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Dr. Treena Gillespie Finney

Dr. Treena Gillespie Finney

Professor
Management
▼   Biography, Research Interests, and Publications

Dr. Treena Gillespie Finney is a Professor of Management at the Mitchell College of Business. She began her career in industry after earning a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. She worked in Organizational Effectiveness at United Airlines World Headquarters where she provided internal consulting work for operations and for corporate projects. She then moved to Disneyland Resort as Manager of HR Research. Dr. Gillespie Finney joined the faculty at USA in 2007. Her research interests include abusive supervision, customer-directed counterproductive work behavior, employee motivation, and organizational staffing. She has served as a reviewer for a number of academic publications and conferences.

Research Interests

  • Employee selection and development (e.g., 360-degree feedback)
  • International HR issues, including the applicability of constructs cross-culturally
  • Negative or destructive leadership (e.g., antecedents of abusive and toxic leadership and the effects of this “dark” leadership)
  • Customer-directed behaviors (e.g., customer-directed counterproductive work behavior)
  • Negotiation and conflict
  • Gender issues

Publications

  • Mayes, B. T., Finney, T. G., Johnson, T. W., Shen, J., and Yi, L. (2017).  The effect of human resource practices on perceived organizational support in the People’s Republic of China. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 28(9), 1261-1290.
  • Rose, D. S., English, A., & Finney, T. G. (2014).  Hire Better Teachers Now:  Using the Science of Selection to Find the Best Teachers for Your School.  Harvard Education Press.
  • Parry, R. O., & Finney, T. G.  (2014).  Affirmative Action:  A schizophrenic history.  Southern Law Journal, 24(2), 237-265. 
▼   Education

  • Ph.D. Industrial / Organizational Psychology DePaul University (Chicago, IL)
  • M.S. Applied Psychology
  • Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
  • B.A. Psychology (Minor: Marketing) Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
▼   Courses Taught
  • MGT 340 – Organizational Behavior
  • MGT 351 – Human Resource Management
  • MGT 434 – Compensation
  • MGT 450 – Organizational Staffing
  • MGT 475 – Strategic Human Resource Management