Micki Michele Kacmar
- Specialty Areas:
Ethics, organizational politics, impression management, and work-family conflict.
- Education:
- Illinois State University (B.S. and M.S.), Texas A&M University (Ph.D.).
- Honors, Achievements and Affiliations:
Professor Kacmar's research interests include ethics, impression management, organizational politics, and work-family conflict. She has published over 100 articles in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Journal of Business Ethics. She co-authored a textbook with Drs. William P. Anthony and Pamela L. Perrew entitled Human resource management: A strategic approach. The book is currently in its 6th edition. Dr. Kacmar has received numerous teaching awards, a variety of research awards, several best paper and best reviewer awards, and was selected as one of five Developing Scholars at Florida State University for 1998. In 2002 she was awarded the Alumni Achievement Award by her alma mater, Illinois State University and in 2006 was presented with The Mays Distinguished Doctoral Alumni Award from her alma mater, Texas A&M University.
Dr. Kacmar was an Associate Editor for the Academy of Management Journal from 2007-2010, served as an Associate Editor for Human Resource Management from 1996-1999, and as the Editor of the Journal of Management from 2000-2002. She currently serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, and Academy of Management Journal. She is active in the Academy of Management having been elected to the Executive Committee for the HR Division, served a three-year term as the HR Division Newsletter Co-Editor, and fulfilled the HR Division’s 5-year officer rotation. Dr. Kacmar also was elected to the Board of Governors for the Southern Management Association and served a six-year term on the Board of Directors of the Society for Human Resource Management Foundation. She is a Fellow in the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the Southern Management Association.
Prior to accepting a position at UA, she served on the faculty at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, and Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. Professor Kacmar worked in industry as a programmer analyst for the Continuum Company in Austin, Texas, as an automation trainer for Whirlpool Corporation in LaPorte, Indiana, and sold real estate in Normal, Illinois. She also worked in human resources at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on her sabbatical in 2000. With respect to consulting, she has worked with a variety of organizations including Mirage Hotel and Casino, Whirlpool, Florida Bar Association, Florida Department of Insurance, FAPEO, Bellagio Hotel and Casino, Scott McRae, Florida Department of Health, and Burger King.