Email Address:
tgillespie@southalabama.edu
Phone Number:
(251) 461-1391
Location:
MCOB 351

Dr. Treena Gillespie Finney

Professor

Management

Research Interests

Employee selection and development (e.g., 360-degree feedback)
International HR issues, including the applicability of constructs cross-culturally
Negative or destructive leadership (e.g., antecedents of abusive and toxic leadership and the effects of this “dark” leadership)
Customer-directed behaviors (e.g., customer-directed counterproductive work behavior)
Negotiation and conflict
Gender issues

Education

Ph.D. Industrial / Organizational Psychology
DePaul University (Chicago, IL)
M.S. Applied Psychology
Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
B.A. Psychology (Minor: Marketing)
Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Publications

Mayes, B. T., Finney, T. G., Johnson, T. W., Shen, J., and Yi, L. (2017). The effect of human resource practices on perceived organizational support in the People’s Republic of China. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 28(9), 1261-1290.
Rose, D. S., English, A., & Finney, T. G. (2014). Hire Better Teachers Now: Using the Science of Selection to Find the Best Teachers for Your School. Harvard Education Press.
Parry, R. O., & Finney, T. G. (2014). Affirmative Action: A schizophrenic history. Southern Law Journal, 24(2), 237-265.

Finney, T. G., Finney, R. Z., & Parry, R. O. (2014). EEO/AA and “doing good”: An exploratory study. International Journal of Law and Management, 56(6), 443-458.
Finney, T. G., & Finney, R. Z. (2013). Does employment influence the success of ethics training? Social Responsibility Journal, 9(4), 554-570.
Trocchia, P., Finney, R. Z., & Finney, T. G. (2013). Effectiveness of relationship marketing tactics in a university setting. Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 10(1), 29-38.
Chow, A. F., Finney, T. G., & Woodford, K. C. (2012). Perceptions of performance: Do learners understand as well as they think? European Journal of Training and Development, 36(5), 544-561.
Lambe, N., Chow, A. F., Finney, T., & Woodford, K. C. (2011). A practical approach to teaching the aspects of plant closing in an undergraduate operations management course. Journal of Contemporary Management Issues, 16 (2), 105-121.
Finney, R. Z., & Finney, T. G. (2011). Improving firm acquisition of market knowledge through strategic alliances. Journal of International Business and Cultural Studies, 4. Available online Oct. 2010.
Finney, R. Z., Spake, D. F., & Finney, T. G. (2011). Lost in transition? The human influence on marketing’s emerging service-dominant logic. Journal of Management and Marketing Research, 6. Available online Sept. 17, 2010.
Finney, T. G., Finney, R. Z., & Spake, D. F. (2010). Our students as customers: The role of entitlement and involvement in predicting satisfaction. Journal of Business and Educational Leadership, 2(1), 16-26.
Chow, A. F., Finney, T. G., & Woodford, K. C. (2010). Training design and transfer: Contributions of Six Sigma. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 59(7), 624-640.
Finney, T. G. (2010). Performance appraisal comments: The practitioner’s dilemma. The Coastal Business Journal, 9(1), 60-69.
Finney, T. G., & Finney, R. Z. (2010). Are students their universities’ customers? An exploratory study. Education + Training, 52(4), 276-291. (Note: Awarded Emerald Literati Network 2011 Award for Excellence: 2011 Outstanding Paper)
Woodford, K. C., Finney, T. G., Chow, A. F., & Lambe, N. (2009). The forgotten topic: Teaching plant closing to executives and graduate students. Journal of Executive Education, 8(1), 73-86.
Gillespie, T. L., & Parry, R. O. (2009). Students as employees: Applying performance management principles in the management classroom. Journal of Management Education, 33(5), 553-576. Available online March 4, 2008.
Parry, R. O., Gillespie, T. L., & Segrest, S. L. (2008). The best defense is a good offense: Using human resource management proactively to minimize the threat of litigation from wrongful termination cases. Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 19(2), 108-123.
Parry, R. O., & Gillespie, T. L. (2007). From law-breaking caterpillar to law-abiding butterfly? Can the Department of Justice force business to obey the law? Journal of Legal Studies in Business, 13(4), 91-112.
Kushell, E., Bowers, N., & Gillespie, T. L. (2007). The rise and fall of one unit’s patient satisfaction scores. Journal for Healthcare Quality, 29(5), 4-10.
Gillespie, T. L., & Parry, R. O. (2006). Fuel for litigation? Links between procedural justice and multisource feedback. Journal of Managerial Issues, 18(4), 530-546.
Purkiss, S. L., Perrewe, P. L., Gillespie, T. L., Mayes, B. T., & Ferris, G. (2006). Implicit sources of bias in employment interview judgments and decisions. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 101, 152-167.
Stuhlmacher, A. F., & Gillespie, T. L. (2006). Managing conflict in the literature: Meta-analysis as a research method. In P. Carnevale & C. K. W. De Dreu (Eds.), Methods of negotiation research (pp. 227-238). Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV.
Gillespie, T. L. (2005). Internationalizing 360-degree feedback: Are subordinate ratings comparable? Journal of Business and Psychology, 19(3), 361-382.
Stuhlmacher, A. F., & Gillespie, T. L. (2005). Managing conflict in the literature: Meta-analysis as a research method. International Negotiation, 10, 67-78.
Stuhlmacher, A. F., Gillespie, T. L., & Champagne, M. V. (1998). The impact of time pressure in negotiation: A meta-analysis. The International Journal of Conflict Management, 9, 97-116.