Marion Eberly, Ph.D.

Marion Eberly joined the Milgard School of Business in 2011 after earning her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources from the University of Washington, Seattle. Her research interests focus on employee turnover and relationships in the workplace with a special emphasis on leadership, emotions and attributions. She teaches introduction to management and international management at the undergraduate level. Prior to her academic career, she worked in Human Resources in the United States and in Germany for an international agricultural manufacturing company.

Specialty

Organizational Behavior with a focus on leadership, emotions, attributions. Human Resource Management with a focus on employee turnover.

Publications

• Chen, X. P., Eberly, M. B., Chiang, T. J., Farh, J. L., & Cheng, B. S. (in press). Affective trust in Chinese leaders: Linking paternalistic leadership to employee performance. Journal of Management.
• Eberly, M. B., & Mitchell, T. R. (forthcoming). The Attribution Model of Leadership. In E. H. Kessler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Management Theory. Sage Publications.
• Eberly, M. B., Liu, D., Mitchell, T. R., & Lee, T. W. (forthcoming). Attributions and Emotions as Mediators and/or Moderators in the Goal Striving Process. In E. A. Locke & G. P. Latham (Eds.), A Theory of Goal setting and Task Performance (2nd Ed.). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group: London, UK.
• Eberly, M. B., Holley, E. C., Johnson, M. D., & Mitchell, T. R. (2011). Beyond internal and external: A dyadic theory of relational attributions. Academy of Management Review, 36: 731-753.
• Hernandez, M., Eberly, M. B., Avolio, B. J., & Johnson, M. D. (2011). The loci and mechanisms of leadership: Exploring a more comprehensive view of leadership theory. The Leadership Quarterly, 22: 1165-1185.
• Eberly, M. B., Holtom, B.C., Lee, T. W., & Mitchell T. R. (2009). Controlling voluntary turnover by determining its causes. In E. A. Locke (Ed.), Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior (2nd Ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester, West Sussex, UK
• Holtom, B. C., Mitchell, T. R., Lee, T. W., & Eberly, M. B. (2008). Turnover and retention research: A glance at the past, a closer review of the present, and a venture into the future. The Academy of Management Annals, 2: 231-274.

Honors and Awards

• Evert McCabe Fellowship, University of Washington (2010) Michael G. Foster School of Business Ph.D. Program Teaching Award in Recognition of Outstanding Teaching (2008-2009)
• Michael G. Foster School of Business Deans Achievement Award in Recognition of Outstanding Achievement in the Ph.D. Program (2006-2007)
• Outstanding Reviewer Award from the OB Division of the Academy of Management in 2007, 2008 and 2009
• Dissertation research grant in the amount of $2,500 provided by the University of Washington Global Business Center (2008)
• Robert Mathis Award for academic accomplishment in the University of Nebraska  Omaha MBA program (2005)
• Beta Gamma Sigma member since 2005
• Verwaltungs- und Wirtschaftsakademie Award for highest GPA (1999)
• IHK (Chamber of Commerce) Scholarship for outstanding performance within the Industrial Businesswoman apprenticeship program (1998)
• IHK (Chamber of Commerce) award for best GPA in the state for Industrial Businesswoman certification (1998)