Mel Fugate Ph.D.
(http://mfugate.cox.smu.edu)
Dr. Fugate’s (mfugate@cox.smu.edu) 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.
(8-23-07)
PUBLICATIONS
Fugate, M., Kinicki, A.J., & Prussia, G.P. (in press). Employee coping with an organizational change: An examination of alternative theoretical perspectives and models. Personnel Psychology.
Fugate, M., & Kinicki, A.J. (conditionally accepted at the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology.) A dispositional approach to employability: Development of a measure and test of its implications for employee reactions to organizational change.
Ashforth, B.E., Kreiner, G.E., Fugate, M., & Clark, M.A. (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.
Fugate, M., Kinicki, A.J., & Scheck, C.L. (2002). Coping with an organizational merger over four stages. Personnel Psychology, 55: 905-928.
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 UNDER REVIEW
Fugate, M., Harrison, S., & Kinicki, A.J. (Under review at the Journal of Applied Psychology.) The impact of emotion during organizational change: An appraisal theory and dynamic systems perspective.
Fugate, M., Prussia, G.E., & Kinicki, A.J. (Under review at the Academy of Management Journal.) Antecedents and outcomes of employee threat appraisal during an organizational restructuring.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Fugate, M. The role of employability in how employees cope with organizational change. Data collection and initial analyses complete. Expect to submit to the Journal of Applied Psychology.
Fugate, M. Survivor coping with a downsizing: After the bubble. Data collected. Paper being fleshed out and writing to begin. Target: Academy of Management Journal.
Heslin, P. A., & Fugate, M. Potential insights from regulatory focus theory for pursuing and attaining “career success”. Completed draft for conference symposium. Target: Academy of Management Review.
Quinones, M., & Fugate, M. What happens when resistance comes from the top? Identifying the sources of resistance to organizational change.
Ashforth, B.E., Kreiner, G., Fugate, M., & Clark, M.A. Managing dirty work. Data collected and analyzed. Paper being fleshed out. Expect to submit to Academy of Management Journal.
Fugate, M., & Slocum, J. The role of emotions in sales performance. Analyzing data.
Fugate. M. The role of trust in employee withdrawal during organizational change. Data collected, paper being fleshed out, and preliminary analyses complete.
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