CONTACT INFORMATION
Management/Marketing Department, School of Business Administration, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, Ohio 45469-2271
work: 937-229-3703, [email protected], cell: 937-554-3600, [email protected] EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of Georgia, 1988, Management (Organizational Behavior) J.D. University of Georgia, 1983
B.B.A. Valdosta State College, 1975, Management, magna cum laude
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2003 – present Professor, MGT/MKT Department, University of Dayton
1996 – 2004 Department Chair, MGT/MKT Department, University of Dayton 1996 – 2003 Associate Professor, MGT/MKT Department, University of Dayton 1992 – 1996 Associate Professor, Management Department, Miami University 1987 – 1991 Assistant Professor, Management Department, Miami University SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS DEPARTMENT CHAIR
With two faculty members, developed undergraduate major and full curriculum in
Entrepreneurship; program begun in 1999 and in 2006 & 2007, program ranked 5th in the U.S. by Entrepreneur Magazine in partnership with The Princeton Review.
With three faculty members, created Leadership major and new curriculum that replaced Management major in 1999
Worked with marketing faculty to revise Marketing major courses and to create six semester credit hour marketing research course linked to capstone course in the major Hired 10 tenure-track faculty members, 1998 – 2003, with 7 remaining on the faculty
today
Started, coordinated, and ran Asia Study Abroad Program, 1998 – 2004; continued coordinating and running program after leaving department chair position 2005 – 2006, 2008, 2010; program is a semester-long business focused undergraduate summer study abroad program across 7 Asian countries
Created pre-registration process for Marketing majors to ensure access to seats in marketing major courses highly demanded by Arts & Sciences majors; result was Marketing majors could graduate within the usual four-year, eight semester window Created and piloted integrated Business Core courses combining marketing, operations
management, and finance
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
Editorial Board, Journal of Organizational Behavior, 1999 – 2002; Executive Committee 1990 – 1995 & Chair 1993 – 1994, Organizational Communication & Information Systems Division, Academy of Management; ad hoc manuscript reviewer, Journal of Applied
Psychology, Academy of Management Review, Sex Roles,Organizational Research Methods; member 1983 – present, Georgia Bar Association.
UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHT
Organizational Behavior (graduate and undergraduate); Motivation & Work (undergraduate); Leadership & Motivation (undergraduate); International Management & Marketing (graduate and undergraduate; study abroad program); Fundamentals of Management (undergraduate); Organizational Communication (undergraduate); Seminar in Managerial Skills
(undergraduate and graduate); management seminar (undergraduate service learning course); preparation seminars for Asia Study Abroad Program (undergraduate).
SELECTED WORK WITH MANAGERIAL AND EXECUTIVE AUDIENCES
Organizational development consultant for Valmont Industries, Avery-Dennison, Pro-Grade Solutions, and Grandis Timber Ltd; management development programs faculty for Bank One (Dayton) Management Development Program; Graduate School of Sales Management and Marketing, Syracuse University; Southeastern Credit Union Association Management Development Program, University of Georgia; National Paper Trade Association Executive Development Program, Miami University.
TEACHING AWARDS, RECOGNITION, & INNOVATIONS
Started, directed, and coordinated Asia Study Abroad Program, 1998 – 2006, 2008, 2010 Recipient, 1995 Alumni Enrichment Award, Miami University
Recipient, 1994 School of Business Administration Excellence in Education Teaching Award, Miami University
Recipient, 1991 Student Affairs Star Award for outstanding service and support to students, Miami University\
Nominee, 1990, 1995, 1996 Associated Student Government's Outstanding Teaching Award, Miami University
Recipient, 1987 Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Georgia Recipient, 1986 Doctoral Student Award for Teaching Excellence, Management
Department, University of Georgia. GENERAL RESEARCH INTERESTS
Organizational justice; effects of individual differences on employees’ organizational experiences; international management.
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
DeConinck, J. B., & King, W. C. Jr. 2003. An examination of the test scores of the Folger and Konovsky measure of procedural justice. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 63: 516--532.
King, W. C., Jr. 1998. A semester-long experiential exercise to develop workplace
understanding: The role assignment exercise. Journal of Management Education, 22: 720--735.
Miles, E. W., & King, W. C. Jr. 1998. Gender and administration mode effects when pencil-and-paper personality tests are computerized. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 58: 66--74.
Miles, E. W., Patrick, S. L., & King, W. C., Jr. 1996. Job level as a systemic variable in predicting the relationship between supervisory communication and job satisfaction.
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 69: 277--292.
King, W. C., Jr., & Miles, E. W. 1995. A quasi-experimental assessment of the effect of computerizing non-cognitive pencil-and-paper measurements: A test of measurement equivalence. Journal of Applied Psychology, 80: 643--651.
King, W. C., Jr., & Hinson, T. D. 1994. The influence of sex and equity sensitivity on relationship preferences, assessment of opponent, and outcomes in a negotiation experiment.
Journal of Management, 20: 605--624.
King, W. C., Jr., & Miles, E. W. 1994. The measurement of equity sensitivity. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 67: 133--142.
King, W. C., Jr., Miles, E. W., & Day. D. D. 1993. A test and refinement of the equity sensitivity construct. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 14: 301--317.
King, W. C., Jr., Miles, E. W., & Kniska, J. 1991. Boys will be boys (and girls will be girls): The attribution of sex-role stereotypes in a gaming experiment. Sex Roles, 25: 607--623.
King, W. C., Jr., Dent, M. M., & Miles, E. W. 1991. The persuasive effect of graphics in computer-mediated communication. Computers in Human Behavior, 7: 269--279.
King, W. C., Jr., & Miles, E. W. 1990. What we know—and don't know—about measuring conflict: An examination of the ROCI-II and the OCCI conflict instruments. Management Communication Quarterly, 4: 222--243.
King, W. C., Jr., Lahiff, J. M., & Hatfield, J. D. 1988. A discrepancy theory of the relationship between communication and job satisfaction. Communication Research Reports, 5: 36--43.
Discussion Notes
King, W. C., Jr. 1995. The legal environment as a non-issue for TQM organizational transformations. Academy of Management Review, 20: 787--788.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Janney, J. J., Sullivan, D., & King, W.C., Jr. From sanction to legitimacy: Market reactions to firms offering same-sex domestic partner benefits, 1991–2006. Being prepared for review at Journal of Applied Psychology.
Miles, E.W., & King, W.C., Jr. Contextual ambiguity and negotiation self-efficacy in cross-cultural negotiation.
REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
King, W. C., Jr., & Miles, E. W. 1996. Will some people work for less money?: A test of the explanatory effect of equity sensitivity on starting salary differentials. Proceedings: Decision Sciences Institute, 1: 341.
King, W. C., Jr., & Williamson, I. O. 1995. The reciprocal generative relationship between self-efficacy and performance: A test of a partially mediated model. Proceedings: Decision Sciences Institute, 1: 427--429.
King, W. C., Jr., & Marksz, J. 1994. Gender constructs and measurement: A new approach.
Proceedings: Decision Sciences Institute, 1: 499--501.
King, W. C., Jr., & Amladi, I. 1993. A cognitive states model for organizational justice: The influence of outcome valence, determinants, and vicarious learning on assessments of procedural and distributive justice. Proceedings: Decision Sciences Institute, 1: 519--521.
King, W. C., Jr., & Miles, E. W. 1993. A test of the interaction effect of gender and
administration mode on responses to work-related psychological instruments. Proceedings: Decision Sciences Institute, 1: 491--493.
Lewis, M., Miles, E. W., & King, W. C., Jr. 1992. A test of gender differences in preferred work outcomes and elements that contribute to job satisfaction. Proceedings for the
Southern Management Association, 467--469.
Miles, E. W., & King, W. C., Jr. 1991. An empirical test of a refinement of the equity theory of motivation. Proceedings for the Southern Management Association, 284--286.
King, W. C., Jr., Miles, E. W., & Kniska, J. 1991. An experimental examination of the attribution of sex-role stereotypes. Proceedings: Midwest Decision Sciences Institute, 104--106.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS NOT PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS
Housel, S.L., Janney, J.J., King, W.C., & Lau, T.J. 2003. Leading edge or bleeding edge? Market reactions to announcements of firms offering same-sex domestic partner benefits.
Burnell, J., Henderson, K., & King, W.C. Jr. 2001. Weaving the threads of diversity at a Catholic university: Opportunities for collaboration. American Council on Education, Cincinnati, OH.
Miles, E. W., & King, W. C. Jr. 1997. Communication satisfaction and procedural justice: Distinct or overlapping constructs? Academy of Management, Boston, MA.
Sparks, J. R., King, W. C. Jr., & Areni, C. S. 1997. The influence of power of style and communication mode on persuasion and audience evaluation of the speaker. Academy of Management, Boston, MA.
King, W. C., Jr. 1995. The role of the academician in creating and sustaining a high performance organization (HPO): From design through implementation. Symposium, Southern States Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
King, W. C., Jr., & Miles, E. W. 1994. Assessing the equivalence of pencil-and-paper and computerized instruments: Stability of measurement continua. Academy of Management, Dallas, TX.
Miles, E. W., King, W. C., Jr., & Patrick, S. L. 1993. The moderating effect of job level in predicting the relationship between supervisory communication and job satisfaction. Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA.
King, W. C., Jr., & Hinson, T. D. 1992. The influence of sex and equity sensitivity on satisfaction and preferences in a negotiation. Decision Sciences Institute, San Francisco, CA.
King, W. C., Jr., & Miles, E. W. 1992. Questionnaire design, organizational diversity, and response rate: Does random distribution alone guarantee equal representation? Academy of Management, Las Vegas, NV.
King, W. C., Jr., Miles, E. W., & Day, D. D. 1990. An experimental test of the equity sensitivity construct. Academy of Management, San Francisco, CA.
King, W. C., Jr., & Miles, E. W. 1989. A discrepancy theory of the relationship between communication and job satisfaction: A replication. Academy of Management, Washington, D.C.
King, W. C., Jr., & Dent, M. M. 1987. The persuasive effect of graphics in electronic communication systems. Symposium, Academy of Management, New Orleans, LA.
King, W. C., Jr., Huseman, R. C., & Hatfield, J. D. 1985. Communicating equity: A communication-motivation paradigm. Symposium, Academy of Management, San Diego, CA.
CASES
QWL as a vehicle for labor-management cooperation: The case of Cincinnati Bell.
Unpublished case supported by a grant from the Center for Labor-Management Cooperation, Miami University.
DOCTORAL COMMITTEES
Brashear, T. G. 1996. Mentoring in the salesforce: A longitudinal study of the effects of mentoring, mentoring functions and mentor protege relationship characteristics on salesforce outcomes. Georgia State University. Ph.D. candidate (marketing); served as external reader.
MASTER'S COMMITTEES
Flem, C. 1996. Defining facility-wide performance measures in a manufacturing setting: The link to product and service quality. Miami University. MBA candidate; served as chair.
Hymer, M. 1996. A process to design a gainsharing program for a team-based manufacturing facility. Miami University. MBA candidate; served as chair.
Gradone, T. 1995. SQA as a motivational tool for the buyers in the Hamilton paper mill of Champion International. Miami University. MBA candidate; served as chair.
Essex, M. R. 1994. Report on an internship with the Indiana department of environmental management at Indianapolis, Indiana. Miami University. Institute of Environmental Sciences Master's candidate; served as reader.
Burkart, M. L. 1994. Ohio Casualty internship: An industry analysis, a company analysis, and a study of procedural and interactional justice within the payroll department. Miami University. MBA candidate; served as reader.
Crane, M. W. 1994. An analysis of the information technology industry and NCR's career development workshops. Miami University. MBA candidate; served as reader.
Liles, D. 1994. A report on disaster contingency planning at Cedel, S.A., Luxembourg. Miami University. MBA candidate; served as reader.
UNDERGRADUATE HONORS THESIS COMMITTEES Kaufman, D. 2010. Honors Thesis. University of Dayton.
Wendell, G. J. 1996. The challenges of subsidiary management in multinational corporations. Miami University; served as reader.
