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Amy Verbos

Amy Verbos
Assistant Professor
Management, Marketing and Business Law, School of Business
UB Beacom Hall 108
Phone: 605-677-5540
Bio:
Dr. Verbos received her Ph.D. in Management Science (Organizations and Strategic Management) from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2009. She had a 17-year career practicing corporate, banking, and real estate law in Wisconsin and Michigan. Dr. Verbos is an enrolled member of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and serves on the Mno Bmadsen board creating non-gaming business enterprises.
Teaching Interests:
Organizational Behavior, Survey of Business, Business Ethics, Business Policy & Strategy, Training and Development
Research Interests:
Relational ethics, Native American values, Relational institutional logics, Principles of Responsible Management Education, Mentoring and careers
Education:
  • Ph D, Management Science/Organizations and Strategic Management, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2009
  • Masters of Public Administration, Concentration in Nonprofit Organizations and Management, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2003
  • JD, Law, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1984
  • BBA, Marketing, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1981
Publications:
  • Verbos, A., Humphries, M., (2012), Decoupling equality, diversity, and inclusion from liberal projects: Hailing Indigenous contributions to institutional change , Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: An International journal, vol. 31, iss. 5/6, pp. 506-525.
  • Verbos, A., Gladstone, J., Kennedy, D., (2011), Native American values and management education: Envisioning an inclusive virtuous circle, Journal of Management Education , vol. 35, iss. 1, pp. 10-26.
  • Verbos, A., Kennedy, D., Gladstone, J., (2011), Coyote was walking: Management education in Indian time, Journal of Management Education , vol. 35, iss. 1, pp. 51-65.
  • Ragins, B. R., Verbos, A., (2007), Positive relationships in action: Relational mentoring and mentoring schemas in the workplace, Lawrence Erlbaum, pp. 91-116.
  • Verbos, A., Gerard, J., Forshey, P., Harding, C., Miller, J., (2007), The positive ethical organization: Enacting a living code of ethics and ethical organizational identity, Journal of Business Ethics/Springer Netherlands, vol. 76, iss. 1, pp. 17-33.
Awards and Honors:
  • Invited Member, Golden Key International Honour Society , 2009
  • C. Edward Weber Research Award, School of Business, UW-Milwaukee, 2008
  • Roger Fitzsimmons Dissertation Scholarship, School of Business, UW-Milwaukee, 2007
  • Dissertation Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Graduate School , 2006
  • Eric Schenker Summer Doctoral Dissertation Scholarship, School of Business, UW-Milwaukee, 2006
  • Promising Young Scholar Research Excellence Award, PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association , 2006
  • Graduate Fellowship, UW-Milwaukee Graduate School, 2004
  • Chancellor's Fellow, School of Business, UW-Milwaukee, 2003
  • Order of the Coif, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1984
  • Beta Gamma Sigma, UW-Oshkosh School of Business, 1980
Presentations:
  • Dykstra, D., Verbos, A., (2012, October). Women in business academia: An examination of female faculty attrition within business education. Presented at the Biennial Women and Gender Research Conference , Vermillion, SD.
  • Verbos, A., Humphries, M. (2012, August). PRME Praxis: Institutional Change through Native American Relational Logics. Presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, Boston, MA.
  • Verbos, A., Kennedy, D., Gladstone, J., Stewart, D. (2012, August). Create Timeless Stories for Inductive, Reflective Learning: Native American Pedagogy. Presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, Boston, MA.
  • Verbos, A., Sommer, S. A. (2012, July). Task and Relational Engagement: Conceptualizing Multiple Paths to Team Creativity. Presented at the INGRoup Conference, Chicago, IL.
  • Stewart, D., Verbos, A., Kennedy, D., Gladstone, J., Sommer, S. A. (2012, June). Sustainability through Inductive and Reflective Pedagogy: Contemporary Application of Native American Story-Telling . Presented at the OBTC Teaching Conference for Management Educators, St. Catharines, ON, CA.
  • DeMarr, B., Stickney, L., Verbos, A. (2012, June). Sustaining Your Ability to Be a Rose Among Thorns. Presented at the OBTC Teaching Conference for Management Educators, St. Catharines, ON, CA.
  • Verbos, A. (2011, August). Toward Authenticity in Teaching the Principles of Responsible Management Education. Presented at the 2011 Academy of Management Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
  • Verbos, A., Humphries, M. (2011, July). The confluence of institutional logics in co-governance: Ancient wisdom for modern times. Presented at the 27th EGOS Colloquium, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • Humphries, M., Verbos, A. (2011, July). Harmonizing the Wisdom of the Ancients for Human Organisation and Organizational Management and Environmental Responsiveness. Presented at the 7th International Critical Management Studies Conference, Naples, Italy.
  • Verbos, A., Yagi, N. (2011, June). Open to the Possibilities of Appreciative Team Feedback. Presented at the 2011 OBTC Teaching Conference for Management Educatos, Milwaukee, WI.
  • Gladsone, J., Stewart, D., Verbos, A. (2011, June). Open to Others: Exploring the Possibilities of Indigenous Work/Life Balance in the Classroom and At Work. Presented at the 2011 OBTC Teaching Conference for Management Educatos, Milwaukee, WI.
  • Verbos, A., Humphries, M. (2011, April). Indigenous Rights and the PRME: Inclusion or Illusion. Presented at the CR3, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Verbos, A. (2010, August). Just, Caring, & Brave Ethical Organizational Identities: Archetypes, Constraints, and Enablers. Presented at the 2010 Academy of Management Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • Miller, J. S., Verbos, A. (2010, August). Proximal and Distal Variables: The Social Context of Performance Evaluation. Presented at the 2010 Academy of Management Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • Verbos, A. (2010, August).
  • Verbos, A., Stewart, D., Gladstone, J., Kennedy, D. (2010, June). Hidden Elephants: A Dialogue to Engage Difference and Create Connections through American Indian Values. Presented at the 37th Annual OBTS Teaching Society for Management Educators Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
  • Verbos, A., Gladstone, J., Kennedy, D., (2009, August). Native American Cultural Influences on Career Self-Schemas and MBA Aspirations. Presented at the 2009 Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago, IL.
  • Verbos, A. (2009, August). Measuring the Relational Dimension of Ethical Decisions. Presented at the 2009 Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago, IL.
  • Verbos, A., Stewart, D., Gladstone, J. (2009, June). Indigenous Knowledge and Management Education. A Roundtable . Presented at the OBTS Teaching Society for Management Educators 36th Annual Conference, Charleston, SC.
  • Verbos, A., Miller, J. S. (2008, August). Cooperate, Compete, or Ignore? An Interdependence Theory Perspective on Stakeholder Engagement. Presented at the 2008 Academy of Management Meeting, Anaheim, CA.
  • Verbos, A. (2008, June). Finding Pathways for Critical Thinking Exercises & Adventures in Motivation through Goal Setting. Presented at the OBTS Teaching Society for Management Educators 35th Annual Conference, Boston, MA.
  • Verbos, A., Ragins, B. R. (2007, August). A Career Schema Approach to Developmental Relationships. Presented at the 2007 Annual Academy of Management Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Verbos, A., Miller, J. S. (2007, August). Relational Stakeholder Engagement: Enacting Care as a Multi-level Positive Ethical Identity. Presented at the 2007 Annual Academy of Management Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Ragins, B. R., Eby, L. T., Verbos, A. (2007, April). Understanding the Motivated Mentor: Self-Construals and Willingness to Mentor. Presented at the 22nd Annual SIOP Conference, New York, NY.
  • Ragins, B. R., Verbos, A. (2007, April). Mentoring Schema Theory: Applying a Social Cognition Lens to Mentoring Relationships. Presented at the 22nd Annual SIOP Conference, New York, NY.
  • Verbos, A., Miller, J. S., Gerard, J. A. (2006, October). Envisioning Business as Relational Mentor: Enacting a Living Code of Ethics through the Ethic of Care to Effect Global Change. . Presented at the Business as an Agent of World Benefit Conference, Academy of Management, United Nations Global Compact, and Case Western Reserve University.
  • Ragins, B. R., Verbos, A. (2006, August). Understanding high quality connections in mentoring relationships. Presented at the 2006 Annual Academy of Management Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Verbos, A., Gerard, J. A., Forshey, P. R., Harding, C. S., Miller, J. S. (2006, August). The Positive Ethical Organization: Enacting a Living Code of Ethics and Ethical Organizational Identity. Presented at the 2006 Annual Academy of Management Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Verbos, A. (2006, August). Mentoring and ethical identities. . Presented at the 2006 Annual Academy of Management Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Verbos, A. (2006, June). Excellence in Management Education: Courage and Commitment at the Profession’s Entrance Door. Presented at the OBTC , Rochester, New York.