SARA L. RYNES

Joined the College of Business: 1990

Education: PhD, Industrial Relations, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1981; MS, Industrial Relations, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1977; BA, Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1974.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Focus:

• Human resource management
• Organizational staffing
• Employee compensation
• Knowledge transfer

Expertise:

• Job search and recruitment
• Compensation strategies and outcomes
• Human resource strategies
• Academic-practitioner relations

Current Projects:

• Common Misconceptions: Knowledge Gaps Between Researchers and HR Practitioners
• Knowledge Transfer Between Academics and Practitioners: A Test of Competing Models
• Teaching in the Organizational Sciences: A Call for Double-loop Analysis and Learning
• Applicant Reactions to Company Websites During Early Job Search
• Recruitment Research in the 21st Century: Moving to a Higher Level

Selected Publications:

• Trank, C.Q., Rynes, S.L. & Bretz, R.D. "Attracting Applicants in the War for Talent: Differences in Work Preferences Among High Achievers." Journal of Business and Psychology, in press.
• Rynes, S.L., Bartunek, J.M. & Daft, R.L. "Across the Great Divide: Knowldge Creation and Transfer Between Practitioners and Academics." Academy of Management Journal , 2001.
• Rynes, S.L., McNatt, D.B. & Bretz, R.D. Jr. "Academic Research Inside Organizations: Inputs, Processes and Outcomes." Personnel Psychology, 1999, 52, 869-898.
• Rynes, S.L. & Quinn-Trank, C. "Behavioral Science in the Business School Curriculum: Teaching in a Changing Institutional Environment." Academy of Management Review, 1999, 24, 808-824.
• Rynes, S.L., Orlitzky, M.O. & Bretz, R.D. "Experienced Hiring Versus College Recruiting: Practices and Emerging Trends." Personnel Psychology, 1997.
• Rynes, S.L. & Rosen, B. "A Field Survey of Factors Affecting the Adoption and Perceived Success of Diversity Training," Personnel Psychology, Summer 1995.
• Rynes, S.L. & Connerley, M.L. "Applicant Reactions to Alternative Selection Procedures." Journal of Business & Psychology, 1993.
• Olian, J.D. & Rynes, S.L. "Making Total Quality Work: Aligning Organizational Processes, Performance Measures and Stakeholders," Human Resource Management, Fall 1992.
• Rynes, S.L., Bretz, R.D. and Gerhart, B. "The Importance of Recruitment in Job Choice: A Different Way of Looking," Personnel Psychology, Autumn 1991.
• Gerhart, B. & Rynes, S.L. "Determinants and Consequences of Salary Negotiations by Graduating Male and Female MBAs." Journal of Applied Psychology, 1991.
• Weber, C.L. & Rynes, S.L. "Effects of Compensation Strategy on Job Pay Decisions." Academy of Management Journal, 1991.
• Rynes, S.L. & Gerhart, B.M. "Interviewer Assessments of Applicant Fit: An Exploratory Investigation." Personnel Psychology, 1991.
• Rynes, S.L. & Barber, A.E. "Applicant Attraction Strategies: An Organizational Perspective." Academy of Management Review, 1990.
• "Applicant Attraction Strategies: An Organizational Perspective," Academy of Management Review, April 1990.
• Rynes, S.L., Weber, C.L. & Milkovich, G.T. "The Effects of Market Survey Rates, Job Evaluation and Job Gender on Job Pay," Journal of Applied Psychology, February 1989.
• Rynes, S.L. & Boudreau, J.W. "College Recruiting in Large Organizations," Special Feature, Personnel Psychology, Winter 1986.
• Boudreau, J.W. & Rynes, S.L. "The Role of Recruiting in Staffing Utility Analysis." Journal of Applied Psychology, 1985.
• Olian, J.D. & Rynes, S.L. "Organizational Staffing: Integrating Practice and Strategy." Industrial Relations, 1983.
• Rosen, B. Rynes, S. & Mahoney, T.A. "Compensation, Jobs and Gender." Harvard Business Review, 1983.

Professional Activities:

• Incoming Associate Editor, Academy of Management Journal
• Editorial Board, Academy of Management Journal of Learning and Education
• Editorial Board, Quality Management Journal
• Consultant, speaker and trainer for a variety of public and private sector organizations.
• Member, HR Division Executive Committee, 1982-1986
• Member, AMJ Best Paper Committee 1990, 1996 & 1998 (Chair, 1990)
• Member, Academy of Management Best Dissertation Committee 2001 & 2002 (Chair, 2002)

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