Human Resource Management
International Human Resource Management
Business & Society
Organizational Behavior
Journal Publications
Becker, W. S. (in press). Starting new team operations: Lessons from greenfield managers. Team Performance Management.
Becker, W. S., & Burke, M. J. (2012). The staff ride: An approach to qualitative data generation and analysis. Organizational Research Methods, 15, 2, 316-335.
Becker, W. S. (2011). Are you leading a socially responsible and sustainable human resource function? People & Strategy, 34, 1, 18-23.
Becker, W. S., Carbo, J. A. II, Esq., & Langella, I. M. (2010). Beyond self-interest: Integrating social responsibility and supply chain management with human resource development. Human Resource Development Review, 9, 2, 144-168.
Becker, W. S., Dale, W. M., & Pavur, E. J. Jr. (2010). Forensic science in transition: Critical leadership challenges. Forensic Science Policy & Management: An International Journal, 1, 1-10.
Becker, W. S. (2010). Ethics and human resources: An exercise involving new employees. Journal of Human Resource Education, 4, 4, 26-34.
Becker, W. S. (2007). Missed opportunities and the Great Bear Wilderness Disaster. Organizational Dynamics, 36, 4, 363-376.
Recent Textbooks
Dale, W. M. & Becker, W. S. (in preparation). Applying Business Principles to Forensic Laboratory Management. NYC: Taylor & Francis.
Dale, W. M. & Becker, W. S. (2007). The Crime Scene: How Forensic Science Works. NYC: Kaplan Publishing.
Chapters In Edited Volumes and Other Scholarly Contributions
Becker, W. S. (in press). Organization development: A practitioner’s guide for OD and HR [Review]. Personnel Psychology.
Becker, W. S. & Smith, R. (in press). Social and environmental responsibility, sustainability, and human resource practices. In, Sustainable Value Chain Management: Analyzing, Designing, Implementing, and Monitoring for Social and Environmental Responsibility. Adam indgreen, Sankar Sen, Franҫois Maon, and Joëlle Vanhamme (Editors), Gower Publishing.
Becker, W. S. (in press). Socially responsible and sustainable supply chains. In, Greening Organizations: Driving Change with I-O Psychology, Ann H. Huffman and Stephanie R. Klein (Editors), Taylor & Francis.
Becker, W. S. (2012). Turbulence: Boeing and the state of American workers and managers [Review]. Personnel Psychology, 216-219.
Becker, W. S. (2012). Self-directed work teams. In, Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management, Vol. 1, Key Topics and Issues. R. K. Prescott (Editor). Pfeiffer.
Bagyi, J., & Becker, W. S. (2012). Employment discrimination. In, Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management, Vol 1, Key Topics and Issues. R. K. Prescott (Editor). Pfeiffer.
Ruud, J., & Becker, W. S. (2012). Employment at will. In, Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management, Vol 1, Key Topics and Issues. R. K. Prescott (Editor). Pfeiffer.
SELECT Honors and Awards
Executive Board, Metropolitan New York Association of Applied Psychology (METRO), elected 2012.
Recipient, Research Excellence Award, Academy of Human Resource Development, 2010.
Editor, The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 2007-2010.
Recipient, Outstanding Research Award, Shippensburg University.
Recipient, Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, State University
of New York, 2007.
Recipient, Newman Dissertation Award, Organization Development
and Change, Academy Mgt, 2000.