Arthur G. Bedeian

 

EDUCATION:

1973 D.B.A., Mississippi State University, Department of Management. Major: Management. Minors (written comprehensive examinations and courses taken in each area): Economics, Marketing, and Business Statistics and Data Processing.

1968 M.B.A., University of Memphis, Department of Management. Major: Management.

1967 B.B.A., University of Iowa, Department of Business Administration. Major: Management and Industrial Relations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1996-Present Boyd Professor, Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA.
A Boyd Professorship is the highest professorial rank awarded by the University.

1985-Present Ralph and Kacoo Olinde Distinguished Professor of Management, Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA. Duties include teaching Understanding Behavior in Organizations, Development of Management Thought, Human Behavior in Organizations, and Principles of Management.

1988-1997 Chairman, Department of Management, Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA. The Department consisted of faculty, staff, Ph.D. students, and masters-level research assistants. Operating with a > $1 million annual budget, each regular term the Department offered some 20 courses in over 50 sections to approximately 2,000 students.

1987-1992 Adjunct Faculty Member, Industrial-Organizational Psychology Program (Ph.D.), Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA.

1990-1991 Graduate Advisor, Department of Management, Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA.

1981-1985 Edward L. Lowder Professor of Management, Department of Management, Auburn University, Auburn, AL. Duties included teaching courses in Organization Theory and Principles of Management.

1977-1985 Psychology Adjunct Faculty Member, Industrial-Organizational Psychology Program (Ph.D.), Department of Psychology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL. Duties included teaching Research in Special Topics.

1977-1981 Associate Professor, Department of Management, Auburn University, Auburn, AL. Duties included teaching courses in Organization Theory, Organizational Behavior, Principles of Management, and Motivation and Work Behavior.

1974-1977 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Auburn University, Auburn, AL. Duties included teaching courses in Organization Theory, Organizational Behavior, Principles of Management, and Business Policy.

1975-1976 Acting Director, Office of Research, School of Business, Auburn University, Auburn, AL. Duties included maintaining an administrative framework for research projects and serving as a liaison between funding sources and individual faculty members.

1973-1974 Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Management, Overseas Graduate Program, Boston University, Boston, MA. Duties included teaching Business Policy and Organization Theory.

1971-1973 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Georgia Southern College, Statesboro, GA. Duties included teaching courses in Business Policy, Human Relations, History and Philosophy of Management, and Principles of Management.

1969-1971 Instructor, Department of Management, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS. Duties included teaching Principles of Management and Advanced Management Theory.

1969-1971 Head Resident, Evans Hall, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS. Duties included short-range planning, policy administration, and student counseling.

1969 Research Assistant, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Mississippi State University, MS. Duties included conducting short-term research contracts, including data collection and analyses and report writing.

1968 Job Analyst, Personnel Department, Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division, City of Memphis, TN. Duties included investigation, preparation, and presentation of job descriptions for wage and salary determination.

1968-1974 Special Agent, U.S. Army Counterintelligence (USAR). Honorable Discharge.

1967-1968 Graduate Assistant, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN. Duties included assisting in the teaching of courses in the Department of Management.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Academy of Management (Life Member) - Elected a Fellow in 1979
American Psychological Association - Elected a Fellow in 2010
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology - Elected a Fellow in 2010
Association for Psychological Science - Elected a Fellow in 2010
International Academy of Management - Elected a Fellow in 1992
Southern Management Association - Appointed a Founding Fellow in 1994
PastPrezNet – Academy of Management
Society of Organizational Behavior - Elected 2006
Society for the History of Psychology - Inducted 2006
Armenian Behavioral Science Association
Phi Kappa Phi (Honor Society)
Beta Gamma Sigma (Honorary Business Fraternity)
Delta Mu Delta (Honorary Business Fraternity)
Sigma Iota Epsilon (Honorary Business Fraternity)
Alpha Kappa Psi (Business Fraternity)

PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS AND OTHER SERVICE :

Academy of Management:
President, 1988-89.
Charter Member, Academy of Management’s Journals Hall of Fame, 2000.
Academy of Management Distinguished Service Award, 2000.
Member, Editorial Review Boards, Academy of Management Learning & Education, 2004-07, 2008-11, 2011-14.
Academy of Management Learning & Education Editorial Board Service Excellence Award, 2006.
Member, Board of Governors, 1989-90.
Member, Blue Ribbon Panel on Leadership in Management Education for the 21st Century, 1997.
Member, Educator/Service Awards Committee, 1989-90, 1990-91 (Chair), 1991-92, 2005-2006.
Liaison, Foundation for Administrative Research, 1989-90.
Member, AMJ/AME Editors-Designate Search Committee, 1989-90.
President-Elect and Coordinator of Professional Divisions, 1987-88.
Vice President and Program Chairperson, 1986-87.
Member, Budget Committee, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89 (Chair), 1989-90.
Member, Nominating Committee, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90 (Chair).
Chairperson, Foundation for Administrative Research/Board of Governors Committee, 1987-88, 1988-89.
Member, Secretary/Treasurer & Business Manager Search Committee, 1987-89.
Member, Academy of Management Executive Editor-Designate Search Committee, 1988-89.
Chairperson, Journal Printing and Production Task Force, 1987-88.
Member, Editorial Advisory and Review Board, Management Centennial Track Proceedings, 1984-86.
Member, Editorial Review Board, Academy of Management Review, 1977-78, 1979-81, 1982-84.
Chairperson, Awards Committee, 1981-84.
Representative-at-large, Board of Governors, 1979-81.
Member, Site Selection Committee, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1987-88 (Chair).
Member, Senior Scholars Committee, 1979-80, 1980-81.
Member, Business Community Relations Committee, 1979-80.
Member, Newsletter Editor Replacement Committee, 1980-81.
Member, Management Centennial Committee, 1980-86.
Archivist and Historian, 1977-80.
Editor, Newsletter, 1976-79.
Chairperson, Archives Committee, 1976-77, 1977-78.
Member, Professional Division Policy Committee, 1976-77, 1987-88 (Chair), 1988-89.
Associate Editor, Newsletter, 1975-76.
Associate Director, Placement, 1975.
Co-Editor, Proceedings, 1975.
Member, National Program Committee, 1974-75.

ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT -- MANAGEMENT HISTORY DIVISION:

Ronald G. Greenwood Award. Presented by the Management History Division of the Academy of Management for lifetime contribution to the study of management thought, 2002.
Chairperson, 1976-77.
Chairperson-elect, 1975-76.
Program Chairperson, 1974-75.
Founding Editor, The N-File Newsletter, 1973-74.
Member, Steering Committee, 1972-73.
Member, Resource Research Committee, 1971-72, 1972-73.
Member, Program Committee, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1993-94, 2003-04.
Coordinator, Inaugural Doctoral Consortium, 1984.
Chairperson, Nominating Committee, 1977-78, 1980-81 (Member).
Member, Executive Committee, 1977-78.
Member, Editorial Board, Working Paper Series, 1975-78.
Member, Richard M. Hodgetts Service Award Committee, 2003-04.

ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT -- OTHER: 
Member, Human Resources Division Scholarly Achievement Award Committee, 2005.
Member, Executive Board, Sigma Iota Epsilon, 1988-89.
Member, Committee on History of Organizational Behavior, Organizational Behavior Division, 1983-86.
Member, Program Committee, Research Methods Interest Group, 1985-86.

ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT -- FELLOWS GROUP:
Dean, 1996-99.
Recording Secretary, 1990-93.
Member, Committee on Exceptional Candidates, 1989-91, 1991-92.
Member, Jubilee Committee, 1982-86.

FOUNDATION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RESEARCH:
President, 1989-90.
Chair, Endowment Campaign Committee, 1989-90.
Member, Board of Directors, 1982-1984, 1984-1987, 1987-89, 1990-93.

ALLIED SOUTHERN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION:
President, 1982-83.
Member, Board of Governors, 1979-83.

SOUTHERN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION:
President, 1982-83.
Sustained Outstanding Service Award, 2004
Editor, Journal of Management, 1978-79.
Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Management, 2011-14.
Faculty Member, Doctoral Student/New Faculty Consortium, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996.
Member, Doctoral Consortium Chair Nominating Committee, 1997
Member, Distinguished Paper Selection Committee, 1993.
Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Management, 1980-82, 1987-89.
Member, SMA Fellows Committee, 1988-89, 1990-92.
Member, Journal of Management, New Editor Search Committee, 1979-80 (Chair), 1982-83
(Chair), 1985-86.
Member, Paper Review Committee, Research Methods, Management Education, and Management History Track, 1994-95.
Member, Paper Review Committee, Policy and Strategic Management, Social Issues, and
Entrepreneurship Track, 1985-86.
Member, Paper Review Committee, Organizational Behavior, Organization Theory, and
Organizational Communication Track, 1984-86.
Member, Paper Review Committee, Organizational Behavior, Organization Theory,
Organization Communication, Quality of Work Life Track, 1983-84.
Member, Board of Governors, 1975-77, 1977-79, 1979-84.
Chairperson, Nominations Committee, 1983-84.
Chairperson, Archives and History Committee, 1983-84.
Member, Paper Review Committee, 1982.
President-Elect, 1981-82.
Vice-President and Program Chairperson, 1980-81.
Member, Executive Committee, 1979-84.
Member, Publications and Research Committee, 1975-76, 1978-79, 1979-80.
Vice President-Elect, 1979-80.