Barbara Ritter Assistant Professor Management Academic Background Degrees Ph.D. The University of Akron, Akron, OH, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2004 M.A. The University of Akron, Akron, OH, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2001 B.S. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, Psychology, 1999 Dissertation Leadership Transference: The Generalization of Affective and Motivational Processes. Professional Interests Research: Organizational Leadership and Justice, Business Ethics Teaching: Cross-Cultural Management, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior and Theory, Business Statistics INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS Refereed Articles Ritter, B. A. & Venkatraman, S. (2008). Swedish and American cultural differences in the relationship between perceptions of justice and organizational deviance. Review of Business Research, 8 (2), 201-207. Ritter, B. A. & Lord, R. G. (2007). The impact of previous leaders on the evaluation of new leaders: An alternative to prototype matching. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92 (6), 1683-95. Ritter, B. A. (2006). Can business ethics be trained? A study of the ethical decision making process in business students. Journal of Busine Journal of Business Ethics, 68 (2), 153-164. Ritter, B. A., Fischbein, R. L., & Lord, R. G. (2006). Implicit and explicit expectations of justice as a function of manager and subordinate race. Human Relations, 58 (12), 1-21. Ritter, B. A. & Yoder, J. D. (2004). Gender differences in leader emergence persist even for agentic women: A confirmation of role congruity theory. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 28, 187-193. Biber, J. K., Doverspike, D., Blumental, A., & Ritter, B. A. (2002). Sexual harassment in online communications: Effects of gender and discourse medium. Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 5 (1), 33-42. Refereed Proceedings Full Paper Ritter, B. A. (2008). Cybersexual harassment: Development and validation of a measure of the online environment and online sexual harassment. In George T. Solomon (Ed.), Proceedings of the Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (CD), ISSN 1543-8643.. Presentation of Refereed Papers International Gower, K., Hannah, C., Keels, J.K., Pillai, R., Ritter, B. A., Sleeth, R., & Ungaretti, T., (2009). Changing the world through education as it changes around you. Accepted for Academy of Management, Chicago, Illinois. Ritter, B. A., DiPadova-Stocks, L.N., Hannah, C., & Keels, J.K. (2009). Best Practices in Online Teaching. Accepted for Academy of Management, Chicago, Illinois.
Everett, C. & Ritter, B. A. (2009, August). LMX and Leader Prototypicality as Predicators of Performance Appraisal Participation. Accepted for Academy of Management, Chicago, Illinois. Ritter, B. A. (2008, August). Cybersexual harassment: Development and validation of a measure of the online environment and online sexual harassment. Presented at Academy of Management, Anaheim, California. Ritter, B. A., Hannah, C.A., Pillai, R., & Salazar, A. (2008, August). Imagineering Exciting Teaching Strategies for International Management. Presented at The Academy of Management, Anaheim, California. Ritter, B. A. & Venkatraman, S. (2008, June). Swedish and American cultural differences in the relationship between perceptions of justice and organizational deviance. Presented at International Academy of Business and Economics, Stockholm, Sweden. Ritter, B. (2008, June). Bringing International Issues to Life: A Globalization Simulation. Presented at Organizational Behavior Teaching Society Conference, Boston, Massachusetts. Sleeth, R., Gower, K., & Ritter, B. A. (2008, June). Organizational Haberdashery: An Evolving Model for the Classroom as a Project Organization. Presented at Organizational Behavior Teaching Society Conference, Boston, Massachusetts. Moyers, K., Peterson, T. O., Ritter, B. A., & Perry, L. (2008, February). Classroom management in American business colleges: The potential for and impact of gender issues, cultural and behavioral challenges. Presented at American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada. Hannah, C., Keels, J.K., Pillai, R., Pate, L., Nielson, T., Ritter, B.A., (2007, August). Improving Corporate Ethics: Changing the Character of Tomorrow's Leaders Through the use of Innovative Instructional Techniques. Presented at The Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ritter, B. A. & Peterson, T. (2007, August). Creating magic in the classroom: Establishing a positive and invigorating classroom environment. Presented at The Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ritter, B. A., Peterson, T., & Beatty, J. E. (2007, June). Practicing what we teach: Applying management techniques in the classroom. Presented at Organizational Behavior Teaching Society Conference, Malibu, California. Ritter, B. A., Keeping, L., Naidoo, L., Pogson, C., & Tan, J. (2007, April). Practicing What We Preach: Teaching Active Learning Techniques Actively. Presented at Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, New York, New York. Ritter, B. A., Domke-Damonte, D., Kacmar, M., Peterson, T., & Wathen, S. (2006, October). Classroom Management Strategies for New Faculty. Presented at Southern Management Association Conference, Clearwater Beach, Florida. DuBois, D., Hall, R., Lord, R., Ritter, B. A., & Hsien-Yao, S. (2006, May). Latent Growth Curve Modeling of the Development of Leadership Performance. Presented at 21st Annual Society of Industrial Organizational Psychology Conference, Dallas, Texas. Ritter, B. A., Schlauch, C. A., & Hansen, C. P. (2006, May). The relationship between employee participation and organizational outcomes revisited. Presented at 21st Annual Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology Conference, Dallas, Texas. Shalhoop, J. H., Glenn, D., O'Shea, G., Ritter, B. A., & Schmidt, L. (2006, May). Postcards from the edge: Practical experiences of recent I/O graduates. Presented at 21st Annual Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology Conference, Dallas, Texas. Ritter, B. A. (2005, August). Leadership Transference: The Impact of Previous Leaders on Follower Performance. Presented at 65th Annual Meeting of The Academy of Management, Honolulu, Hawaii. Ritter, B. A. & Lord, R. G. (2005, April). Leadership Transference: The Generalization of Leader Characteristics and Associated Attributions. Presented at 20th Annual Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology Conference, Los Angeles, California. Lord, R. G., Hall, R. J., Ritter, B. A., & DuBois, D. A. (2003, June). Deep structure and the development of leadership skill: A latent growth curve modeling investigation. Presented at New Directions in Leadership Research: EAAESP Small Group Meeting, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Ritter, B. (2003, April). Response Enhancement: A function of perceptions of discrimination. Presented at 18th Annual Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology Conference, Orlando, Florida. Ritter, B. A., Fischbein, R. L., & Lord, R. G. (2003, April). The activation of implicit and explicit injustice prototypes as a function of manager and subordinate race. Presented at 18th Annual Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology Conference, Orlando, Florida. Moberg, P. J., Ritter, B. A., & Fischbein, R. L. (2002, August). Predicting abusive managerial behavior: Antecedents of supervisory job performance. Presented at 62nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Denver, Colorado. Ritter, B. A., Fischbein, R. L., & Moberg, P. J. (2002, April). Antecedents of abusive and respectful managerial behaviors at work. Presented at 17th Annual Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology Conference, Toronto, Ontario. Ritter, B. A. & Doverspike, D. (2002, April). The changing nature of sexual harassment. Presented at 17th Annual Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology Conference, Toronto, Ontario. Ritter, B. A., Yoder, J. D., & Buie, D. (2001, August). The effects of gender, task gender typing and dominance on emergent leadership. Presented at 109th Annual American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, California. Ritter, B. A. & Yoder, J. D. (2001, June). Convergent and discriminant validity of selected dominance measures. Presented at 13th Annual American Psychological Society Convention, Toronto, Ontario. Book Chapters Refereed
Ritter, B. A. (2008). The New Face of Sexual Harassment: The Use of Online Technology and Computer-Mediated Communication. In T. Torres-Coronas & M. Arias-Oliva (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Human Resources Information Systems: Challenges in e-hrm. Bloomington, IN: The Idea Group Publishing. Ritter, B. A. & Lord, R. G. (2004). Mental representations in leadership: Scripts, schemas, and mental models. In G. Goethals, G. Sorenson, & J.M. MacGregor Burns (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Leadership. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Papers Under Review Collins, M. & Ritter, B. A. (2009). "Identifying interventions to address voluntary management turnover in a quick foodservice environment.," initial submission to International Journal of Hospitality Management. Ritter, B. A. (2009). "Sticker shock in an organization that will not stick together.," revised and resubmitted to The Case Journal. Gower, K. & Ritter, B. A. (2008). "Dealing with personal change in an (un)changing organizational environment," initial submission to Reaching Out MBA Case Writing Competition. Ritter, B. A. (2008). "Demonstrating the interconnectedness of organizational strategy, culture, structure, and HR policy using a case study," initial submission to Journal of Management Education. Working Papers Gower, K., Ritter, B. A., & Sleeth, R. G. (2008). "Using the classroom as an organization to inspire student growth as managers and team members" targeted for Journal of Management Education. Ritter, B. A. & Venkatraman, S. (2008). "Cultural differences in the relationship between perceptions of justice, aggression, and cyberslacking" targeted for Academy Of Management Journal. Ritter, B. A. (2008). "Cybersexual harassment: Development and validation of a measure of the online environment and online sexual harassment. " targeted for Personnel Psychology. Ritter, B. A., Venkatraman, S., Schlauch, C., & Hansen, C. (2008). "A multi-level analysis of organizational justice as a mediator of employee empowerment and organizational outcomes" targeted for Journal Of Organizational Behavior. Presentation of Non-Refereed Papers International Ritter, B. (2009). New Doctoral Student Consortium. Invited presentation at Academy of Management, Chicago, Illinois. Ritter, B. A. (2009). The 17th Annual Craft of Reviewing Workshop. Invited presentation at Academy of Management, Chicago, Illinois. Ritter, B. A. (2008, August). New Doctoral Student Consortium: The Teaching Theme Committee and you. Invited presentation at The Academy of Management, Anaheim, California. Ritter, B. (2007, August). New Doctoral Student Consortium: The Teaching Theme Committee and you. Invited presentation at Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Professional Associations Memberships Academy of Management Society for Human Resource Management Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Teaching Courses Taught Business Statistics Corporate Responsibility (MBA) Cross-Cultural Management Human Behavior in Business (MBA) Human Resource Management Human Resource Mangement Management and Organization
Organizational Theory & Behavior Organizational Theory and Behavior Other Teaching Activities Course (New) - Creation/Delivery: Conventional 2005 - CBAD 774: Human Behavior in Business Distance Learning 2006 - CBAD 291: Business Statistics Other Teaching Activities 2008 - CIDD International Summer Program 2007 - CIDD International Summer Program 2006 - CIDD International Summer Program Consulting 2008: Grand Strand Water and Sewer Authority, Study of the performance appraisal system 2007: Habitat for Humanity, Analysis of the Retail Outlet 2006: Valtera, Test reliability and norming 2004: Barrett and Associates, Various selection and promotion activities. 2004: Center for Organizational Research, Various organizational diagnosis and development activities. Cases Gower, K. & Ritter, B. A. (2009). Not a Pronoun: A Transgender's Professional Journey. (in press), Reaching Out. Reaching Out, Inc.. Research Grants Funded-Internal 2007 - Ritter, B. A., "Using Technology to Increase Perceptions of Fairness in the Classroom", Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant Program, ($2,500). 2005 - Ritter, B. A., "The Effect of Ethical Instruction Modules on Student Ethical Sensitivity and Decision Making", Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant Program, ($3,500). Service: Service to the University Department assignments: Faculty Advisor: 2004-2005 through 2007-2008: Society for the Advancement of Management Mentoring Activities: 2005-2006: Using WebCT Faculty Workshop College assignments: Chair: 2005-2006 through 2007-2008: AACSB Learning Outcomes Committee Faculty Advisor: 2004-2005 through 2007-2008: Beta Gamma Sigma Member: 2007-2008: Wall Fellows 2006-2007: AACSB Steering (Advisory) 2005-2006: International Summer School Taskforce
2004-2005: Management and Statistics Search Committee 2004-2005: Strategic Management Search Committee 2004-2005: MBA Task Force Other Institutional Service Activities: 2004-2005 through 2007-2008: TEAL Center Faculty Peer Technology Mentor University assignments: Chair: 2007-2008: Faculty Welfare and Development Committee: Vice-Chair 2005-2006: Faculty Welfare and Development Committee: Vice-Chair Member: 2009-2010: Assessment oversight committee on student learning 2006-2007: Faculty Welfare and Development Committee Mentoring Activities: 2005-2006: CETL New Faculty Orientation: Faculty discussion panel for the New Faculty Orientation Service to the Profession Academic Conference: Discussant 2006: Southern Management Association, Racial Attitudes, Racism, and Racial Identity, Clearwater Beach, Florida (Regional). 2006: Southern Management Association, Attributions and Aggression, Clearwater Beach, Florida (Regional). Chair: Conference / Track / Program 2008: Academy of Management Teaching Theme Committee (International). 2007: Academy of Management Teaching Theme Committee PDW, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (International). Invited Lecture 2007: Academy of Management New Doctoral Student Consortium, The Teaching Theme Committee and You., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (International). Member: Committee/Task Force 2009: Organizational Behavior Teaching Society New Educator Award Selection Committee (International). 2007: Academy of Management Teaching Theme Committee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (International). 2005-2006: Academy of Management, Member of the Academy of Management Teaching Theme Committee (International). Officer: Organization / Association 2008: Academy of Management, Academy of Management Management Education and Development Division Membership Coordinator-elect (International). Reviewer - Article / Manuscript 2009: Journal of Business Ethics (International). Reviewer - Book / Textbook 2006: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, Colquitt Organizational Behavior Textbook, Burr Ridge, Illinois (International). Reviewer: Ad Hoc Reviewer for a Journal 2008: Group Processes & Intergroup Relations (International). 2008: Journal of Applied Psychology (International). 2004: The Leadership Quarterly (International). 2000-2001: Psychology of Women Quarterly (International). Reviewer: Conference Paper 2008: Organizational Behavior Teaching Society Conference (International). 2008: Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology (International). 2008: The Academy of Management (International). 2006: Southern Management Association (Regional). 2006: Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology (International).
2006: Academy of Management (International). 2005: Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology (International). Service to the Community Member of a Committee 2006-2007: Habitat for Humanity 2004: Grand Strand Humane Society Walk for the Animals Faculty Development Instructional-Related Conference 2006: Faculty Development in International Business Seminar. Columbia, South Carolina. Professional Seminars / Workshops 2008: Beta Gamma Sigma collegiate chapter workshop. Beta Gamma Sigma collegiate chapter workshop. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. 2005: Faculty Development Workshop--Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes. Winthrop University, South Carolina. 2005: Beta Gamma Sigma Collegiate Chapter Workshop. San Antonio, Texas. 2005: Student Evaluations' presentation by Louis Keiner, Director, Center for Effective Teaching and Learning. Conway, South Carolina. 2004: "Interactive Learning in the Classroom" presentation by Louis Keiner, Director, CETL, and Associate Professor of Physics; and Yoav Wachsman, Assistant Professor of Accounting, Finance, and Economics. Conway, South Carolina. 2004: Grants and Sponsored Research presentation by Richard Moore, Assistant Vice President, Grants and Sponsored Research. Conway, South Carolina. Technology-Related Training 2006: WebCT 6.0 Training. Conway, South Carolina. Honors-Awards-Grants Honors: 2009: The James P. and Elizabeth R. Blanton Endowed Professorship, 2007-2009, Coastal Carolina University. 2004: Recognition of Significant Community Contribution, Akron Women's History Project. Awards: 2009: Case Competition Award, 2008, Reaching Out MBA, Inc.. 2009: Best Paper Award, 2008, International Association of Business and Economics Conference. 2008: Honorable Mention for Outstanding Chapter, Beta Gamma Sigma. 2008: Best Paper in Division, Academy of Management. 2007: Don Byers 2007 Business Paper Award, AVX. 2006: Provost Award for Exceptional Performance, Coastal Carolina University. 2004: President's Letter of Commendation for Excellence in Research, The University of Akron. 2001: Women in Higher Education Outstanding Women Scholar, The University of Akron Women in Higher Education. 2001: Community Events/Outreach Award of Achievement, Northern Ohio Live. Section Section Qualification: Academic/Professional Academically Qualified Last updated: 16-Mar-09 (01:37 PM)