Companies frequently congratulate themselves when they hire a female executive for a top management role. That applause, however, turns to silence when another woman attempts to break the glass ceiling at that same company. According to a new study by
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Read the latest news and research from University of Florida Warrington College of Business faculty, who are thought leaders in their respective fields and provide expert guidance in the classroom. Their research provides industry leaders and individuals with insights they can use in their careers and daily lives.
Management professor presents research on job training at the White House
Dr. Mo Wang, R. Perry Frankland Professor of Management and Director of the Warrington College of Business’s Human Resource Research Center, gave an invited talk to the White House Social & Behavioral Sciences Team on Dec. 8. The talk focused
Management scholar discusses nuclear energy in China
Dr. Keith Florig, an Associate Research Scholar in the College’s Marketing Department, was quoted in The New York Times regarding China’s nuclear energy program, which he says is developing at a pace not seen in almost half a century. Read
Women may fare better than men in assertive team leadership
Research by Warrington management professor Dr. Klodiana Lanaj focuses on how women can showcase their leadership skills in the workplace without being penalized. Learn more about her innovative study.
Knechel named to Dutch Foundation for Auditing Research’s board
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dr. W R Knechel, the Frederick Fisher Eminent Scholar Chair at the Fisher School of Accounting, was named to the board of the newly-created Dutch Foundation for Auditing Research (FAR). FAR, which officially launched on October 20,
Big Data meets a social network
So how much data is needed for it to be considered, “Big Data?” Are 22 million rows of data on your computer screen enough? That’s the unfathomable amount of information Warrington Ph.D. student Mohammadmahdi (Mahdi) Moqri has managed over the
Warrington doctoral student, post-doc recognized during Experiential Classroom
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Susana Santos, a Post-Doctoral Associate in Warrington’s Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate; and Diana Shao, a Ph.D. candidate in Finance, were recognized for exemplary teaching during the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center’s Experiential Classroom on Sept.
Marketing, accounting graduate students earn College teaching honor
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Siân Morgan and Devin Williams were recognized with the Warrington College of Business’s Spring 2015 Ph.D. Teaching Award. The award, presented by the Center for Teaching, Learning & Assessment and selected by the Warrington Teaching Committee, recognizes
Warrington celebrates dedication of Bergstrom Center
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The newly refurbished Kelley A. Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies was officially dedicated Thursday afternoon at Bryan Hall. About 100 Warrington alumni, faculty, staff and guests attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony, then toured the remodeled Center, which
Warrington professor analyzes “The Reader’s Brain”
Warrington Professor Dr. Yellowlees Douglas’s new book–“The Reader’s Brain: How Neuroscience Can Make You a Better Writer”— uses decades of insights into the reading brain to provide writers with clear-cut, science-based guidelines on how to write anything well, from an