Biography
Dr. Friedman received his Ph.D. degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the Ohio State University and his BA degree from the University of Rochester. He teaches Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management graduate and undergraduate courses. At the State University of New York, he earned recognition for research and teaching, including the President’s Award for Scholarly and Creative Activity, and the President’s Award for Teaching Excellence and served as a Fulbright Scholar to Germany. Dr. Friedman published over 100 journal articles and presentations about entrepreneurship, labor relations, organizational effectiveness, and employee satisfaction in Industrial Relations, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management Education, and various international journals. He is an Alpha Sigma Lambda honorary inductee, the continuing adult education honor society.
Dr. Friedman teaches and conducts research in the United States, Germany, Singapore, Turkey, China, and Japan. He has 25 years of industry experience at ExxonMobil, Xerox, and Harris Interactive where he served in various positions, including Director of Training and Development and Human Resource Manager.
Courses
Human Resource Strategy
Leading Health Care Organizations
Organizational Behavior
Research Interests
Dr. Friedman has published over 100 peer reviewed journal articles and conference presentations about organizational behavior, motivation, employee satisfaction in Industrial Relations, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, and various international journals. He also presented at the Academy of Management and the Eastern Academy of Management. He currently serves on the Business Research Consortium editorial board, a professional organization that fosters research opportunities and networks for pioneering research in business.
Publications
Five Pillars of Curriculum Review
2025
The BRC Academy Journal of Business
Issue
1
Volume
14
Responsible AI Implementation for Societal Benefit: A Leadership Congruence Model
2025
The BRC Academy Journal of Business
Issue
1
Volume
14
Enhancing AI Engagement: Psychological Approaches to Motivate Employee Acceptance and Utilization
2024
The Journal of Business Management & Change
Perceptions of Ethicality: The Role of Attire Style, Attire Appropriateness, and Context.
2023
Journal of Business Ethics
Volume
189
Consumer Perceived Authenticity of Organizational Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Statements: A Test of Attribution Theory
2021
Social Responsibility Journal (In press)
Issue
4
Volume
18
Discover wellness: A worksite wellness program for higher education
2021
Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice
Issue
10
Volume
21
The Job Stress Intervention Matrix: A New Conceptual Framework for Higher Education in the Post-COVID World
2021
The BRC Academy Journal of Business (In Press)
Issue
1
Volume
11
The power of social media: a showcase of behavioral change in the 2019 Algerian uprising
2021
International Journal of Business Forecasting and Marketing Intelligence (in press).
Modeling Occupational Stress and Well-Being as a Dynamic Phenomenon: It’s About Time. In Perrewé, P.L.; Halbesleben, J.R.B. & Rosen, C.C. Examining and Exploring the Shifting Nature of Occupational Stress and Well-Being
2020
Emerald Publishing House, UK
Volume
19
The Guest Speaker Management Process
2020
BRC Journal of Advances in Education
Issue
1
Volume
4
The impact of social media on actual behavior in Sudan’s uprising
2020
International Journal of Business Forecasting and Marketing Intelligence
Drivers and obstacles of ethical fashion consumption. Book chapter in Eco Friendly and Fair-Fast Fashion and Consumer Behaviour
2019
Greenleaf Publishing
Effective Governance, Female educational attainment, Leadership and Healthcare Outcomes
2017
Theoretical Economics Letters
Volume
7
Instructor Satisfaction and Motivation in Online Teaching Environments: A Job Design Framework
2017
Journal of Education
Issue
1
Volume
8
Overall Injustice, Workplace Deviance and Turnover Intention among Educators and Supporters
2017
Journal of Business
Issue
1
Volume
7
Latent Employee Turnover and Prevention: When Job Creation Catches Up with Economic Recovery
2016
Journal of Business
Issue
1
Volume
6
Relating Self Discipline in Social Networking to Academic Performance among College Students
2016
. Journal of Strategic and International Studies
Issue
1
Volume
11
The impact of nonprofit organizations on the intent to visit Turkey: an empirical test using the Theory of Planned Behavior
2015
Place Branding and Public Diplomacy
Competency based team formation: an experiential exercise
2014
Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
Issue
9
Volume
4
The Relationship between Effective Governance and the Informal Economy
2014
International Journal of Business and Social Science
Issue
9
Volume
5
Turkey as a Destination: A Study of Sensory Brand Associations
2014
Tourism, Culture & Communication
Issue
2
Volume
14
In The Eye of the Beholder: The Relationship between Intern Effectiveness, Satisfaction, and Job Characteristics
2013
The BRC Academy Journal of Education
Issue
1
Volume
3
The Role of Nonprofits in the Process of Place Branding: A Case Study of Turkish Cultural Centers
2013
Dumlupinar University Journal of Social Sciences
Volume
38
Balancing Environmental Sustainability with Economic Productivity
2013
Journal of Business
Issue
1
Volume
3
Does the International MBA Employment Market Value Awareness of Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability?
2012
International Journal of Business and Social Science
Issue
24
Volume
3
Social Motives as a Predictor for College Student Retention and Performance
2012
Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice
Issue
2011-2012
Volume
13(1)
What Did You Ask? The Influence of Applicant Questions.
2012
Eastern Academy of Management
The Impact of Social Networks on Behavioral Change: A Conceptual Framework
2012
World Review of Business Research
Issue
April/ May
Volume
2
Turkey and the United States: Entrepreneurship Activity, Motives, Aspirations, and Perceptions
2012
International Journal of Business and Social Science
Issue
3
Volume
3
Relationships among Culture Dimensions, National Gross Domestic Product, and Environmental Sustainability
2011
Journal of Applied Business and Economics
Issue
6
Volume
12
The Effect of Social Networks on the Egypt Revolution
2011
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications Journal
Issue
2011
Volume
10
The Relationship between Governance Effectiveness and Entrepreneurship
2011
International Journal of Humanities and Social Service
Issue
2011
Volume
1(17)
Using Current Events Articles to Facilitate Learning Human Resource Management
2011
Western Journal of Human Resource Management
Issue
Winter
The Relationship between Governance Effectiveness and Entrepreneurship
2011
International Journal Of Humanities and Social Science
Issue
17
Volume
1
Social Motives as a Predictor for College Student Retention and Performance
2011
Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice
Issue
1
Volume
13
Relationships among Cultural Dimensions, National Gross Domestic Product, and Environmental Sustainability
2011
National Business and Economic Society Conference Proceedings
Using Current Events Articles to Facilitate Learning Human Resource Management
2011
Western Journal of Human Resource Management
Issue
Winter, 2009
Relationships among World Governance Indicators and National per Capital Income Weighted by Environmental Sustainability
2010
Journal of Advances in Business
Issue
2010
Volume
1(2)
Relationships among World Governance Indictors and National Gross Domestic Product Weighted by Environmental Sustainability
2010
BRC Journal of Advances in Business
Issue
2
Volume
1
The prediction of college student academic performance and retention: application of expectancy and goal setting theories
2010
Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice
Issue
2009-2010
Volume
11(2)
What MBA Recruiters Want
2010
Journal of Advances in Business
Issue
2010
Volume
1(1)
What MBA Recruiters Want
2010
BRC Journal of Advances in Business
Issue
1
Volume
1
Best Practices for the Implementation of Goal Setting and Peer Assessment: Curriculum and Research Design
2009
Journal of Applied Business & Economics
Issue
2009
Volume
10(4)
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room - Using the Enron Film to Examine Student Attitudes toward Business Ethics
2009
Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management
Issue
2
Volume
10
Human Resource Management Role Implications for Corporate Reputation
2009
Corporate Reputation Review
Issue
2009
Volume
12(3)
Is Publication of the Reputation Quotient (RQ) sufficient to move stock prices?
2009
Corporate Reputation Review
Issue
2009
Volume
11(4)
The Team Boat Exercise: Enhancing Team Communication Mid-semester
2009
Business Communication Quarterly
Issue
2009
Volume
72(2)
Union Representative Impact on Employee Satisfaction
2009
Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society
Issue
2009
Volume
12(2)
Enron: The smartest guys in the room--using the Enron film to examine student attitudes towards business ethics
2009
Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management
Issue
2
Volume
10
Globalization implications for human resource roles
2009
Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
Volume
19
The prediction of college student academic performance and retention: application of application of expectancy and goal setting theories.
2009
Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice
Issue
2
Volume
11
Correlates of Teachers' Percepitions on Support Received from Their Building Union Representatives
2009
Working USA/Wiley Periodicals
Issue
2
Volume
12
Best practices for the implementation of goal setting and peer assessment: Curriculum and research design
2009
Proceedings of the National Business and Economics Society
International attitudes towards business ethics: A three country comparative study
2009
Proceedings of the National Business and Economics Society
Best Practices for the Implementation of Goal Setting and Peer Assessment:Curriculum and Research Design
2009
Journal of Applied Business and Economics
Issue
4
Volume
10
The team boat exercise: Enhancing team communication mid-semester
2009
Business Communications Quarterly
Issue
2
Volume
72
Is publication of the reputation quotient (RQ) sufficient to move stock prices?
2009
Corporate Reputation Review
Issue
4
Volume
11
An Expectancy Theory Motivation Approach to Peer Assessment
2008
Journal of Management Education
Issue
2008
Volume
32(5)
Predictors of Principals' Satisfaction with their Schools
2008
Journal of Educational Administration
Issue
2008
Volume
46(5)
The Relationship Among Union Membership, Facets of Satisfaction and Intent to Leave: Further Evidence on the Voice Face of Unions
2008
Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
Issue
2008
Volume
20(1)
What Makes Teachers Satisfied?
2008
School Business Affairs
Issue
2008
Volume
74(11)
An expectancy theory motivation approach to peer assessment
2008
Journal of Management Education
Issue
32
Volume
32
Predictors of principals' satisfaction with their schools
2008
Journal of Educational Administration
Issue
5
Volume
46
The relationship among union membership, facets of satisfaction and intent to leave
2008
Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
Issue
1
Volume
20
Globalization Implications for Human Resource Roles
2007
Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
Issue
2007
Volume
19
Predictors of Parent Satisfaction with their Children's School
2007
Journal of Educational Administration
Issue
2007
Volume
45(3)
Relationship among union membership, facets of satisfaction and intent to leave: Further evidence on the voice face of unions"
2007
Labor and Employment Relations Association Refereed Competitive Paper Series
Workplace privacy: Employee relations and legal implications of monitoring employee e-mail use
2007
Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
Volume
19
Workplace Privacy: Employee Relations and Legal Implications of Monitoring Employee E-Mail Use
2007
Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
Issue
2007
Volume
19
Got positive corporate reputation? Human resource management role implications
2007
Association on Employment Practices and Principles (AEPP) Conference
Enron: The smartest guys in the room--using the Enron film to examine student attitudes toward business ethics
2007
Proceedings of the Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management
International attitudes towards business ethics: A comparative study and update
2007
Proceedings of the Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management
Predictors of parent satisfaction with their children's school
2007
Journal of Educational Administration
Issue
3
Volume
45
The impact of union membership on intent to leave: Additional Evidence on the voice face of unions
2004
Association on Employment Practices and Principles
Factors Related to Employees' Desire to Join and Leave Unions
2006
Industrial Relations
Issue
2006
Volume
45(1)
Parents' school satisfaction: Ethnic similarities and differences
2006
Journal of Educational Administration
Issue
5
Volume
44
Parents' School Satisfaction: Ethnic Similarities and Differences
2006
Journal of Educational Administration
Issue
2006
Volume
44(5)
Factors related to employees' desire to join and leave unions
2006
Industrial Relations
Issue
1
Volume
45
The impact of union membership on intent to leave: Additional evidence on the voice face of unions
2005
Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
Issue
4
Volume
17
Employer recognition of same sex relationships in the United States: Legal and economic implications
2005
Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
Issue
4
Volume
17
Demand more from the human resource function
2005
Association on Employment Practices and Principles
Workplace privacy: Legal and employee relations implications of monitoring employee e-mail use
2005
Association on Employment Practices and Principles
Bridging the "know-do" gap in business education
2004
Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management