Several of our faculty members have authored articles over the past year that discuss current, relevant topics in their respective fields.
Kristena Gaylor
Economics professor Dr. Kristena Gaylor has recently written an article titled "Unmasking the Mystery of Sex and Gender between the Bidirectional Relationship of Work-Family Conflict and Job Satisfaction." Her article discusses how sex has been the most commonly investigated variable in the extant work-family literature, but the findings have been inconsistent. Dr. Gaylor's article focuses on comparing sex, male and female, and gender, femininity and masculinity, as moderators between the bidirectional relationship of work-family conflict and job satisfaction. Utilizing a sample of matched pairs, 182 men and 182 women, results from the moderated regression analysis showed that only gender moderated the relationship between work-family conflict and job satisfaction for the full-time employees. The authors then discuss suggestions for implications, limitations, and future research. Dr. Gaylor's article has been published in the Journal of Business Diversity, which is dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge by publishing.
Mike Cudd, Marcelo Eduardo, & Chris Smith
Finance professors Dr. Mike Cudd, Dr. Marcelo Eduardo, and Mr. Chris Smith have authored a chapter titled "Cryptocurrency Returns" to be published in the book Cryptocurrencies. Their chapter devles into how one of the most significant innovations in the world of finance has been the creation and evolvement of cryptocurrencies. These digital means of exchange have been the focus of extensive news coverage, especially the Bitcoin, with a primary focus on the tremendous potential return and the high level of accompanying risk. In their chapter, they examine the risk-return pattern for an array of cryptocurrencies, contrasting the pattern with those of conventional currency and equity investments. They found the measures of cryptocurrency returns and risk to be a very high multiple of those of conventional investments, and the pattern is determined to be robust relative to the time frame. Consequently, cryptocurrencies are determined to provide an alternative to investors that involves tremendously high risk and return.
Billy Morehead
Accounting professor Dr. Billy Morehead has recently published an article in the Journal of Government Financial Management titled "Building the Workforce and Workplace in Government Financial Management." He discusses how developing the workforce and workplace requires diligence, flexibility, and nurturing. Thousands of baby boomers are beginning to retire, and the demand to fill those vacancies exceeds supply in large numbers. One part of the problem is that too few young people are being exposed to the government management financial profession because governmental accounting is rarely taught in colleges and universities. Also, one of the chief frustrations expressed by individuals trying to gain employment in both state and federal governments is the challenge of getting hired. The Association of Government Accountants (AGA) asked young government leaders what they wanted from their employers, and the top three answers were leadership training, assignments that stretch them, and formal career mentoring. In the past few years, AGA has also placed significant focus connecting students and young career-focused individuals with career placement throughout the government financial management profession.
Sara Kimmel, Kristena Gaylor, & Bryan Hayes
International business professor Dr. Sara Kimmel, economics professor Dr. Kristena Gaylor, and marketing professor Dr. Bryan Hayes have written and published an article titled "Age Differences among Adult Learners: Motivations and Barriers to Higher Education." Their study examines age differences among adult learners in their motivations and barriers to higher education, comparing results from a 2004-2005 study with results from a 2010 study of nontraditional students (age 25 and over) enrolled in four-year colleges that offered academic programs designed for working adults. The study compares responses gathered from a convenience sample of face-to-face learners (683) in five private institutions and one public university in 2004-2005 with those from a convenience sample of face-to-face and online learners (530) in three private institutions in 2010. Significant differences were revealed between both differing age groups over time and same-age groups between periods of time. The results, while regional, have implications for administrators in higher education seeking to improve adult enrollment and retention through the provision of services important to older learners. Their article has been published in the Academy of Business Research Journal, which is an interdisciplinary journal dealing with issues in business and education.
Mark Morgan & Brooks Poole
Accounting professors Dr. Mark Morgan and Brooks Poole have co-authored and published a paper titled "Introduce Non-GAAP Metrics to Business Students" in the December 2018 edition of the Journal of Business Education Innovation. They discuss how the use of measures that are not considered generally accepted by the accounting profession has become widespread and is increasing. Business educators and instructors should learn about these metrics so they can introduce it to their students and expand their students' understanding of how it relates to the accounting profession. Even though the financial community has begun the use of and justification for the publication of financial statements with what are commonly called non-GAAP metrics, many business educators and even accountants old and new to the profession are not informed about these differing forms of non-GAAP nor have an idea of its potential benefit or harm. Through their paper, educators and students have the opportunity to learn more about the description of non-GAAP, some of its history, and the regulatory response to its use.
Brandon Bolen
Economics professor Dr. Brandon Bolen has recently had his paper published in the Journal of Institutional Economics, which is devoted to the study of the nature, role, and evolution of institutions in the economy. His paper is titled "The dynamic properties of institutional reform: an analysis of US states" and discusses how decades of research show that economic freedom is highly correlated with desirable economic outcomes both internationally and locally; however, little is known about the transition from low to high levels of economic freedom, particularly for institutions under local control. His research shows that while economic freedom is decreasing in the United States with regard to institutions under national control, economic freedom is increasing among the states of the U.S. with regard to institutions under state and local control. Economic freedom increases gradually among the states, driven primarily by increasing labor market freedom. Decreases in economic freedom, on the other hand, occur sharply, often following stark changes to state fiscal policies.
Chuck Beauchamp
Finance professor Dr. Chuck Beauchamp has written an article titled "A Fundamentalist Theory of Real Estate Market Outcomes" that was published the Economic Modelling journal. His article introduces and estimates a structural model of search and matching in real estate markets. He states that there are three benefits of developing such a theory to better understand the structure that determines these processes. The first is that the estimation method accurately and efficiently models the structural demand and supply functions of buyers and sellers. The second is that the model replicates several salient features of real estate markets with respect to how sales price and weeks on the market are correlated across time and sellers. And the third is that despite full seller rationality, the model predicts sticky sales prices by fact of the trade-off between price and weeks on the market.
