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Melissa Waite, PHD

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

(585) 395-5618
mwaite@brockport.edu
Office: Hartwell Hall 111 C

Recipient of the Chancellor's Award for

Teaching

Education

PhD, Human Resource Management, State University of New York at Buffalo
MBA, Human Resource Management, State University of New York at Buffalo
BA, Psychology, State University of New York at Plattsburgh

Courses Taught

BUS465 Human Resource Management
BUS468 Advanced HR
BUS475 Strategic Management
MBA720 Human Capital Strategies
MBA720 Capstone Proposal (retired course)
MBA792 MBA Capstone
BUS463 Startups & Small Business
BUS467 Employment Law
BUS366 Organizational Behavior
BUS469 Survey of Management Topics
BUS466 Project Management
BUS378 Business, Government & Society
BUS345 International Business
BUS367 Unions & Collective Bargaining (retired course)
GEP100 Academic Planning Seminar

Research Interests

Strategic human resource management practices
Discrimination & Organizational choice
Person-organization fit
Organizational Behavior
Business, Government & Society
Human Resources Management
Employment Law
Advanced Human Resources
Strategic Management

Recipient of SOBAM Teaching Award, 2019
Recipient of SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence, 2008.
Recipient of Best Presenter Award, Global Management & Information Technology Research Conference, New York City, May 2007.
Recipient of $6500 Davenport-Hatch Grant, SUNY Brockport, 2005
Finalist, Academy of Management Newman Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2000.
Recipient of $2500 Dissertation Award from Society for Human Resource Management Research Foundation, 1995

Canbolat, M., Waite, M. L., Bhadury, J. (2023). How Location Works In Practice: A Perspective from USA. Multicriteria Location Analysis. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Waite, M.L. (2022). Pitch a State: HR’s Role in Site Selection. Management Teaching Review.

Waite, M. L. (2018). Disparaging, Disloyal and Defamatory Social Media Posts: Cases in the Crosshairs of the National Labor Relations Act. Journal of Social Media for Organizations.

Martin, J. B., Bhadury, J., Cordeiro, J. J., Waite, M. L., Amoako-Gyampah, K. (2018). Service Operations In DMV (Division of Motor Vehicles) Offices Of USA - A Comparative Analysis. Management Research Review.

Waite, M. (2017). When Social Media Policy Broadsides Federal Labor Laws: An Era of Strong-Arming by the National Labor Relations Board. Business Research Consortium.

Waite, M. L. (2015). Emerging Trends in Social Media and Electronic Communications. Center for Scholastic Inquiry International Academic Research Conference Abstract.

Stites-Doe, S., Waite, M. L., Pillai, R. (2013). First Union: An office without walls. An integrative case. (12E ed., vol. Richard Daft’s Organization Theory and Design). Boston, MA: Cengage.

Keiser, J. D. & Waite, M. L. (2013). Motivated or inspired? A framework for distinguishing managers from leaders. SUNY Brockport Scholar’s Day.

Newman, J. M., Lillis, M. P., Waite, M. L., Krefting, L. A. (2009). Identifying Targets of Scientific Inquiry: Obstacles to the Advancement of Organization Science. International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior.

Keiser, J. & Waite, M.L. (2009). Distinguishing Leadership from Management: An Integrated Model of Leader Roles and Worker Outcomes. Annual Business Research Consortium of Western New York.

Waite, M.L. (2007). Managing Under Crisis: The Source of Atonement at JetBlue Airways. The Business Review.

Waite, M.L. (2007). Serving Others: The Roots of Egalitarianism at JetBlue Airways. International Conference on Advances in Management.

Waite, M.L. (2007). The Impact of Workplace Constraints on Organizational Change. Global Management & Information Technology Research Conference.

Certifications

Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). May 1999 - Present