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F A CUL T Y/S T AFF NEWS
NEW HIRES
Fall 2018
LSBE WELCOMES Raluca Stan, Ph.D.
NEW DIRECTOR Assistant Professor
Finance (tenure-track)
Pushkar Raj joined Stan joined LSBE from West
LSBE in August as Virginia University where she also
the new marketing
received a Ph.D. in finance. She is
analytics program
teaching Investment Fundamentals
director. He brings
almost ten years and Portfolio Management. “My
of corporate research interests are in empirical asset pricing, market
work experience microstructure, and behavioral finance.”
in customer insights and analytics space. Most
recently, Pushkar worked at Walmart as a senior Shubham Singh
manager in Customer Insights and Analytics. Instructor
Management Studies (term)
“I am excited to have the opportunity to mentor and
Singh joined LSBE from the
teach students, collaborate with industry partners,
University of Toledo Ohio, where he
and shape the future of the program,” said Raj. “It’s
a challenging but important task.” is finishing his Ph.D. in manufacturing
and technology with a minor in
Raj received his MBA in marketing research from management operations. He is
University of Wisconsin Madison's A.C. Nielsen teaching Production and Operations Management.
Center for Marketing Research.
Ormonde R. Cragun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Management Studies (tenure-track)
PROFESSOR'S RESEARCH PROVIDES INSIGHT Cragun joined LSBE as a human
ON WORK BEHAVIOR resource management professor. He
has a Ph.D. in management with an
For over 30 years, Jon L. Pierce, Ph.D., has studied emphasis in organizational behavior
organization-based self-esteem (OBSE). “My and human resources from the
interest in OBSE revolves around identifying work
University of South Carolina. “My research concerns
experiences that result in the emergence of a deep-
how people impact business performance, focusing on
seated belief that ‘I count around here,’ and ‘I am an
the impact of executives, the effects of compensation,
important part of this place.’”
and how human capital is developed and combined
While most people are familiar with the concept of between Individuals.”
self-esteem, OBSE is an intriguing elaboration of
that concept. Pierce has argued that people’s place Valeriya Posylnaya, Ph.D.
of employment is a significant contributor to their Assistant Professor
self-esteem and can be an important predictor of Finance (tenure-track)
their job satisfaction, organizational commitment, Posylnaya joined LSBE from Mississippi State University
and performance.
where she also received a Ph.D. in finance. She is
teaching Managerial Finance and Analysis of Financial
Managers who encourage shared governance and
decision-making among their team members can Statements. “My current research is primarily on insider
enhance their team’s OBSE. trading, focusing on the decision-making process of
insiders in possession of material non-public information
Pierce is a globally recognized thought leader in the and the impact these decisions have on the firms.”
discipline of management and has won numerous
prestigious awards for his research and teaching.
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