Teaching Interests: organizational behavior, leadership development, human resource management

Research Interests: equity sensitivity, employee-organization relationships, leadership, commitment issues in organizations

University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky
          Ph.D.: April 1999
               Major: Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management
          MBA: 1994
               Major: Organizational Behavior

Roberts Wesleyan College Rochester, New York
          BA: 1975
               Major: Religion/Philosophy

Middle Tennessee State University          Murfreesboro, TN
          8/99-present          Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Marketing

University of Kentucky          Lexington, KY
                                                Carol Martin Gatton College of Business & Economics
          8/96-7/99              Teaching & Research Assistant

Non-Academic
          3/96-6/96              Contract Consultant
                                       Calgon Carbon Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

          3/84-7/85               Production Coordinator
                                       Solo Cup Company, Federalsburg, Maryland

Military (Retired, 1995) United States Navy
          4/94-8/95             Director of Manpower, Personnel & Training, Midwest Region, 
                                      Great Lakes, IL
                                               - Directed policy, training and HR activities for 6,000 personnel
                                               - Taught management and HR seminars for regional managers
                                               - Supervised downsizing effort for five-state region

          6/91-3/94              Commanding Officer, Naval Reserve Center, Lexington, KY
                                               - Directed policy, training and HR activities for 500 personnel
                                               - Taught management and HR seminars for local managers

          10/89-5/91             Executive Officer, USS SAVANNAH (7.5M gal oil tanker), Norfolk, VA
                                               - Second in command; set and implemented shipboard policy

          12/77-9/89            Various Shipboard Assignments
                                               -  Operations, Training and Human Resource Management 
                                               -  Various Shipboard Assignments 

Graduate Courses:
MGMT 6600 - Study of Organizations (5)
Undergraduate Courses:
MGMT 4680 - Organizational Behavior (23)
MGMT 3810 - Human Resource Management (4)
MGMT 4650 - Human Resource Development (6)
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management (6)
MGMT 3610H - Principles of Management (Honors) (1)
MGMT 3630 - Organization Theory (1)
B AD 4980 - Business Policy (1)



 

Evaluations: 3.37-4.0 on a 4.0 scale.

Sample Comments:

"This class should be a required class for anyone in management." (MGMT 4680)

"I thought this was a very intense class.  If this class was designed to have a person learn about themselves and others, well it did what it was supposed to do." (MGMT 4680)

“I just want to let you know that this was the best class I have taken throughout my college career.  I learned so much through your teaching skills.” (MGMT 4680)

"I wish all the supervisors at my work could take this course." (MGMT 4680)

"I commend you for teaching in a way that really made me think!" (MGMT 4680)

"This is the way a graduate class should be taught!  I've learned more in this class than in any of my other graduate classes."  (MGMT 6600)

"It’s obvious that you take a genuine interest in your students…that really makes a difference." (MGMT 3610)

Journal Publications:

Foote, D.A., Seipel, S.J., Johnson, N.B., & Duffy, M.K.  In press. “Employee commitment and organizational policies”, Management Decision, Vol. 43, Iss. 3.

Foote, D.A. 2004. “Managing temporary workers: The problem of unscheduled turnover”, Management Decision, 42: 963-973.

Harmon, S.K., & Foote, D.A. 2004. “Consumers’ Internet usage and attitudes toward the net”, Insights to a Changing World, March.

Foote, D.A. 2004. “Creating shareholder wealth through corporate social responsibility: A moral intensity model of CSP”, Business Journal for
Entrepreneurs, March.

Harmon, S.K., & Foote, D.A. 2004. “The influence of price difference and equity sensitivity on customer satisfaction in a dynamic pricing
environment”, Advances in Consumer Research, 31: 593-598.

Foote, D.A., Harmon, S.K., & Mayo, D. 2003. “The impacts of instructional style and gender role attitudes on students’ evaluation of faculty”,
Marketing Education Review, Summer: 9-19. 

Foote, D.A., & Folta, T. 2002. “Temporary workers as real options”.  Human Resource Management Review, 12: 579-597.

Other Publications:

Foote, D.A. In Press. Organizational Behavior: Foundations, Realities, & Challenges, 5e, Study Guide, Cincinnati: South-Western.

Foote, D.A. (with others). In Press. Organizational Behavior: Foundations, Realities, & Challenges, 5e, Instructor’s Manual, Cincinnati: South-Western.

Foote, D.A. 2004. Best Practices, Case Study 3, “How to Revise Your Paper”, Emerald Management Xtra Web site.

Foote, D.A. 2004. Management: A Competency-Based Approach, 10e, Instructor’s Manual, Cincinnati: South-Western.

Foote, D.A. (with others). 2002. Organizational Behavior: Foundations, Realities, & Challenges, 4e, Instructor’s Manual, Cincinnati: South-
Western.
 

Articles Under Review:

Foote, D.A., Harmon, S.K.  “Measuring equity sensitivity”, under review at Journal of Managerial Psychology.

Foote, D.A., Tang, T.L.P., Duffy, M.K., & Johnson, N.B. “Does team commitment moderate the job satisfaction-OCB relationship?”, for submission to Journal of Management.

Harmon, S.K., & Foote, D.A. “Measuring equity sensitivity: A further investigation”, for submission to Journal of Managerial Psychology.

Batey, L., & Foote, D.A. “Moral disengagement and equity sensitivity”, for submission to Business Journal for Entrepreneurs.

Proceedings:

Foote, D.A., Harmon, S.K., & Mayo, D. “Sex and severity: An examination of students’ perceptions of toughness versus leniency in female and male professors”. Proceedings of the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association.  Orlando, FL (November 2000).

Foote, D.A., Johnson, N.B., & Duffy, M.K. "Policy commitment: A reconceptualization of loyalty in organizations". Proceedings of the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association. Atlanta, GA  (October 1999)

Foote, D.A. "Policy commitment: Buying the apple but not the cart". Proceedings of the 19^th Annual Southern Industrial Relations and Human Resource Conference. Nashville, TN  (October 1998)

Foote, D.A. "Temporary systems: Human resource management and non-permanent employees". Proceedings of the 18^th Annual Southern Industrial Relations and Human Resource Conference. Lexington, KY  (October 1997).

Foote, D.A. "Facilitating Teams". Calgon Carbon Corporation. Pittsburgh, PA (May 1996).

“Ethical Leadership,” Middle Tennessee Leadership Conference, MTSU, October 2004

“Effective Communication,” Business/Finance Division Managers and Supervisors Retreat, MTSU, June 2004

“Effective Communication,” Accounting Services Retreat, MTSU, March 2004

“Using Collaboration to Effect Positive Change”, Faculty Leadership Academy, MTSU, February 2004

“Effective Communication”. Supervisory Excellence Series, MTSU, January 2004.

“Effective Communication”. Supervisory Excellence Series, MTSU, January 2003.

“Effective Communication”. Supervisory Excellence Series, MTSU, February 2002.

(panel) "CourseInfo: Lessons Learned".  Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference, MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, April 2001

"Organizational commitment: Barking up the wrong tree?"  Annual Meeting of the American Society for Business and Behavioral Studies, Las Vegas, NV, February 2001

"Sex and severity: An examination of students' perceptions of sternness versus leniency in male and female professors". Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, Orlando, FL, November 2000

"Real teams: What makes them work".  Institute for Organizational Development, MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, June 2000

(with S. Harmon) "On-line personality and learning style tests". Faculty Instructional Technology Institute, MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, June 2000 

(with S. Harmon) "On-line personality and learning style tests". Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference, MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, April 2000 

"Policy commitment: A reconceptualization of loyalty in organizations". Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, Atlanta, GA, October 1999

"Policy commitment: Buying the apple but not the cart". 19^th Annual Southern Industrial Relations and Human Resource Conference, Nashville, TN, October 1998

"Temporary systems: Human resource management and non-permanent employees". 18^th Annual Southern Industrial Relations and Human Resource Conference, Lexington, KY, October, 1997

Store Opening Solutions, Murfreesboro, TN, 2003 - Present
Art Department, MTSU, 2003
Tractor Supply Company, Nashville, TN, 2001-2003
Calgon Carbon Corporation, Pittsburg, PA, 1996.

Session Chair:
    Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, San Antonio, TX, November 2004.

    Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, Atlanta, GA, November 2002.  

    Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, Orlando, FL, November 2000

    Annual Meeting of the Institute for Behavioral and Applied Management, Annapolis, MD, November 1999

Discussant:
    Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, San Antonio, TX, November 2004.

    Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, Clearwater Beach, FL, November 2003.

    Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, Atlanta, GA, November 2002.  

    Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, New Orleans, LA, November 2001 

    Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, Orlando, FL, November 2000

Reviewer:
    Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, San Antonio, TX, November 2004.

    Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, Clearwater Beach, FL, November 2003.

    Noe, R.A., Hollenbeck, J.R., Gerhart, B., & Wright, P.M. Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, 1e. McGraw-Hill Irwin. April
    2003.

    Kinicki, A., & Kreitner, R. Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills & Best Practices. McGraw-Hill Irwin. April 2003.

    Kinicki, A., & Williams, B.K. Management: A Practical Introduction, 1e.  McGraw-Hill Irwin. March 2003

    Malott, M.E. Paradox of Organizational Change: Engineering Organizations with Behavioral Systems Analysis. Prentice-Hall. November
    2002.

    Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, Atlanta, GA, November 2002.  

    Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, New Orleans, LA, November 2001.

    Nelson, D.L., & Quick, J.C. Organizational Behavior: Foundations, Realities, & Challenges, Prentice-Hall.  July/August 2001.

    Gomez-Mejia, L.R., Balkin, D.B., & Cardy, R.L. Managing Human Resources, Prentice-Hall.  June 2001.

    Beitler. Organizational Change & Development: OCD Practice in the 21st Century. Prentice-Hall.  May 2001.

    Robbins, S.P. Essentials of Organizational Behavior, Prentice-Hall. May 2001.

    Annual Meeting of the Institute for Behavioral and Applied Management, Annapolis, MD, November 2000.

    Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, Orlando, FL, November 2000.

    Bateman, T.S., & Snell, S.A. Management: Building a Competitive Advantage, Irwin McGraw-Hill. April 2000.

     Annual Meeting of the Institute for Behavioral and Applied Management, Annapolis, MD, November 1999.

Public Service:

“What Managers Do” American Management Association Certification Program, Tractor Supply Company, Nashville, TN, April 2003

“Getting More Done Through Delegation”. American Management Association Certification Program, Tractor Supply Company, Nashville, TN, June
2002.

“Communication Skills for Managers”. American Management Association Certification Program, Tractor Supply Company, Nashville, TN, October-December 2001. 

“Leadership Skills for Managers”. American Management Association Certification Program, Tractor Supply Company, Nashville, TN, October-December 2001.

"Communication Skills for Managers".  American Management Association Certification Program, Office of Continuing Studies, MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, August 2001.

"How to Make Teams Work".  American Management Association Certification Program, Office of Continuing Studies, MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, April 2001.

"Quality Teams: Getting the Basics Down".  American Society for Quality, Middle Tennessee Section, Smyrna, TN, January 2001.

"Real teams: What makes them work".  Tennessee Library Association - College and University Libraries Section, MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, October 2000.

Professional Development:

AACSB Teaching Business Ethics Conference, Boulder, CO, July 2004
Faculty Leadership Academy, MTSU, January-February 2004.
The Art and Practice of Leadership Development, Harvard University, May 2002
Introduction to WebCT, Sessions I & II, 2001
Front Page Web Page Development Seminar, 2000
Blackboard/Courseinfo Seminar, 2000
Online Course Development (CourseInfo), Office of Information Technology, MTSU, June 2000.
Creating Web Pages, Office of Information Technology, MTSU, October 1999.
Doctoral Consortium, HR Division, 1998 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management

University:
Public Safety and Security Committee, 2004-2006
Vice-Chair, Honors Council, 2004-2005
Chair, Honors College Collage Advisory Committee, 2004-2005
Service Learning Advisory Committee, 2004-2005
AdHoc Building Naming Committee, 2003-2004
AdHoc Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2003-2004
Faculty Welfare 'B' Committee, 2003-2004
Chair, Policies and Procedures Subcommittee, Graduate Council, 2003-2004
Faculty Advisor, Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity, 2002-Present
Faculty Senate, 2002-2005
Senate Steering Committee, 2002-2004
Senate Liaison Committee, 2002-2004
Chair, Faculty Welfare 'B' Committee, 2002-2003
Graduate Council, 2001-2004
Policies and Procedures Subcommittee, Graduate Council, 2001-2003
Chair, Academic Affairs Committee 'C', 2001-2002
Chair, Academic Appeals Committee, 2000-2002
Chair, Academic Affairs Committee C, 2000-2002

College of Business:
Tenure and Promotion Policy Review Committee, 2004-2005
Steering Committee, 2003-2005
Graduate Curriculum Committee, 2003-2005
Outcomes Assessment Committee, 2000-2003
Instructional Resources Committee, 1999-2000

Department of Management & Marketing:
Module Course Development Committee, 2004-2005
Customs Advisor, 2001-2003
Institutional Effectiveness Committee, 2003-2004
Student Issues Committee, 2002-2003
Management Curriculum Committee, 2004-2005, 2001-2002, 1999-2000
Community/Business Relations Committee, 2000-2001
Healthcare Curriculum Committee, 1999-2000

JROTC Booster Club, Oakland High School, Murfreesboro, TN (2002-2003)
Oakland Parents Association, Oakland High School, Murfreesboro, TN (2002-2003)
Site-based Decision Making Council, Western Elementary School, Georgetown, KY (1998-99)
Consolidated Planning Committee, Western Elementary School, Georgetown, KY (1997-98)

Academy of Management
Southern Management Association
Institute for Behavioral and Applied Management

Grants

$14,000 –  HRM in Financial Services, State Farm Insurance Co., (with John Lee, Doug Timmons, Jackie Gilbert) July 2002
$1500 – Faculty Development, MTSU, May 2002

Fall 2004 Jennings A. Jones College of Business Teaching Award
Letters of appreciation from Vice President for Student Affairs, MTSU, citing students’ designation as an instructor “who makes a real difference in the lives of our students”, June 2004 (2), February 2004 (2), June 2003, February 2003, June 2001.

Meritorious Service Medal, U.S. Navy
Navy Commendation Medal, U.S. Navy (2)
Navy Achievement Medal, U.S. Navy
Graduated with Distinction, U.S. Navy Officer Candidate School, 1979

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