PROFILE:

Dr. Douglas received his B.A. in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Southern Maine (1986), his M.B.A. from The University of Montana (1995), and his Ph.D. in Business Administration from Florida State University (2000). Prior to his academic career, Dr. Douglas spent several years as an executive officer in the transportation industry, including an expatriate position in Canada. 

Dr. Douglas directs the Entertainment Management Program for The University of Montana. In addition to his responsibilities as the Director, Dr. Douglas teaches the Introduction to the Entertainment Business, Event Management, and the Principles of Entertainment Management I and II courses. Outside the entertainment area, Dr. Douglas has instructed courses on Strategic Management, Organizational Behavior, Leadership, International Marketing and Management, Human Resources Management, Industrial-Labor Relations, Conflict Resolution, Organizational Theory, Cross-Cultural Management and Advanced Social Psychology.

Dr. Douglas has been recognized for his teaching efforts on 6 separate occasions. Moreover, he has received teaching awards while at Florida State University, Binghamton University, and the University of Montana. 

Dr. Douglas has served as the Director for Placement Services for the Academy of Management, President and Executive Board member for the Southwest Academy of Management, and as a Track Chair for the Southern Management Association. He currently serves on the Editorial Boards for the Journal of Organizational Behavior and the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies.  

Dr. Douglas’s research interests are in the areas of workplace aggression and work-family conflict that results from employees’ eldercare issues. However, his research has involved several other phenomena including, biases in editorial processes, employee selection, ethical decision-making processes, expatriate management performance, leader-member relations, perceptions of employee rewards – dues paying, organizational culture in virtual settings, resistance to new technologies, stress, and whistle-blowing.

Dr. Douglas’s work has been published in leading outlets including The Academy of Management Review, The Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, The Journal of Management, The Journal of Occupational Health and Psychology, The Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, The International Journal of Selection and Assessment, The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Personnel Relations, The International Journal of Organizational Analysis, The Journal of Managerial Psychology, SAM Advanced Management Journal, Voice and Silence in Organizations, and Research in Social Issues in Management. Moreover, his work has been presented at the Academy of Management, the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychologists, the Southern Management Association, the Southwest Academy of Management, and the Eastern Academy of Management. 

The most telling examples of Dr. Douglas's work are published in The International Review for Industrial-Organizational Psychology (IRIOP), Leadership Quarterly, and Organizational Dynamics. IRIOP is widely considered the premier publication in the field of Industrial-Organizational Psychology that only publishes manuscripts by individuals that are considered leading experts in their field. Recently, Dr. Douglas received Emerald's "Citation of Excellence" for the manuscript he published in Leadership Quarterly. This citation is awarded to the top 50 out of over 15,000 manuscripts published in the field of management during 2007. Finally, Dr. Douglas's work in Organizational Dynamics was also recognized as being the runner-up for the Outstanding Practitioner Oriented Publication in Premier Management Journals in the field of Organizational Behavior for 2005.

Dr. Douglas has also received several other awards for his work. He has been recognized as the William and Rosemary Gallagher Faculty Fellow on two consecutive occasions. He received the Corning Research Award for Excellence in Research. And, he has received numerous awards for work that was presented at the Academy of Management, the Southern Management Association and the Southwest Academy of Management. 

Most importantly however, Dr. Douglas enjoys spending time with his wife (Judy), son (Andrew), and two cats (Abe & Autumn). Their favorite family activities include camping, hiking, fishing, and traveling.