Eric J. Neuman

Started Fall 2002

email:    eneuman@umich.edu
Phone:   734.223.1265
Office:    D0263
Advisor:  Jerry Davis
Curriculum Vitae

Program

Management and Organizations

Dissertation:  Public Policy and Entrepreneurship: The Development of the Competitive Local Telephone Service Industry

Research Interests

Organization Theory
Entrepreneurship
Networks
Public Policy
Institutional Change
Telecommunications Industry

PUBLICATIONS

Neuman, E.J., Davis, G.F., & Mizruchi, M.S.  “Networks and Industry Consolidation in U.S. Global Banking, 1986-2004.”  Advances in Strategic Management v. 25, edited by J.A.C. Baum and T.J. Rowley.  Forthcoming in 2008. 

Sanchez-Burks, J., Neuman, E.J., Ybarra, O., Kopelman, S., Park, H., & Goh, K.  “Folk Wisdom about the Effects of Relationship Conflict.”  Negotiation & Conflict Management Research.  Forthcoming. 

Anderson, P.J.J., Blatt, R., Christianson, M.K., Grant, A.M., Marquis, C., Neuman, E.J., Sonenshein, S., & Sutcliffe, K.M.  2006.  “Understanding Mechanisms in Organizational Research: Reflections from a Collective Journey.”  Journal of Management Inquiry, 15: 102-113. 

Neuman, E.J.  2005.  “The impact of the Enron Accounting scandal on impressions of managerial control.”  In K.M.Weaver (Ed.), Proceedings of the Sixty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (CD), ISSN 1543-8643.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Neuman, Eric J.  2005.  The impact of the Enron Accounting scandal on impressions of managerial control.  In K. Mark Weaver (Ed.), Proceedings of the Sixty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (CD), ISSN 1543-8643.

Working Papers

“Does Network Structure Affect the Size of the Network Effect? The Role of Density in the Network Autocorrelation Model.”  With Mark S. Mizruchi.  Under review at Social Networks. 

 “The impact of the Enron accounting scandal on impressions of managerial control.”  Revising manuscript. 

“The globalization of American banking, 1960-1982.”  With Gerald F. Davis and Mark S. Mizruchi.  Collecting data. 

“Character Strengths and Virtues in Society:  A Cross-Cultural Analysis.”  With Fiona Lee & Christopher Peterson.  Analyzing data.

Conference Presentations

2007   Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

·         Organized symposium “Business and Federalism”

·         Presented “Public Policy and Entrepreneurship:  The Development of the Competitive Local Telephone Service Industry”

2007   Advances in Strategic Management Working Conference, Toronto, ON

·         Presented “Networks and Industry Consolidation in U.S. Global Banking, 1986-2004” (with Gerald Davis and Mark Mizruchi)

2007   International Association for Conflict Management Annual Conference, Budapest, Hungary

·         Author of “Folk Wisdom about the Effects of Relationship Conflict” with Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, Oscar Ybarra, Shirli Kopelman, Hyekyung Park, and Karen Goh

·         Award for Best Empirical Paper

2005   Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI

·         Presented “The impact of the Enron Accounting scandal on impressions of managerial control”

2005   American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

·         Author of “Does Network Structure Affect the Size of the Network Effect? The Role of Density in the Network Autocorrelation Model” with Mark Mizruchi and Chris Marquis

2004   American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI

·         Presented “Beliefs about conflict:  A cross-cultural look at group-related decisions” (with Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks)

·         Presented “Dying for data:  A cross-cultural study of values in obituaries” (with Fiona Lee and Brianna Barker)

2003   Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA

·         Presented “Beliefs about conflict:  Cultural and gender comparisons” (with Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks)

·         Author on “Taking one for the team:  Performance, rewards, and team dynamics” with Arran Caza

Teaching

University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Winter 2005

MO 300, Behavioral Theory in Management (required course for first-year BBA students)

·         Instructor Evaluation:  4.98/5.00

·         Recipient of Gerald and Lillian Dykstra Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, 2005-06

Educational Background

University of Michigan, Ph.D. student in Management & Organizations, July 2002 - Present

University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.S. in Computer Science, December 1997

University of Notre Dame, B.S. in Computer Science, May 1996, summa cum laude

Work Experience

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Anatomy, Madison, WI
Programmer Analyst, 2000-2002 

Stratagem Consulting Group, Madison, WI
Software Engineering Consultant, 1998-2000 

Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX
Research Analyst, 1998

Awards/Grants

2007-08     Predoctoral Fellowship, Rackham Graduate School
2007          Best Empirical Paper, International Association for Conflict Management Conference
2006-07     Kauffman Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
2005-06     Dykstra Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, Ross School of Business
2004-05     Van Weelden Fellowship, Rackham Graduate School
2004-05     Leabo Memorial Award for Academic Excellence, Ross School of Business
2004          Ross School of Business research grant ($1200)
2004          Positive Psychology Microgrant ($2000)
1996          Valedictorian, College of Engineering, University of Notre Dame

Professional Memberships

Academy of Management
American Psychological Association
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship