Testimonials
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"I cannot imagine a better start to my academic career." |
The final task in writing a doctoral dissertation is to compose an Acknowledgements section. This is the place where the new PhD expresses "thank you's" to folks who facilitated the long journey that he or she just completed. In reflecting on my experience in the doctoral program in the Department of Management at MSU, I looked back to see what I had written in my Acknowledgements section when I completed my PhD over 15 years ago. Appropriately, my parting words were "It's time to move on. I am ready. I am sorry."
Even after 15 years, I feel these words are apt descriptors of my experience at MSU. I knew it was "time to move on" because my faculty mentors never let me forget that the ultimate goal was to keep focused and complete the degree. I was "ready" in that the department had given me the knowledge and tools to ensure a successful career if I gave it my best effort. I was "sorry" because I had enjoyed so much the experience of knowing and working with my friends and mentors at MSU. These were among the most intensive work years of my life, and they also were among the most intellectually exciting and engaging. I cannot imagine a better start to my academic career.
Anne M. O'Leary-Kelly
William R. & Cacilia Howard Chair in Management
Sam M. Walton College of Business
University of Arkansas
Dr. O'Leary's current research interests are aggressive behavior in the work place (violence, sexual harassment); individual attachments to work organizations (psychological contracts, organizational and professional identification)
She has held previous academic positions in the Department of Management at Texas A&M University and in the Department of Management and Marketing at the University of Dayton. Publications have appeared in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management Inquiry, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Human Resource Development Quarterly
Her most recent research honors include:
- Recipient of the 2003 Excellence in Research award for the Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas.
- Co-recipient of the 2002 Award for the Most Innovative Session awarded by the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management.
"Training doctoral students is a top priority for the faculty in the Management department, which sets them apart from the faculties in many other leading business schools." |
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My five years in Michigan State's PhD program were among the most professionally rewarding and personally enjoyable years of my life.
Training doctoral students is a top priority for the faculty in the Management department, which sets them apart from the faculties in many other leading business schools. The faculty excels at the mentoring of doctoral students and the planning and execution of doctoral seminars. Moreover, students learn from one another because the strength of the program creates talented cohorts that can serve as powerful role models for success. As a result, students learn more in MSU's program than in virtually any other place.
Michigan State's program does more than just impart knowledge and skill, however. The culture of the department and the mentoring styles of the faculty make students excited about becoming scholars. Every year spent in that program made me more and more excited about becoming a professor and a scientist. It's impossible to overstate the importance of that sense of intrinsic enthusiasm, as one factor that unites the most accomplished scholars in our field is that they love what they do. MSU's faculty members clearly love what they do--and that passion gets transferred to their students. There's simply no better place to earn a PhD
Dr. Jason Colquitt
University of Florida, Warrington College of Business
Department of Management
PO Box 117165
233 STZ
Gainesville, Florida 32611-7165
Dr. Colquitt's research interests are organizational justice, trust, team effectiveness, and personality influences on task and learning performance.
During the past two years, he has served on the following Editorial Boards:
- Journal of Applied Psychology
- Academy of Management Journal
- Personnel Psychology
- Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
- Journal of Management
- International Journal of Conflict