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Ken Mullane

Chairperson, ManagementClassroom Building 105978.542.6660Associate Professor, ManagementClassroom Building 105978.542.2989Visiting Instructor, Management

ken.mullane@salemstate.edu
Professional Biography
  • 2017-Present Assistant Professor, Management Department, Bertolon School of Business, Salem State University
    • Nominated for Distinguished Teaching Award (2016, 2018, 2019)
    • ACUE Certified in Effective College Instruction (2018)
  • 2018 Recipient of International MOBTS "Top Reviewers' Choice Session" Award
  • 2017 PhD Business (Organizational Behavior), Bentley University
  • 2016-2017 Instructor, Management Department, Bertolon School of Business, Salem State University
  • 2013-2015 Adjunct Professor, Management Department, Bentley University
Professional Interests

Virtual Teams, Motivation, Ethical Climate, Trust, Group Properties

Responsibilities

External Memberships/Service, Scholarships, Awards, and Certificates

  • 2018-Present Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (MOBTS) Finance Committee Member

  • 2018-Present MOBTS Conference Reviewer

  • 2018-Present MOBTS Roethlisberger Award Ad-hoc Reviewer

  • 2017-Present Management Teaching Review (MTR) Reviewer

  • 2015-Present MOBTS Member

  • 2013-Present Academy of Management Member (Management Education & Development/Social Issues in Management Divisions)

  • 2019 MOBTS New Educator Award

  • 2018 Certificate in Effective College Instruction (American Council on Education (ACUE))

  • 2017 MOBTS Early Educator Institute Scholarship Recipient

Internal Memberships/Service and Awards (Salem State University)

  • 2019-Present Institutional Review Board (IRB) Member

  • 2018-Present Human Resources (HR) Concentration Coordinator

  • 2018-Present Student Success Committee Member

  • 2018-Present Faculty Advisor for Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA)

  • 2018-Present Co-Faculty Advisor for Delta Mu Delta

  • 2018-2019 Chair of Student Success Committee & Steering Committee Member

  • 2020 McNamara Faculty Excellence Award for Emerging Service

  • 2018 Management Department Search Committee Member

Selected Publications
  • Pervez, A., Brady, L. L., Mullane, K., Lo, K. D., Bennett, A. A., Nelson, T. A. (2020). An empirical investigation of mental illness, impostor syndrome, and social support in management doctoral programs. Journal of Management Education, in press.
  • Mullane, K. (2018). How to get promoted 101: Hooking your OB students early with a “What’s in it for me?” opener. Management Teaching Review, 4(1), 72-78.
  • Leung, O., Mullane, K., Larson, B. (2017). Tools for teaching virtual teams: A comparative resource review. Management Teaching Review, 2(4), 333-347.
  • Mullane, K., Brown, J., Furst-Holloway, S., & Stewart, M., M. (2017). What to do amid virtual team disruption? Ethical climate and trust as determinants of virtual team member effort. Dissertation, Bentley University.
Selected Presentations
  • Bennett, A. A., Lo, K., Pervez, A., Nelson, T. A., Mullane, K., Tarr, E., Wilson, S., Farrell, M., & Decker, M. (2020, October). Exploring management doctoral students’ attitudes, training, and use of classroom experiential learning activities. Paper presentation at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Southern Management Association, Tampa FL.
  • Pervez, A., Lo, K., Nelson, T., Mullane, K., Brady, L., & Bennett, A. (2020, April). Feel like a fraud? An empirical investigation of imposter syndrome and mental health in doctoral students. Presented at Southeastern Universities Graduate Research Symposium, Tuscaloosa, AL.
  • Tarr, E., & Mullane, K. (2020). The three-sentence summary: A quick and easy assignment to encourage students to do the reading. Presented at Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society Conference, Fort Wayne, IN.
  • Mullane, K., Nelson, T., & Lo, K. (2020). Theoretical meets practical – how to use student-authored role plays to teach managerial skills and critical thinking. Presented at Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society Conference, Fort Wayne, IN.
  • Pervez, A., Nelson, T., Mullane, K., Lo, K., Bennett, A., & Brady, L. (2020). An empirical investigation of mental health and social support in management doctoral programs. Accepted at Western Academy of Management (WAM), Waikoloa, HI.
  • Pervez, A., Lo, K., Nelson, T., Mullane, K., Brady, L., & Bennett, A. (2020). Illuminating mental health headwinds in management doctoral programs. Presented at International Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • Mullane, K., & Tarr, E. (2019). What’s for Dinner? An interactive activity to highlight differences between rational decision-making models and realistic decision-making. Presented at Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society Conference, Ramapo, NJ.
  • Nelson, T., Mullane, K., & Lo, K. (2019). “The Office” – Appropriate use of inappropriate humor in the classroom. Accepted at Western Academy of Management (WAM), Rohnert Park, CA.
  • O’Connor C., Mullane, K., & Luethge, D.J. (2018). Global virtual teams: Best practices for Management education. Presented at International Academy of Management and Business (IAMB), Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Mullane, K. (2018). Revisiting a classic: How to use positive and negative reinforcement to demonstrate the relationship between performance and reward. Presented at International Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
  • Mullane, K. (2018). How to hook your OB students early with a “What’s in it for me?” opener. Presented at Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Conway, SC.
  • Mullane, K., Brown, J., Furst-Holloway, S., & Stewart, M. (2017). What to do amid disruption? Ethical climate and trust as determinants of virtual team member effort. Presented at Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta, GA.
  • Leung, O., Mullane, K., Fisher, H., & Larson, B. (2016). Preparing students for virtual teams - the use of virtual tools in the management classroom. Presented at Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, North Canton, OH.
  • Mullane, K. (2015, March 25). How technology is changing the way teams work. Retrieved from http://www.bentley.edu/prepared/how-you-can-prepare-be-part-virtual-team, as part of Bentley University’s “PreparedU” Project.
  • Mullane, K., Brown, J., Furst-Holloway, S., & Stewart, M., M. (2015). Ethical climate and trust as determinants of virtual team member effort and performance. Accepted for paper development session at Academy of Management’s Professional Development Workshop on "Trust between Individuals and Organizations”, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Leung, O., Adams, S., Mullane, K., & Junaid, N. (2012). “Stop the Weather Reports” (video case finalist), Academy of Management International Online Teaching Resource Library.