Management

Jason B. Aamodt, Esq. is a practicing attorney with 20 years of experience working with Indian Tribes and individuals. My career is today comprised of four parts: Teaching, litigating Indian Trust and Environmental cases, starting a small brewery, and conducting social research concerning Justice and Sustainable Development. I am licensed to practice in all Oklahoma courts, the Northern, Western and Eastern Federal Districts of Oklahoma, the Western and Eastern Districts of Arkansas, the United States Federal Court of Claims, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

Federico Aime is the Spears Chair of Business Administration at the Spears School of Business, at Oklahoma State University. Federico is the author of numerous articles and chapters on the social psychological drivers of organizational decision making and performance. His research has been published in numerous outlets, including the Academy of Management Journal, the Strategic Management journal, the Academy of Management Annals, and the Journal of Management where he serves on the editorial board. He is also an active leader in the development of international scholarly research and faculty capabilities leading programs with a focus on building capabilities in developing economies. He has also received an honorary doctorate from MOI University (Kenya). Before becoming an academic, Dr. Aime occupied several senior management positions in foreign and international organizations such as Citibank and Zurich.

Matt Bowler served on the faculty at The University of North Texas and is an Associate Professor of Management in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University. Prior to his academic career he worked as a field manager for a relief organization in Guatemala. Dr. Bowler's research interests include social networks, leadership, OCB and deviance. His research has been published in journals including Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management and Human Resource Management Review among others.

Nikos is a Professor and the Raymond A. Young Chair in the Department of Management at Oklahoma State University. His research focuses on affective and motivational processes, seeking to understand how individuals perceive and react to their environment - and during interactions with others- and how that relates to stress and well-being, and behavior at work. His work has been published in outlets such as the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Nikos has served, or is still serving, on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology, and Personnel Psychology. He was also a Rep-At-Large for the Research Methods Division of Academy of Management from 2018 to 2022. He has taught a variety of seminars, PDWs, and short courses on within-person models multilevel modeling, including for CARMA. 

Research Interests:

Affect, stress & well-being; motivation; interpersonal interactions at work; modelling change;

Christopher Dinkel is an Assistant Professor of Legal Studies in the Department of Management at the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University. His research focuses on using quantitative methods to conduct empirical studies in the areas of law and ethics, employment law, and intellectual property law. Christopher's scholarly work has appeared or is forthcoming in the American Business Law Journal, Cornell Law Review, DePaul Law Review, West Virginia Law Review, Pace Law Review, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, International Studies Quarterly, and International Affairs.

Christopher earned his Ph.D. in political science from Northwestern University and his J.D., cum laude, from Cornell Law School, where he served as an Articles Editor on the Cornell Law Review. He is a past recipient of the university-wide Merrick Foundation Teaching Award at Oklahoma State University. Christopher also previously received the Holmes-Cardozo Award for the best submitted conference paper at the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference. Christopher currently serves as a Staff Editor at the American Business Law Journal and as the Vice President of the Employment Law Section of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business.

Bryan Edwards is the Joe Synar Chair and Professor of Management specializing in human resource management and organizational behavior. Dr. Edwards is an expert in selection, training, performance management, leadership, organizational development, and team effectiveness. His current research interests are training and development, performance management, and organizational change and development. Dr. Edwards currently serves on an Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Psychology. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Material Handling Industry of America, Department of Defense, and other public and private agencies. Prior to coming to OSU, Dr. Edwards served on faculty at Tulane University and Auburn University.

Dr. Finch is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Management and Director of the Sports Management Institute in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University. He teaches introductory, advanced, and international sports management classes, discussing the business aspects of the sport industry. His research focuses on the relationship between sport organizations and local communities as well as the impact teams and organizations can have on social sustainability and community development.

I study how humans make decisions - sometimes on their own, sometimes as a team, and increasingly, with AI.

I am an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at Oklahoma State.

I completed my Ph.D. at Penn State, advised by Stephen E. Humphrey. I was first introduced to organizational behavior at the Indian School of Business as a Research Associate. I've previously led an edtech startup, and have worked on global ad campaigns at InMobi.

Dr. Hae-Lyeng Rose Kim's research explores how current workplace contexts—social, physical, and now digital—shape employee proactivity. To this end, she employs longitudinal field surveys, experience-sampling studies, laboratory and online experiments, and qualitative interviews, to pursue one overarching question: When and how do changing work contexts facilitate or inhibit proactive behaviors?

Rose earned her PhD in Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management from the University of Maryland; MS in Organizational Behavior from Seoul National University; MS in Journalism from Columbia University; and BS in Business Administration from Seoul National University.

Prior to joining the academia, she worked in the finance industry, and as a journalist at Bloomberg, covering corporate governance issues at major chaebols (i.e., South Korea's family-run conglomerates), and Korea's auto industry.

Research Interest: Proactivity; Motivation; Future of Work; Work Environment; Power & Status Dynamics

Aaron Light is an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in the Department of Management at the Spears School of Business. He also serves as an Eastin Fellow for the Eastin Center for Career Readiness.

Prior to joining Spears in 2023, Aaron earned his undergraduate degree in Management with a minor in Marketing and Sports Management in 2009, followed by his MBA in 2011 from Oklahoma State University.

Following graduation, Aaron joined ISN Software Corporation, a fast-growing SaaS company in Dallas, TX. Over his 11-year tenure at ISN, Aaron held leadership positions guiding sales and account management teams across diverse industries, including oil and gas, automotive, and food and beverage, as well as leading ISN’s consulting arm for clients in the manufacturing industry.

Aaron is committed to continuous professional development, holding certificates in Executive Presence from TCU, Leadership Effectiveness from the University of Texas, Beyond Leadership from Korn Ferry, and Impactful Presentations from Dale Carnegie.

As a seasoned presenter, Aaron frequently engaged with executive management groups at Fortune 500 companies such as General Motors, Chevron, Valero, Nestle, and Pepsi.

Currently serving as a Professor of Professional Practice at Oklahoma State University, Aaron imparts invaluable insights by teaching Career Readiness and Professional Development courses, to help students at Oklahoma State be “Career-Ready”.

James Pappas is an Associate Professor in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University. His research focuses on strategy making from the middle management level in organizations as well as management control systems. His work has been published in Journal of Management Studies, Industrial Marketing Management, Healthcare Management Review and the Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management. Before coming to Oklahoma State University, he worked at State Street Bank and Trust, Mayo Medical Center, Arthur Andersen, and Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Pappas is currently serving as the Department Head of Management.

Griffin Pivateau (J.D., University of Texas) is a Professor of Legal Studies in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University. His research explores employment law and its impact on business environment. His work addresses issues of employee mobility, discrimination, and dispute resolution. Numerous legal treatises and journal articles, as well as state and federal courts, have cited his research.