Adam Smith, Ph.D.

Phone:

765-455-9355

Email:

smith915@iuk.edu

Campus:

IU Kokomo

Biography

Education:

Ph.D. in Business Administration from The University of Tennessee 
B.S. in Psychology from University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Area of Expertise:

Management, organizational behavior, human resource management, organizational development, leadership, motivation, selection, assessment centers, simulation, experiential learning, career development

Research Interests:

My research interests are at the intersection of organizational behavior, industrial/organizational psychology, and entrepreneurship.  Specifically, the psychology of entrepreneurs and organizational leadership.  Additional areas of focus include various topics surrounding the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Publications:

• The Impact of Abstract Thinking on Entrepreneurial Intentions. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research
• Managing the Team Project Process: Helpful Hints and Tools to Ease the Workload without Sacrificing Learning Objectives. e-Journal of Business Education & Scholarship of Teaching
• Mergers, Acquisitions, and Leadership in Health-Care Succession Planning in Passing the Torch: Planning for the Next Generation of Public-Service Leaders
• Entrepreneurial Inception: The Role of Imprinting in Entrepreneurial Action. Journal of Business Venturing
• The Relationship of Personality to Entrepreneurial Performance: An Examination of Openness to Experience Facets. PhD dissertation, University of Tennessee

Presentations:

• Using Simulations Outside of the Classroom to Aid in-class Active Learning. Midwest SoTL Conference.
• Using IU Career EDGE to Incorporate Career Prep into any Course. 20/20 on Teaching, Learning & Research.
• Entrepreneurial Intentions: ‘I Think I Can’ Or ‘I Think I Will’? Midwest Academy of Management.
• Forming and Evaluating Teams: A Small Change using Online Tools. Midwest SoTL Conference.
• Forming Teams and Evaluating Teamwork: Time-saving Help via Online Tools. 20/20 on Teaching, Learning & Research.

Academic/Professional Activities:

• JoSoTL and JoTLT Editorial Review Board
• Society for Human Resource Management
• Strategic Planning Committee
• Center for Community Engagement
• KEY Coordinator
• Sam Walton Fellow (Enactus advisor)
• Human Resources Student Association advisor
• IU Career EDGE Fellow
• Quality Matters Rubric Certification
• Infor CloudSuite HCM certification

Awards/Honors:

• IU Bicentennial Professor
• FACET
• Claude Rich Excellence in Teaching Award recipient
• Trustees Teaching Award recipient (multiple times)
• Indiana Commission for Higher Education Lumina Adult Promise Grant
• Applied Learning Grant (numerous)
• Beta Gamma Sigma