Kay J. Bunch
Instructor Management- Education
- Ph.D., Georgia State University
- M.S., Georgia State University
- M.A., Georgia State University
- B.A., Georgia State University
- Specializations
- unconscious bias
- employment law
- soft Skills employers want
- employee development
- sustainability of business higher education
- lifelong career success
- Biography
Bunch earned a Ph.D. in Human Resource Development from Georgia State University. She also earned a B.A. and M.A. in history and an M.S. in management from GSU. She has been the faculty advisor for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) student chapter since 2000. Currently, her research focus is the use of life-long career self-management practices to reduce the likelihood of underemployment after graduation.
- Publications
- Bunch, K. J., Swenson-Roth, W. (2020). Student incivility in business higher education. Southern Management Association Annual Meeting.
- Bunch, K. J. (2020). The state of undergraduate business education: A perfect storm or climate change. Academy of Management Learning and Education,19, 1-18
- Bunch, K. J., Palladi, R. S. (2017). Assumptions about older faculty and the quality of higher education. Academy of Management Meeting.
- Bunch, K. J. (2015). The “perfect storm” as a metaphor for the state of undergraduate business education. Academy of Management Meeting.
- Bunch, K. J. (2013), Overcoming resistance to critical thinking through writing. Academy of Management Annual Meeting.
- Bunch, K. J. (2009). Promoting critical thinking skills through an organizationally sensible employment law course. Proceedings of the Southern Management Association.
- Bunch, K. J. (2009). The influence of organization culture on training effectiveness. In Carol D. Hansen & Yih-teen Lee (Ed.), The Cultural Context of HRD. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Bunch, K. J. (2009). Assessing critical thinking using employment law cases to develop situational judgment tests. Proceedings of OBTC.
- Bunch, K. J. (2008). The role of vignettes in teaching HR law to undergraduates, Western Journal of Human Resource Management, 23-29.
- Bunch, K. J. (2008). The training profession and ineffective diversity training. Proceedings of the Southern Management Association.
- Bunch, K. J. (2007). Diversity practices and the slow advancement of women in management. Proceedings of the Southern Management Association.
- Bunch, K J. (2007). Training failure as a consequence of organizational culture. Human Resource Development Review, 6,142-163.
- Bunch, Kay J. (2007). Diversity practices and the slow advancement of women in management. Proceedings of the Southern Management Association.
- Bunch, K. J. (2006). Promale bias among women in the workplace. Proceedings of the Southern Management Association.
- Bunch, K. J. (2005). Female stigma and underrepresentation of women in higher levels of management. Proceedings of the Southern Management Association.
- Bunch, K. J. (2004). Effects of supervisor, subordinate, and dyad gender on perceived participation and leadership. Proceedings of the Southern Management Association.
- Bunch, K. J. (2003). Sexual harassment policies and perceptions of women in management. Proceedings of the Southern Management Association.
- Bunch, K. J. (2002). Leadership perceptions: Explaining managerial resistance to participation. Proceedings of the Southern Management Association.
- Bunch, K. J. (2001). Organization culture and training effectiveness. Proceedings of the Academy of Human Resource Development.
- Bunch, K. J. (2000). Subordinate preference for male leadership. Proceedings of the Southern Management Association.