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Sara L. Rynes-Weller

Professor
John F. Murray Professor of Management and Organizations
Management & Organizations
S374  John Pappajohn Bus Bldg
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1994
Ph: 319-335-0838
Fax: 319-335-1956
E-mail: sara-rynes@uiowa.edu

Academic History

  • PhD in Industrial Relations, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1981
  • MS in Industrial Relations, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1977
  • BA in Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1974

Expertise

  • Academic-Practitioner Relationships
  • Compensation Strategies and Outcomes
  • Human Resource Strategies
  • Job Search and Recruitment
  • Management Education

Awards

  • University of Iowa Presidential Lecturer, 2013
  • Michael R. Losey Human Resource Research Award , 2011
  • Management Education Research Institute Fellow, Graduate Management Admissions Council, 2008
  • Herbert G. Heneman, Jr. Career Achievement Award, Human Resources Division, Academy of Management, 2006
  • Fellow of Academy of Management, 2005
  • Moskowitz Prize (with Marc Orlitzky & Frank Schmidt), 2004
  • Ulrich & Lake Award for Excellence in HRM Scholarship (with Ken Brown & Amy Colbert), 2003
  • Fellow , American Psychological Association, 1993
  • Fellow, Society of Industrial & Organizational Psychology, 1993

Selected Publications

      Other Work

      • Recruitment and Job Choice Research: Same as It Ever Was?, Todd Darnold, Sara L. Rynes, Handbook of Psychology -- John Wiley - Publication Details Forthcoming
      • Research Findings Practitioners Resist: Lessons for Management Academics from Evidence-based Medicine , Tamara L. Giluk, Sara L. Rynes, Oxford Handbook of Evidence-Based Management/Oxford University Press, 2012, 130-164
      • The Research-Practice Gap in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Related Fields: Challenges and Potential Solutions, Sara L. Rynes, Oxford Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 1, Oxford University Press., 2012, 409-452

            Professional Affiliations

            • Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Learning & Education, July 2011 - June 2014
            • Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Review, November 2010 - June 2014
            • Editor, Academy of Management Journal, 2005 - 2007
            • Associate Editor, Lawrence Erlbaum Organization & Management Series, 2002 - 2007
            • Associate Editor, Academy of Management Journal, 2002 - 2005
            • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Applied Psychology, 1987 - 2001
            • Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Journal, 1990 - 1996
            • Editorial Board Member, Personnel Psychology, 1987 - 1996

              Committees and Professional Service

              • Society for Human Resource Management Foundation