dr. lean’s notable publications and presentations

Communicating an Organizational Commitment to DEAI. The International Journal of Organizational Diversity, 24(2): 1-15.

Conveying an institutional mission in online courses: A mixed-method approach to improve student experience. Journal of Management Education, 45(1): 579-598.
Bridging the Teacher-Student Divide: A Multi-Media Approach to Reach Digital Native Learners. Christian Business Academy Review, 15(1): 21-44.
Work-life expectations of Christian Millennials. Journal of Religion & Business Ethics, 4(1): 1-12.
Is there a common understanding of spiritual leader behaviors? Journal of Management, Spirituality, & Religion, 14(4): 295-317.
The Study of Business at the Christian University. In Dockery (Ed), Faith and Learning: A Handbook for Christian Higher Education. Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group.
Sexual harassment at work: A decade (plus) of progress. Journal of Management Review, 35(3): 503-536.
'Rude,' 'Uncivil,' or 'Disrespectful' Treatment in the Workplace: What's in a Name? In Gilliland, Steiner, & Skarlicki (Eds.), Justice, Morality, and Social Responsibility. New York, NY: Information Age Publishing.
Coming into the light: Intimate partner violence and its effects at work. Academy of Management Perspectives, 22 (2), 57-72.
The Impact of Perceived Leader Integrity on Subordinate Ethical Intentions in a Work Team Environment. Journal of Business Ethics, 81(4), 765-778.

Overcoming Faculty and Staff Woes, AACSB Associate Dean’s Meeting, Boston, MA. 2023
Why young employees don’t have the skills you’d expect, Better Business Bureau, 2022
Pull up Your Own Bootstraps: How PWE Influences Interpretations of Corporate Social Responsibility. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2021
The dark side of work ethic: Is a healthy work-life balance the next global disruptive innovator? International Society of Business, Economics and Ethics World Congress, Bilbao, Spain. accepted but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic. 2020
Symposia Leader for the Annual Conference of the International Society for MacIntyrean Inquiry at the University of Durham in Durham, England. Symposium topics were “Business Ethics” and “Ethics and Economics.” 2018
Transformational Teaching. International Association of Management, Spirituality, & Religion Conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas. 2017
Is there a common understanding of spiritual leader behaviors? Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, California. 2016
How to express your Christian mission through online business courses: Fulfilling your Christian (and accreditation) duty. Society of Business Research International Conference, Orlando, Florida. 2015.
Disruptive Innovation, BBVA Compass New Associate Program, 2010
The Construct Development of Spiritual Leadership. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada-Quebec. 2010
Intimate partner violence among employed individuals: Do demographics really matter? Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, Illinois. 2009
Lightening the load or piling more on: The existence or absence of social support in the working lives of intimate partner violence victims. Annual Meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York City, New York. 2007
Structuring Ethically Strong Organizational Work Teams: The Critical Role Leader Integrity Plays. Organizational Science Winter Conference. 2007
New directions in aggression research: Assessing the business costs of intimate partner violence. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu, Hawaii. 2005