University at Albany School of Business

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	Name:	Wendy S. Becker
	Position:	Assistant Professor
	Education:	Ph.D., Penn State University, 1999
	Email:	w.becker@albany.edu


Academic Subfields:
Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Motivation, Teams, Ethics, Industrial-Organizational Psychology.
Research Interests:
Team Regulatory Processes, Strategic Management Systems
Applied Interests:
Shared Decision-Making, High Performance Work Systems, Strategic Staffing.
Courses:
MGT 430 Human Resources Management (Open only to junior and senior business majors) MGT 470 Advanced Topics in Human Resource Management (Open only to senior business majors) MGT 470Z Advanced Topics in Human Resource Management (Open only to senior business majors) MGT 513 Organizational Behavior and Managerial Skills (Open only to full-time MBA students) MGT 514 Human Resources Management (Open only to evening MBA students)
Research & Publications:
Research Publications: Organizational Behavior Missed opportunities and the Great Bear Wilderness Disaster.Becker, W. S. (in press).Organizational Dynamics, 36, 4 Field of dreams: Team implementations and greenfields.Becker, W. S. (2007).Team Performance Management, 13, 3, 65-89. Effective empowerment in organizations. Yukl, G., & Becker, W. S. (2006).Organization Management Journal, 3, 3, 210-231. The ethics of professional behavior: When romance fails. In R. L. Lowman (Ed.)Becker, W. S. (2006).The Ethical Practice of Psychology in Organizations (pp. 253-256). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. Team performance. In, J. E. Edwards, J. C. Scott & N. S. Raju (Eds.)Becker, W.S., & Mathieu, J. (2003).The Human Resources Program-Evaluation Handbook (pp. 285-300).Thousand Oaks,CA: Sage. Motivation theory reconsidered.Landy, F. J., & Becker, W. S. (1987).Research in Organizational Behavior, 9, 1-38. Research Publications: Human Resource Management The Crime Scene: How Forensic Science Works.Dale, W. M. & Becker, W. S. (in press).NYC: Kaplan Publishing. Critical human resource issues: Scientists under pressure.Becker, W. S., & Dale, W. M. (2007). Forensic Science Communications, 9, 2. The taming of the clue.Meyers, L. (2007).APA Monitor on Psychology. Volume 38, No. 6 June. In the crime lab.Becker, W. S. (2006).The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 43, 4, 21-27. Managing intellectual capital.Dale, W.M., & Becker, W.S. (2005).Forensic Science Communications, 7, 4. Forensic lab directors’ perceptions of staffing issues.Becker, W. S., Dale, W. M., Lambert, A., & Magnus, D. (2005).Journal of Forensic Sciences, 50, 5, 1255-1257. A case study of forensic scientist turnover.Dale, W. M., & Becker, W. S. (2004).Forensic Science Communications, 6, 4. Strategic human resource management in the forensic science laboratory.Becker, W. S., & Dale, W. M. (2003).Forensic Science Communications, 5, 4 Strategy for staffing forensic scientists.Dale, W. M., & Becker, W. S. (2003).Journal of Forensic Sciences, 48, 2, 465-466.