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Business research partnerships
Build
a business research partnership with the
University of Delaware to better understand
business, organizational, and employee
development issues.
- What
are the key factors that make
employees feel committed to, engaged
with, and valued by an organization, and
how might this change in the future?
- How
do employees at different domestic
or international facilities view their management
and leadership?
- How
can an organization incorporate
strategic human resource management
practices into its operations?
- What
are the most effective ways to foster
employee dedication and innovation that
go beyond standard job performance?
We build
research partnerships through:
-
Company driven research—We
can research an issue of particular interest to a partner
organization.
-
University driven research—We
can partner with an organization on a UD research endeavor.
With this option we provide a full employee assessment report
in return for employee data relevant to the research purpose.
- Collaborative
research—We can jointly develop a research
partnership based on an issue of mutual interest.
Our partners
benefit from:
- Interaction
with UD faculty experienced in
effective research methodologies
- The
low cost of working with a university
to conduct research
- Research
which can be conducted over a
period of time to allow for a fuller understanding
of the issue being examined
- A
final report from UD outlining key results
and possible next steps
Each
research partnership is carefully reviewed
by UD’s Office of the Vice Provost for Research
to ensure compliance with appropriate standards
and ethics. The data gathered is treated confidentially
so that organizations can rest assured
that specific results, or proprietary or personal
information, will not be publicly disclosed.
Business research
partnerships faculty
Thomas
E. Becker, professor of management in the Alfred
Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University
of Delaware. His research interests are employee commitment,
integrity, motivation, job performance, and research methods.
In his research, Dr. Becker has collaborated with Proctor
& Gamble, the McDonald’s Corporation, Newport News
Shipbuilding, the U.S. military, and numerous other manufacturing
and service organizations.
Robert
Eisenberger is a professor of psychology at the University
of Delaware. His Perceived Organizational Support (POS) theory
is one the most frequently cited views of employeeorganization
relationships. Dr. Eisenberger’s research has been supported
by the Army Research Institute for the Social and Behavioral
Sciences, the National Institutes of Health, and the National
Park Service.
Michal
Herzenstein, professor of marketing, Alfred Lerner
College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware.
Research interests include consumer goals and their effects
on decision making, terror management theory, and emotions
and persuasion.
Wendy
K. Smith, professor of organizational behavior, Alfred
Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware.
Research interests include strategic paradoxes—how leaders
manage commitments to contradictory agendas and managing both
social and financial goals.
Sharon
Watson, professor of management, Alfred Lerner College
of Business and Economics, University of Delaware. Research
interests include international strategy, strategic reward
systems in the multinational corporation, and managing foreign
subsidiaries.
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