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
- Rynes, S. L., Colbert, A., & O'Boyle, E. H. (2018). When the "Best Available Evidence" Doesn't Win: How Doubts about Science and Scientists Threaten the Future of Evidence-based Management. Journal of Management. 44 (8) pp. 2995-3010. DOI: 10.1177/0149206318796934.
- Rynes, S. L. & Bartunek, J. M. (2017). Evidence-Based Management: Foundations, Development, Controversies and Future. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior. 4 pp. 235-261. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-032516-113306.
- Caprar, D. V., Do, B., Rynes, S. L., & Bartunek, J. M. (2016). It's Personal: A Possible Explanation for Students' (Non)Acceptance of Management Research Arguments. Academy of Management Learning & Education. 15 (2) pp. 207-231.
- Rynes, S. L., Rousseau, D. M., & Barends, E. (2014). Change the World: Teach Evidence-based Practice!. Academy of Management Learning & Education. 13 (3) pp. 305-321.
- Bartunek, J. M. & Rynes, S. L. (2014). Academics and Practitioners are Alike and Unlike: The Paradoxes of Academic-Practitioner Relationships. Journal of Management. 40 (5).
- Rynes, S. L. & Bartunek, J. (2013). Curriculum Matters: Toward More Holistic Graduate Education In Disrupt or Be Disrupted: Evidence-Based Strategies for Graduate Business Schools. Jossey-Bass.
- Darnold, T. & Rynes, S. L. (2013). Recruitment and Job Choice Research: Same as It Ever Was? In Handbook of Psychology. (Vols. 12) (2nd Ed) pp. 104-142. John Wiley.
- Rynes, S. L., Reeves, C. J., & Darnold, T. C. (2013). The history of recruitment research In The Oxford Handbook of Recruitment.
- Rynes, S. L., Bartunek, J. M., Dutton, J., & Margolis, J. (2012). Care and Compassion through an Organizational Lens: Opening Up New Possibilities. Academy of Management Review. 37 (4) pp. 503-523.
- Giluk, T. L. & Rynes, S. L. (2012). Research Findings Practitioners Resist: Lessons for Management Academics from Evidence-based Medicine In Oxford Handbook of Evidence-Based Management. pp. 130-164. Oxford University Press.
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.