James E. King Jr

James E. King Jr.

Associate Professor

University of Alabama

161 Mary Alston Hall

Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

Tel: 205- 348-8916

Fax: 205- 348-6695

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

Concentration: Organizational Behavior

M.B.A. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Concentration: Human Resources

B.S. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.

Major: Electrical Engineering

PUBLICATIONS

King, J.E. and Holmes, O. 2011. Spirituality, Recruiting and Total Wellness: Overcoming Challenges To Organizational Attraction. Accepted at Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion.

Williamson, I., King, J., Lepak, D. and Sarma, A., 2010. Firm Reputation, Recruitment Web Site Attributes and Organizational Attractiveness Perceptions. Human Resource Management Journal, 49, 4, 669-687.

King, J.E., Bell, M., and Lawrence, E., 2009. Religion as an aspect of Workplace Diversity: An Examination of the U.S. context and a call for International Research. Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion, 6, 1, 43-57.

King, J.E. 2008. (Dis)Missing the Obvious: Will Mainstream Management Research Ever Take Religion Seriously? Journal of Management Inquiry,17, 3, 214-224.

* Lawrence, E. and King, J.E. 2008. Determinates of Religious Expression in the Workplace. Culture and Religion, 9, 3, 251-265.

* Student Mentored Paper

Stewart M., Williamson I. and King J. 2008. So You Want To Be A Business PhD? Exploring The Minority Faculty “Pipeline”. Academy of Management Learning and Education Journal, 7, 1, 42-55.

King, J.E. and Williamson, I. 2005. Workplace Religious Expression, Religiosity and Job Satisfaction: Clarifying a Relationship. Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion, 2, 2,173-198.

Carson, C.M., and King, J. E. 2005. Leaving Leadership: Solving Leadership Problems Through Empowerment. Management Decision, 43, 7, 1049-1053.

King, J. and Crowther, M. 2004. The Measurement of Religiosity and Spirituality: Examples and Issues from Psychology. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 17, 4, 83-101.

Williams, I., Lepak, D. and King, J. 2003. The Effect of Company Recruitment Web Site Orientation on Job Seekers’ Perceptions of Organizational Attractiveness. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 63, 2, 242-263.

King J.E. and Johnson C. D. 2003. Not So New Employment Relationships: African American and Female Downsizing and Job Insecurity Experiences. Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship, 8, 2, 1-28.

King, J. E. 2002. Re-employed Victims and Multiple Exposure: The Continually Accumulating Impact of Layoffs. Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship, 7, 4, 25-42.

Johnson, C. D., and King, J. E. 2002. Are We Properly Training Future HR/IR Practitioners? A Review of the Curricula. Human Resource Management Review, 12, 4, 539-554.

King, J. 2000. White-Collar Reactions to Job Insecurity and the Role of the Psychological Contract: Implications for Human Resource Management. Human Resource Management Journal, 39, 1, 79-91.

Under Review

King, J.E., Stewart, M.M. & McKay, P.F. (2010). Religious Bias and Stigma: Attitudes Toward Working With A Muslim Co-Worker. Under Review at Journal of Applied Social Pyschology.

Work In Progress

King, J.E., Holmes, O., and Lawrence, E. Religion: The Missing Variable in Workplace Gender Bias Research. Targeted for Journal of Applied Psychology.

King, J. E., Stewart, M., and Lawrence, E. Religious Manifestations: (Reasonably) Accommodating and Balancing Passions in the Workplace. Targeted for Human Resource Management

Guadagno, R. Eno, C. and King, J.E. Gender Differences in Impression Management in Organizations: An Empirical Investigation. Targeted for Journal of Applied Psychology.

Moore, T. and King, J.E. Interest in Co-Worker Religion: Why Workplace Religious Diversity Matters.

Selected Conference Presentations and Proceedings

King, J. E., 2011. Are Religious Behaviors a Bigger Workplace Issue than Faith Differences?, Academy of Management, San Antonio, August 2011.

Holmes, O., Lawrence, E., King, J. E., 2011. Religion and Work-Related Gender Attitudes: The Moderating Role of Fundamentalism, Academy of Management, San Antonio, August 2011.

King, J. E., Stewart, M., and Lawrence, E. 2010. Religious Manifestations: (Reasonably) Accommodating and Balancing Passions in the Workplace. Southern Management Association Proceedings. St. Pete, FL.

King, J.E., Stewart, M.M., & McKay, P.F. 2010. Do Religious Differences Matter? Relationships among Religious Identity, Religiosity and Bias Toward Co-workers. Academy of Management Conference (Best Papers Proceedings). Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

King, J. E., Stewart, M., Williamson, I, and McKay, P. 2009. Social Identity Theory and Religious Bias Toward Workplace Others. Eastern Academy of Management (Proceedings Paper). 1140-1489. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Moore, T. and King, J.E. 2008. Interest in Co-Worker Religion: Why Workplace Religious Diversity Matters, Southern Management Association Conference, St. Petersburg, FL.

* Lawrence, E. & King, J.E. 2008. Political and Religious Differences: Are They Equal Aspects of Diversity and Employee Rights? Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim.

* Student Mentored Paper

King, J. E. 2008. Employer Influences on Faith and Work. Invited presenter, FBI Wellness Conference. Quantico, VA.

King, J.E. 2008. Incorporating Diversity in Management Courses. Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim.

King, J. E. 2007. PDW Organizer and Chair: Religion and Work: Developing A Research Program in an Understudied Area, Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia.

King, J., Bell, M., & Lawrence, E. 2007. Religion versus Other Diversity: Contrasts, Comparisons, and a Call for Research. Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia.

King, J. 2006. Religion and Religiosity: Understanding and Overcoming Taboos and Obstacles to a Management Research Program. Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta.

King, J.E. 2005. Workplace Religious Expression, Religiosity and Job Satisfaction: Clarifying a Relationship. Academy of Management Conference, Honolulu.

Williamson, I., Lepak, D., King, J. & Sarma, A. 2004. The Influence of Company Recruitment Web Site Attributes on Organizational Attractiveness. Society For Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago.

King, J. 2002. Re-employed Victims and Multiple Exposure: The Continually Accumulating Impact of Layoffs. Academy of Management Conference. Academy of Management Meeting, Denver, CO.

Stewart M., Williamson I. and King J. 2002. Career Crossroads: Explaining Why/When Business Professionals Pursue Academic Careers. Academy of Management Meeting, Denver, CO.

Williamson, I., Lepak, D. and King, J. 2002. The Effect of Company Recruitment Web Site Orientation on Job Seekers’ Perceptions of Organizational Attractiveness. Southern Management Association, Atlanta, GA.

Johnson, C. D and King, J.E. 1999. Are we properly training future HR/IR practitioners?:

A review of the curricula. Innovative teaching in HR/IR Conference, June, Atlanta, GA.

King, J.E. and Johnson, C. D. 1999. The use of realistic scenario response in teaching human resource management. Innovative teaching in HR/IR Conference, June, Atlanta, GA.

King, J. E. 1998. Job Insecurity Among White-Collar Professionals: Just An Issue For Restructuring Organizations. OB/HR Symposium, Academy of Management Meeting, San Diego, CA.

King, J. and Ranft, A. 1996. Communicating Organizational Culture Through Socialization and Recruitment: Implications for Organizational Outcomes. Southern Management Association, New Orleans, LA. Awarded Best Paper in Human Resource Track.

Book Chapter

Johnson, C. D., and King, J. E. 2001. Are We Properly Training Future HR/IR Practitioners? A Review of the Curricula. In D. Lewin & B. Kaufman (Eds.), Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations: New Research on Labor Relations and the Performance of University HR/IR Programs, 10, 163-181.

Service

Board of Directors – Legacy YMCA, Bessemer, AL

Reviewer – Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division, Academy of Management

Reviewer - Management, Spirituality and Religion Division, Academy of Management

Ad hoc reviewer – National Science Foundation

Ad hoc reviewer – Journal of Management, Religion and Spirituality

Ad hoc reviewer – Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Ad hoc reviewer - Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Ad hoc reviewer – Sex Roles: A Research Journal

Ad hoc reviewer – Journal of Management Education

Big Brothers/Big Sisters

Memberships

Academy of Management

Southern Management Association

Sixth Avenue Baptist Church

Employment Summary

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

Assistant Professor of Management (2006 - present)

Courses include Ethics (UG), Human Resource Management (MM) and

Performance Management (MM)

Samford University, Birmingham, AL

Associate Professor, (2003-2006)

Assistant Professor of Management (1997 – 2003)

Courses included Organizational Behavior (MBA, UG), Human Resource

Management (MBA, UG), Organizational and Management Perspectives (MBA, UG)

General Electric Corporation, East Windsor, NJ; King of Prussia, PA; Louisville, KY

Human Resource Management Professional (1990-1993)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL

Engineering Junior Fellow (1984-1988)

James E. King Jr.

BIO

James E. King, Jr, is an Associate Professor in the Business School at The University of Alabama. He received his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MBA from the Kelly School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama. Prior to entering academia he was a human resource professional for the General Electric Corporation where he completed the Human Resource Management (Leadership) Program and worked in areas including recruiting, appraisal, training and labor relations. He has served as an expert witness in the area of employment discrimination and has worked with municipal departments to carry out fair and defensible promotional processes.

His research interests center on potential work/life conflicts and currently focus on religious diversity and faith at work issues. His work has been published in leading human resource and management journals including the Human Resource Management Journal, Academy of Management Learning and Education Journal, Journal of Change Management, Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations and the Journal of Vocational Behavior.

James E. King, Jr, is an Assistant Professor in the Business School at The University of Alabama. He received his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MBA from the Kelly School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama.

As a professor at the University of Alabama he teaches courses in Business Ethics, Human Resource Management and Leadership. He teaches in both the MBA and Executive MBA programs. Previously he was an Associate Professor at Samford University. Prior to entering academia he was a human resource professional for the General Electric Corporation where he completed the Human Resource Leadership Program and worked in areas including recruiting, appraisal, training and labor relations. He has served as an expert witness in the area of employment discrimination and has worked with municipal departments to carry out fair and defensible promotional processes.

Specifically related to adult learners, Dr. King has experience in creating and/or facilitating sessions on ethical leadership, sexual harassment, facilitation, diversity, first time manager challenges and downsizing. Additionally he has experience teaching a variety of courses to adult learners during evening MBA, executive MBA and Master’s of Management programs that primarily serve working professionals working to boost their skills to advance within organizational leadership.