David K. Palmer

Professor

Department     Management
Office              West Center 137C
Phone              (308) 865-8574
E-mail              palmerd@unk.edu

Education

• PhD, Purdue University, 1997
• MBA, Bowling Green State University, 1987
• BS, SUNY-Binghamton, 1982

Courses Taught

• BMGT 301:   Principles of Management
• BMGT 330:   Introduction to International Business
• BMGT 355:   Organizational Behavior
• BMGT 380:   Human Resource Management
• BMGT 410:   Compensation Administration
• BMGT 485:   Seminar in Human Resource Management (Writing Intensive)
• BMGT 490:   Organizational Theory & Behavior
• BMGT 810P: Compensation Administration (MBA)
• BMGT 880:   Human Resource Management (MBA)
• BMGT 885P: Seminar in Human Resource Management (MBA)
• BMGT 890:   Organizational Theory & Behavior (MBA)

Areas of Expertise

• Human Resource Management
• Organizational Behavior

Business/Industry Experience

• Food Service Management (Institutional & Retail)
• Customhouse Brokerage

Research Interests

• Organizational Time
• Staffing & Selection
• Job Choice & Job Search
• Compensation

Other Activities

• Director, MBA Program
• Faculty Advisor, SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) - Student Chapter
• Sigma Beta Delta
• Society for Human Resource Management
• Academy of Management
• Association for Psychological Science
• Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (APA Division 14)
• Labor and Employment Relations Association
• Phi Kappa Phi
• American Psychological Association

• 2007-2008 Outstanding Scholarship Award, College of Business & Technology
• 2002 Faculty Mentor of Undergraduate Research Award, College of Business and Technology
• ANBAR Citation of Excellence (1999) (Palmer & Schoorman 1999, Journal of Managerial Psychology)

Refereed Publications

• Hodge, K., & Palmer, D. K. (in press). Where's the power, mate? Annual Advances in Business Cases.
• Hughes, L. W. & Palmer, D. K. (2007).  An investigation of the effects of psychological contract and organization-based self-esteem on organizational commitment in sample of permanent and contingent workers. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 14 (2), 143-156.
• Palmer, D. K. (2006) The polychronic leader: What would leadership research look like if we considered polychronicity? Journal of Business and Leadership: Research, Practice and Teaching, 2(1), 99-107.
• Rathert, C. , Fleig-Palmer, M. M., Palmer, D. K. (2006).  Minimizing medical errors: A qualitative analysis of health care providers' views on improving patient safety. Journal of Applied Management & Entrepreneurship, 11(4), 5-17.
• Palmer, D. K. (2005).  Wasp-waisted age distributions outside metropolitan Nebraska:  Where are all the Gens Xers?  Papers of the Nebraska Economics and Business Association, 17, 39-49.
• Palmer, D. K. (2005).  Human resource management in the Great Plains with a micropolitan twist:  Ten research propositions.   Journal of Business and Leadership:  Research, Practice, and Teaching, 1, 192-200.
• Palmer, D. K.  (2004).  Human resource management in Nebraska:  Proposal for a micropolitan perspective, forthcoming in Papers of the Nebraska Economics and Business Association.
• Fleig-Palmer, M. M., Murrin, J., Palmer, D., & Rathert, C. (2003).  Meeting the needs of dual-career couples in academia, CUPA-HR (College and University Professional Association for Human Resources) Journal, 54(2), 12-15.
• Palmer, D. K. (2003). Multiple organizational times and the concept of plurchronicity. 2003 Proceedings of the Midwest Academy of Management.
• Williams, M. L., Malos, S. B., & Palmer, D. K. (2002). Satisfaction with benefits: Construct dimensionality and theoretical antecedents. Journal of Management, 28(2), pp.195-215.
• Burlingame, S. M., Lebsack, S. A., Luthans, K. W., & Palmer, D. K. (2002). Dazed & Confused: Business Students and quantitative analysis. 2002 Proceedings of the Midwest Academy of Management.
• Palmer, D. K. (2001). Polytasking: A multidimensional perspective on multitasking. Papers of the Nebraska Economics and Business Association, 13(1), 23-33.
• Palmer, D. K. (2000). Workplace performance: Reconciling the opposing perspectives of the "Lake Wobegon Objective" and the "Peter Principle." Papers of the Nebraska Economics and Business Association, 12(1), 6-13.
• Palmer, D. K., & Schoorman, F. D. (1999). Unpackaging the multiple aspects of time in polychronicity. Journal of Managerial Psychology (Special Issue on Polychronicity), 14, 323-344.
• Palmer, D. K., Campion, M. A., & Green, P. C. (1999). Interview training for both applicant and interviewer. In R. W. Eder & M. M. Harris (Eds.), The employment interview handbook (pp. 337-351). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Campion, M. A., Palmer, D. K., & Campion, J. E. (1998). Structuring employment interviews to improve reliability, validity, and users’ reactions. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 7, 77-82.
• Campion, M. A., Palmer, D. K., & Campion, J. E. (1997). A review of structure in the selection interview. Personnel Psychology, 50, 655-702.
• Campion, M. A., & Palmer, D. K. (1996). Discovering corporate consciousness. Journal of Business and Psychology, 10, 389-400.

Page last updated: July 2009