My primary research focuses on groups and teams in operations and organizations.
Recent Research
Sherman, K., Kennedy, D.M., Woodard, M., & McComb, S.A. (Forthcoming) Examining the “exchange” in leader-member exchange. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies.
Kennedy, D.M., McComb, S.A & Vozdolska, R. 2011. Using simulation to analyze complex behavioral models: An investigation of project complexity’s influence on team communication. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management. 28(3), 109-127. DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2011.03.001.
Mostashari, A., McComb, S.A., Kennedy, D.M., Cloutier, R. & Korfiatis, P. 2011. Developing a stakeholder-assisted agile CONOPS development process. Systems Engineering. 15(1), 1-13. DOI: 10.1002/sys.20190.
Kennedy, D.M., Vozdolska, R. & McComb, S.A. 2010. Team decision-making in computer-supported cooperative work: How initial computer-mediated or face-to-face meetings set the stage for later outcomes. Decision Sciences Journal, 41(4), 933-954. DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2010.00293.x.
McComb, S.A., Kennedy, D.M., Perryman, R., Warner, N. & Letsky, M. 2010. Examining temporal patterns of mental model convergence: Implications for distributed teams interacting in an electronic collaboration space. Human Factors, 52(2), 264-281. DOI: 10.1177/0018720810370458.
Kennedy, D.M. & McComb, S.A. 2010. Merging internal and external processes: Examining the mental model convergence process through team communication. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 11(4), 340-358. DOI: 10.1080/14639221003729193.
McComb, S.A., Kennedy, D.M., Green, S.G. & Compton, W.D. 2008. Project team effectiveness: The case for sufficient setup and top management involvement. Production Planning & Control, 19(4), 1-11. DOI: 10.1080/09537280802034059.
MBA Faculty-Student team invited to present their paper at the AMCIS national conference.
Research-In-Progress: Deanna Kennedy’s Super-Groups by Grewal, J. The Husky Herald, October 29, 2011.
Dissertation Prize Awarded by Moreland, R. with self-authored inset in The Group Psychologist, A Newsletter of Division 49 of the American Psychological Association, Fall 2010.
Training Native PhDs as Business Professors In Front of the Classroom by Sorenson, B, Wakshul, B and King, L. (p. 67-68) Winds of Change, American Indian Education & Opportunity, Fall 2009.