The Belk College of Business Department of Management welcomes guest presenter Herman Aguinis, Ph.D., Avram Tucker Distinguished Scholar & Professor of Management at The George Washington University School of Business. Faculty, staff and students are invited to join us for the presentation.
Monday, March 6
11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
McEniry 124
Topic: Scholarly Impact: Finding the Holy Grail
The desire to have an impact on different stakeholders including researchers, students, and society at large is a long-term aspiration of most academics—a sort of search of the “Holy Grail.” What is scholarly impact? How should we measure it? How can we accelerate the impact of our research and teaching activities? How can we produce relevant research? The goal of this presentation is to address these questions by describing management theory and research that helps us understand the relevance and impact — and how to improve both. The presentation will be of interest to researchers and educators aiming to accelerate the impact of their work—as well as university leaders and administrators.
About our Speaker
Herman Aguinis is the Avram Tucker Distinguished Scholar at The George Washington University School of Business and Immediate Past President of the Academy of Management (AOM). His research addresses (a) talent management, leadership, and behavioral science and (b) research methods, data science, and business intelligence. He has written more than 200 refereed journal articles and published eleven books. Every year since 2018, he has been ranked as one of the world’s top 100 most impactful researchers in Economics and Business by the Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers Reports. His research has received about 48,000 Google Scholar (h-index = 98) and about 17,000 Web of Science citations.
He is a Fellow of the Academy of Management and received several career awards including the Losey Award by the Society for Human Resource Management Foundation for lifetime achievement in human resource research, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Scientific Contributions Award for lifetime contributions, AOM Research Methods Division Distinguished Career Award for lifetime contributions, AOM Practice Theme Committee Scholar Practice Impact Award recognizing outstanding impact on policy making and managerial and organizational practices, and has been inducted into The PhD Project Hall of Fame.
In addition to his academic activities, Professor Aguinis has consulted with organizations in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America including the United Nations, TCI-AT&T, Accenture, Sears Holdings Corp., Telefonica, and the US Department of State. His research has been featured by The Economist, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Business Week, among others.