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Anson Seers 
Professor  
Snead Hall, 301 W. Main Street, Box 844000
Richmond,  VA 23284-4000 

Office Room Number: B4143 
Office Phone: 804-828-1624 
Fax Number: 804-828-8884 
E-mail Address:  aseers@vcu.edu
 

Profile: Professor of Management--Dr. Seers specializes in the effectiveness of working relationships, including leadership and motivation of employees as well as the development of effective teamwork. Dr. Seers has published numerous articles on management topics in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, and Journal of Organizational Behavior, among others, and has won several best paper awards. He has also authored several book chapters and presented numerous papers at the Academy of Management. Dr. Seers also serves on the Editorial Board of Management Communication Quarterly, and as an occasional reviewer for Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Leadership Quarterly,and the Journal of Management among others. Dr. Seers is an elected member of the Society for Organizational Behavior, and a Fellow of the Southern Management Association. He is also a member of the Academy of Management, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the American Psychological Association, and has served as President of the Southern Management Association.

Education: University of Cincinnati (Ph.D., 1981), University of Illinois (M.S., 1977), University of Illinois (BS, 1974)

Professional Experience: F. A. Rose Professor of Leadership, University of Alabama; Management Department Chair, Virginia Commonwealth University; Associate Editor, Leadership Quarterly; Editorial Board, Management Communication Quarterly.

Teaching: Professor in the Management Department, has taught organizational behavior, organizational theory, leadership, motivation, and the management of teams and groups.

Research: Work roles and relationships, including leadership, the development of effective teamwork, and employee motivation.

Department: Management

Publications:

Seers, A. (2007) Management Education in the emerging knowledge economy: Going beyond “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.” Academy of Management Learning and Education, 6: 558-567.

Ford, L. R., & Seers, A. (2006) Relational leadership and team climates: Pitting differentiation versus agreement. Leadership Quarterly, 17: 258-270.

Seers, A., Wilkerson, J. M., & Grubb, W. L. (2006) Toward measurement of social exchange resources: Reciprocal contributions and receipts. Psychological Reports, 98: 508-510.

Lichtenstein, B. B., Uhl-Bien, M., Marion, R., Seers, A., Orton, D., Schreiber, C., & Hazy, J. K. (2006) Complexity leadership theory: Explaining the interactive process of leading in complex adaptive systems. Emergence: Complexity & Organization, 8: 2-12

Seers, A. (2005), “Knowledge Markets and Management Education: How Will We Meet the Challenges of Competition?” Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Honolulu, HI. Best Paper in Management Education Award.

Externally funded grant: $29,400, Management Education Research Institute, Graduate Management Admissions Council, for “MBA Placement Market Differentiation,” December 5, 2005.

Seers, A., VCU School of Business Summer 2005 Research Grant: $14,000. “Finding the “X” in LMX and TMX: An investigation of reciprocity patterns in workplace social exchange.”

Seers, A. (2004) Leadership and flexible organization structures. In G. B. Graen (Ed.) New Frontiers of Leadership, pp. 1-31. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

Farmer, S. & Seers, A. (2004) Time enough to work: Employee motivation and entrainment in the workplace. Time & Society, 13: 265-284.

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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