Michele Swift

Assistant Professor

Department: Management
Office: Bexell 400E
Phone: 541-737-4110
Email: michele.swift@bus.oregonstate.edu


 

Michele Swift is an Assistant Professor in Management and received her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder. In her dissertation she studied the motivation to engage in knowledge sharing for which she received a grant from the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the HR Division of the Academy of Management. Prior to obtaining her Ph.D. Michele spent approximately ten years in various HR generalist positions where she was responsible for staffing, benefits, payroll, workers' compensation, and employee relations and she spent five years as a HR systems consultant where she developed and implemented HR self-service applications. She is also an active member of the Academy of Management, INFORMS, and SHRM.

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Education

  • Ph.D., Organization Management, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 2007.
  • M.S., Human Resources & Industrial Relations, University of Oregon, 1997.
  • B.A., Economic (minor Psychology), University of California Irvine, 1988.

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Employment

  • Oregon State University, Assistant Professor, Management, 2007 – present
  • California State University Bakersfield, Lecturer, 2006 – 2007
  • University of Colorado Boulder, Ph.D. Student, Instructor, and Research Assistant, 2002 – 2006
  • Cedar, Project Manager/Consultant, 1997 – 2002
  • Western Pneumatics, Human Resources/Payroll, 1994 – 1995
  • Lane County Medical Society, Placement Director, 1993 – 1994
  • Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Human Resource Coordinator, 1991 – 1993
  • Talent Tree Personnel Services, Personnel Consultant, 1988 – 1991

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Publications

Journal Articles

Baldridge, D., and M. Swift, "Withholding Requests For Disability Accommodation: The Influence Of Individual And Situational Attributes", Journal of Management, vol. 39, pp. 743-762, 2013. Abstract
Swift, M., D. Balkin, and S. Matusik, "Goal Orientations and the Motivation to Share Knowledge", Journal of Knowledge Management, vol. 14, issue 3, pp. 378-393, 2010. Abstract
Balkin, D., and M. Swift, "Top Management Team Compensation in High Growth Technology Ventures", Human Resource Management Review, vol. 16, issue 1, pp. 1-11, 2006. Abstract

Presentations

Swift, M., "Creativity as a Motivation for Provider Knowledge Sharing and the Moderating Effect of Gender", Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA, 2012.
Baldridge, D., and M. Swift, "Work Context and People with Disabilities Expectations Regarding Compliance with Requests for Disability Accommodation", Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, San Antonio, TX, 2011.
Baldridge, D., and M. Swift, "Toward Greater Understanding Of The Impact Of Receiving Accommodation On A Disabled Employee’s Team-Member Exchange Relationships", Annual Meeting, Montreal, 2010.
Baldridge, D., and M. Swift, "Withholding Requests For Disability Accommodation: The Influence Of Individual And Situational Attributes", Annual Meeting, IBAM, San Diego, 2010.
Swift, M., "Creating a Knowledge Sharing Culture", HR Beyond 2010, Bakersfield, CA, 2010.
Swift, M., and L. Paris, "The Role of Identification, Rewards, and Knowledge Types in a Dual Exchange Knowledge Sharing Model", Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL, 2009.
Swift, M., S. Matusik, and J. George, "Understanding when Knowledge Sharing Benefits Knowledge Sources' Creativity", Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL, 2009.
Swift, M., and L. Paris, "Examining the Role of Rewards in Motivating Knowledge Sharing", Southern Management Association Regional Meeting, St. Petersburg, Florida, 2008.
Swift, M., "An Examination of the Relationship Between High Performance Work Practices and Knowledge Sharing", Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA, 2008.
Swift, M., and M. Virick, "Looking Beyond the Knowledge Source-Recipient Relationship in the Transfer of Tacit Knowledge", Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA, 2008.
Swift, M., and M. Virick, "Creating Relational Capital through Knowledge Sharing", Western Academy of Management Regional Meeting, Missoula, MT, 2007.
Mills, P., and M. Swift, "Proventure Structures and the Internal Promotion of Ideas in Knowledge Service Organizations", Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta Georgia, 2006.
Swift, M., D. Balkin, and S. Matusik, "The Social Exchange of Knowledge: A Theoretical Model of Knowledge Source Sharing Behaviors", Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006.
Mills, P., and M. Swift, "Professional Distance: Managing Client Relations in Knowledge-Based Service Organizations", II Art & Science of Services, Madrid Spain, 2006.
Swift, M., "Encouraging the Transfer of Exploratory Knowledge", Western Academy of Management Regional Meeting, Long Beach, CA, 2006.
Balkin, D., and M. Swift, "Top Managment Team Compensation in New Ventures", Southern Management Association Regional Meeting, South Carolina, 2005.
Mills, P., and M. Swift, "Professional Distance: Managing Client Relations in Knowledge-Based Service Organizations", Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Hawaii, 2005.
Swift, M., "Intraorganizational Power and the Allocation of Top Management Team Pay", Western Academy of Management Regional Meeting, Alaska, 2004.

Newspaper Article

Baldridge, D., and M. Swift, "Companies can turn differences into assets", Statesman Journal, Salem, OR, 2008.

Book Chapters

Balkin, D., and M. Swift, "Compensation Strategy in New Ventures", Managing People in Small and Entrepreneurial Companies: What are the Human Resource Issues? Information Age Publishing, Greenwich, CT, 2006.

Miscellaneous

Swift, M., and M. Bedell, "HRM Curriculum Redesign", California State University, Bakersfield, 2006. Abstract

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Professional Affiliations

  • Academy of Management
  • Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences
  • Society for Human Resource Management

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Honors and Awards

  • Best Reviewer, OB Division, Academy of Management Conference (2009).
  • "Top Prof", Mortar Board Senior Honor Society (2008).
  • Dissertation Proposal Award, Academy of Management HR Division/Society of Human Resource Management (2006).
  • Western Academy of Management nomination for Best Student Paper, Western Academy of Management (2006).
  • Research Fellowships, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder (2003, 2005, 2006).

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Courses Taught

  • BA 453  Human Resource Management
  • BA 352  Managing Individual and Team Performance
  • BA 352H Honors Organizational Behavior

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