Research
PUBLISHED REFEREED ARTICLES:
"Utilization of Open Communication Systems In The Managerial Decision Making Process: Decision Making Transparency In A Large Public Agency." Academy of Managerial Communications Journal. Volume 5, numbers 1 and 2, 2001.
"Communicating Critical Messages in a Multi-Cultural Workplace: The Nurse Manager as Intercultural Communicator." Academy of Managerial Communications Journal, Spring 2002.
"Attracting and Retraining IT Super Stars: Using Parallel Virtual Information Technology Units in Traditional Organizations" Academy of Strategic and Organizational Leadership Journal. Volume 4 Numbers 1 and 2, 2000.
"Alignment of Employer and Faculty Expectations of Student Communication Competencies: A Collaborative Approach to Business Communications Curriculum Development" Academy of Education Leadership. Spring, 2000
"Complex Problem Solving Using Labor-Management Partnerships." University of California: California Public Employee Relations Journal (Spring, 1999)
"Author's response to critique of 'Complex Problem Solving Using Labor-Management Partnerships'" University of California: California Public Employee Relations Journal (Spring, 1999)
REFEREED DOMESTIC CONFERENCES WITH PUBLISHED PROCEEDING:
"Creating Transparency in Managerial Decisions as a Tool to Effectuate Organizational Change: An Experiment in Mutual Gain Bargaining in a Large Public Transit Agency:" Paper presented to the Academy of Business & Administrative Sciences. Brussels, Belgium. Published in the Belgium Conference Proceedings. (July, 2001).
Collaborative Labor Management Relations-Ready or Not : Assessing Labor and Management's Readiness to Utilize Mutual Gain Problem Solving Strategies. Paper presented to the Academy of Strategic and Organizational Leadership. Maui Hawaii. Published in the Allied Academies Maui International Conference Proceedings. (October, 2001)
Building Next Generation Chief Executive Officers: A Model For a University Lead Leadership Institute. Paper presented to the Academy of Educational Leadership. Maui, Hawaii. Published in the Allied Academies Maui International Conference Proceedings. (October, 2001)
Perceived Communication Competence of English-only Speaking Managers in a Multi-lingual Work Place: Nurse Managers at Work in Northern California Hospitals. Paper presented to the Academy of Managerial Communications. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Published in the Allied Academies Myrtle Beach International Conference Proceedings. (April, 2000)
"Attracting and Retraining IT Super Stars: Using Parallel Virtual Information Technology Units in Traditional Organizations" Paper presented to the Academy of Strategic and Organizational Leadership. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Published in the Allied Academies Myrtle Beach International Conference Proceedings. (April, 2000).
"Alignment of Employer and Faculty Expectations of Student Communication Competencies: A Collaborative Approach to Business Communications Curriculum Development" Paper presented to the Academy of Educational Leadership. Las Vegas. Published in Allied Academies Las Vegas International Conference Proceedings. (October, 1999).
Collective Bargaining as a Tool to Effectuate Organizational Change: An Experiment in Mutual Gain Bargaining in a Large Transit Agency. Presented to Academy of Strategic Leadership in Las Vegas. Published in Allied Academies Las Vegas International Conference Proceedings. (October, 1999).
Information Technology (IT) Department as a Competitive Organization. Co-authored paper with Merle Martin and Russell Chiang (CSUS, CBA) titled Paper published in the New Orleans proceedings of Decision Science Institute New Orleans. (Fall 1999) Presentation of paper made by co-author Russell Chiang
"Collective Bargaining as a Tool to Effectuate Organizational Change: An Experiment in Mutual Gain Bargaining in a Large Transit Agency." Paper presented to the Academy of Strategic and Organizational Leadership. Las Vegas. October 1999.
PUBLISHED NOT REFEREED:
"Review and Analysis of Privatization Efforts in the United States and Abroad." Co-authored with Anne Cowden and Jaime Alvayay CSU, Sacramento School of Business. Faculty Fellows Program, Center for California Studies, California State University, Sacramento.
This research was funded by a grant from the CSU, Faculty Fellows Program. The grant was awarded after a CSU wide competition. The results of the research have been used by State Officials to develop strategies to create an atmosphere supportive of competitive government.
"Alameda Contra Costa County Transit District: 1997 Collective Bargaining Lessons Learned." An analysis of joint problem in a collective bargaining setting. Public report for Alameda Contra Costa Transit District.
"Virtual Parallel Information Technology Units: An Alternative Organizational Structure for the United States Military" Written at the request of General Henry H. Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Designing organizational structures to retain traditional values while utilizing cutting edge technologies. Available at the office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Current Research Activities:
Responsive Governmental Structures Research and Analysis of international and domestic practices related to management of privatization, re-engineering, rightsizing, competition, and redesigning local, state, and national governments.
Communication Competence of mono-lingual nurse managers in a multi-lingual work environment. Utilized four instruments to measure levels of communication competence of nurse manager at three different locations in Northern California. The research was self funded and provided information related selection, training and promotion of nurse managers.
Discourse as Problem Solving - A Different Perspective of Labor Relations. Utilization of construction of common language as a method to create open communication systems between labor and management.
Leadership of High Risk Business Ventures - Lesson Learned From U.S. Military Special Operations Units. Transferability of leadership techniques used in high risk military operations to business community.