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Judi McLean Parks

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Reuben C. and Anne Carpenter Taylor Professor of Organizational Behavior

Expertise: conflict management and dispute resolution, diversity and socio-cultural management factors, organizational behavior, psychological contracts and workplace justice, revenge in the workplace, cross-cultural conflict, employee behaviors, crimes of obedience in organizations, gender inequity

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Judi McLean Parks
Judi McLean Parks
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McLean Parks' areas of expertise include behavioral science, human resource management, industrial relations, international business, management development, motivation, negotiation, organizational behavior, and organizational change and development. She is qualified to speak on the psychological contract between employers and employees in the context of conflict resolution; cross-cultural conflict; impact of perceived justice and its implications in terms of employee behaviors, organizational identification and revenge; and the link between organizational identity, over-identification and crimes of obedience in organizations. She previously taught at the Industrial Relations Center at the University of Minnesota; Cornell University; and the Institute d'Administration des Entreprises, Université Jean Moulin Lyon III in Lyon, France.

WUSTL Contact Information:
Work:(314) 935-7451
Fax:(314) 935-6359
E-mail:mcleanparks@olin.wustl.edu
Address:One Brookings Drive
Campus Box 1133
St. Louis, MO 63130

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To be or not to be a lady

Gender stereotypes pose challenges for Hillary Clinton's bid for the presidency (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/11287.html)

March 17, 2008 -- Whether or not Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic nomination for president, the question of how much being a woman helped or hurt her campaign will linger for a long time. A WUSTL professor discusses the unique challenges Clinton faces and why people seem to react so strongly to her. Video available.
Insiders' angle

Employees are most likely to cut corners when they lack clear goals and feel overworked (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/6875.html)

April 6, 2006 --
The television show "The Office" portrays more truth than fiction. But the consequences of bad management can be more serious than the awkward moments portrayed on the program. Employees get cynical when they endure multiple changes in company strategy and when they are overworked, according to experts at Washington University's Olin School of Business. As a result, people produce work, but they don't care how they produce it. The drive to get things done in today's business environment is so strong that workers start thinking only of short-term gains and ignoring long-term consequences. More... (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/6875.html)


Investors don't trust women, WUSTL study finds

Male-owned firms attract more investment dollars, despite proven success of female CEOs (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/6414.html)

Feb. 2, 2006 --
Investors are reluctant to devote resources to female-run companies, according to research from two professors at the Olin School of Business. They found that potential backers are likely to invest 300 percent more in male-run firms than in firms run by a woman; and they would pay a female CEO 86 percent of the salary they'd pay a male CEO.



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Hillary Clinton's expectations contradict
United Press International

April 2, 2008 -- The challenge facing Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is that people have contradictory expectations of women leaders. WUSTL business professor Judi McLean Parks says the character traits associated with people in leadership positions are stereotypically masculine -- being assertive or competitive.



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