David Palmer

Title

Professor, Management

Office Building

Harding Hall

Office

235

Mailing Address

Harding Hall 235
Economics-Box 2220
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Education

• B.S. in management science | State University of New York University Center at Binghamton
• M.B.A. | Bowling Green State University
• Ph.D. in organizational behavior/human resource management | Purdue University

Academic Responsibilities

• HRM 460 - Human Resource Management
• MGMT 334 - Small Business Management
• MGMT 360 - Organizations and Management
• PSYC 602 - Advanced Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• PSYC 627 - Teams in Organizations 
• PSYC 728/MGMT 792 - Leadership and Motivation

Committees and Professional Memberships

• Academy of Management (Human Resource Management Division, Organizational Behavior Division)
• Association for Psychological Science
• Comics Studies Society
• Nebraska Economics and Business Association
• Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (APA Division 14)
• Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Division 2)

Awards and Honors

• 2017, Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska at Kearney
• 2015, 2016, John Beck Faculty Research Incentive Fund (High Impact Research), College of Business and Technology, University of Nebraska at Kearney
• 2007-2008, 2015-2016, Tenured Faculty Scholarship Award, College of Business and Technology, University of Nebraska at Kearney
• 2014, Award for Outstanding Service, Nebraska Economics and Business Association
• 2012, Distinguished Research Award, Business and Leadership Symposium, Fort Hays State University
• 2002, Faculty Mentor of Undergraduate Research, College of Business and technology, University of Nebraska at Kearney
• 1999, ANBAR Citation of Excellence, Journal of Managerial Psychology (Special Issue on Polychronicity)

Grants

• Fleig-Palmer, M. M., Kastello, L., Honeyman, S., Fritson, K. and Palmer, D. K. Comics in Medicine and Teaching: Rethinking Comics as a Therapeutic and Educational Tool. University of Nebraska at Kearney Colloquium, 2015, $20,000.

Areas of Research

• Psychological aspects of organizational time (OB)
• Structured selection interviews (HRM)
• Interview training (HRM)
• Generational differences/demographics (HRM/OB)
• American comic book industry (management)

Publications

1. Palmer, D. K. (2016). Taking time seriously as a component of employee resilience. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, (9)2, 517-522.
2. Palmer, D. K. (2016). The tail that wags the dog: The impact of distribution on the development and direction of the American comic book industry. In C. Brienza and P. Johnston (eds.), Cultures of Comics Work (Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels) (pp. 235-249). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
3. Palmer, D. K. (2016). The people of the Plains are micropolitan. In J. M. Blauwkamp (Ed.), People of the Plains: Studies of the People of the Great Plains (pp. 108-119). Kearney, NE: University of Nebraska at Kearney.
4. Palmer, D. K. and Fleig-Palmer, M. M. (2015). Integrating trustworthiness for a more nuanced understanding of nepotism and cronyism. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 8(1), 22-27.
5. Fleig-Palmer, M. M., Lear, J. L., Palmer, D. K. and Luethke, T. (2012). How do mentors and protégés choose each other?  The influence of benevolence, OCB, and POS on initiation of mentoring relationships. Journal of Business and Leadership: Research, Practice and Teaching, 8, 32-42.
6. Palmer, D. K. (2010). The importance of superheroes to the American comic book industry, 1958-1962. Journal of Business and Leadership: Research, Practice and Teaching, 6, 116-128.
7. Palmer, D. K. (2010). The evolution of the American comic book industry: Are we entering the third wave? Advances in Business Research, 1(1), 232-239.
8. Hughes, L. W. and Palmer, D. K. (2007). An investigation of the effects of psychological contract and organization-based self-esteem on organizational commitment in a sample of permanent and contingent workers. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 14(2), 143-156.
9. Palmer, D. K. (2006). The polychronic leader: What would leadership research look like if we considered polychronicity?  Journal of Business and Leadership: Research, Practice and Teaching, 2(1), 99-107.
10. Rathert, C., Fleig-Palmer, M. M. and Palmer, D. K. (2006). Minimizing medical errors: A qualitative analysis of health care providers’ views on improving patient safety. Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship, 11(4), 5-17.
11. Palmer, D. K. (2005). Human resource management in the Great Plains with a micropolitan twist: Ten research propositions. Journal of Business and Leadership: Research, Practice and Teaching, 1, 192-200.
12. Palmer, D. K. (2003). Multiple organizational times and the concept of plurichronicity. 2003 Conference Proceedings of the Midwest Division of the Academy of Management, St. Louis, MO, April 2003.
13. Williams, M. L., Malos, S. B. and Palmer, D. K. (2002). Satisfaction with benefits: Construct dimensionality and theoretical antecedents. Journal of Management, 28, 195-215.
14. Palmer, D. K. and Schoorman, F. D. (1999). Unpackaging the multiple aspects of time in polychronicity. Journal of Managerial Psychology (Special Issue on Polychronicity), 14(3/4), 323-344.
15. Palmer, D. K., Campion, M. A. and Green, P. C. (1999). Interview training for both applicant and interviewer. In R. W. Eder and M. M. Harris (Eds.), The Employment Interview Handbook (pp. 337-351). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
16. Campion, M. A., Palmer, D. K. and Campion, J. E. (1998). Structuring employment interviews to improve reliability, validity and users’ reactions. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 7, 77-82.  
17. Campion, M. A., Palmer, D. K. and Campion, J. E. (1997). A review of structure in the selection interview. Personnel Psychology, 50, 655-702.  
18. Campion, M. A. and Palmer, D. K. (1996). Discovering corporate consciousness. Journal of Business and Psychology, 10, 389-400.