Home

Guiding Principles

Institute Activities

For Corporate Partners

Boards of Advisors

Institute Scholars

College of Business
Administration Home

Contacts

Become Involved

Institute Scholars

Beth Chung-Herrera
Ph.D., University of Maryland
Beth Chung-Herrera is an Associate Professor of Management at San Diego State University.  She is currently the Co-director for the Institute on Inclusiveness and Diversity in Organizations (IIDO) and past research director for the Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming.  She has taught a variety of courses including Organizational Behavior, Leadership and Group Process, Human Resource Management, and Industrial and Organizational Psychology.  Her areas of research expertise include diversity in organizations, subgroup differences, leadership prototypes and competencies, and services management, (service climate and the interface between employees and customers).  She has published in various outlets such as: Personnel Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Organizational Dynamics, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Services Management, Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, Journal of Quality Management, Current Directions in Psychological Science, and so on.

Prior to joining the faculty at SDSU, she was an assistant professor at Cornell University and a consultant for Personnel Decisions International.  Dr. Chung-Herrera has taught executive education around the world for organizations such as Sun International, ACCOR North American, and the U.S. State Department, and has provided consulting to a number of organizations such as USPS, CSX, and GEICO, in the areas of human resource management, individual and organizational assessment, expert witness testimony, and 360-degree feedback.  She has chaired a number of committees for the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology including the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (which she also co-founded) and the Membership Committee.   She is currently serving on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Organizational Behavior.   Dr. Chung-Herrera has won numerous awards such as Teacher of the Year at Cornell University (1999), SHA Research Award at Cornell University (1999), and the Faculty Contribution Award at San Diego State University (2006).

Michelle Dean
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Michelle Dean is an Assistant Professor of Management at San Diego State University. She has taught undergraduate classes in principles of management, human resource management, selection, compensation, and labor relations and graduate classes in human resource management, compensation and benefits, staffing, and labor relations and negotiation.  Her research interests are in the area of human resource management including the use of biographical information (biodata), personality, assessment centers, and emotional intelligence in human resource selection; fairness in the selection process; job analysis; labor relations; and research methods issues.  She has published her research in a variety of journals including Academy of Management Journal, Personnel Psychology, International Journal of Selection and Assessment, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Research in Personnel/Human Resource Management, Human Performance, Organizational Research Methods, Personality and Individual Differences, Applied Human Resource Management Research, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and Family Business Review.  She has received awards for her research including the Best Paper Award from the Academy of Management Research Methods Division (2001) and the Best Student Paper Award from International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council (1999).  She has also received awards for her teaching and service activities at SDSU including the Most Influential Professor Award (2007) and the Outstanding Faculty Contribution Award (2007).

Prior to joining the faculty at SDSU, she held positions of Teaching and Research Associate at the University of Oklahoma and Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas.  She has also worked with a variety of organizations addressing human resource selection issues including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Life Insurance Marketing Research Association (LIMRA).  She has served as a Board Member, Conference Program Coordinator, and Organizational Behavior Track Chair for the Southern Management Association.  She is currently serving on the Editorial Board of the Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, and is an Officer and Director of Scholarships and Awards for the SDSU chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

Karen Ehrhart
Ph.D., University of Maryland
Karen Ehrhart is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at San Diego State University.  She currently teaches courses in human resource management and international human resource management.  She previously taught courses related to human resource management and organizational behavior in the Department of Psychology at San Diego State University as well as at the University of Maryland.  Her areas of research expertise include diversity and international human resource management, with particular interests in personality, cultural background, and customer service management.  Her research has been presented at numerous conferences and published in esteemed journals in her field such as the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, and Leadership Quarterly.

Dr. Ehrhart has been an invited speaker to a variety of organizations regarding her areas of research interest, and she has contributed to consulting projects involving compensation and selection practices as well as customer service management.  She has served on several program and award committees in service of her profession.  She has received numerous grants to fund her research activities, and her teaching and research have received multiple awards, including an Outstanding Faculty and Staff Award from San Diego State University and a Best Empirical Paper Award from the International Association of Conflict Management.

Dongil (Don) Jung
Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton
Dongil (Don) Jung is a Professor of Management at San Diego State University. He teaches Organizational Behavior, International/Comparative management, Leadership and Group Processes and International Negotiation at undergraduate and graduate (MBA) levels. He has also been teaching the International/Comparative Management course in the Executive MBA program at SDSU since 1998.  His areas of expertise include Strategic Leadership and Innovation, Multinational and World-Class Organization, Team Dynamics and International Negotiations. As an active researcher, his publications have appeared in many top-tier scholarly journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Leadership Quarterly, Organizational Dynamics, Group and Organization Management, Group Dynamic, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology among others.

Dr. Jung has worked for profit and not-for-profit organizations as a consultant and trainer including the US Army, Navy Seals, and Budget Rental Car in the US as well as SK, LG, Hyundai, Shinhan Bank and Samsung in Korea. He is a frequent guest speaker for several multinational companies and has held many leadership roles such as Founding Director of the Executive Leadership Institute at Watson Wyatt Korea and President of the Association of Korean Management Scholars.  In addition, he is on the Editorial Board for Leadership Quarterly.  He is listed in the Marquis Who's Who in Business Higher Education and received the Ascendant Scholar Award from the Western Academy of Management in 2004. He also received the Faculty Contribution Award from the College of Business Administration at SDSU.

Amy Randel
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Amy Randel is an Assistant Professor of Management at San Diego State University.  She has taught numerous courses, including Organizational Behavior, Organizational Design and Change, Change Management, and Leadership and Behavior in Organizations.  Her research interests include diverse work groups, identity in organizations, creativity, workplace social inclusion, and cross-cultural management.  Dr. Randel’s research on diversity has examined identity salience (how prominently a demographic category is used to describe one’s group members) and how different types of functional background identity relate to an individual’s performance as a cross-functional team member.  She has published articles in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Group & Organization Management, and Journal of Applied Social Psychology.  She also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Prior to joining the faculty at SDSU, Dr. Randel was on the faculty at Wake Forest University and worked for several organizations in the areas of health care consulting and public relations.  She has provided consulting and/or executive education in the areas of high-performance teams and leadership for Scripps Networks, Stephens Inc., and University of Southern California.  She has won numerous awards, including the Academy of Management’s Gender and Diversity in Organizations (GDO) Division Best Paper Based on a Dissertation Award (2000), the Organizational Behavior Division Outstanding Reviewer Award (2006 & 2007), research productivity awards at Wake Forest University (2003 & 2005), and an award for innovation in teaching at Wake Forest (2002). 

Lynn M. Shore
Ph.D., Colorado State University
Lynn M. Shore is a Professor of Management at San Diego State University. Her primary research areas are on the employment relationship and work force diversity. Her research on the employment relationship focuses on the influence of social and organizational processes on the employee-organization relationship, and effects of this relationship on employee attitudes and behavior. Dr. Shore’s work on diversity has examined the impact that composition of the work group and employee/supervisor dyads has on the attitudes and performance of work groups and individual employees. She has published numerous articles in such journals as Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Personnel Psychology. Professor Shore is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Psychology and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Professor Shore has held leadership roles in the Academy of Management, having served as Human Resources Division Chair (2000-2001), and on the Executive Committee (1995-1998).

Dr. Shore has taught several undergraduate courses including principles of management, a survey course in HR, HR selection, and HR training.  At the graduate level, she has taught master's courses in recruitment and selection, organizational behavior, and leadership. She has also taught a doctoral survey course in HR and a doctoral seminar in measurement and testing. 

Dr. Shore has consulted with a variety of organizations, including Raytheon, Vericare, BellSouth Advertising and Publishing, Equifax, Drake Beam Morin, Delta Airlines, and Communication Workers of America.  She has primarily designed and administered attitude surveys. Dr. Shore has also been involved in employee assessment, outplacement, management training, and development and evaluation of selection systems.  In addition, Dr. Shore has been a speaker on diversity for various organizational groups, and has served as an expert witness and consultant in EEO cases. 

Gangaram Singh
Ph.D., University of Toronto
Gangaram Singh is a Professor of Management at San Diego State University. His primary research areas include: issues of an aging workforce, international employment relations, and innovations in human resource management and collective bargaining.  Dr. Singh’s research on issues of an aging workforce addresses the importance of not treating older workers as a form of contingent labor.  Dr. Singh’s research has been published in top industrial relations journals such as Industrial and Labor Relations Review and Industrial Relations.  Dr. Singh is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Human Resource Management Review.  He also sits on the editorial boards of Journal of Organizational Behavior  and Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal.  

Dr. Singh has taught several undergraduate courses including human resource management, collective bargaining, and labor relations.  At the graduate level, he has taught courses in human resource management, international human resource management, research methodology, and managing organizations and human resources.  At the doctoral level, Dr. Singh has taught a course in international negotiations.  Dr. Singh has won several teaching awards including an undergraduate teaching excellence award at Case Western Reserve University and teacher of the year award in the inaugural Sports Management MBA class at San Diego State University. 

Dr. Singh has consulted with a variety of organizations, including Peregrine, Qualcomm, Amylin, Kyocera, San Diego Padres, and San Diego Chargers.  Most of these consultancy deals with vertical and horizontal integration of human resource management.  Dr. Singh has also served as an expert witness in a number of discrimination cases in California.

Dr. Singh is the current Chair of the Management Department and the Director of the Center for International Business Education and Research.  He serves as the Principal Investigator on a $1.4M Department of Education grant.  In addition to his CIBER grant, Dr. Singh has received almost $400,000 in grants, awards, and contracts.