Oklahoma State University
Dr. Debra L. Nelson is The CBA Associates Professor of Business Administration
and Professor of Management at Oklahoma State University. She received her Ph.D.
from the University of Texas at Arlington, where she was the recipient of the
R.D. Irwin Dissertation Fellowship Award. Dr. Nelson is the author of over 60
journal articles focusing on organizational stress management, newcomer socialization,
and management of technology. Her research has been published in the Academy
of Management Executive, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management
Review, MIS Quarterly, Organizational Dynamics, Journal of Organizational Behavior,
and other journals. In addition, she is coauthor of several books, including
Organizational Behavior: Foundations, Realities, and Challenges (3rd ed., South-Western
College Publishing, 2000), and Preventive Stress Management in Organizations
(American Psychological Association, 1997). Dr. Nelson has also served as a
consultant to several organizations including AT&T, Aerospatiale Helicopter
Corporation, American Fidelity Assurance, State Farm Insurance Companies, and
Southwestern Bell. She has presented leadership and preventive stress management
seminars in a host of organizations, including Conoco, Oklahoma Gas and Electric,
Oklahoma Natural Gas, and Preview Network Systems. She was honored with the
Chandler-Frates and Reitz Graduate Teaching Award in 1997, the Regents' Distinguished
Teaching Award in l994 and the Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award
at OSU in l99l. Dr. Nelson also serves on the editorial review boards of the
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology and the Journal of Organizational
Behavior.
University of Texas at Arlington
Dr. James Quick is a professor of Organizational Behavior at The University of Texas at Arlington, editor of the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and associate editor of the Academy of Management Executive. He earned a B.A with Honors from Colgate University. He earned an M.B.A. and a Ph.D. at the University of Houston. Dr. Quick is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the American Psychological Association (APA) the American Psychological Society, and the American Institute of Stress. Dr. Quick's articles have been published in leading journals such as the Academy of Management's Journal, Review, and Executive, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Air University Review, Stress Medicine, and the Journal of Medical Education. He received the 1990 Distinguished Professional Publication Award for "Corporate Warfare: Preventing Combat Stress and Battle Fatigue," coauthored with Debra L. Nelson and his brother (Jonathon D. Quick, MD, MPH) for the American Management Association's Organizational Dynamics. He is coauthor of Stress and Challenge at the Top: The Paradox of the Successful Executive (John Wiley & Sons, 1990) and Preventive Stress Management in Organizations (APA, 1997). He is coeditor of The New Organizational Reality: Downsizing, Restructuring, and Revitalization (APA, 1998), Stress and Well-Being at Work (APA, 1992), Career Stress in Changing Times (The Haworth Press, 1990) and Work Stress: Health Care Systems in the Workplace (Praeger Scientific, 1987), for which he received the 1987 Distinguished Service Award from the UTA College of Business. Dr. Quick is listed in the 7th edition of Who's Who in the World (1984-85), received the 1991-92 Outstanding Graduate Teacher Award in UTA's College of Business, and The Maroon Citation (Colgate University Alumni Corporation, 1993). (top)
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