Faculty and Student Accomplishments

Faculty Accomplishments

• Joe Solberg (FIL) was profiled in Business Week Magazine as a favorite professor. The full article is available at: Putting Students Center Stage
• Jim Jawahar, interim chair of Management and Quantitative Methods, was recently chosen as an editor of Career Development International (CDI), an international, inter-disciplinary journal devoted to careers and human resource management. Career Development International publishes articles dealing with psychological and developmental aspects of individual careers, career interventions, government policy and practices, human resource planning and recruitment, international themes and issues, organizational strategies and systems, performance management and work and occupational contexts. Career Development International is published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited and is included in many indexing and abstracting services including PsycINFO and Scopus. Information about the journal, such as journal overview, table of contents, editorial team, and author guidelines are available at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/edi.jsp.
• Illinois Small Business Development Center Director, Elizabeth Binning, was recently nominated for the 2007 YWCA Women of Distinction and 2007 Athena Award. Binning has also recently received the designation of Certified Business Specialist by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
• “Loss Modeling using Spreadsheet-Based Simulation” by Domingo Joaquin (FIL) appeared in the fall 2007 issue of Risk Management and Insurance Review. The paper was presented at the 2nd Annual North America Conference of Practitioners applying @Risk Simulation in industry and the academe held in Miami Beach in October. The event attracted practitioners, academics, and consultants from across North America, as well as from Australia, France, Uruguay, Finland, and Russia. Companies represented included: Kennedy Space Center, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Prometheus Energy, Eastman Chemical, National Defense Canada, Target Corporation, Fluor Canada Ltd, AON, Boeing, TIAA-CREF, Walt Disney Company, Quality Magazine, and many more.
  • Joaquin’s paper has also attracted the attention of The Micro Insurance Academy in India, which has requested Joaquin’s assistance in simulation modeling. The Micro Insurance Academy (MIA) is a Delhi-based charitable trust dedicated to evidence-based studies, training and advisory services for micro-insurance units serving the poor. Community-based micro-insurance units seek to promote the extension of insurance coverage among the uninsured poor by customizing their insurance to the risks and conditions they face, at affordable premiums, through a process that they trust. Go to http://www.microinsuranceacademy.org/ for details.
• “A Focus on Integrity,” by Martin Biegelman, Linda Leinicke(ACC), Joyce Ostrosky (ACC), and Max Rexroad (ACC – retired), Internal Auditor, August 2007
• Rosie Hauck - "Using a Sociometric Approach to Examine the Relationships between Communication Technology Use, Organizational Structure, Individual Characteristics, and Performance". A.T. Business Management Review.
• Keith Jones (ACC) has the following new publications:
  • “Budgeting: Can’t We Do Better Than This?” New Accountant, Issue 720, 2007, with Clement Chen
  • “Management Tools: Who Uses Them and How Effective Are They?” The CPA Journal, August 2007, with Clement Chen.
  • “Blended Learning vs. Traditional Classroom Settings: Analyzing Student Satisfaction with Inputs and Learning Processes in an MBA Accounting Course. Advances in Accounting Education, Volume 8, 2007, with Clement Chen.
  • “Blended Learning vs. Traditional Classroom Settings: Assessing Effectiveness and Student Perceptions in an MBA Accounting Course”. The Journal of Educators Online, Volume 4, No. 1, January 2007, with Clement Chen.
• S. J. Chang, Associate Dean for MBA and Undergraduate Programs, was an invited speaker for Senior Professionals of Illinois State University and the Central Illinois Chapter of the Organization for Chinese-Americans. Chang spoke about inter-cultural perspectives on history, culture, and business between the East and the West.
• Jay Rich (ACC) was part of a select group of accounting faculty from around the US asked to teach accounting topics to KPMG employees as part of their multi-day new employee training program. Rich will participate in the company’s January training sessions as well.
• Richard MacMinn (FIL) edited a special issue of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance on longevity risk. Earlier this fall he received the ARIA Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Risk and Insurance Association. The award was given for MacMinn’s furthering the science of risk management through the promotion of education, research and communication during his nine-year tenure as editor of the Journal of Risk and Insurance.
• Massoud Hemmasi (MQM) and MBA student Carol Csanda, Director of Knowledge Management (Strategic Resources area) at State Farm, presented a paper “Determinants of Effectiveness of Communities of Practice” at the ATINER 5th International Conference on Management, in Athens, Greece. The paper is now under review for publication in a refereed management journal.
• Katrin Varner (FIL) and Carson Varner (FIL) have teamed for two recent presentations:
  • Celebrities and the Paparazzi: A Discussion of Relevant Legal Issues, Tri-State Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Convention, East Lansing, MI.
  • Privacy Rights of Public Figures: How Far Can the Enquiring Media Go? Association for Business Communication, 72nd Annual Convention, Washington, DC.
• Karen Hosack (FIL) and Katrin Varner (FIL) recently collaborated on “Blogging: Can Employers and Employees Avoid Getting Caught in the Web?” Fall 2008, Midwest Law Review.
• B. Elango (MQM) “Building Capabilities for International Operations through networks: A Study of Indian Firms” - The Journal of International Business Studies.
• Dennis Patten (ACC)
  • Does the Market Value Corporate Philanthropy? Evidence from the Response to the 2004 Tsunami Relief Efforts” - Journal of Business Ethics.
  • “Corporate Charitable Contributions: A Corporate Social Performance or Legitimacy Strategy” – Journal of Business Ethics.
  • “Are Corporate Website Environmental Disclosures Trusted? An Experimental Investigation,” co-authored with Charles Cho, Concordia University, Amy Hagerman, University of Central Florida, and Jillian Phillips, University of Central Florida, American Accounting Association national meeting, Chicago.
  • “The Impact of the Second Course in Accounting on Student Perceptions of the Profession and the Desire to Major in Accounting,” co-authored with Scott Leong (now of Central Washington University), Decision Sciences Institute, Phoenix.
  • “Did the GAO Get it Right? Another Look at Corporate Environmental Disclosure,” co-authored with Charles Cho, Concordia University, invited presentation at the University of Toronto’s Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility Conference.
• Dennis Patten (ACC) and Bill Crampton (ACC) “Social Responsiveness, Profitability and Catastrophic Events: Evidence on the Corporate Philanthropic Response to 9/11” - Journal of Business Ethics.
• Caroline Craig (ACC) and Tom Craig (ACC) “State Mandates for Reporting – Financial Abuse of the Elderly” – Practical Tax Strategies.
• Han Kang (FIL) “Investment Returns and the Insurance Price Cycle Industry vs. Stock” - International Journal of Business, Accounting, and Finance.
• Debbie Lindberg (ACC) “SOX – It Fits More than Just Publicly Traded Feet!” (Co-authored with John Parker), Today’s CPA, November/December 2007, 30-33.
• Debbie Lindberg (ACC), Steve Taylor (MKT) and Gary Hunter (MKT) “Understanding Customer Based Brand Equity in Financial Services” - Journal of Service Marketing.
• Dale Fitzgibbons (MQM) “The Accountability Lens: A New Way to View Management Issues” - Business Horizons.
• Linda Showers (MKT) “Life Stage Analysis: Delineating Full Nest Life Stages by Age of Children and Measuring the Impact on Contemporary Household Expenditures Patterns” - Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives.
• Gary Hunter (MKT) and Dan Goebel (MKT) “Salespersons’ Information Overload: Scale Development, Validation, and its Relationship to Salesperson Job Satisfaction and Performance” - Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management.
• Leon Schjoedt (MQM) “Entrepreneurial Job Characteristics: An Examination of Their Effect on Entrepreneurial Satisfaction” - Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice.
• Jeri Beggs (MKT) “Teaching Ethics and Accreditation: Faculty Competence, Methods and Assessment” - Journal of Business Ethics Education.
• Chiharu Ishida (MKT) “Self-Managing Selling Teams and Team Performance: The Complementary Roles of Empowerment and Control” - Industrial Marketing Management.
• Aysen Bakir (MKT) “Children’s Responses to Gender-Role Stereotyped Ads” - Journal of Advertising Research.
• Jeri Beggs (MKT) and Joe Solberg (FIL) “Solving Ethical Dilemmas with Critical Thinking in a Legal Environment of Business Course” - Journal of Law & Business.
• Research by Teresa Palmer (MQM) and Iris Varner (MQM) that was published in the Singapore Management Review was discussed in the July 2007 issue of HRM Singapore magazine.
• Doug Micklich (MQM) has been elected Chapter Chair of the Central Illinois Chapter of SCORE. SCORE is a consulting arm of the U. S. Small Business Administration which counsels with start-ups, emerging and ongoing businesses.
• Doug Micklich (MQM) presented "Determining Thinking Style: A Look at What Determines a Degree of Consistency in the Thinking Process” at The Academy of Management's Meeting in Philadelphia.
• Debbie Seifert (ACC)
  • “The Influence of Organizational Justice on the Perceived Likelihood of Whistle-Blowing” at the 12th Ethics Symposium, presented by the American Accounting Association in Chicago, co-authored with John Sweeney, John Thornton, and Jeff Joireman (all from Washington State University).
  • “Moral Identity as a Moderator of Perceived Whistle-Blowing Under Threat of Retaliation, No Protection, and No Reward” at the American Accounting Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, co-authored with William W. Stammerjohan, Louisiana Tech University
  • “The Influence of Organizational Justice on the Perceived Likelihood of Whistle-Blowing” at the ABO Conference in Philadelphia, co-authored with John Sweeney, John Thornton, and Jeff Joireman (all from Washington State University).
  • “An Examination of the Effectiveness of Sarbanes-Oxley Whistle-blower Protection” - Journal of Forensic Accounting 8: 105-118. Bame-Aldred, C., J. T. Sweeney, and D. Seifert. 2007.

Student Accomplishments

• Jenna Marsh, senior marketing major, was recognized by Chicago-based Chicago Office Technology Group (COTG) as the top intern in the organization’s Summer Sales Internship Program. COTG is a long-standing, Platinum Level Corporate Partner with ISU’s Professional Sales Institute and provides sales internships for a large number of students each year, making Jenna’s achievements even more notable. Among the numerous Top Level Performer Awards Jenna received at COTG are:
  • 1st Place Internship Program Winner
  • Top 3-Performer for 5 out of 8 weeks
  • Highest number of total appointments in 1 week
  • Won Weekly Sales Incentive for weeks 4 and 8
  • 4th highest revenue produced at $29,507
  • Closed only deal of the Program for $14,507
  • Exceeded percent of plan for dials in 2 out of 8 weeks
  • Exceeded percent of plan for appointments in 4 out of 8 weeks
  • 1st Place Award for number of appointments: 32
  • 2nd Place Award for number of print studies: 7
  • 5th Place Award for total number of dials: 1,009
  • Averaged 4.875 appointments per week: 121% of plan
  • Averaged 126.125 dials per week: 84% of plan
  • Has an open invitation to come back and work with COTG any time!

  Gamma Iota Sigma Wins National Awards

  The Illinois State University chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma won four national awards based on effective and creative programs that enhance the experience of its members. The following programs earned awards honors:

  • Insurance Applications for Sixth Graders
  • Real Work Explanation of Corporate Benefits
  • Katie Leadership Program

  The ISU chapter was also distinguished as the “Best Kept Secret” – an award given for growing membership base and increasing schedule of professional involvement. The officers that attended the meeting were AJ Rector, President, Thomas Daly, Vice President of Internal Affairs, Bill Jones, Vice President of Student Relations, Amber Armand, Treasurer, Lauren Leggett, Secretary, Craig Hawes, Fundraising, Javier Zavala, Publicity, and Jon Perry, Recruiting.