Resume

• 2012

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

  Business Administration

  Management (OB/HR)

  Mississippi State University

• Data Analysis

  University Teaching

  Leadership

  Résumé building

  Higher Education

  Virtual Teams

  Human Resources (HR)

  SEM

  Career Counseling

  Organizational Behavior

  Research

  Business Management

  Lecturing

  Social Network Analysis

  Turning up by turning over: The change of scenery effect in Major League Baseball.

  Meagan Brock Baskin

  Ivan S. Muslin

  David G. Allen

  James M. Vardaman

  This study examined a “change of scenery” effect on performance in major league baseball (MLB). We also tested this effect for voluntary versus involuntary employee departures

  as well as employees returning to a past employer.

  Turning up by turning over: The change of scenery effect in Major League Baseball.

  Lynn M. Shore

  Julie I. Hancock

  Robert F. Otondo

  David G. Allen

  James M. Vardaman

  This research sheds light on self-enhancement’s less-understood role in fostering these reactions by demonstrating the influence of social comparison effects.

  Social comparisons and organizational support: Implications for commitment and retention.

  Laura E. Marler

  James M. Vardaman

  The purpose of this article is to examine the roles of CSE and job embeddedness in reducing turnover intentions among nurses. Specifically

  this article tests a model in which CSE is the intervening mechanism through which job embeddedness influences turnover intentions.

  Retaining nurses in a changing health care environment: The role of job embeddedness and self-efficacy

  David G. Allen

  James M. Vardaman

  The family-centric priorities of family firms often disadvantage nonfamily employees and make retaining them problematic. Our study posits organizational identification

  or internalizing the firm's identity as one's own

  as a key factor in overcoming this challenge. We adopt a social network perspective to examine the differential impact of friendships with family and nonfamily members on nonfamily employees' organizational identification and turnover.

  We are friends but are we family? Organizational identification and nonfamily employee turnover

  Bryan

  East Carolina University

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  Research

  teaching

  and service.

  East Carolina University

  Assistant Professor of Management

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi