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Dr. Caitlin E. Smith Sockbeson is Associate Dean and an Associate Professor in Management at JU’s Davis College of Business & Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Management (Organizational Behavior) from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University and her B.S. in Business Administration (Management) from Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL. Previously, she was an assistant professor of Management at the Else School of Business at Millsaps College in Jackson, MS. Her research interests include feedback and performance management at work and gender and diversity in organizations. She has presented her work at numerous conferences and published in outlets such as the Academy of Management Annals and the Journal of Management.

Education

Ph.D., Management (Organizational Behavior), Tulane University, 2016
Dissertation: Looking at feedback from both sides now: Integrating feedback, feedback-seeking, and gender
B.S., Business Administration (CIS and English minors), Spring Hill College, 2005 

Academic Experience

Associate Dean, Davis College of Business & Technology, Jacksonville University 2023-Present

Associate Professor of Management- Davis College of Business & Technology, Jacksonville University 2023-Present

Assistant Professor of Management- Davis College of Business & Technology, Jacksonville University 2019 – 2023

Assistant Professor of Management-Millsaps College, 2016-2019

Professional Experience

School Sales Manager, Pelican Publishing Company

Teaching Interests

Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Management

Relevant Research

Paustian-Underdahl, S. C., Sockbeson, C. E. S., Hall, A. V., & Halliday, C. S. (2024). Gender and evaluations of leadership behaviors: A meta-analytic review of 50 years of research. The Leadership Quarterly, 35(6): 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2024.101822

Ritter, B. A., Gopalkrishnan, S. S., & Sockbeson, C. E. S. (2024). The next generation of pedagogy: Reflections from EdTech leaders. Journal of Management Education, 48(4), 610-633.

DeNisi, A.S., & Smith, C.E. (2014). Performance Appraisal, Performance Management, and Firm-Level Performance: A Review, a Proposed Model, and New Directions for Future Research. The Academy of Management Annals, 8, 127-179. DOI: 10.1080/19416520.2014.873178

Smith, A.N., Watkins, M.B., Burke, M.J., Christian, M.S., Smith, C.E., Hall, AV., & Simms, S. (2013). Gendered Influence: A Gender Role Perspective on the Use and Effectiveness of Influence Tactics. Journal of Management, 39(5), 1156-1183.

Personal Interests

Crochet/embroidery/knitting; travel with her family; eating out and cooking/baking; reading; cheering on the New Orleans Saints