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Rhonda K. Reger

Title: Professor

Department: Management

College: College of Business

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, 1988
    Major: Business Administration
    Specialization: Strategic Management
    Dissertation: Competitive Positioning in the Chicago Banking Market: Mapping the Mind of the Strategist.
  • MBA, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, 1983
    Major: Business Administration
    Specialization: General Management
  • BBA, Texas A&M University, 1979
    Major: Marketing

Current Scheduled Teaching

DBAS 6011.501Innovation and EntrepreneurshipSpring 2025
MGMT 5760.402Strategic ManagementSpring 8W2 2025
MGMT 6950.701Doctoral DissertationFall 2024
MGMT 5300.401Entrepreneurship and Venture ManagementFall 8W2 2024
MGMT 5760.402Strategic ManagementFall 8W2 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

MGMT 6020.730Research Proposal SeminarSummer 10W 2024 SPOT
MGMT 6950.001Doctoral DissertationSpring 2024
MGMT 5760.001Strategic ManagementSpring 8W1 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5760.002Strategic ManagementSpring 8W2 2024 SPOT
MGMT 6010.001Management Scholar Development SeminarFall 2023 SPOT
MGMT 6900.730Special ProblemsFall 2023
MGMT 6020.730Research Proposal SeminarSummer 10W 2023
MGMT 6900.730Special ProblemsSummer 10W 2023
MGMT 6950.005Doctoral DissertationSpring 2023
MGMT 6820.001Seminar in Organizational TheorySpring 2023 SPOT
MGMT 6950.707Doctoral DissertationFall 2022
MGMT 3850.003Foundations of EntrepreneurshipFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 3850.004Foundations of EntrepreneurshipFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 6900.730Special ProblemsSummer 10W 2022
BUSI 5190.040Administrative StrategySpring 2022 SPOT
MGMT 6950.005Doctoral DissertationSpring 2022
MGMT 6010.001Management Scholar Development SeminarSpring 2022 SPOT
MGMT 6950.707Doctoral DissertationFall 2021
MGMT 5760.002Strategic ManagementFall 8W1 2021 SPOT
MGMT 6900.001Special ProblemsSummer 10W 2021
MGMT 6900.704Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2021
BUSI 5190.040Administrative StrategySpring 2021 SPOT
MGMT 6820.001Seminar in Organizational TheorySpring 2021 SPOT
MGMT 6900.703Special ProblemsSpring 2021
MGMT 3850.004Foundations of EntrepreneurshipFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 6900.703Special ProblemsFall 2020

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Abstracts and Proceedings

  • Wang, X.J., Xia, J., Reger, R.K., Wang, J. (2023). How Societal Factors Influence IJV Completion: The Role of Constituent Perceptions.
  • Andrus, J., Chen, Y.N., Wang, X.J., Reger, R.K. (2023). Tempest in a Teapot? Market Reactions to Social Media Chatter About Social Movements,.
  • Channagiri Ajit, T., Ferrier, W., Reger, R.K. (2022). Why do High-Status Firms Become Targets of Competitive Attacks? An Examination of Two Explanations.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2022 (1) Academy of Management.
  • Book Chapter

  • Reger, R.K., Pfarrer, M. (2021). Strategic Decision-Making and Organizational Actors.
  • Reger, R.K., Pfarrer, M. (2021). Strategic Decision-Making and Organizational Actors. Strategic Management: State of the Field and Its Future. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
  • Wang, X., Reger, R.K. (2017). Rolling the Dice: What Methodological Choices Maximize Chances for Publication in Premier Strategic Management Journals?. Methodological Challenges and Advances in Managerial and Organizational Cognition (New Horizons in Managerial and Organizational Cognition, Volume 2). 345 - 351. ) Emerald Publishing Limited.
  • Rindova, V.P., Reger, R.K., Dalpiaz, E. (2012). The mind of the strategist and the eye of the beholder: The socio-cognitive perspective in strategy research. Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy. 147-164. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84881840014
  • Conference Proceeding

  • Purnell, D.L., Reger, R.K., Legocki, K. (2023). Mic Check: How Does the Use of Hip-Hop Music in Advertising Impact Perceived Brand Authenticity and Behavioral Intention?. Society for Marketing Advances.
  • Pattnaik, S., Reger, R.K. (2022). Who Learns and What They Learn: Evidence from an Action-Based Entrepreneurship Training Program.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2022 (1) Academy of Management.
  • Editorial, Journal

  • Reger, R.K. (2001). From the Special Issue Editor Managing in the information age. Journal of Management. 27 (3) 233-234. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84992849180
  • Encyclopedia Article

  • Reger, R.K., Kincaid, P.A. (2021). Content and Text Analysis Methods for Organizational Research.
  • Reger, R.K., Kincaid, P. (2021). Content and Text Analysis Methods for Organizational Research. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management. 29 pages equivalent (single spaced, 12 point Times New Roman. Oxford, England, University of Oxford. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190224851.013.336
  • Journal Article

  • Boss, A.D., Yan, J.J., Reger, R.K. (2023). The unrelenting entrepreneur: Taking stock of research on entrepreneurial persistence and related constructs.
  • Boss, A.D., Yan, J.J., Reger, R.K. (2023). The unrelenting entrepreneur: Taking stock of research on entrepreneurial persistence and related constructs,. Journal of Business Venturing Insights. 20 Durham, Elsevier Inc.. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352673423000495
  • Boss, A.D., Yan, J.J., Reger, R.K. (2023). Keep on keeping on: A psychological approach to entrepreneurial persistence,.
  • Boss, A.D., Yan, J., Reger, R.K. (2023). The unrelenting entrepreneur: Taking stock of research on entrepreneurial persistence and related constructs.
  • Pattniak, S., Mmbaga, N., White, T.D., Reger, R.K. (2023). To Entrepreneur or Not to Entrepreneur? How Identity Discrepancies Influence Enthusiasm for Academic Entrepreneurship.
  • Wang, X., Reger, R.K., Pfarrer, M. (2021). Faster, Hotter, and More Linked in: Managing Social Disapproval in the Social Media Era. Academy of Management Review. 46 (2) 275-298. Academy of Management. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2017.0375
  • Janardhanan, N.S., Lewis, K., Reger, R.K., Stevens, C.K. (2020). Getting to know you: Motivating cross-understanding for improved team and individual performance. Organization Science. 31 (1) 103-118. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85084788743
  • Zavyalova, A., Pfarrer, M.D., Reger, R.K. (2017). Celebrity and infamy? The consequences of media narratives about organizational identity. Academy of Management Review. 42 (3) 461-480. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85027042669
  • Zavyalova, A., Pfarrer, M.D., Reger, R.K., Hubbard, T.D. (2016). Reputation as a benefit and a burden? How stakeholders' organizational identification affects the role of reputation following a negative event. Academy of Management Journal. 59 (1) 253-276. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84959314966
  • Zavyalova, A., Pfarrer, M.D., Reger, R.K., Shapiro, D.L. (2012). Managing the message: The effects of firm actions and industry spillovers on media coverage following wrongdoing. Academy of Management Journal. 55 (5) 1079-1101. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84875762498
  • Livengood, R.S., Reger, R.K. (2010). That's our turf! identity domains and competitive dynamics. Academy of Management Review. 35 (1) 48-66. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/71949121324
  • Reger, R.K., Palmer, T.B. (1996). Managerial Categorization of Competitors: Using Old Maps to Navigate New Environments. Organization Science. 7 (1) 22-39. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0030544810
  • Noble, C.H., Stafford, E.R., Reger, R.K. (1995). A new direction for strategic alliance research in marketing: Organizational cognition. Journal of Strategic Marketing. 3 (3) 145-165. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0011073509
  • Lyles, M.A., Reger, R.K. (1993). MANAGING FOR AUTONOMY IN JOINT VENTURES: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF UPWARD INFLUENCE*. Journal of Management Studies. 30 (3) 383-404. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84993031206
  • Reger, R.K., Huff, A.S. (1993). Strategic groups: A cognitive perspective. Strategic Management Journal. 14 (2) 103-123. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84989040395
  • Reger, R.K., Duhaime, I.M., Stimpert, J.L. (1992). Deregulation, strategic choice, risk and financial performance. Strategic Management Journal. 13 (3) 189-204. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84989040498
  • Note, Journal

  • Zavyalova, A., Pfarrer, M.D., Reger, R.K. (2018). Dialogue. Academy of Management Review. 43 (2) 330-332. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85046169338

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Reger, R.K. (Principal), "AFWERX4Academics - Enhancing dual-use technology commercialization from universities through a personality traits-driven matchmaking tool for academic entrepreneurs to connect with university technologies," sponsored by Omnisync Incorporated, IND, Funded. (2021 - 2021).
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    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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