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Lucy Ford, Ph.D.

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Lucy Ford

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Lucy R. Ford, professor emerita, served as the Director of the Human Resources and People Management program at SJU from 2016-2021. She also previously served on the faculty at Rutgers University. Her research interests include leadership, teams, and applied research methods.

Dr. Ford has authored or co-authored over sixty presentations, articles, and book chapters. Her research has been published in Organizational Research Methods, The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Performance, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, and Journal of Business and Psychology, amongst others.

Dr. Ford has served on the board of the Research Methods Division of the Academy of Management as both a student representative and as an elected member at large. She has also served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Southern Management Association. In 2012 she and her co-author received the Sage Publishing / Research Methods Division Best Paper Award for her work on item miscomprehension in surveys, and also in 2012 she and her coauthors received the Emerald Citation Award for their 2008 scale development paper in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. She has also served on the editorial board of Group and Organization Management.

She has presented Executive Education programs on Leadership, Leading Change, Teams, Conflict, Systems Thinking, Legal Issues in HR, Performance Management, and other topics to numerous organizations.

    • Bachelor of Business Administration, Human Resources Management, East Tennessee State University
    • Doctor of Philosophy, Organizational Behavior, Minor, Human Resources Management,Virginia Commonwealth University
      Dissertation Title: Within-group agreement in perceptions of the work environment: Its antecedents.
    • Saint Joseph’s University 2008 – present
    • Rutgers University - Camden 2002 – 2008

    Consulting Relationships include:

    • Comcast
    • Jefferson Health
    • Wawa
    • Virginia Department of Transportation
    • PARI Respiratory Equipment, Inc.
    • Invensys plc (now Schneider)
    • Johnson and Johnson

  • Selected Publications

    Books

    • Ford, L. R., & Scandura, T. A. (Eds.). (Forthcoming July 2023). The SAGE Handbook of Survey Development and Application.

    Referred Articles

    • Harden, E., Ford, L. R., Pattie, M., & Lanier, P. (2021) Understanding organizational change management: The role of micro and macro influences. Leadership and Organizational Development Journal. 48 (1), 144-160.
    • Givens-Skeaton, S. & Ford, L. R. (2018) Exit Interviews: The Impact of Perceived Sensitivity and Perceived Threat on Individuals' Willingness to Disclose. Journal of Organisational Psychology. 18 (5), 85-107.
    • Ford, L. R. & Scandura T. (2018) A typology of threats to construct validity in item generation. American Journal of Management. 18 (2), 132-142.
    • Ford, L., Wilkerson, S., Seers, A., & Moormann, T. (2014). The generation of influence: Effects of leader-member exchange and team-member exchange.  Journal of Strategic and International Studies, 9 (1), 5-14.
    • Hardy, B. & Ford, L. R. (2014). It's not me, it's you: Miscomprehension in Surveys. Organizational Research Methods, 17 (2), 138-162.
    • Rubino, C., Avery, D., Volpone, S., & Ford, L. (2014). Do all things really get better with time? The temporal effects of achievement diversity in teams.  Human Performance, 27 (5), 416-434.
    • Ford, L. R., Seers, A., & Neumann, J. S. (2013). Honoring complexity: Set-theoretic analysis as a complementary method in organizational research.  Management Research Review, 36 (7), 644-663.
    • Williams, M. L., Brower, H. H., Ford, L. R., Williams, L. J., & Carraher, S. (2008). A Comprehensive Model and Measure of Compensation Satisfaction.  Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 81 (4), 639-668.
    • Williams, M. L., McDaniel, M., & Ford, L. R. (2007). Understanding Multiple Dimensions of Pay Satisfaction.  Journal of Business and Psychology.
    • Ford, L. R. & Seers, A. (2006). Relational and Team Climates: Pitting Differentiation Versus Agreement.  Leadership Quarterly.
    • Hodgson, L. & Ford, L. R. (2005). Using Digital Knowledge Management Tools to Influence Supply Chain Dynamics: Case Study of the Pitfalls and Unexpected Issues Encountered by a Large Organization.  International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change, 4, 1365-1372.
    • Ford, L. R. & Locke, K. (2002). Paid Time-Off as a Vehicle for Self-definition and Sensemaking.  Journal of Organizational Behavior.

  • 2021-2022: Sabbatical research grant, Saint Joseph’s University
    2019: Summer research grant, Saint Joseph’s University
    2019: Faculty Teaching Award, Saint Joseph’s University
    2014: Sabbatical grant, Saint Joseph’s University
    2012-2013: Sage Publishing / RMD Best Paper Award. Sage Publishing / Research Methods Division of the Academy of Management. This award was for the best paper submitted to RMD in 2012. Award included $1000 per author.
    2012: Summer research grant, Saint Joseph’s University
    2012: Michael J. Morris Grant for Scholarly Research, Saint Joseph’s University
    2012: Emerald Citation Award. Emerald Publishing. The Emerald Citation Award is awarded each year to the fifty most impactful journal across business, management and economics (totaling over 300 journals and more than 16,000 manuscripts). This award was made in 2012 for our 2008 paper in Journal of Occupational and Organisational Psychology
    2005: Technology teaching award, Rutgers University. Award was given for innovative use of tablet technology in the classroom.
    2005-2006: Southern Management Association. Research Methods Track Best Paper Award