David Meyer, Ph.D.

Title: Associate Professor
Department: Department of Management
Office: CBA 361
Phone: (330) 972-6430
Email: dmeyer@uakron.edu

Education:

• Ph.D. University of Michigan, Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations, 1986
• B.S. (Chem.) University of Michigan, Chemistry, 1976

Biography

Professional & Academic Experience:

Academic Experience

• 1989-Present Associate Professor of Management(and Tenure, 1994), University of Akron (on leave 2003-2006)
• 1999-2007 Research Fellow, Douglas A. Fraser Institute for Workplace Issues, Wayne State University
• 2003-2006 Professor of Management and Organization, Central Connecticut State University
• 1988-1990 Research Associate, The Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Michigan
• 1986-1989 Assistant Professor of Business Administration, University of Wyoming
• 1983-1986 Assistant Professor of Management and Marketing, University of Alabama

Research Accomplishments

Recent Publications:

• Steve Dunphy, David Meyer, and Sara Linton, “The Top Ten Greatest Screen Legends and What Their Definitive Roles Demonstrate About Management and Organizational Behaviour,” Behaviour & Information Technology (electronic acceptance received).
• Peter L. Lohrey, John A. MacDonald, David G. Meyer, and Bradley A. Stevenson, "The Limits of Banking Performance," Credit and Financial Management Review, 13, 3:31-40.
• David G. Meyer and Peter L. Lohrey, “Exploring Banking Performance: What are the Limits?” Credit and Financial Management Review, 12, 3:45-57. 2006.
• David G. Meyer, William E. Tracey, Jr., G. S. Rajan, and Vincent Piperni, “Union Leaders’ Value Systems: The Lack of Change Over Time and Scope,” The Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, 10, 1:65-69. 2006.
• Gina L. S. Pines and David G. Meyer, "Stopping the Exploitation of Workers: An Analysis of the Effective Application of Consumer or Socio-Political Pressure," Journal of Business Ethics, 59, 1:155-162. 2005.
• Kenneth J. Hatten, William L. James, and David G. Meyer, "The longevity of the performance effects of the Miles and Snow strategic archetypes: a ten-year perspective in US banking," International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 5, 2/3:196-215. 2004.
• Thomas A. Wright, Russell Cropanzano, and David G. Meyer, “State and Trait Correlates of Job Performance: A Tale of Two Perspectives,” Journal of Business and Psychology, 18, 365-383. 2004.
• Steven M. Dunphy, David G. Meyer, and F. Bruce Simmons, III, "Build Em, Sell Em: The Lincoln Logs Exercise," Journal of Business and Training Education, 12, 1-12. 2003.
• Steven M. Dunphy and David G. Meyer, “Entrepreneur or Manager? A Discriminant Analysis Based on Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles,” The Journal of Business & Entrepreneurship, 14, 2:17-36. 2002.
• David G. Meyer, “Problem Creation and Resolution in Unionized Workplaces: A Review of the Grievance Procedure,” Labor Studies Journal, 27, 3:81-114. 2002.
• Marc J. Martin, David G. Meyer, Rongxin Chen, and Kenneth E. Aupperle, "Organizational Social Responsibility as Perceived by Academic Presidents: An Empirical Inquiry," Central Business Review, 19, 1:21-28. 2000.

Awards:

• Co-Investigator (William Cooke, principal investigator; Christopher Huxley, co-investigator), “The Motor Vehicle Component Supplier Industry: The Effects of Workplace Strategies on Lower-Skilled Production Workers,” Russell Sage Foundation, $194,798, Rockefeller Foundation, $100,000, 2000.
• Awarded an honorarium to present "Unionization and Company Survival: Ohio," at The Tire Industry Conference, Hilton Head, South Carolina, 1997.
• University Grant for Summer Research, 1990, 1996.
• "Best Paper," Personnel/Human Resources division, Academy of Management, 1992.