering the following study tours in 2011-12:

• Germany – September 1 - 14, 2012, conducted by Peter Raven and Ben Kim
• China and Southeast Asia – September 1 - 15, 2012 conducted by Quan Le and David Reid

Publications

Marinilka Kimbro's paper, “Does Voluntary Corporate Citizenship Pay? An Examination of the UN Global Compact,” published in International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, has been chosen as a Highly Commended Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence in 2012.

Tina Zamora's article, “One Laptop per Child: The $100 Challenge,” co-authored with Andrea Roberts (University of Virginia), has been accepted for publication in Issues in Accounting Education.

Fiona Robertson and Bonnie Buchanan had their article, “The Economics of Sallie Mae,” co-authored with Tom Arnold (Richmond), accepted for publication by the Journal of Structured Finance.

Carl Obermiller's article, “Process Evidence for the Question-Behavior Effect: Influencing Socially Normative Behaviors," co-authored with Eric Spangenberg, David Sprott, Ronn Smith (all at WSU), and Anthony Greenwald (UW), has been accepted for publication in Social Influence.

Jessica Ludescher's article, ““Caritas in Veritate: Promises and Challenges of the Catholic Contribution to Sustainability,” has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Catholic Social Thought.

Chips Chipalkatti's article, “Estimating Marketability Discounts: A Comparison Between Bid-Ask Spreads and Longstaff's Upper Bound," co-authored with Carl Luft, (De Paul University), Craig Levine (McGladrey & Pullen), and Lummezen Mondal (McGladrey & Pullen), has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Finance.

Susan Weihrich, Teresa Ling, and Joe Phillips had their paper, “Online Teaching Evaluations vs. In-Class Paper Teaching Evaluations: A Paired Comparison,” accepted for publication by the Journal of the Academy of Business Education.

Dino Falaschetti's article, "A Sex Difference in Risk Taking and Promotions in Hierarchies: Evidence from Females in Legislatures," has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Law and Economics.

Bonnie Buchanan's article, “Shareholder Proposal Rules and Practices: Evidence from a Comparison of the US and UK,” with Jeffry Netter (Georgia), Annette Poulsen (Georgia), and Tina Yang (Villanova), has been accepted for publication in the American Business Law Journal.

Bonnie Buchanan's article, "How Much Value within Foreign Direct Investment Can a Government Destroy?" co-authored with Tom Arnold (University of Richmond) has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Wealth Management.

Carl Obermiller, David Arnesen, and Marc Cohen had their article, “Customized Pricing: Win-Win or End Run?” accepted for publication in the Drake Management Review.

Marc Cohen's article, "Moral and amoral conceptions of trust, with an application in organizational ethics," has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Business Ethics.

Matt Isaac's paper, "Finding a Good Home for Products We Love: How Buyer Usage Intent Affects the Pricing of Used Goods," co-authored with Aaron Brough (Pepperdine), has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Marketing.

Meena Rishi's article, “Promoting Entrepreneurship to Alleviate Poverty in India: An Overview of Government Schemes, Private-Sector Programs, and Initiatives in the Citizens’ Sector,” has been accepted for publication in the Thunderbird International Business Review . It was co-authored with G. Goel (Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology in Allahabad, India) and recent Albers graduate, Samantha Galvin.

Katya Emm and Vinay Datar had their article, "Going public through the back door: A comparative analysis of SPACs and IPOs," co-authored with Ufuk Ince, been accepted for publication in the Banking and Finance Review.

Sharon Lobel and Marilyn Gist had their article, “Dual-Agenda Leadership Formation: Pedagogy Design and Impact in a Leadership Executive MBA,” accepted for publication in the Journal of Corporate Citizenship.

Tina Zamora's paper, “Using a Social Enterprise Service-Learning Strategy in an Introductory Management Accounting Course,” has been accepted for publication in Issues in Accounting Education.

Terry Foster's paper, “Legal Issues of Online Social Networks and the Workplace,” co-authored with Christopher Greene (MBA/JD alum), has been accepted for publication in The Journal of Law, Business and Ethics.

Rubina Mahsud's article, "An Improved Measure of Ethical Leadership,” co-authored with Gary Yukl (SUNY-Albany), has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies.

Colette Hoption's paper, “It’s Not You, It’s Me: Transformational Leadership and Self-deprecating Humor,” co-authored with Julian Barling (Queen's University) and Nick Turner (University of Manitoba), has been accepted for publication in the Leadership and Organizational Development Journal.

Katya Emm's article, "Systemic Risk and Competition in OTC Derivatives Dealing: Evidence from Client Failures," co-authored with Ufuk Ince, has been accepted for publication in Managerial Finance.

Bonnie Buchanan, Meena Rishi, and Quan Le had their paper, "Foreign Direct Investment and Institutional Quality: Some Empirical Evidence," has been accepted for publication in the International Review of Financial Analysis.

Susan Weihrich, Mary Carpenter, and Bryan Ruppert's article, “Identifying Need and Measuring Improvement in MBA Writing,” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the Academy of Business Education.

Meena Rishi and Chips Chipalkatti had their paper, “Institutional quality, knowledge spillovers and entrepreneurship," co-authored with Jonathan Doh (Villanova), has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies.

Marinilka Kimbro's paper, “Interaction of management accounting information systems and logistics functions: A case of a developing county – Vietnam,” co-authored with Michele Pomberg (Southern Illinois), Hamid Pourjalali, (Hawaii-Manoa), Shirley Daniel, (Hawaii–Manoa), has been accepted for publication in the Asia Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics. A second paper, “Does voluntary corporate citizenship pay? An examination of the United Nation’s Global Compact,” co-authored with Zhiyan Cao (UW-Tacoma), has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Accounting & Information Management.

Rex Toh, Peter Raven, and Fred DeKay had their article, “Auctions of Hotel Rooms and Airline Seats," accepted for publication in Tourism Analysis.

Jessica Ludescher, Rubina Mahsud, and Greg Prussia had their paper, “We Are the Corporation: Distributed CSR,” has been accepted for publication in Business and Society Review.

Bill Weis and David Arnesen's article, “Thriving as a City in Year 2020: A Model for Urban Vitality,” has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Business and Social Science.

Rex Toh, Peter Raven, and Fred DeKay had their article, “Travel Planning: Searching for and Booking Airline Seats on the Internet,” accepted for publication in the Transportation Journal.

Bryan Ruppert, April Atwood, and Carl Obermiller had their article, "Instructor credibility across disciplines: Identifying students' differentiated expectations of instructor behaviors," has been accepted for publication in Business Communication Quarterly.

April Atwood and Carl Obermiller had their article, "In defense of the student as customer metaphor," has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Management Education.

Bryan Ruppert's article, “Practicing what we teach: Credibility and alignment in the business communication classroom,” co-authored with David Green, has been accepted for publication in the Business Communication Quarterly.

David Reid's article “A Study of Chinese Street Vendors: How They Operate,” co-authored with Eugene Fram (Rochester Institute of Technology) and Chi Guotai (Dalian University of Technology), has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Asia-Pacific Business.

Quan Le's paper, “Infectious Diseases and Interpersonal Trust: International Evidence,” co-authored with undergraduate student Diego Gonzalez-Medina, has been published in the journal, Health.

Brian Kelly's paper, "The Offsetting Duty Norm and the Simultaneous Application of Countervailing and Antidumping Duties," has been accepted for publication in the Global Economy Journal.

Jessica Ludescher's paper, “Sustainable Development and the Destruction of the Amazon: A Call for Universal Responsibility,” has been accepted for publication in Environmental Ethics.

Leo Simpson's article, "Students' Perceptions of Ethical Behavior--A Comparison of Attitudes Towards Entrepreneurs and Traditional Business Managers", co-authored with John Batchelor (Virginia Commonwealth), Michael Harris and Shanan Gibson (East Carolina University), has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship.

Rex Toh, Fred Dekay, and Peter Raven had their article, "Travel Planning: Searching for and Booking Hotels on the Internet," has been accepted for publication in the Cornell Hospitality Quarterly.

Quan Le has co-authored a book chapter, “A Study on Dioxin Contamination in Herbicide Sprayed Area in Vietnam by GIS,” which appears in Herbicides and Environment, edited by Andreas Kortekamp and published by InTech. The study looks at the effect of Agent Orange on Quang Tri province, which is where Quan’s family is from and where his research on micro-lending is taking place.

Eric Wehrly's article, “The effects of insider trading restrictions: Evidence from historical dividend initiations and omissions”, co-authored with Joseph Tanimura (San Diego State), has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Financial Research.

Jot Yau's article, “The Impact of Sovereign Risk on Bond Duration: Evidence from Asian Sovereign Bond Markets,” co-authored with Hei-Wai Lee and Yan Alice Xie (Michigan-Dearborn), has been accepted for publication in the International Review of Economics and Finance.

Rubina Mahsud and Greg Prussia had their article, "Human Capital, Efficiency, and Innovative Adaptation as Strategic Determinants of Firm Performance," which was co-authored with Gary Yukl (SUNY-Albany) accepted for publication in the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies.

Meena Rishi, Chips Chipalkatti, and Bruce Koch had their paper, " Offshore Outsourcing, Political Risk, and Democratic Institutions”, accepted for publication in the South Asia Economic Journal.

Tina Zamora's article, “Does Greater Risk-Bearing in Stock Option Compensation Reduce the Influence of Problem Framing on Managerial Risk-Taking Behavior?” co-authored with Kim Sawers (Seattle Pacific) and Arnold Wright (Northeastern), has been accepted for publication in Behavioral Research in Accounting.

Peter Raven, Rex Toh, and Fred DeKay had their article, entitled, "When and Where to Buy Airline Seats on Third Party Websites," accepted for publication in Tourism Analysis.

Terry Foster's article, “Assessment Procedures for Skills-Based MBA Courses Adapted from the US Army ROTC Leadership Development Program,” co-authored with Eric Farquharson (SU Military Science Department), has been accepted for publication in the Negotiation Journal.

Marc Cohen's article, “The Narrow Application of Rawls in Business Ethics: A Political Conception of Both Stakeholder Theory and the Morality of Markets,” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Business Ethics.

Gail Lasprogata's article, "Leading the Way to a Better Tomorrow: Best Practices for Creative Collaboration by Cross-Sector Partnerships," co-authored with Marya Cotton (CUNY), has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Law and Social Change.

John Dienhart and Jessica Ludescher had their article, “Sustainability, Collaboration, and Governance: A Harbinger of Institutional Change?” accepted for publication in Business and Society Review.

Stacey Jones' and Bridget Hiedemann's article, “Learning Statistics at the Farmers Market? A Comparison of Academic Service Learning and Case Studies in an Introductory Statistics Course,” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Statistics Education.

Bonnie Buchanan's paper, “Emerging Market Benefits, Investability, and the Rule of Law,” co-authored with Phil English (American) and Rachel Gordon (Drexel), has been accepted for publication in the Emerging Markets Review.

Jot Yau's paper, "Reported trade figure discrepancy, regulatory arbitrage, and round-tripping: Evidence from the China–Hong Kong trade data," co-authored with Hung-Gay Fung and Gaiyan Zhang (Missouri -- St. Louis), has been accepted for publication in the Journal of International Business Studies.

Bonnie Buchanan's article, "The Advantages of Using Quarterly Returns for Long-Term Event Studies," co-authored with Phil English (American University) and Ron Bremer (Texas Tech), has been accepted for publication in the Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting.

John Dienhart's essay, “Sustainability, Cross-Sector Collaboration, Institutions, and Governance,” will be published in the 20th Anniversary issue of the Business Ethics Quarterly.

Al Ansari's article, “Challenges of Outsourcing Logistics to Third-Party Providers,” has been accepted for publication by the International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management.

Carl Obermiller has had two articles accepted for publication. The first is, “The Effects of Advertisement Picture Likeability on Information Search and Brand Choice", co-authored with Alan Sawyer (University of Florida), to be published in Marketing Letters. The second, co-authored with Ouidade Zaaraoui (University of Paris), is “Consumer Perception of Taboo in Ads,” which will appear in the Journal of Business Research.

Jot Yau, along with Hung-Gay Fung (University of Missouri at St. Louis) and Albers MBA alumna Sheryl Law (Peregreen Group LLC), co-authored a book entitled, Socially Responsible Investment in a Global Environment, to be published by Edward Elgar.

Ruben Trevino and Barb Yates had their article, “Treasury Bills and Inflation,” accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial Planning.

James Lee's and Ben Kim's paper, "The Semiotic Structures of Information Systems,” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Communication and Computer.

Dino Falaschetti, incoming Gleed Chair, had his article, "Auditor Independence and the Quality of Information in Financial Disclosures," published by the American Law and Economics Review.

Rubina Mahsud's article, "Why Flexible, Adaptive Leadership is Essential," co-authored with Gary Yukl (SUNY-Albany), has been accepted for publication in a special issue of the Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research.

Meena Rishi and Quan Le had their article, “Examining the Dimensions of Governance that are Relevant for Private Investment,” has been accepted for publication in Business and Economic Horizons.

Bonnie Buchanan's article, “Furniture as a Conduit for Credit,” co-authored with Tom Arnold (University of Richmond), has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Structured Finance.

Ben Kim and James Lee had their paper, “From Virtual Organization to E-Business: Transformational Structuration,” accepted for publication by the International Journal of E-Business Research.

Rex Toh, Fred Dekay, and Peter Raven had their article, “Selling Rooms: Hotels vs. Third party Websites," has been accepted for publication in the Cornell Hospitality Quarterly.

Chris Weber's article, “Andreas Heinrich Voigt and the Hicks-Allen Revolution in Consumer Theory," co-authored with Torsten Schmidt (University of New Hampshire), has been accepted for publication by Economic Inquiry.

Holly Slay's article, "Professional Identity Construction: Using Narrative to Understand the Negotiation of Professional and Stigmatized Cultural Identities,” co-authored with Delmonzie Smith (Rochester Institute of Technology), has been accepted for publication by Human Relations.

Jot Yau's paper, "Business Ethics Research: A Global Perspective," co-authored with Kam C. Chan (Western Kentucky) and Hung-Gay Fung (Missouri at St. Louis), has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Business Ethics.

David Carrithers and Dean Peterson had their paper, “Integrating a Social Justice Perspective in Economics Education: Creating a Distinctly Catholic Education,” accepted for publication in Catholic Education, A Journal of Inquiry and Practice.

Greg Prussia and Rubina Mahsud's paper, “Leader Empathy, Ethical Leadership, and Relations-oriented Behaviors as Antecedents of Leader-Member Exchange Quality,” co-authored with Gary Yukl (SUNY-Albany), has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Managerial Psychology.

Jessica Ludescher and Rubina Mahsud had their paper, "Opening Pandora's Box: Corporate Social Responsibility Exposed," accepted for publication by the The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy.

Jot Yau's paper, co-authored with Hung-Gay Fung and Gaiyan Zhang (both at the University of Missouri at St. Louis), entitled, "Do Credit Default Swaps Predict Currency Values?" has been accepted for publication in Applied Financial Economics.

Rex Toh's article, “Toward a General Theory of Diary Panels,” co-authored with Michael Hu (Kent State), has been accepted for publication in Psychological Reports.

Holly Slay's article entitled “Leadership in the Face of a Shaken Culture,” co-authored with Kevin Clark and Patrick Maggitti (both at Villanova), has been accepted for publication in the Leadership Review.

Jot Yau's case study “Pacific Century Cyberworks: A Road to Privatization,” with Hung-Gay Fung and Gerald Yong Gao (both from Missouri -- St. Louis), will be published by the University of Hong Kong and Harvard Business Publishing.

Harriet Stephenson's article, “A Comparison of the Critical Success Factors in Women-owned Business Between the United States and Korea,” co-authored with Sang Lee (Kangnam University), Timothy Stearns (Cal State – Fresno), and Jerome Osteryoung (Florida State), has been accepted for publication in The International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal.

David Reid's article, "Win the China IP War and Gain Globally," co-authored with Simon MacKinnon (Albers Center for Global Business Fellow and Retired President, Corning China), has been accepted for publication in the Thunderbird International Business Review.

Jennifer Marrone's article, "Team Boundary Spanning: A Multi-level Review of Past Research and Proposals for the Future,” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Management.

Greg Prussia's article, “Managing Employee Withdrawal During Organizational Change: The Role of Threat Appraisal,” co-authored with Angelo Kiniki (Arizona State) and Mel Fugate (Southern Methodist), has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Management.

David Reid's article, “Preventing Global Warming: The United States, China and Intellectual Property,” co-authored with C. Ajeniam, has been accepted for publication in Business and Society.

Rob Nieschwietz' article, “Information Technology Acceptance in the Internal Audit Profession: Impact of Technology Features and Technology Complexity,” co-authored with Hyo-Jeong Kim and Michael Mannino (both at University of Colorado Denver), has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Accounting Information Systems.

Diane Lockwood and Harriet Stephenson had their article, "The Impact of Contingent Time Off on Productivity in a Small Manufacturing Environment," co-authored with Colette Frayne (Cal Poly), has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Management and Marketing Research.

Holly Slay's and Jennifer Marrone's article, “A new look at humility: exploring the humility concept and its role in socialized charismatic leadership," co-authored with Albers alum Rob Nielsen, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies. The paper is a culmination of work Rob did as an undergraduate student with Jennifer in the MGMT-380 course.

Peter Brous' paper, “Volatility Forecasting and Liquidity: Evidence from Individual Stocks,” co-authored with Ivilina Popova (Texas State) and Ufuk Ince, was accepted for publication in the Journal of Derivatives and Hedge Funds.

Bruce Koch's article, “The Interaction of Accountability and Post-Completion Audits on Capital Budgeting Decisions,” co-authored with Alan Mayper and Neil Wilner (University of North Texas), has been accepted for publication in the Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal.

Bill Weis and David Arnesen had their article, “The Use of Training Groups (T-Groups) in Raising Self and Social Awareness and Enhancing Emotionally Intelligent Behaviors,” co-authored with MBA student Lisa Hanson, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Organizational Culture, Communications, and Conflict.

Rubina Mahsud's article, “Linking Strategic Leadership and Human Resource Management,” co-authored with Gary Yukl (SUNY-Albany), was published in the April, 2009 edition of the NHRD Network Journal.

Greg Magnan has had two articles accepted for publication in Industrial Marketing Management. The first is, “Evaluating the Bases of Supplier Segmentation: A Critical Review and Taxonomy,” co-authored with Marc Day (Henley Business School) and Morten Munkgaard Moeller ( Dansk Indkøbs- og Logistik Forum). The second is, “Exploring the Reputation Metaphor in B2B Partnerships: Extending the Study of Reputation from the Perception of Single Firms to the Perception of Inter-firm Partnerships,” co-authored with Mark Day, Kevin Money, and Carola Hillenbrand (all with Henley).

Ben Kim and James Lee had their article, “Toward Intelligent Business Integration: The Semantic Web," co-authored with Surinder Kahai (SUNY-Binghamton) and Yong J. Kim (Sogang University), accepted for publication in Issues in Information Systems.

Bryan Ruppert's book, The Origins of Political and Economic Supranationalism in the German Constitution, has been accepted for publication by Mellen Press.

Chips Chipalkatti and Meena Rishi had their article, “Do Public Governance and the Depth of Financial Intermediation Impact the Entrepreneurship-Growth Relationship?” accepted for publication in the International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship.

Meena Rishi's article, “Economic and Social Characteristics of Albanian Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Greece,” co-authored with Daphne Halkias (Helenic American University), Paul Thurman (Columbia), et al. has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship.

Madhu Rao's paper, ““Developing Global Leadership in Emerging Nations: A View From India,” co-authored with Sandeep Arora, (Accenture, India), has been accepted for publication in the Journal for Political Consulting and Policy.