Management Faculty Media Mentions

Social skills have taken a hit during COVID-19, and Heather Vough, associate professor of management, says “After so much social distancing, mask-wearing and isolation from colleagues, it's natural to be a little rusty on the interpersonal niceties,” in an article she wrote for HR Dive.

David Miller, director for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, director of Mason Innovation Lab, and assistant professor of management, recently spoke to Ad Age about the recent Peloton controversy. Miller is the author of upcoming  “Sweating Together,” a book about Peloton’s rise.

How can business schools train the most effective DEI leaders? Cameron Harris, assistant area chair of business foundations; Brett Josephson, associate dean of Executive Development; Benjamin Kessler, research communications and outreach officer; and Christine Landoll, director of business engagement, answer this in an article for AACSB.

Remote working has increased, but how has that affected company culture? Kevin Rockmann, professor of management says, “A lazy solution is to jump to an in-between model and try to make everybody happy: the average level of dissatisfaction [with that approach] will be high.”

The pandemic has changed the work landscape, many employees are resigning or asking for better pay. Victoria Grady, director of the MS in Management program, says that “the labor market has changed” in an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Patrick Soleymani, associate dean of undergraduate programs, was interviewed by Virginia Business on hiring relatives to work in family businesses.

Dean Maury Peiperl was interviewed by Business Insider on the new proposal from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to bring the major economies together in supporting a global minimum corporate tax rate.

Director of the PhD in Business Program and management professor Kevin Rockmann was interviewed by Authority Magazine on remote management.

Kevin Rockmann, professor of management, was interviewed by Forbes on unpaid overtime.

Dean Maury Peiperl was interviewed by The Hill on global minimum corporate tax rates.