DANIEL S. COCHRAN

PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

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Starkville, Mississippi 39759 College of Business & Industry

662-***-**** P.O. Box 9581

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS 39762

Phone: 662-***-****

Fax: 662-***-****

e-mail: abp997@r.postjobfree.com

Website:

http//misweb.cbi.msstate.edu/!COBI/professor.shtml?dcochran

Major Teaching and Research Areas:

Leadership Skills

Organizational Behavior

Organizational Development

Human Resource Management

Education:

Ph.D. (1978) University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas

(Management/ Organizational Behavior)

MBA (1973) Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas

(Management)

BBA (1968) Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas

(Marketing)

Administrative Experience:

Associate Dean for Internal Affairs, College of Business & Industry, Mississippi State University, 1996-1998.

Leadership Positions in Professional Organizations

Archivist, Southern Management Association, 1993-Present.

Chairman, Southern Management Association, Teaching Effectiveness Committee, 1993-1994.

Past President, Southern Management Association, 1992.

President, Southern Management Association, 1991.

President, Allied Southern Business Association, 1991.

President Elect, Southern Management Association, 1990.

Vice-President and Program Chair, Southern Management Association, 1989.

Program Chairman Elect, Southern Management Association, 1987-1988.

Treasurer, Southern Management Association, 1983-1986.

Program Committee (Organization Communication Track Chairman) SW Academy of Management, 1984.

President, SW American Business Communication Association, 1983-1984.

Vice-President and Program Chairperson, SW American Business Communication Association, 1982-1983.

Membership Coordinator for Mississippi Personnel Division, Academy of Management, 1981-1985.

Program Committee (Area Coordinator Personnel Management) Southern Management Association, 1981.

Secretary-Treasurer for SW American Business Communication Association, 1981-1982.

President, Ozark Economic Association, University of Arkansas Business Administration Alumni Association, 1980-1981.

Vice-President, Ozark Economic Association, 1978-1980.

Faculty Sponsor, Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity, Sam Houston State University, 1978-1980.

Vice-President, Sigma Iota Epsilon (Honorary) Management Fraternity, University of Arkansas, 1977.

Committee Experience:

COBI MBA Committee

COBI Award Recruiting Committee

COBI Strategic Planning and Development Committee

COBI Alumni Committee

MSU Undergraduate Teaching Award Committee

MSU Representative, Institute of Higher Learning Task Force on Designing and Implementing a Graduate Business Program in Mississippi using Distance Learning

Chairman, College of Business Performance Evaluation/Compensation Review Committee

Coordinator, Arthur Anderson Business Ethics Program

Chairman, College of Business Faculty Awards Steering Committee (MSU)

College of Business By-Laws and Constitution Committee

Chairman, University Traffic Committee

(MSU)

Chairman, University Street Naming Committee

(MSU)

University Grievance Committee

(MSU)

College of Business Teaching Enrichment Committee

(MSU)

College of Business Strategic Planning Task Force

(MSU)

College of Business Graduate Policies Committee

(MSU)

College of Business BSD Department Search Committee

(MSU)

Mississippi Manufacturing Association Employee Relations Committee

College of Business Organizational Structure Committee

(SHSU)

Military Leadership Experience:

Captain, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Command and Staff Assignments, (Company Executive Officer, Platoon

Leader, Post Training Officer), 1968-1972.

Business Experience: (1960-1968)

Wholesale Drug Salesman (Southwestern Drug Corporation) Beaumont and Houston, Texas

Bank Balancer, First Security, Beaumont, Texas (Supervised keypunch operators, sorter operator and

computer operator).

Retail clerk, Southern Sales, Houston and Beaumont, Texas

Reproduction clerk, Manpower, Inc., Houston, Texas

Construction Worker, Hudson Engineering, Houston, Texas

Draftsman, The Austin Company, Houston, Texas

Teaching Awards:

Nominee, College of Business & Industry Outstanding Graduate Teacher Award, and Outstanding Faculty Award, 1995.

Nominee, MSU Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher Award, 1991-1993.

Recipient of Outstanding Teacher Award by Gamma Beta Phi Society at MSU (Based on student evaluation of teacher skill, desire and performance ), 1990.

Recipient of Thomas Hinckle Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher Award by the faculty and students of the College of Business and Industry, MSU, 1990.

Recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Member Award by Student Association at MSU, 1989.

Finalist (top 3); MSU Outstanding Teacher Award, 1989.

Recipient of the Thomas Hinckle Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher Award by the faculty and students of the College of Business and Industry, MSU, 1987.

Teaching Experiences:

1980-Present Mississippi State University, *Professor of Management (Organizational Behavior, Organizational Development, Leadership Skills, Principles of Management and Human Resource Management).

*Granted Tenure Spring 1985 and Full Professor Spring 1986.

Sam Houston State University, Assistant Professor of Management (Policy, Personnel, Organizational Behavior, Principles)

University of Arkansas, Full-time Instructor of Management (Organizational Communications, Communications Seminar, Organizational Behavior)

University of Arkansas, Part-time Instructor of Management (Organizational Communications)

Sam Houston State University, Full-time Instructor of Management (Office Management, Financial Management, Introduction to Business)

Sam Houston State University, Part-time Instructor of General Business (Statistics Lab, Office Management)

Management Development Consulting/Contract Research Experience:

2005 Co-Principle Investigator – Parker-Racor Corporation

1995-Present International Business Strategies Executive Development Program

2000 Principle Investigator – Weyerhaeuser Company service contract

1999 Principle Investigator – Freide-Goldman International service contract

1998 Principle Investigator – Freide-Goldman International service contract

1998 Co-principle Investigator – U.S. Marine Corps educational grant

1997 Principle Investigator – IHL educational grant

1980-Present Design and Implementation of Management Development Programs for organizations such as:

Weavexx, Inc. (Starkville, MS)

Weyerhaeuser (Columbus, MS)

Freide Goldman, Inc., (Pascagoula, MS)

American Bank, (Ruston, LA)

NASA (Gulf Coast)

Babcock and Wilcox (West Point)

Elkhart Products Corp. (Fayetteville, Arkansas)

Farmers Home Administration (various locations throughout the United States)

Mississippi Agricultural Research Service (USDA)

Mississippi Cooperate Extension Service (USDA)

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

Northwest Airlines, Memphis, TN

Federal Grain Inspection Service (USDA), Washington, D.C.

Department of Labor (DOL), Employment Security Division (at MSU)

New Mexico Highlands University, Amtrack Seminar Series, Las Vegas, New Mexico

Champion International Huntsville, Texas

Celanese Corporation, Corpus Christi, Texas

University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas

Fluor Engineers and Constructors, Houston, Texas

USDA Meat Graders (at MSU)

1982-Present Conducted after dinner speeches/short seminars on various management topics to numerous professional organizations in Mississippi to include:

Pro-Miss (Organizations throughout Mississippi)

Tecumseh Products

Pro-Miss Leadership Institute

Alexander’s Home Health

State of Mississippi Personnel Management Association

Forrest Service, Southern Region, (USDA)

People’s Bank (Tupelo)

Mississippi Chapters of Bank Administrators Institute

Mississippi Hospital Association

Mississippi Department of Education

Mississippi Real Estate Association (Management Training Certification)

Mississippi Division of Narcotics

People’s Bank of Mississippi (Meridian)

Mississippi Baptist Student Union

Mississippi Valley Gas Company

Mississippi Parks and Recreation Administrators

MSU Faculty Development Office

Mississippi Chapter of Data Processing Management Association

Mississippi Pest Control Association

Babcock and Wilcox Incorporated

Numerous manufacturing plants located in Mississippi

Various Service Clubs (Kiwanis, Optimist, etc.)

1983-1985 Design and Implementation of an Assessment Center and Career Development Program for Department of Labor (DOL), Atlanta Regional Office (Grant approximately $150,000)

1983-1984 Designed Personnel Policies and Procedures for Gulf Coast Business Services, Inc., Biloxi, MS ($5,000)

1989-1990 Designing a Developmental Assessment Center for Management Curriculum: A Pilot Study, Recipient of Research Award given by Southern Business Administration Association ($3,000)

Research: Journal Publications (Co-authored)

Does Cultural Fit Matter: The Adoption and Effectiveness of Employee Involvement Practices in China and the United States, Current Topics in Management, Vol. 5, 2000, Yu, Finegold and Lawler.

Quality Practices in China, Quality Management Journal, Vol. 5 #2, 1998, with Yu and Spencer.

An Empirical Investigation into the Validity of Servqual in the Public Sector, Accepted for publication in Public Administration Quarterly, Vol. 21 #1, 1997 with B. Orwig.

Going Beyond the Call of Duty: Encouraging Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Journal of Managerial Issues, Vol. VII, #2, 1995, with Schnake and Dumler.

A Comparison of Nigerian and U.S. Cultural Norms by U.S. Expatriate Executives in Nigeria, Journal of International Management, Vol. 11, #4, December 1994, with F. Oguhebe and L. Capella.

Internal Voice Mechanisms and Communication From Employees About Ehtical Issues, Journal of Business Strategies, Vol. 11, #1, Spring 1994, with T. Barnett.

An Analysis of the Utilization of Microcomputer Graphics in Today’s Small Business, Business & Economic Review, Vol. 7, #1, 1993, with R. Pearson & M. Tang.

Turnover in the Top Management Cohort and Financial Performance, Journal of Business Strategies, Vol. 10, #1, 1993, with R. Cook and S. Taylor.

The Whistleblowing Policies of American Enterprises, Foreign Economics and Management, July 1993 (n. 175), 1993, with T. Barnett and C. Yu (Published in China).

The Relationship Between ‘Traditional’ Leadership Versus ‘Super’ Leadership on Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Group and Organizational Management, 12:127-136, 1993, with M. Schnake and M. Dumler.

The Internal Disclosure Policies of Private-Sector Employers: An Initial Look at Their Relationship to Employee Whistleblowing, Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 12, #2, 1993, with T. Barnett and S. Taylor.

Personnel Policies for the Whistleblower, HR Magazine, on Human Resource Management (Formerly Personnel Administrator), January 1991, with T. Barnett.

I Still Do My Job, Don’t I?, Case Research Journal, Spring 1990, with B. Neese.

An Empirical Investigation of the Nature of Hospital Mission Statements, Health Care Management Review, Vol. 15, #3, Summer 1990, with K. Gibson.

Effects of Differences in Superior and Subordinate Perceptions of the Superiors’ Communication Practices, Journal of Business Communication, Vol. 27:1, Winter 1990, with M. Schnake, M. Dumler, and T. Barnett.

Should Your Firm Adopt An Anti-Fraternization Policy?, SAM Advanced Management Journal, Vol. 54, #4, Autumn 1989, with J. Bryant and B. Neese.

AC’s Are Not Just For The Big Boys, Personnel Administration, May 1989, with K. Arnett, D. Arnold, and S. Keel.

Evaluating & Improving Business School Students Rating of Faculty: A Case Study, Journal of Education for Business, 1989, with K. Arnett and D. Arnold.

More Than A Gold Watch, Personnel Administrator, April 1988, with W. Newsom and P. Turnquist.

A Study of Mission Statements Among Large U.S. Manufacturers, Journal of Business Strategies, Fall 1987, with F. David.

Designing a Developmental Assessment Center in a Government Agency: A Case Study, Public Personnel Management, Vol. 16, No. 2, Summer 1987, with T. Hinckle and D. Dusenberry.

Characteristics of Boundary Spanning Communicators, Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Vol. 17, No. 2, 1987, with F. David.

Communication Effectiveness of Organizational Mission Statements, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1987, with F. David.

Computer Based Management (CBM) for Balancing Recreation Teams, Journal of Physical Education, September, 1987, with K. Arnett.

Case Writing as a By-Product of Action Research, Journal of Management Case Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1986, with K. Gibson.

PC’s in the BC Classroom: Present and Future Perceptions, Association of Business Communication Bulletin, March 1986, with M. Giallourakis and J.P. Shim.

A Framework for Developing an Effective Mission Statement, Journal of Business Strategies, Vol. 2, No. 2, Fall 1985, K. Gibson and F. David.

Performing Communication Consulting: An Essay on the Way and the How, Resources in Education, The ERIC abstract journal and available in their microfilm Reading and Communication Skills Module, Nov. 1985, with K. Gibson.

Effect of Two Goal Setting Dimensions on Perceived Intraorganizational Conflict, Group and Organizational Studies, June, 1985, with M. Schnake.

Improving Communication and Problem-Solving Skills Through Behavior Modeling and the Case Approach to Learning, Journal of Business Education, Vol. 60, No. 2, Nov. 1984, with K. Gibson.

Qualitative Research: An Alternative to Quantitative Research in Communication, Journal of Business Communication, Fall 1984, with J. Dolan.

Communication Strategies for Developing Trust in the Salesperson/Prospect Exchange, Resources in Education, the ERIC abstract journal and available in their microfilm Reading and Communication Skills module, March 1984, with K. Gibson.

Effects of Organization Size on Conflict Frequency and Location in Hospitals, Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 20, 1983, with M. Schnake and R. Earl.

The Effects and Resolutions of Conflict in Hospital Purchasing Management, Journal of Health Care Marketing, Fall 1982, with C.P. Rao.

Case Writing: An Acceptable Professional Activity or an Exercise in Futility, Journal of Business Education, Spring 1982 issue, with K. Gibson.

Intraorganizational Conflict in the Hospital Purchasing Decision-Making Process, Academy of Management Journal, June 1981, with D. White.

Impact of Set Role Differences Upon the Frame of Reference of Male and Female Residential Real Estate Salespeople in their Evaluation of Career Opportunities, Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, Fall-Winter 1980-1981, with K-Gibson and D. Epley.

Putting a Square Peg Into a Round Hole: Communication Models and Their Applications, Journal of Business Communications, Fall of 1979, with K. Gibson.

Research: Cases & Book Reprints (Co-authored)

I Still Do My Job, Don’t I, published in Hunt & Osborn, Organizational Behavior, 1996, 6th Edition.

I Still Do My Job, Don’t I, published in Hellriegel & Slocum, Management, 1996, 7th Edition.

I Still Do My Job, Don’t I, published in J. Schemerhorn, Managing for Productivity, 1996 and 1993 Editions.

An Empirical Investigation of the Nature of Hospital Mission Statements, Health Care Management: Strategy, Structure, and Process, 1992.

JMC Dietary Department, OB-OD Case published in Rakich, Longest & Darr, Cases in Health Services Administration, W. B. Saunders Company, 1983.

Enhancing Academic Research Through the Consulting Engagement: A Case in Point, Reprinted in Gore and Write, editors, The Academic-Consultant Connection, Kendall-Hunt, 1979.

From Disequilibrium to Disequilibrium?, Reprinted in Glueck and Jauch, The Managerial Experience, 2nd Edition Dryden Press, 1980., Reprinted in Appelbaum, Stress Management for Health Care Professionals, Aspen Systems Corporation, 1980., Reprinted in White and Vroman, Action in Organization, 2nd edition, Allyn and Bacon, 1982., Reprinted in Albanese and Van Fleet, Organizational Behavior: A Managerial Viewpoint, The Dryden Press, 1983.

What’s the Problem?, Reprinted in White and Vroman, Action in Organizations, 2nd edition, Allyn and Bacon, 1982., Reprinted in White and Bednar, Organizational Behavior, Allyn & Bacon, 1986.

Research: Proceedings & Presentations (Co-authored)

Does Cultural Fit Matter: The Adoption and Effectiveness of Employee Involvement Practices in China and the United States, with Yu, Finegold, and Lawler, presented and published in Proceedings of the Sixth Annual International Conference on Advances in Management, Vol. 6, 1999.

The Impact of Cultural Fit Total Quality Management and Employee Involvement Practices on Firm Performance and Empirical Study of the 500 Largest Companies in China, presented at the Annual Meeting of Academy of International Business, 1998.

Collaborative Development and Delivery of an Innovative Graduate Program in Business Via Distance Learning, presented at the 1996 AACSB Continuous Improvement Symposium, with Davis, Symco, and Gillingwater.

Nigerian Scholars’ Perception of U.S. Expatriate Managers Problems in Nigera, presented at 1996 International Society of the Study of Work and Organizational Values conference (Montreal Canada) and published in their Proceedings, with Capella and Oguhebee.

Reducing Writing Apprehesion through Management of Situational Variables, presented at 1995 Association of Business Communications annual convention, with Jeri Littlejohn.

Equal Employment Opportunity Past, Prologue and Global Implications, Academy of Business Administration, with M. Schnake, 1994 (Cancun, Mexico), and published in Global Business Trends: Contemporary Readings (1995).

A Profile of TQM in China, Southern Management Association Proceedings, 1994, with Yu and Spencer.

How Different are Nigerian and U.S. Business Environments? A Perception From U.S. Executives in Nigeria, Midwest AIB/MBAA Conference Proceedings, with F. Oguhebe and C. Capella, 1994.

Empirical Comparison of Service Quality Between a Service Provider and Internal Customer in the Public Sector, Decision Sciences Institute Proceedings with B. Orwig, 1994 (Hawaii).

Motive Does Matter: An Exploratory Policy-Capturing Study of Motives for Engaging in Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Southern Management Association Proceedings, 1993, with M. Schnake and M. Dumler.

Assessment of Service Quality in the Government Sector, TIMS/ORSA, 1993, with B. Orwig.

Understanding Salesperson Motives and Job-Related Behaviors: An Equity Theory Approach, Atlantic Marketing Associaton Proceedings, 1993, with Sundaram.

The Effects of Personality, Demographics, and Social Influence on Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Southern Management Association Proceedings, 1992.

Formal Internal Voice Mechanism and Communication From Employees About Ethical and Moral Issues, Southern Management Association Proceedings, 1992.

Organizational Cultures: A Competitive Tool for Voluntary Organizations, Southwest Federation of Academic Discipline, (in SMA Proceedings) meeting, 1992.

Identifying Cultural Contingencies for International Business Operations: Suggestions for Research, Western Decision Science Institute meeting, 1992.

Improving Communication Skills in the Classroom Using Assesment Center Technology: A Pilot Study, Annual Association of Business Commuication meeting, 1991.

The Information Center Concept Applies in the Classroom, Annual Decision Science Institute meeting, 1991.

Utilization of Computer Graphics in Small Business Management, Decision Science Institute meeting, 1991.

A Methodology for Empirical Examination of Ethical Business Beliefs, Midwest Business Administration Association meeting, 1991.

Designing a Developmental Assessment Center for Management Curriculums: A Pilot Study, Southern Business Administration Association, 1990.

An Empirical Examination of Four Factors Thought to be Implemental in Ethical Business Judgments, Society for Business Ethics, (1990).

Turnover in the Top Management Cohort and Financial Performance: A Nebraska Example, 1990 Southern Management Association Proceedings.

The Relationship Between Internal Dissert Policies and Employee Whistleblowing: An Exploratory Study, 1990 National Academy of Management (Abstract in Proceedings).

Hospital Size and the Nature of Hospital Mission Statements, 1990 Southern Management Association Proceedings.

Implementing A Faculty Awards Program: A Case Study, 1989 National Decision Science Institute annual meeting. (Abstract in Proceedings).

Factors Which Influence Ethical Business Judgements: A Managerial and Societal Comparison, 1989 National Academy of Management annual meeting, (Abstract in Proceedings).

Little Gold Pins, case presented at 1989 North American Case Research Association Workshop.

The Stolen Plant, case presented at 1989 North American Case Research Association Workshop.

Effects of Differences in Superior and Subordinate Perceptions of Superior Communications Practices, 1989 SW-ABC Proceedings.

Teaching Organizational Design through Export System Methodology, 1989 SE-DSI Proceedings. (nominated for Best Paper Award).

The Writing Process Workshop: A Teaching Tool for Overcoming Writing Apprehension in Students, 1989 SW-ABC Proceedings.

A Comparison of Academic and Practitioner Research Interests In the Area of Human Resource Management, 1988 SW-Academy of Management Proceedings.

Effects of Participation in a Pre-Retirement Planning Program on Retirement Life, 1987 National Academy of Management annual meeting in New Orleans (Abstract in Proceedings).

I Still Do My Job, Don’t I, case presented at North American Case Research Association, meeting in New Orleans (1987).

Legal Considerations in Organizational Communications, 1987 Southwest Association of Business Communications meetings and published in the SW-ABC Proceedings (nominated for Best Paper Award).

Are Pre-Retirement Programs Effective? 1987 Midwest Business Administration Association meeting (Human Resource/Industrial Relations Division) in Chicago and published in the MBAA Proceedings.

An Empirical Investigation of University Mission Statements, 1986 National Academy of Management meeting in Chicago (abstract in Proceedings).

Corporate Mission Statements: The Impact of SIZE and USER Sector Contingency Variables, 1986 Southern Management Association meeting and published in SMA Proceedings.

The Nature and Role of Mission Statements in Strategic Management: Implications for Practice, invited symposium speaker at 1986 Southern Management Association Meeting.

A Systems Approach to Product Development in the Life Insurance Industry, 1986 SW-AIDS Proceedings.

International Business Communication: Barriers and Gateways, 1986 SW-ABC meeting and published in the SW-ABC Proceedings.

The Use of Conjoint Analysis in Flexible Benefit Programs: Research Propositions and Implementation Issues, 1986 SW Academy of Management meeting and published in the SW Academy of Management Proceedings.

An Empirical Investigation of Mission Statements, 1985 Southern Management Association meeting and published in the SMA Proceedings.

Can Students with Low Grammar Competency Learn Technical Writing Skills, National American Business Communication meeting (Fall 1985), and published in the ABC Proceedings.

Communication Effectiveness of Organizational Mission Statements, National ABC meeting (Fall 1985), and published in the ABC Proceedings.

Developing Communication Skills through ‘Assessment Center’ Technology: A Case Study, 1985 SE-ABC meeting, Chattanooga, TN.

Personal Computer-Based Instructional Approach in Business Communication, 1985 SW-ABCA meeting, New Orleans, LA.

The Relationship Between Similarity of Superior and Subordinate Perceptions of Task Goal Attributes and Internal Work Motivation and Job Satisfaction, 1984 Southern Management Association meeting and published in the SMA Proceedings.

Communication Consulting, the Why and How, 1984 SE ABCA Proceedings.

Developing a Model for Determining the Quality of Strategic Mission Statements in University Environments, 1984 Midwest Business Administration Association (Management Division) meeting.

Developing an Evaluation Guide to Determine Quality of Strategic Mission Statements, 1984 SW-Academy of Management meeting and published in the SW Academy of Management Proceedings (nominated for Best Paper Award).

Effect of Two Goal Setting Dimensions on Perceived Intra-Organizational Conflict, 1984 SW-Academy of Management meeting and published in the SW Academy of Management Proceedings.

Communication Research in the 1980’s, SW ABCA, 1984 meeting as an Invited Speaker.

Conflict in the Matrix Structure, 1984 SW-AIDA meeting and published in the

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