Faculty Highlights
Awards
These honors are based on multi-source reviews of performance, including the department chair, faculty peers and supervisors, and students.
Dr. Chuanyi Tang
Associate Professor of Marketing
2021 University Doctoral Mentoring Award winner
Mohammadali Beshati Koorank
PhD student in Marketing
2021 University Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant—Classroom Instructor
Jesse Hughes
2021 Educator's Award
Association of Government Accountants' (AGA) Recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the education and training of government financial managers
Research News
Chris Colburn
Research Paper Accepted, The Partition of Production between Households and Markets, Frontiers of Economics in China
The process of industrialization was accompanied by the switch from household production to firm production. The industrialization process was also a process of population growth, the appearance of general-purpose technologies, and the expansion of international trade. This paper studies the partition of production between households and firms in an analytically tractable general equilibrium model with a continuum of goods. We show that population growth, development of general-purpose technologies, and the opening of international trade increase the percentage of goods produced by firms. However, with the appearance of a technology biased toward home production, the percentage of goods produced by households can increase.
Dr. Douglas Ziegenfuss
The Effect of Professional Identity Salience and Leadership Climate on Accountants' Ethical Decisions, Journal of Leadership and Management
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of contextual factors in organizations on accountants' ethical decisions. Specifically, the study investigated whether professional identity salience and ethical leadership climate affected accountants' ethical judgments and intentions to act more ethically. A study is conducted, in a 2 x 2 between-factorial design, by using certified public accountants (N=375) as participants. The findings show that accountants made more ethical judgments when professional identity salience was increased by highlighting the professional code of ethics. Accountants intended to act more ethically only when the leadership climate was positive. The results suggest that a good ethical climate created through management practices potentially constitutes a necessary condition to influence employees' ethical behavior.
Emily Champion
Motivation and Experiences of Multiple Jobholders
Journal of Applied Psychology
Researchers have traditionally suggested that multiple jobholders (MJHers; individuals who work more than one job) are economically deprived and piece together employment to make ends meet. More recently, scholars have demonstrated that MJHers are also motivated for nonpecuniary benefits. In the current research, we employ a mixed-methods, three-study research design on 1,487 MJHers to develop a comprehensive typology of multiple jobholding (MJH) motivations, advance our understanding of how MJH motivations co-occur through the generation of latent MJH motivational profiles, and test how MJH experiences differ by profile. In Study 1 (N = 801), we content analyze qualitative survey responses and uncover eight motivational categories. In Study 2 (N = 260), we find evidence of four MJH motivational profiles based on motivations found in Study 1: Identity Builders, Value Optimizers, Pragmatic Enjoyment Seekers, and Instrumentalists. In Study 3a (N = 426), we empirically replicate the four-profile solution and conceptually replicate three profiles—instead of Instrumentalists, we find evidence of Precarious Workers. In Study 3b, we develop and test hypotheses as to how MJH experiences pooled across the primary and secondary job differ by profile. Findings suggest there are optimal MJH motivational patterns and that some MJHers (Identity Builders, Value Optimizers) are more likely to experience enrichment than other MJHers (Precarious Workers). Theoretically, we integrate the careers and MJH motivation literature with the enrichment and depletion model of multiple role engagement within one domain (work). Finally, we discuss practical implications for MJHers, managers, and organizations.
Old Dominion University Researchers Co-Author Study on Reducing Videoconference Fatigue
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many people to work from home and attend seemingly endless remote meetings. Researchers from Old Dominion University and The Ohio State University co-authored an article for a prestigious journal that addresses how to make all of that added screen time less fatiguing.
Andrew Bennett
Emily Champion
Sheila Keener
New Faculty
Gregory Stone, Assistant Professor
During my first year at the Strome College of Business, I would like to focus on re-engaging students in a post-pandemic world. I recognize in a hybrid learning environment providing variety in the teaching process encourages student participation in the classroom and creates an atmosphere that promotes learning, retention, and success. My role as an instructor is to both teach and support student engagement by creating an environment geared toward learning and development regardless of course delivery (via in-person, remote, or combination). Establishing an appropriate setting, building working relationships, and providing the necessary content and tools encourages students to achieve academic, professional, and personal success.
Furthermore, I plan to continue researching motivational and theoretical gaps in nonprofit and public policy in order to advance knowledge of both organizational and individual decision-making to better understand their construction and behavior. My primary research interests involve an interdisciplinary approach at the intersection of taxation, governmental, and nonprofit accounting issues and focuses on understanding how accounting shapes, constrains, and benefits the public interest. I explore these issues through multiple forms using qualitative, archival, and experimental methods. In my current research, I attempt to develop an understanding of how nonprofit organizations navigate regulatory change and enforcement. As a secondary interest, I take a public interest perspective in investigating taxpayer decision-making at both the individual and organizational level. I anticipate furthering these research goals during my first year at Strome.
Equally important, the collegial environment at Strome was a very significant factor for me in joining the university. I look forward to collaborating with my new colleagues, not only in teaching endeavors, but in research and community service activities as well. I hope that my interaction and networking with the Strome faculty and the finance community will encourage students to get involved. Continuing to bridge this gap will provide great career opportunities for our students!
Overall, I would like to assist our students in not only developing practical accounting skills to be applied in their future professions, but also in ensuring they build a critical understanding of the role of accountability in the construction of society. Ultimately, I endeavor to develop a solid working relationship with students to assist them in achieving course objectives and to prepare them for future success in their careers.
Rebecca Kilduff, M.B.A.
Rebecca is an accomplished consumer-marketing executive with more than 26 years' demonstrated success in market-leading consumer, technology and ed-tech organizations including Pizza Hut, AOL Instant Messenger, AIM Mobile, Capital One, ePals, Blackboard and WeddingWire. Just prior to launching out on her own marketing consulting path, Rebecca led the strategic partnership team at Blackboard with more than 200 partners and $30M in revenue. In 2019, Rebecca made the jump from corporate consulting to small business owner with her purchase of The White Rabbitt, a children's store in Norfolk. Her work over the last two years has focused on growing this 32-year-old iconic brand in the heart of Ghent. "I have spent the last year living a case study in consumer behavior and repositioning a brand. The pandemic forced me to shift and apply all of my business skills to react to the everchanging marketplace."
Rebecca received her MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia and her undergraduate degree from James Madison University.
Rebecca spends her time outside of work with twin 8-year-olds and a 5-year-old who thinks he's 8. There is very little quiet in our household with kids, a dog, a cat and a flock of chickens. Rebecca relocated back to Hampton Roads as her twins were entering Kindergarten. As a bit of a fun fact, Rebecca used to frequent the ODU library as a High Schooler in need of materials for class and senior research papers.
"I am excited to bring my years of corporate marketing experience into the classroom to help grow and develop the next generation of marketers. I look forward to working with students to grow and develop their passion for consumer behavior, marketing, and the impact branding plays in our day-to-day lives."
Veronica Thomas, Associate Professor in Marketing
I am really looking forward to connecting with the Strome community (students, faculty/staff, and our external partners) to determine where I "fit" and how I can make a meaningful contribution. Thus, my primary goals will be to learn more about Strome and determine how I can best contribute to the College, the University, and our community.
While a lot of factors played into my decision to come to ODU, I think the biggest factor influencing my decision to join the team at Strome was the faculty. The faculty are amazing scholars and the opportunity to join a team of such incredible researchers was very exciting. In addition to being prolific researchers, they are also great people which will make working with them a true joy.
My goal is to ignite a love of marketing in my students and inspire them to do their best (even when it is hard). I hope to help them find their desired career path and to realize that success is the opportunity to pursue your passions. Ultimately, I hope they are able to take their knowledge and passion outside of ODU, not only make their mark within their chosen profession and in society. My enthusiasm for my students, my job, and marketing will hopefully be contagious as they see the joy that interacting with them brings me and that my love of teaching and marketing is genuine. I want my students to walk away from every class excited about what they just learned and looking forward to the next class session.
