Warrington management department No. 1 in productivity per faculty
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Even with only 13 tenure-track faculty members, the Department of Management at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business is among the most productive for research according to the 2021 Texas A&M/University of Georgia Rankings of Management Department Research Productivity.
The management department received overall and rankings in productivity per faculty member. Among all ranked management departments, Warrington’s management team is No. 3 overall, just behind the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business and Texas A&M University. In the rankings of publications per faculty, Warrington is ranked No. 1.
“This ranking provides a testimony for the cutting-edge research conducted by management faculty,” said Mo Wang, Associate Dean for Research, Lanzillotti-McKethan Eminent Scholar Chair, Department of Management Chair and Director of the Human Resource Research Center. “Despite our small size, we are able to cultivate a dedicated research culture, which promotes projects that have great scientific merits and lasing broader impact.”
Warrington’s management department is the No. 3 most productive in the nation due to the efforts of its tenure-track faculty, who published 16 pieces of research across eight top-tier management journals including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Applied Psychology, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Personnel Psychology, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. In the ranking of publications per faculty, the department has an average of about 1.2 publications per faculty member.
The addition of the 2021 rankings brought Warrington’s management department up to the No. 9 program in the 5-Year Total out of 150 public and private institutions. The department also held on to the No. 2 position for research productivity per faculty in the 5-year total, measuring research produced from 2017-2021, with its 13 faculty members producing 60 pieces of research and averaging 4.95 pieces per faculty member.
Below are just a few recent examples of research that contribute to the management department’s research productivity excellence.
Building resiliency at work through self-compassion and Want to be a better leader? Start with self-compassion – Klodiana Lanaj, Martin L. Schaffel Professor and Ph.D. student Remy Jennings.
Beauty before skills? How attractiveness helps in the hiring process, but confidence is king – Joyce Bono, W.A. McGriff, III Professor, alumna Min-Hsuan Tu (Ph.D. ’19) and alumna Elisabeth Gilbert (Ph.D. ’19)
The research-backed first step to making a good first impression – Brian Swider, Beth Ayers McCague Family Fellowship Associate Professor
Want to increase your team’s performance? Gender diversity could be beneficial – Yixuan Li (Ph.D. ’18), Assistant Professor and Klodiana Lanaj, Martin L. Schaffel Professor
Faculty in the management department also have earned a number of awards for their research and contributions to the field.
Aaron Hill’s paper among ‘most significant’ in human resources
Joyce Bono’s paper receives the 2021 Scholarly Impact Award from the Journal of Management
Robert Emerson receives distinguished career achievement award
David Ross’ paper wins top prize for insights on building equitable workplaces with AI technologies
Mo Wang and Aaron Hill awarded NSF grant to study value of diversity on corporate boards
Larry DiMatteo named Fullbright Professor, releases 3 new books
In addition to the department’s research successes, it is on the forefront of sharing its expertise with other management researchers as well as those across other industries.
Warrington management department conference facilitates connection, advances research
Warrington and UF health sciences partner on workshop focused on tackling bias in data science
Research aims to create fairness in AI-assisted hiring systems
