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Melissa Waite, Ph.D

Associate Professor

(585) 395-5618
mwaite@brockport.edu
Office: Hartwell Hall 111 C

Education

• PhD, Human Resource Management, State University of New York at Buffalo
• MBA, Human Resource Management, State University of New York at Buffalo
• BA, Psychology, State University of New York at Plattsburgh

Courses Taught

BUS465 Human Resource Management

BUS468 Advanced HR

BUS475 Strategic Management

MBA720 Human Capital Strategies

MBA792 MBA Capstone

BUS463 Startups & Small Business

BUS467 Employment Law

BUS366 Organizational Behavior

BUS469 Survey of Management Topics

BUS466 Project Management

BUS378 Business, Government & Society

BUS345 International Business

GEP100 Academic Planning Seminar

BUS367 Unions & Collective Bargaining (retired course)

Research Interests

• Strategic human resource management practices
• Discrimination & Organizational choice
• Person-organization fit
• Organizational Behavior
• Business, Government & Society
• Human Resources Management
• Employment Law
• Advanced Human Resources
• Strategic Management

• Awards/Recognitions
  • Recipient of SOBAM Teaching Award, 2019
  • Recipient of SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence, 2008.
  • Recipient of Best Presenter Award, Global Management & Information Technology Research Conference, New York City, May 2007.
  • Recipient of $6500 Davenport-Hatch Grant, SUNY Brockport, 2005
  • Finalist, Academy of Management Newman Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2000.
  • Recipient of $2500 Dissertation Award from Society for Human Resource Management Research Foundation, 1995
• Recent Publications

  Canbolat, M., Waite, M. L., Bhadury, J. (2023). How Location Works In Practice: A Perspective from USA. Multicriteria Location Analysis. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

  Waite, M.L. (2022). Pitch a State: HR’s Role in Site Selection. Management Teaching Review.

  Waite, M. L. (2018). Disparaging, Disloyal and Defamatory Social Media Posts: Cases in the Crosshairs of the National Labor Relations Act. Journal of Social Media for Organizations. 

  Martin, J. B., Bhadury, J., Cordeiro, J. J., Waite, M. L., Amoako-Gyampah, K. (2018). Service Operations In DMV (Division of Motor Vehicles) Offices Of USA - A Comparative Analysis. Management Research Review.

  Waite, M. (2017).  When Social Media Policy Broadsides Federal Labor Laws: An Era of Strong-Arming by the National Labor Relations Board. Business Research Consortium.

  Waite, M. L. (2015). Emerging Trends in Social Media and Electronic Communications. Center for Scholastic Inquiry International Academic Research Conference Abstract.

  Stites-Doe, S., Waite, M. L., Pillai, R. (2013). First Union: An office without walls. An integrative case. (12E ed., vol. Richard Daft’s Organization Theory and Design). Boston, MA: Cengage.

  Keiser, J. D. & Waite, M. L. (2013). Motivated or inspired? A framework for distinguishing managers from leaders. SUNY Brockport Scholar’s Day. 

  Newman, J. M., Lillis, M. P., Waite, M. L., Krefting, L. A. (2009). Identifying Targets of Scientific Inquiry: Obstacles to the Advancement of Organization Science. International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior.

  Keiser, J. & Waite, M.L. (2009). Distinguishing Leadership from Management: An Integrated Model of Leader Roles and Worker Outcomes.  Annual Business Research Consortium of Western New York.

  Waite, M.L. (2007). Managing Under Crisis: The Source of Atonement at JetBlue Airways. The Business Review.

  Waite, M.L. (2007). Serving Others: The Roots of Egalitarianism at JetBlue Airways. International Conference on Advances in Management.

  Waite, M.L. (2007). The Impact of Workplace Constraints on Organizational Change. Global Management & Information Technology Research Conference.

Certifications

• Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). May 1999 - Present