Ellen J. Frank, Management

 

 

BOOKS PUBLISHED:

 

Daily Business Etiquette, book length manuscript under consideration by Prentice Hall.

 

Test Bank for Human Resource Management, 7^th edition, West Publishing, 1994

 

 

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS:

 

“Longitudinal Study of Chinese Students’ Perceptions of  Women in Management”  The Proceedings of the New England Business Association, New Haven, May 2004.

 

“Chinese Perceptions of Women in Management,” The Proceedings of the New England Business Association International Conference, New Haven, April 28-29, 2000.   (Best Paper Award)

 

"Entrepreneurial Perceptions in Poland: Revisited," with C.R. Prohaska, and A. Jackson  The Proceedings of the UIC/AMA Research Symposia on Marketing and Entrepreneurship, San Diego, August 2-3,1996.

 

 “A Comparative Marketing Study of Entrepreneurial Perceptions In Poland and the United States,” with C.R. Prohaska, The Proceedings of the UIC/AMA Research Symposia on Marketing and Entrepreneur-ship, Washington, D.C. August 11-12, 1995.

 

"An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching O.B. ‑‑ The Total Enterprise Simulation," with C.R. Prohaska, The Proceedings of the 25th Meeting of the Eastern Academy of Management,  Arlington, VA. May 12‑14, 1988.

 

 

JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

 

“Chinese Students’ Perceptions of Women in Management:  Will it be easier?”  Women in Management Review   Vol. 16, number 7 & 8, 2001.

 

"Using Simulations to Investigate Management Decision‑Making," with C.R. Prohaska, Simulation and Games, Vol. 21, No. 1, March 1990.

 

"Validating Your Personnel Assessment Procedures," Computers in Personnel, Vol. 2, No. 4, 1988.

 

"Business Students' Perceptions of Women In Management," Sex Roles, Vol. 19, Nos. 1/2, 1988.

 

"Its More Than A Filing Cabinet," Computers in Personnel, Vol. 2,   No. 2, 1988.

 

"Designing and Implementing a Personnel MIS," Personnel, Vol. 64, No. 11, 1987.

 

 

"A Study of Organizational Conflict in an Academic Setting," The Higher Education Abstracts, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1987.

 

"To Try or Not To Try ‑‑ The Wearing Down of a Teacher," Exchange: The Organizational Behavior Teaching Journal, Vol. VII, No. 4, 1982.

 

"Reviewing the Obvious of Content Validity," Public‑Personnel Management, Vol. 9, No. 4, 1980.

 

"Does New Mexico Business Need Consultants?"  New Mexico Business Journal,  January 1980.

 

 

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

 

E.U. Accession Countries – Opinion piece, New Haven Register, October  , 2003.

 

Stockholm School of Economics, Riga,  Working Paper Series,  Editor,  Released

May 23,2003.

 

"Guest Editorial ‑‑ Students' Attitudes Towards Women in  Management,"  SCSU Alumni News, April 1988.

 

"Long Journey Ends With a Small Smile," New York Times, January 6, 1986.

 

"The Struggle To Have a Child," New York Times, April 28, 1985.

 

"Business Made Better By Rules They Hate," New Haven Register, December 28, 1984.

 

"The Fatal Flaw in the Pursuit of Excellence by American Business," New Haven Register,  November 13, 1984.

 

Manual on the Development of Employee Selection Procedures,  Written and distributed under an Office of Personnel Management grant, June 1981.

 

"Criterion‑Referenced Validity,"  Written and distributed under an Office of Personnel Management grant, June 1980.

 

Salary and Equity Theory, Internally published paper at Western Electric Co., April 1975.    

 

 

EXHIBITS/SHOWS/PERFORMANCE OF CREATIVE WORKS:

 

"The Colors of South American Marketing," The International Affairs Center, Central Connecticut State University, November 15 ‑ December 16, 1987.  (A color photo­graphy exhibition of marketing functions in Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador)

 

 

CONFERENCE PAPERS ORALLY DELIVERED:

 

Acceptance of Women Managers in Latvian Businesses.  Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, May 26, 2003

 

Chinese Perceptions of the Entrepreneurial Environment, CSU Research Conference, April 5, 2002

 

Gender Issues in the Perception of Chinese Women, The CSU Gender Issues Conference, April 1, 2000.

 

“Herzberg is Alive and Well in Academia: The Results of a Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey,” Southern Connecticut State University Faculty Research Symposium, March 16, 1996.

 

“Comparison of the Managerial and Parental Roles,” Connecticut State University  Research Conference, September 23, 1995.

 

"Using Film in a Labor Relations Course," National Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Bellingham WA, June 27-30, 1991.

 

"Motivating Your Employees,"  Fairfield County Business Office Managers Association, Meridan, CT,  February 15, 1991.

 

"The Survey System," Connecticut  State University Computer Conference, New Haven CT, March 16, 1991.

 

"Using Simulations to Study Management Decision‑making," paper presented to Epistemology and Praxis Conference, New Britain CT, February 1990.

 

"Teaching Students How to Communicate (In Spite of Themselves)," Second Annual CSU Conference for  Quality Teaching, October 20, 1989.

 

"It Takes More Than Carrots To Motivate Your Employees," Naugatuck Valley Chamber of Commerce, June 5, 1989.

 

"Enriching the Simulation with an O.B. Perspective" with C.R Prohaska, Organizational Behavior Teaching Society National Conference, Los Angeles, June 14‑17, 1988.

 

"An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching O.B.‑‑The Total  Enterprise Simulation" with C.R. Prohaska,  25th Meeting of the Eastern Academy of Management, Arlington VA, May 12‑14, 1988.

 

"Women in Management ‑‑ Do Old Stereotypes Ever Die?" Southern Connecticut State University,  December 9, 1987.

 

"Performance Appraisals for Professionals," The Liberation Organization, Stanford, CT. December 5, 1987.

 

"Conflict in an Academic Setting," research symposium presented at Baruch College/CUNY, December 19, 1986.

 

"A Survey of Conflict in Academia," research symposium presented  at Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, November 21, 1986.

 

"A Survey Study of Conflict in an Academic Setting," paper presented at the Eastern Regional Conference of The Association of HR Management and Organizational Behavior, Clear­water Florida, May 4, 1986. 

 

"Managing Organizational Conflict,"  Fairfield County Credit Asso­ciation, March 24, 1986.

 

"Enhancing the Simulation Experience," with C.R. Prohaska,  Connecticut State University Academic Computing Conference, March 8, 1986.

 

"Sexual Harassment," Connecticut Business Institute, July 1985.   

 

WORKSHOP LEADERSHIP

 

The HRM Function,  Technological Institute of Cluj-Napoco, Romania,  Oct 1, 2004.

 

The Transformational Leader, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia.  August 23-27, 2004.

 

The 7-step Decision-making Process, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia, August 23, 2004.

 

Increase Motivation Through Your Salary Compensation System  Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia,  January 22-24, 2004.

 

Performance Appraisal  - A Company’s Best Tool  Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia, April 22, 2003

 

Increase Motivation Through Your Salary Compensation System  Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia, March 18, 2003.

 

Using Performance Appraisal as a Motivating Tool,  Technological Institute of Cluj-Napoco, Romania,  May 26, 2002.

 

The HRM Function, Technological Institute of Cluj-Napoco, Romania, Oct 2001  

 

“The HRM Function in the U.S.”  Quality Inn, New Haven, CT. September 1997.

 

“International Marketing,”  Wroclaw Technical Institute, Wroclaw  Poland, October 1992.  (five day seminar for graduate students and faculty under an IDA grant)

 

"Communication Pitfalls for Women in Management," The National  Recreation and Park Association,  The New England Training Insti­tute, Hartford, CT. April 10, 1987. 

 

"Improving Leadership Effectiveness," American Management Associations Workshop Program,  New Haven, CT. October ‑ December 1985.

 

"Organizational Strategies for Improving Productivity,"  Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia,  August 1984.

 

"Current Thoughts in Organizational Psychology," Universidad Nacional, Bogota, Colombia, June 1984.

 

"Personnel Administration in the United States," Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia,  May 1984. 

 

"Methods and Strategies for Personnel Administrators," Universi­dad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, May 1984. (12 hour work­ shop for personnel executives)

 

"Motivation and Leadership ‑‑ Are There Any Answers," Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia, May 1984.

 

"Managing Organizational Change," Regional Chamber of Commerce, Cali, Colombia, May 1984

 

"A Manager's Guide to Human Behavior,"  American Management Associations Extension Workshop Program, Charleston, West Virginia,  June 1983. 

 

"Communication Skills for Managers," American Management Associa­tions Extension Workshop Program, Charleston, West Virginia,  April 1983.

 

"Salesmanship," U.S. Small Business Association in conjunction with the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity,  February 1983.

 

"Managing Organizational Conflict,"  Kanawha Valley Business Asso­ciation Conference, Charleston, West Virginia, May 1982.

 

"Managing Organizational Conflict," American Society of Personnel  Administrators, Charleston Chapter, May 1982.

 

"Developing the Test Developer," Region Six, Office of Personnel   Management, June 1981.

(3 day workshop for civil service test  development professionals in the southwest region)

 

"Women in Management," Western New Mexico University Continuing Education Program,  May 1981. (12 hour workshop for female managers)

 

"Appraising Performance with Management‑By‑Objectives," Fort Bayard Veterans Hospital,  Bayard, New Mexico, April 1981. (25 hour workshop for hospital administrators)

 

"Improving Your Supervisory Effectiveness,"  Western New Mexico    University Continuing Education Program,  March 1981.  (12 hour workshop for supervisory/management personnel)

 

"Developing Criteria Related Section Tests,"  Region Six, Office of Personnel Management, June 1980. (3 day workshop for civil service test development professionals in the southwest region)

 

"Appraising Performance Effectively,"  University of New Mexico,   Management Development Program,  February 1980. (Co‑leader in 12 hour workshop for business executives)

 

"Women in Management,"  University of New Mexico, Management Development Program,  November 1979. (Co‑leader in 12 hour  workshop for female executives)

 

"Conflict Within Organizational Change,"  Lovelace Medical Center,  Albuquerque, New Mexico,  November 1979.  (1 1/2 hour presentation to medical administrators and physicians)

 

"Statistical Techniques for Survey Evaluation,"  Mexican Department of Consumer Affairs, Mexico City, June 1979.  (10 hour workshop for agency's investigators)

 

"Morale via Appraising Performance," National Sales Convention,  Frito‑Lays (Mexico), Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, May 1979. (1 hour presentation for sales management personnel)

 

 

RECENT GRANTS RECEIVED:

 

Establishment of the American Romanian Center for Management Development, USAID, 2004-2006

 

Promoting a New Economy: Enhancing Undergraduate Business Education in Azerbaijan,  U.S. State Department, 2002-2006.

 

Fulbright Senior Scholar Fellowship, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia, Jan-June 2003

 

CSU -AAUP Research Grant ( 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1997, 1995, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1985)   

 

AACSB Japan Study Tour.  (2000)

 

CSU Faculty Development Grant (2001, 2000, 1999, 1996, 1992)

 

CSU Summer Curriculum Grant (1998, 1991)

 

Fulbright Senior Scholar Fellowship, Bogota, Colombia,  May-August 1984.

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL:

 

Cross-cultural perceptual differences between male vs female managers                   

Comparison of the parental vs managerial roles

Cross-cultural characteristics of entrepreneurs       

Organizational conflict/resolution                                  

 

 

DISSERTATION TITLE:

 

Cognitive Complexity and Leadership: The Role of Perceptual Sensitivity on Leadership Success, Unpublished dissertation, Purdue University, 1973.