Category Archives: Publication

  While the sport sociology community has had a long-running conversation about the relationship between athletes’ success and race, there are few empirical investigations of individuals’ attitudes regarding the connection of race and athletic performance. This study on White college students’ explanations of White (and African American) athleticism attempts to push this discussion of race […]

  This paper proposes that the National Basketball Association (NBA) adopt a salary arbitration system in specifically defined circumstances—for restricted free agents who either last played under a four-year rookie salary scale contract, or last played under a two-year or three-year contract as a second-round draft pick or undrafted free agent. Part I of this […]

  This short report provides a preliminary overview and analysis of data on coaching mobility patterns in the National Football League (NFL). Previous studies in this area have generally focused on the effectiveness of the Rooney Rule (for example, analyzing the hiring process and proposing new strategies to increase the number of non-White head coaches) […]

  In July 2012, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) imposed severe sanctions on The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) athletics program related to allegations of sexual abuse occurring in Penn State athletics facilities. Sanctions included a $60 million fine, a four-year postseason ban for the Penn State football team, a significant reduction in athletics […]

Amit Joshi, Ph.D. Amit Joshi, Ph.D. was interviewed by Fox 35/my65’s John Brown on various  topics, including social media and movies to the stock price impact on marketing.

To promote thought leadership in the UCF College of Business (#UCFBusiness), Dean Paul Jarley hosts a monthly luncheon, gathering faculty from various departments to discuss events in the college. February’s guest speaker was Bill Steiger, coordinator of the Professional Selling Program. The Professional Selling Program is a selective degree track within the Department of Marketing, […]

  Sean Snaith, Ph.D. “The government has said that the U.S. economy, as measured by the gross domestic product, or GDP, grew at an annual rate of 2.4 percent in 2014, up from 2.2 percent in 2013. In the first quarter 2015 Bankrate Economic Indicator survey of leading economists, we asked: At what rate do […]

  Benjamin Rockmore, Ph.D. 9 Investigates discovered Sanford police officers competing for a promotion won’t be evaluated by their boss. The city is spending thousands of dollars to hire an outside firm to decide who will become sergeant or lieutenant. “We put everyone on the same playing field. If you study for the test, if […]

  Marshall Schminke, Ph.D. Ethics has emerged as one of the most critical issues facing organizations and the people who work in them. Ethics scandals plague not only profit-seeking organizations, but those with political, religious, athletic, environmental, and social goals as well. Scholarly interest in ethical issues has grown in recent years, with numerous new […]

  Maureen Ambrose, Ph.D. This research examines organizational attempts to recover internally from ethical failures witnessed by employees. Drawing on research on service failure recovery, relationship repair, and behavioral ethics, we investigate how witnessing unethical acts in an organization impacts employees and their relationship with their organization. In two studies—one in the lab and one […]