Mark A. Davis
University of North Texas
Management
(940) 565-3142
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Education

PhD, Virginia Tech, 1984.
Major: Psychology
Degree Specialization: Industrial and Organizational Psychology
MA, Middle Tennessee State University, 1978.
Major: Psychology
BS, University of Alabama, 1976.
Major: Psychology

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
Professor of Management, University of North Texas. (1999 – Present).
Associate Professor of Management, University of North Texas. (1998 – 1999).
Associate Professor of Management, University of Kentucky. (1994 – 1998).
Assistant Professor of Management, University of Kentucky. (1988 – 1994).
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Valdosta State University. (1984 – 1988).
Assistant Coordinator, University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences. (1980 – 1981).
Professional
Director of Geriatric Services, Bristol Regional Mental Health Center. (1978 – 1980).

Professional Memberships

Academy of Management. (Present).

AcademyHealth. (Present).

American Psychological Association. (Present).

Medical Group Management Association. (Present).

Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology. (Present).

Awards and Honors

Phi Kappa Phi. (1984).

Gerontology Fellowship. (1977).

Phi Beta Kappa. (1976).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
MGMT 3720, Organizational Behavior, 2 courses.
MGMT 3860, Human Resource Management, 12 courses.
MGMT 5140, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, 12 courses.
MGMT 5210, Human Resource Management Seminar, 29 courses.
MGMT 5520, Management of Health Service Organizations I, 1 course.
MGMT 5530, Operation and Management of Physician Practice Organizations, 16 courses.
MGMT 5540, Management of Health Service Organizations II, 1 course.
MGMT 5550, Professional Project in Health Services Management, 1 course.
MGMT 5900, Special Problems, 8 courses.
MGMT 6100, Seminar in Organizational Behavior, 2 courses.
MGMT 6860, Seminar in Human Resource Management, 3 courses.
MGMT 6900, Special Problems, 9 courses.
MGMT 6910, Special Problems, 12 courses.
MGMT 6940, Individual Research, 26 courses.
MGMT 6950, Doctoral Dissertation, 27 courses.

Non-Credit Instruction

Other. (2013 – 2013).

Other. (2011 – 2011).

Other. (2010 – 2010).

Other. (2009 – 2009).

Directed Student Learning

Dissertation Committee Chair, Management. (August 2019 – Present).

Supervised Research, Management. (August 2019 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Chair, Management. (August 10, 2018 – Present).

Supervised Research, Management. (August 2018 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Learning Technologies. (August 2015 – Present).

Other, Management. (2015 – 2019).

Dissertation Committee Chair, Management. (October 10, 2017 – July 2019).

Dissertation Committee Chair, Management. (August 29, 2016 – August 2018).

Supervised Research, Management. (2017 – 2017).

Directed Individual/Independent Study, Management. (January 2017 – May 2017).

Dissertation Committee Member, Management. (August 2015 – May 2017).

Supervised Research, Management. (2016 – 2016).

Directed Individual/Independent Study, Management. (January 2016 – May 2016).

Dissertation Committee Member, Learning Technologies. (August 2015 – April 2016).

Supervised Research, Management. (2015 – 2015).

Dissertation Committee Chair, Management. (January 2014 – May 2015).

Dissertation Committee Chair, Management. (August 2013 – May 2015).

Dissertation Committee Member. (2014 – 2014).

Supervised Research, Management. (2014 – 2014).

Dissertation Committee Member. (2013 – 2013).

Other. (2013 – 2013).

Supervised Research. (2013 – 2013).

Dissertation Committee Member. (2012 – 2012).

Other. (2012 – 2012).

Other. (2012 – 2012).

Supervised Research. (2012 – 2012).

Dissertation Committee Member. (2011 – 2011).

Other. (2011 – 2011).

Other. (2011 – 2011).

Supervised Research. (2011 – 2011).

Dissertation Committee Member. (2010 – 2010).

Other. (2010 – 2010).

Supervised Research. (2010 – 2010).

Dissertation Committee Chair. (2009 – 2009).

Dissertation Committee Member. (2009 – 2009).

Other. (2009 – 2009).

Supervised Research. (2009 – 2009).

Dissertation Committee Chair. (2008 – 2008).

Dissertation Committee Member. (2008 – 2008).

Awards and Honors

Professor of the Year, Beta Gamma Sigma. (2012).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter
Davis, M. A., Schnelle, J. F., Geller, E. S., E. K. Morris & C. J. Braukman, (1987). Law enforcement and crime prevention. Behavioral Approaches to Crime and Delinquency. 225 250. New York: Plenum.
Conference Proceeding
Davis, M. A., Cox, M. Z. (2016). The Influence of Relative Performance And Bad Apple Succession on Organizational Misconduct: A Study of FBS Football Programs. Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim, CA..
Cox, M., Davis, M. A. (2011). Understanding Organizational Misconduct: A Longitudinal Study of NCAA Violations in College Football. Academy of Management Conference.
Davis, M. A. (1989). Establishing the link between nursing home costs and nursing home quality.. 280-290. Quality of Life/Marketing Conference.
Davis, M. A. (1988). Task perceptions and job satisfaction relations among nursing home aides.. 270-275. Academy of Management Southwest Conference.
Journal Article
Ostermeir, K., Davis, M. A., Pavur, R. J. (2020). Personality Configurations in Teams: A Comparison of Compilation and Composition Models. Team Performance Management: An International Journal.
Davis, M. A. (2019). The Undergraduate Situational Judgment Test:  An Active Learning Project for Teaching Selection Tool Effectiveness. Journal of Management Education.
Davis, M. A. (2019). Managerial Aspirations and Suspect Leaders: The Effect of Relative Performance and Leader Succession on Organizational Misconduct. Journal of Business Ethics.
Cernas-Ortiz, D., Davis, M. A. (2016). Future and past negative time perspective influences on job satisfaction and organizational commitment in Mexico and the United States. Management Research Review. 14(3), 317-338.
Davis, M. A., Pavur, R. J. (2015). Understanding claims-basedquality profiles inprimarycarepractice: The roleofofficesystemtoolsand health informationtechnology. Health Care Management Review. 39(4), 293-304.
Davis, M. A., Pavur, R. J. (2014). Understanding claims-based quality profiles in primary care practice: The role of office system tools and health information technology.. Health Care Management Review. 39(4), 293-304.
Davis, M. A., Pavur, R. J. (2011). The Relationship between Office System Tools and Evidence-Based Care in Primary Care Physician Practice. Health Services Management Research. 24, 107-113.
Davis, M. A. (2009). Understanding the Relationship between Mood and Creativity: A Meta-Analysis. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 108, 25-38.
Davis, M. A., Miles, G., McDowell, W. (2008). Environmental Scanning as a Moderator of Strategy-Performance Relationships: An Empirical Analysis of Physical Therapy Facilities. Health Services Management Research. 21, 81-92.
Davis, M. A., Kirby, S. L., Curtis, M. B. (2007). The Influence of Affect on Goal Choice and Task Performance. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 37, 14-42.
Curtis, M. B., Davis, M. A. (2003). Assessing Knowledge Structure in Accounting Education: An Application of Pathfinder Associative Networks.. Journal of Accounting Education. 21, 185-195.
Davis, M. A., Curtis, M. B., Tschetter, J. (2003). Evaluating Cognitive Training Outcomes: Validity and Utility of Structural Knowledge Assessment.. Journal of Business And Psychology. 18(2), 191-206.
Davis, M. A. (2003). Factors related to bridge employment participation among private sector early retirees.. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 63, 55-71.
Davis, M. A., Anderson, M., Curtis, M. B. (2001). Measuring ethical ideology in business ethics: A critical analysis of the ethics position questionnaire.. Journal of Business Ethics. 32, 35-53.
Kirby, S. L., Davis, M. A. (1998). A study of escalating commitment in principal-agent relationships: Effects of monitoring and personal responsibility. Journal of Applied Psychology. 83(2), 206-217.
Davis, M. A., Johnson, N. B., Ohmer, D. G. (1998). Issue contingent effects on ethical decision making: A cross-cultural comparison.. Journal of Business Ethics. 17, 373-389.
Davis, M. A., Freeman, J. W., Kirby, E. (1998). Nursing home performance under case-mix reimbursement: Responding to heavy-care incentives and market changes. Health Services Research. 33(4), 815-833.
Davis, M. A., Sebastian, J. G., Tschetter, J. (1997). Measuring quality of nursing home service: Residents' perspective. Psychological Reports. 81, 531-542.
Davis, M. A., Provan, K. G. (1996). A cost constrained model of strategic orientation in nursing homes.. Health Services Research. 9, 24-33.
Kelley, S. W., Davis, M. A. (1994). Antecedents to customer expectations for service recovery. Journal of The Academy of Marketing Science. 22(1), 52-61.
Davis, M. A., Freeman, J. W. (1994). Excess demand and cost relationships among Kentucky nursing homes. Health Care Financing Review. 15(3), 1-15.
Kelley, S. W., Hoffman, D. K., Davis, M. A. (1993). A typology of retail service failures and recoveries.. Journal of Retailing. 69(4), 429-452.
Davis, M. A. (1993). Nursing Home Ownership Revisited: Market, Cost, and Quality Relationships. Medical Care. 31, 1062-1068.
Davis, M. A., Foshee, D. P., LaRosa, P. (1992). Emotion work in supervisor-subordinate relations: Gender differences in the perception of angry displays.. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research. 27, 513-531.
Foshee, D. P., Davis, M. A., Stone, M. A. (1991). Evaluating the impact of criterion-referenced measurement on remediation decisions. Remedial and Special Education,. Remedial and Special Education. 12, 48-52.
Davis, M. A. (1991). On nursing home quality: A review and analysis.. Medical Care Review. 48, 129-165.
Davis, M. A., Bobko, P. (1986). Contextual effects on escalation processes in public sector decision making. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 37, 121-138.
Bobko, P., Davis, M. A., Segar, H. (1986). Public sector versus private sector context as a mediator of financial allocation decisions. Journal of Management. 12, 113-120.
Bobko, D., Bobko, P., Davis, M. A. (1986). The effect of visual display scale on duration estimates. Human Factors. 28, 153-158.
Bobko, P., Bobko, D., Davis, M. A. (1984). A multidimensional scaling of video games. Human Factors. 26, 477-482.
Davis, M. A., Geller, E. S. (1984). Citizen crime prevention: Some promising applications of behavioral community psychology. Psychological Documents. 14, 25-27.
Morris, L. W., Davis, M. A., Hutchings, C. H. (1981). Cognitive and emotional components of anxiety: Literature review and revised worry emotionality scale. Journal of Educational Psychology. 73, 541-555.

Presentations Given

Paper

Walker, L. (Author & Presenter), Davis, M. A. (Author), Pavur, R. J. (Author), Hancock, J. I. (Author), Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Scale development and validation of a Multi-dimensional measure of workplace favoritism., Academy of Management, Seattle, WA, United States of America. (2022 – ).

Walker, L. (Author & Presenter), Davis, M. A. (Author), Academy of Management Meetings, Scale development and validation of a multi-dimensional measure of workplace favoritism, AOM, Seattle, WA, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Walker, M. (Author & Presenter), Davis, M. A. (Author), Varghese, J. (Author), Southern Management Association, Cronyism’s effects on employee attitudes and behavioral intentions: Differences among supervisors’ ingroup and outgroup members., SMA, New Orleans, United States of America. (2021 – 2021).

Cernas_Ortiz, D. A. (Author & Presenter), Davis, M. A. (Author), La Perspectiva Psicológica del Tiempo y las Actitudes Laborales: Un Análisis Exploratorio de las Diferencias entre México y Los Estados Unidos (Psychological Time Perspective and Work-Related Attitudes: An Exploratory Analysis of Mexico--U.S. Differences), Iberoamerican Academy of Management Conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Chile. (2015).

Cox, M. Z. (Author & Presenter), Davis, M. A. (Author), Academy of Management, Beyond pays to be green: Examining industry-level influences on environmental/financial performance, Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada, Canada. (2015).

Professional Meeting Contribution

Ostermeir, K. (Author & Presenter), Davis, M. A. (Author), Davis, (Author), Academy of Management Meetings, Facilitating and inhibiting influences of personality configurations in project teams: A comparison of compilation and composition models, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2018).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Davis, M. A., "Faculty Research Grant," Sponsored by University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2009 – 2009).
Davis, M. A., "College of Business Research Seed Money Grant," Sponsored by UNT College of Business, $8000 Funded. (2008 – 2008).
Davis, M. A., "Teaching with Technology," Sponsored by University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2002 – 2002).
Davis, M. A., "Course Development Grant," Sponsored by University of Kentucky, $2500 Funded. (1994 – 1994).
Davis, M. A., "Measuring Nursing Home Service Quality," Sponsored by Ashland Oil, Inc., $5000 Funded. (1993 – 1993).
Davis, M. A., "Mini-Grant - Nursing Home Rate Survey," Sponsored by University of Kentucky, $485 Funded. (1992 – 1992).
Davis, M. A., "Mini-Grant – Nursing Home Administrator Survey," Sponsored by University of Kentucky, $500 Funded. (1990 – 1990).

Service

University Service

Program Coordinator, Area Coordinator Health Services Management. (2012 – Present).

Other, Management Department. (January 2019 – August 2019).

Committee Chair, Faculty Development Leave. (August 2015 – August 2019).

Committee Member, Graduate Program Committee. (August 2014 – August 2019).

Committee Member, Personnel Affairs Committee. (August 2014 – August 2019).

Member, Management Department Chair Search Committee. (October 2018 – May 2019).

Chairperson, Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee. (August 2018 – December 2018).

Chairperson, Faculty Search Committee. (January 2018 – December 2018).

Member, Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee. (August 2016 – December 2018).

Committee Member, Faculty Research Committee. (September 2014 – December 2018).

Faculty Advisor, UNT Purpose Promotion Club. (October 2017 – August 2018).

Member, Search Committee for Endowed Chair in Club Management. (January 2017 – May 2017).

Member, OBHR Search Committee. (2016 – 2016).

Faculty Development Leave Committee. (2014 – 2014).

Other Institutional Service Activities, 4940 Case Competition. (2012 – 2013).

Executive Committee. (2012 – 2013).

Other Institutional Service Activities, Promotion of Health Services Program. (2012 – 2013).

Unitarians of the University of North Texas. (2012 – 2013).

Letters for SMA doctoral consortsium (Carter, Chandna, Zhang). (2012 – 2012).

Marcus Cox, Brooklyn Cole, Raymond Jones. (2012 – 2012).

Committee Member, Doctoral Program Committee. (September 1, 2011 – August 31, 2012).

Committee Member, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee. (September 1, 2010 – August 31, 2012).

Area Coordinator Health Services Management. (2011 – 2011).

Assessment Committee. (2011 – 2011).

Unitarians of the University of North Texas. (2011 – 2011).

Committee Chair, Doctoral Program Committee. (September 1, 2010 – August 31, 2011).

Other Institutional Service Activities, 4940 Case Competition. (2010 – 2010).

Area Coordinator Health Services Management. (2010 – 2010).

Graduate Program Committee. (2010 – 2010).

Unitarians of the University of North Texas. (2010 – 2010).

UNT Faculty Salary Committee. (2009 – 2010).

Committee Member, Doctoral Program Committee. (September 1, 2008 – August 31, 2010).

Area Coordinator Health Services Management. (2009 – 2009).

Graduate Program Committee. (2009 – 2009).

Senior Associate Dean Search Committee. (2009 – 2009).

Committee Member, Super Promotion and Tenure. (September 1, 2008 – August 31, 2009).

Area Coordinator Health Services Management. (2008 – 2008).

Graduate Program Committee. (2008 – 2008).

Committee Chair, Doctoral Program Committee. (September 1, 2007 – August 31, 2008).

Committee Member, Professional Leadership Program Liaisons. (September 1, 2004 – August 31, 2008).

Area Coordinator Health Services Management. (2007 – 2007).

Personnel Affairs Committee. (2007 – 2007).

Committee Chair, Faculty Research Committee. (September 1, 2004 – August 31, 2005).

Professional Service

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Information Systems. (2014 – 2014).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Motivation and Emotion. (2014 – 2014).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Managerial Issues. (2013 – 2013).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Applied Psychology. (2011 – 2012).

Reviewer, Journal Article, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. (2011 – 2011).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Applied Psychology. (2010 – 2010).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. (2010 – 2010).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Business Ethics. (2009 – 2009).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. (2009 – 2009).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Business Ethics. (2008 – 2008).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Academy of Management Conference. (2006 – 2006).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Academy of Management Conference. (2006 – 2006).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Health Care Management Review. (2006 – 2006).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Applied Gerontology. (2006 – 2006).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Applied Psychology. (2006 – 2006).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Business Ethics. (2006 – 2006).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. (2006 – 2006).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Sex Roles. (2006 – 2006).