McAfee professors are vigorously engaged in the process of discovery, broadening the bounds of social science research across business disciplines. At McAfee, we know that path breaking research and creative teaching go hand-in-hand.

Union’s Own Receives Top Honor from Prestigious International Association

9/22/09 -  The Academy of Management rewarded McAfee School of Business Professor Emily Lean and her co-authors with a very prestigious recognition this summer. The authors received recognition for the best paper of the year based on their 2008 publication in the Academy of Management Perspectives, a journal published by the Academy of Management. The article entitled “Coming into the Light: Intimate Partner Violence and its Effects at Work” confronts the effects of domestic violence in the w... READ MORE

Accounting Professor's Research Noted for Impact on Tax Practice, Policy, and Compliance

9/21/09 -  The American Accounting Association (AAA) task force on the impact of research has recognized research published by Karen C. Miller, Associate Professor of Accounting in the McAfee School of Business. The task force notes, "Karen Miller, Tonya Flesher, and Riley Shaw have published several articles on the complex and specialized tax issues surrounding corporate aircraft. Their research has been used by tax practitioners, businesses, and the IRS. A number of practitioners—both CPAs and atto... READ MORE

Union's Newest Professor Publishes Cutting Edge Leadership Research

9/3/08 - In a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Business Ethics, Union's newest business professor, Emily R. Lean, and the McAfee SOBA Director of Research, Darin W. White, found that perceived team leader integrity may influence subordinate ethical intentions towards fellow team members, the team itself, and even the organizational as a whole.  The study, as explained by Darin W. White, “involved over 240 MBA students who work and study together ... READ MORE

More Features

• Sep 2, 2008 - Two Business School Scholars Publish in Prestigious Journal of Business Ethics
• Dec 22, 2007 - McAfee SOBA Study Reveals the Impact of Fair Treatment in Customer Service Encounters
• Nov 5, 2007 - Balanced Scorecard Application in the Health Care Industry: A Case Study
• Sep 21, 2007 - Taxation of Personal Use of Corporate Aircraft: Should income Equal the Deduction?
• Jun 22, 2007 - Conducting Business in the Emerging Markets of Central & Eastern Europe
• Jan 3, 2007 - Is the Free Market System Ethically Superior?

Recent Scholarship

• ARTICLE - "Mommy Rights: Are American Employers Doing Enough for Working Mothers?" in Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives by David Austill (forthcoming) ABSTRACT
  
  Business in America has historically been dominated by males with a corporate attitude that is more about money and less about nurturing employees. Since World War II women have been of growing importance to businesses, but corporate policies and state and federal laws have not adequately reflected that working mothers face particularly troublesome trade-offs between work and family. This paper will survey some of the important legal areas affecting employees who are either pregnant or have small children. The author concludes that more should be done through legislation to protect female employees who are either pregnant or care for small children. Doing so will provide corporate America with a greater supply of experienced and qualified workers and make work life more palatable for working women.
  
   
• AWARD/RECOGNITION - "Research Recognized for Impact on Tax Practice, Policy, and Compliance" by Karen Miller (forthcoming)
   
• PRESENTATION - "Minimizing Audit Fees and Accounting Errors Through IT Controls: Evidence from US Internal Control Audits" at American Accounting Association National Conference in New York, NY by Karen Miller Gerry H. Grant Fatima Alali (Aug 2009)
   
• PRESENTATION - "The Times They Are A-Changin': Time to Revisit Quill Corporation v. North Dakota" at American Accounting Association National Conference in New York, NY by David Austill Tom Proctor (Aug 2009)
   
• PRESENTATION - "Tax Policy Considerations in Reforming the Federal Estate Tax" at American Accounting Association National Conference in New York, NY by David Austill M.c. Kocakulah (Aug 2009)
   
• PRESENTATION - "Intimate partner violence among employed individuals: Do demographics really matter?" at Acaedmy of Management Association in Chicago, IL by Emily Lean Reeves, C., Liou, R., O'Leary-Kelly, A., and Guerber, A. (Aug 2009)
   
• AWARD/RECOGNITION - "2008 Academy of Management Best Paper Award" by Emily Lean (Jul 2009)
   
• PRESENTATION - "Leadership in post-Secondary Education: Reconnecting with who we are" at The Chair Academy International Conference in Nashville, TN by Kevin Barksdale (Jun 2009)
   
• PRESENTATION - "Examining the Stability of the Psychological Contract: A Confirmatory Factor Analytic Approach" at American Institute of Higher Education in Nashville, TN by Kevin Barksdale (May 2009)
   
• PRESENTATION - "The Times They Are A-Changin': Time to Revisit Quill Corporation v. North Dakota" at American Accounting Association South Eastern Conference in Oxford, MS by David Austill Tom Proctor (May 2009)
   
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Faculty Profiles

• Keith Absher, Dean, McAfee School of Business Administration
• Steve Arendall, Director, MBA Program (Germantown)& Professor of Management
• David Austill, Professor of Management
• Kevin Barksdale, Associate Professor of Management
• Don Christensen, Professor of Finance
• Joe Harrison, Associate Professor of Management
• Kenneth Holt, Associate Professor of Economics and Management
• Emily Lean, Instructor of Management
• Karen Miller, Associate Professor of Accounting
• Bill Nance, Associate Professor of Management & Department Chair
• Howard Newell, University Professor of Business Administration
• Deborah Newell, Assistant Professor of Accounting
• Walton Padelford, University Professor of Economics
• Thomas Proctor, AACSB Coordinator, Coordinator of Accounting & Professor of Accounting