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Sara L. Rynes-Weller

Emeritus Professor in Management and Entrepreneurship

Current Positions

  • Emeritus Professor, Management and Entrepreneurship

Education

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

Research Interests

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

Selected Awards & Honors

  • Faculty Career Achievement Research Award - Tippie College of Business, 2022
  • Michael R. Losey Human Resource Research Award - Society for Human Resource Management, 2011
  • Management Education Research Institute Fellow - Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), 2008
  • Herbert G. Heneman, Jr. Career Achievement Award - Academy of Management, 2006
  • Fellow - Academy of Management, 2005
  • Moskowitz Prize - Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, 2004
  • Ulrich-Lake Award for Excellence in HRM Scholarship - Human Resource Management, 2003
  • Fellow - American Psychological Association, 1993
  • Fellow - Society for Organizational and Industrial Psychology (SIOP), 1993
  • Research Award - Dutch HRM Network, 2011

Selected Publications

Selected Presentations

  • "Bridging the Research-Practice Gap: Moving beyond Why to How," Panelist at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, August 2016.
  • "Teaching Evidence-Based Management," Keynote/Plenary Address at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Canada, August 2015.
  • "No Recovery: Analysis of Mental Injury Cases under Workers’ Compensation," Guest/Invited Speaker at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 2014.
  • "The Academic-Practice Gap in Management: Is It Unbridgeable?," Keynote/Plenary Address at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, November 2013.
  • "Motivating Millennials," Keynote/Plenary Address at Chinese Human Resource Managers Conference, Hangzhou, China, October 2013.
  • "The Academic-Practice Gap in Management," Keynote/Plenary Address at International Symposium on Entrepreneurship & Family Business, Hangzhou, China, October 2013.
  • "Why Business Schools Must Disrupt Their Curricula," Guest/Invited Speaker at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, August 2013.
  • "Curriculum Matters: Toward a More Holistic Management Education," Guest/Invited Speaker at Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC) Annual Conference, VancouverC, Canada, June 2013.
  • "Leading in the New Wave of Change," Keynote/Plenary Address at University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, February 2013.
  • "How an Overemphasis on Theory Impedes Evidence-based Management and Reduces Our Influence in Real Organizations," Guest/Invited Speaker at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, August 2012.

Working Papers

  • Rynes-Weller, S. & Hauserman, N. (2019). (When) Can Employees Trust HR?

Editorial & Review Activities

  • Editorial Board Member, Human Resource Management, January 2009.
  • Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Learning & Education, August 2011 - December 2017.
  • Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Review, November 2010 - June 2014.
  • Editor, Academy of Management Journal, January 2005 - January 2007.
  • Associate Editor, Academy of Management Journal, January 2002 - January 2005.
  • Associate Editor, Lawrence Erlbaum Organization & Management Series, January 2002 - January 2007.
  • Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Journal, January 1990 - January 1996.
  • Editorial Board Member, Personnel Psychology, January 1987 - January 1996.
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Applied Psychology, January 1987 - January 2001.