RESEARCH

Student Research

Our department offers independent study and internship research options for students.  There also are opportunities for Master of Business Administration students to apply for research funds, and there is a thesis option for the MBA Program.  You can find more information about student research, such as funding and application deadlines, at the Undergraduate Research Page, and MBA students should contact the College of Business Administration office.

Undergraduate and MBA research have helped prepare UW-L students for further graduate work.  UW-L Management graduates have gone on to other institutions to obtain Ph.D. degrees, law degrees, MBA degrees, and other specialized degrees in areas such as human resource management, industrial relations, management science, sociology, psychology, international business management, and organizational behavior. Some of our graduates have pursued advanced degrees from:

University of Minnesota University of Wisconsin-Madison Marquette University University of Southern Illinois University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of South Carolina University of Iowa University of Arizona Purdue University

Undergraduate

Dwelle, Ryan, Wolter, Kari, Schott, Courtney, & Hammond, Michael (2002). "The Evaluation of a web-based tutorial for teaching negotiation skills." Honor's Thesis. Advisor: Dr. Ross.

Kolberg, Karen (Fall, 2001). Repairing the Harm. SIGNAL, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 21-22.

Barth, Kelly (Spring, 2001). Practitioner Profile: Tom Rhorer, Divorce Mediator & Advocate for Children. SIGNAL, Vol. 16, No. 1, p. 13.

Sickmann Ryan, Kara (Spring, 1998). Conflict Management Around the World: South Africa. SIGNAL, Vol. 13, No. 1, p. 4.

Carlson, Rachel (Spring, 2000). "At Risk" Youth and Non-Violent Crisis Intervention. SIGNAL, Vol. 15, No. 1, p. 12.

Pierce, Sarah (2000). "Using Biodata to Predict Customer Service & Telephone Sales Representatives Job Success." Human Resources Independent Study. Advisor: Dr. Ross.

Mueller, Michelle (2001). "Title?" Production Management Independent Study. Advisor: Dr. Yazici.

Ross, W. H., Fischer, Debra, Baker, Carol, & Buchholz, Kim (1997). University Residence Hall Assistants as Mediators: An Exploratory Investigation of the Role of Interpersonal Factors in Dispute Mediation. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27, 664-707.

Ross, W. H., & LaCroix, J. (1996). Multiple meanings of trust in negotiation theory and research: A literature review. International Journal of Conflict Management, 7, 314-360.

Ross, W. H., & Wieland, Carole (1996). The effects of interpersonal trust and time pressure on managerial mediation strategy in a simulated organizational dispute. Journal of Applied Psychology, 81, 228-248.

Ross, W. H., Wieland, Carole, Gray, Leslie, & Kinch, C. (October 14-15, 1993). "The effects of interpersonal trust, time pressure, and managerial mediation strategy in a simulated organizational dispute." Paper presented at the 1993 Annual Conference of the Association on Employment Practices and Principles in cooperation with the American Management Foundation, San Diego, CA. This paper includes the W. Ross & C. Wieland (1996) journal article (cited above) as well as a second (unpublished) empirical study conducted with L. Gray and C. Kinch.

Ross, W. H., Brantmeier, Cheryl, & Ciriacks, Tina (in press). The impact of hybrid dispute resolution procedures on constituent fairness judgments. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Ross, W. H., Pollman, W., Perry, Dana, Welty, John, & Jones, K. (in press). Interactive video negotiator training: A preliminary evaluation of the McGill Negotiation Simulator. Simulation & Gaming.

Fassino, F. J., & Ross, W. H. (February, 1989). Human Resource Forecasting in the Classroom. Academic Computing, 4, 26-29.

Ross, W. H., Huber, K., & Keaton, P. (March 15-17, 1989). "Gender differences in mediation." Paper presented at the Midwest Business administration Association, Chicago, IL.

Graduate

Kennedy, Shannon (2002). Planned and created the Management Department Website using Microsoft Project, Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks, and Adobe Photoshop. Project term paper included a detailed description of the project along with a discussion about building effective teams. Project Management Independent Study. Advisor: Dr. Yazici.

Dee, Candice with undergrad Proksch, Brian. (2000). Research on La Crosse-Campbell water dispute. Won graduate student achievement award.

Ross, W. H., Pollman, W., Perry, Dana, Welty, John, & Jones, K. (in press). Interactive video negotiator training: A preliminary evaluation of the McGill Negotiation Simulator. Simulation & Gaming.

Faculty Research

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