Deborah Balser
Deborah
Balser
Associate Professor of Management and
Public Policy Administration
Office: 1008
SSB Tower ~ Voice: 314-516-6277
E-Mail: balserd@umsl.edu
Degrees
Held:
PhD
- Organizational Behavior, School of Industrial & Labor Relations,
Cornell University, 1999
M.S.
- Organizational Behavior, School of Industrial & Labor Relations,
Cornell University, 1994
B.S.
- Housing, School of Human Ecology, Cornell University, 1980
Interests:
- Areas:
Organizational Theory, Organizational Conflict Management, Organizational
Behavior, Business and Society
- Courses:
- Organizational Behavior and Administrative Processes
- Organizational Change and Design
- Workplace Conflict Management
Research:
- Areas: Organizational Theory, Organizational Conflict Management, Disability, Sociology of Work, Business and Society
- Selected
Significant Publications:
- Balser, D. B. 2007. "Predictors of Workplace Accommodations for Employees with Mobility-Related Disabilties." Administration & Society, 39(5): 656-683.
- Balser, D.B. and J. McClusky. 2005. "Managing Stakeholder Relationships and Nonprofit Organization Effectiveness." Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 15(3): 295-316.
- Carmin, J. and D.B. Balser. 2002. "Selecting Repertoires of Action in Environmental Movement Organizations: An Interpretive Approach." Organization & Environment, 15(4): 365-388.
- Balser, D.B. 2002. "Agency in Organizational Inequality: Organizational Behavior and Individual Perceptions of Discrimination." Work and Occupations, 29(2): 137-165.
- Balser, D.B. and R.N. Stern. 1999. "Resistance and Cooperation: A Response to Conflict over Job Performance." Human Relations, 52(8): 1029-1053.
- Balser, D.B., 1997. "Impact of Environmental Factors on Factionalism and Schism in Social Movement Organizations," Social Forces, 76(1): 199-228.