Mel Fugate Ph.D.

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Dr. Fugate’s primary research interests focus on employee reactions to organizational changes. This work includes but is not limited to: downsizings, restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, and plant closings. His research examines how employees cope with change; which elements influence employee perceptions of changes (e.g., threats v. challenges); the role of emotions in employee reactions; and identifying factors that influence employee turnover and performance. Related work involves employability and career transitions (e.g., job loss and reemployment) and the roles of leadership and organizational culture related to change processes and performance.

The above research is often derived from large organizational assessments designed to evaluate the human resource health of organizations. These projects frequently include profiling organizational culture and assisting managers with culture change and improving employee engagement. Dr. Fugate also conducts performance management and leadership development training.

His teaching interests span many aspects of management—leadership, organizational behavior, organizational culture, managing change, strategic human resource management, performance management, and motivation. He has a particular interest in managing across generations—Boomers, Generation X, Y, and Millennials. He teaches at all levels—executives, MBAs, and undergraduates. He also has international teaching experience (France).

Before coming to SMU, Dr. Fugate taught at Tulane University and Arizona State University.  Prior to earning his PhD he performed consulting services in marketing and business development and was a manager in the pharmaceutical industry.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Business Administration, Arizona State University
Concentration: Management and Organizational Behavior
Supporting Areas: Statistics and Research Methods
B.S. in Engineering and Business Administration, Michigan State University

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2003-present   Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations, Southern Methodist University, Cox School of Business

2007 & 2008   Visiting Assistant Professor, EM Lyon Graduate School of Business (Lyon, France); taught master’s level OB courses

2001-2003   Visiting Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Tulane University, A.B. Freeman College of Business

1997-2001  Instructor, Department of Management, Arizona State University, College of Business

PUBLICATIONS

Fugate, M., Kinicki, A.J., & Prussia, G.P. (2008). Employee coping with organizational change: An examination of alternative theoretical perspectives and models. Personnel Psychology, 61: 1-36.

Paper selected Runner-up for the Division’s Best Paper Award for the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu (Organizational Behavior Division).
Paper selected for the Best Paper Proceedings of the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu (Organizational Behavior Division).

Fugate, M., & Kinicki, A.J. (2008). A dispositional approach to employability:  Development of a measure and test of its implications for employee reactions to organizational change. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 81: 503-527.

Ashforth, B.E., Kreiner, G.E., Clark, M.A, & Fugate, M. (2007). Normalizing dirty work: Reducing the salience of occupational stigma. Academy of Management Journal, 50, 149-174.

Fugate, M. (2006). New perspectives on employability. In J. Greenhaus and G. Callanan (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Career Development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Ashforth, B.E., & Fugate, M. (2006). Attributional styles at work: Development of a measure. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 12: 12-29.

Fugate, M., Kinicki, A.J., & Ashforth, B.E. (2004). Employability: A psycho-social construct, its dimensions, and applications. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 65: 14-38.

Paper selected for the Best Paper Proceedings of the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle (Organizational Behavior Division).

Fugate, M., Kinicki, A.J., & Scheck, C.L. (2002). Coping with an organizational merger over four stages. Personnel Psychology, 55: 905-928.

Paper selected 1st Runner-up for the Scholarly Achievement Award, Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management 2003.

Prussia, G.R., Fugate, M., & Kinicki, A.J. (2001). Explication of the coping goal construct: Implications for coping and reemployment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86: 1179-1190.

Ashforth, B.E., Kreiner, G.E., & Fugate, M. (2000). All in a day’s work: Boundaries and micro role transitions at work. Academy of Management Review, 23: 472-491.

Ashforth, B.E., & Fugate, M. (2001). Role transitions and the lifespan. Chapter 8 in B.E. Ashforth, Role Transitions in Organizational Life: An Identity Based Perspective. Mahwah, N.J.: Erlbaum.

Ashforth, B.E., Kreiner, G.E., Fugate, M., & Johnson, S.A. (2001). Micro Role Transitions. Chapter 9 in B.E. Ashforth, Role Transitions in Organizational Life: An Identity Based Perspective. Mahwah, N.J.: Erlbaum.

Anand, V., Fugate, M., & Manz, C.C. (2000). Empowering work teams with knowledge. In M.M. Beyerlein, D.A. Johnson, & S.T. Beyerlein (Eds.), Advances in Interdisciplinary Studies of Work Teams (pp. 1-26). New York: JAI Press.

Wiseman, R.M., Gomez-Mejia, L.R., & Fugate, M. (2000). Rethinking
compensation risk. In S. Rynes & B. Gerhart (Eds.), Compensation in Organizations (pp. 311-347). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

WORK IN PROGRESS

Organizational Change

Fugate, M., Prussia, G.E., & Kinicki, A.J.Managing employee withdrawal: The role of threat appraisal.

Fugate, M., Harrison, S., & Kinicki, A.J. Thoughts and feelings about organizational change: A field test of synchronous reciprocal relationships in appraisal theory.

Fugate, M. Survivor coping with a downsizing: After the bubble.

McKee-Ryan, F.M., Fugate, M., & Kinicki, A.J. A facet approach to coping with job loss and reemployment.

Quinones, M., & Fugate, M. What happens when resistance comes from the top? Identifying the sources of resistance to organizational change.

Fugate. M. The role of trust in employee withdrawal during organizational change.

Employability and Careers

Fugate, M. The role of employability in how employees cope with organizational change.

Weng, Q., & Fugate, M. The effects of HR-environment on talent growth and region attraction: An empirical examination in four Chinese Industrial Clusters.

Fugate, M., & Weng, Q. Employability as a Predictor of Voluntary Turnover and Job Outcomes in Chinese Industrial Clusters.

Heslin, P. A., & Fugate, M. Potential insights from regulatory focus theory for pursuing and attaining “career success”.

De Lang, A., Heijden, B.I.J.M., & Fugate, M. Age appropriate career research: A psychosocial perspective on the effects of aging upon career behavior and outcomes.

Leadership and Other

Kinicki, A.J., Hartnell, C., Fugate, M., Corner, T., & Alsua, J. The effect of leadership style and organizational culture on firm performance.

Ashforth, B.E., Kreiner, G., Fugate, M., & Clark, M.A. Managing dirty work. Data collected and analyzed.