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Name: Steven R. Ash
Title: Associate Professor of Management
Department: Department of Management
Office: CBA 337
Phone: 330-972-6429
Fax: 330-972-6588
Email: ash@uakron.edu
Mailing Address:
Department of Management
College of Business Administration
The University of Akron
Akron, Ohio 44325-4801
Curriculum Vitae: Download in PDF format |
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| Education: |
- Ph.D., Business Administration
Concentration: Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior
New Mexico State University
Awarded: January, 1997
- M.B.A., Emphasis: Management
New Mexico State University
Awarded: May 1993
- B.A., Experimental Psychology
Area of Concentration: Cognitive Psychology
New Mexico State University
Awarded: December 1986
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| Professional & Academic Experience: |
- Academic Experience
- Associate Professor, The University of Akron, Department of Management, Akron OH (2007 -- present)
- Assistant Professor, The University of Akron, Department of Management, Akron OH (2001 -- 2007)
- Adjunct Professor, The Ohio State University, Department of Management and Human Resources, Columbus, OH (2001).
- Professor and Department Chair, Franklin University, Department of Management and Human Resources, Columbus, OH (1997 -- 2001).
- Assistant Professor, Sul Ross State University, Uvalde, TX (1994 -- 1997).
- Adjunct Professor, Troy State University, White Sands, NM (1993 -- 1994).
- Graduate Student Instructor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (1990 -- 1994).
- Professional Experience
May 1989 - September 1991 (partial years)
Human Factors Engineer, Usability Team
IBM Bethesda
Bethesda, Maryland
- Designed experiments to test customer mental models, error sources, and work process stereotypes
- Conducted qualitative research on customers to understand attitudes, perceptions, needs and requirements
- Interfaced between programmers, engineers and end customers to better determine requirements and needs
- Worked with marketing department to design survey instruments and qualitative techniques for understanding attitudes and opinions of users
May 1988 - May 1989
Experimental Psychologist, Usability Center
IBM Rochester (Malcolm Baldrige Winner)
Rochester, Minnesota
- Designed quantitative and qualitative experiments to identify task requirements of customers and their interactions with computers
- Helped design and implement an observation laboratory that utilized video cameras, microphones, and data capture tools to conduct experiments on end users
- Found ways of content analyzing information and observations
- Presented findings, and made recommendations to upper management
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| Teaching Interests: |
- Human Resources; Organizational Behavior
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| Research Interests: |
- Human Resources; Organizational Behavior
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| Recent Publications: |
- REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (Journals)
- Ash, S. R. (2008). Hispanics and Anglos: The role of group composition on satisfaction. Public Personnel Management.
- Liu, L., Grandon, E. E. and Ash, S. R. (2007). Trainee Reactions and Task Performance: A Study of Open Training in Object-Oriented Systems Development. Information Systems and E-Business Management.
- Figler, R.A., and Ash, S.R. (2007). Derived Demand and Human Resource Management: An Important Linkage in Organizational Strategy. European Journal of Social Sciences, 5(3), 88 – 95.
- Dineen, B. R., Ling, J., Ash, S. R. and DelVecchio, D. (2007). Aesthetic Properties and Message Customization: Navigating the Dark Side of Web Recruitment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92(2), 356 - 372.
- Ash, S. R. (2007). Why Should Small Businesses Care About Diversity? Five Areas of Research that Influence Organizational Results. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 20(3), 223-232.
- Ash, S. and Liu, L. (2006). Trainee Reactions: What Do We Really Know? Training & Management Development Methods, 20(5), 213 - 217.
- Ash, S. Weber, P., Vora, J. and Faggiani, A. (2004). Hands of Uruguay. Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies, 10(1), 52 - 68.
- Ash, S. Weber, P., Vora, J. and Faggiani, A. (2004). Manos Del Uruguay. Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies, 10(2), 11 - 22.
- Ash, S. and Ross, D. (2004). Crisis management through the lens of epidemiology. Business Horizons, 47(3), 49 - 57.
- Dineen, B., Ash, S., and Noe, R. (2002). A Web of Applicant Attraction: Person-Organization Fit in the Context of Web-Based Recruitment, Journal of Applied Psychology, 87(4), 723 - 734.
- Weber, J., Weber, P., and Ash, S. (2000). The Merchant Prince. Thunderbird International Business Review, 42(6), 755 - 772.
- Weber, P., Weber, J., and Ash, S. (1999). ACE Technology, Case Research Journal, 19(3), 1 - 18.
- Weber, J., Ash, S., and Weber, P. (1998). Side Effects of Incidental Computer Uses: Increased Confidence. Psychological Reports, August, 83, 211-214.
- REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (Proceedings)
- Ash, S.R., Divoky, J.J. and Rothermel, M.A. (2006). ABCs of IEMBAs. Journal of the Academy of Business Education, Vol. 7, Academy of Business Education. http://www.abe.villanova.edu/proc2006/proceed2006.html.
- Ash, S. (2001). Diversity in Teams: The Role of Group Satisfaction Under Various Ethnic Compositions. Electronic Proceedings: The Midwest Academy of Management Conference, Toledo, OH.
- Ash, S., Weber, P. and Weber, J. (1999). Juice Tree of Ohio (The Impact of External Environmental Forces on Strategy Formulation). North American Case Research Association, Santa Rosa, CA.
- Ash, S., Ross, D., and Bingham, H. (1998). The Organic Organization: The Juxtaposition of Epidemiology and Crisis Management, Proceedings: The Mountain Plains Management Conference, Denver, CO.
- Ross, D., Ash, S., Hanna, J., and Smith, B. (1997). Attitudes Toward Marketing by Marketing Students, Proceedings: Midwest Association of Business, Chicago, IL.
- Weber, P., Weber, J. and Ash, S. (1997). ACE Technology, Proceedings: North American Case Writers Association, Cincinnati, OH.
- Weber, J., Ash, S., and Weber, P. (1997). Making a Difference in Education with Technology: The benefits of cross-disciplinary instruction, Proceedings: International Association of Management, 231 - 236.
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| Awards: |
- Voted most influential faculty member by the graduate students of Franklin University for 1999-2000 academic year.
- Voted Outstanding Teacher of the Year at Sul Ross State University for the 1994-1995 academic year
- Selected Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher of the Year, New Mexico State University 1991
- Student Paper award for "Recent Developments in Cognitive Psychology and their Application to Personnel Selection and Training," Proceedings: The Institute for Behavioral and Applied Management
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