Michael Bochenek

Associate Professor
of Business Administration

Degrees

• Ph.D., Loyola University, 1991.
• M.S., Loyola University, 1968.
• B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1965.

Positions Held

• Associate Professor, Elmhurst College, 2000-present.
• Assistant Professor, Elmhurst College, 1992-2000.
• Human Resource Specialist, AT&T, 1970-92.
• Human Resource Specialist, Western Electric Company, 1968-70.

Honors & Awards

• Howard L. Willett Jr. Distinguished Chair for Research in Business and Economics, September 1995-August 1998.
• Phi Kappa Phi

Teaching & Research Interests

• Teaching: Active Learning Strategies, Organization Behavior, Human Resource Management, and Negotiations.
• Research: Organizational Paradoxes, Power and Influence Structures and Processes, Appraisal and Compensation Processes, Bullying in the Workplace, and Norms of Social Address.

Recent Presentations & Publications

Selected Presentations

• "From Talk to Action: The Design and Use of Experiential Teaching Methods", presented at the Annual Midewest Sociological Society Conference, April 2002, Milwaukee, WI.
• " Using Experiential Strategies To Develop Critical Thinking", paper presented at the annual Midwest Sociological society Conference, April 2000, Chicago, IL.
• " Disparity in Learning Communities: Do Group Norms Contradict Learning?", paper presented at the annual Midwest Sociological Society Conference, April 1999, Minneapolis, MN.

Selected Publications

• Book Review of Achieving Against the Odds: How Academics Become Teachers of Diverse Students by Kingston-Mann and Sieber, Temple University Press, 2001, in Teaching Sociology, 2002, Vol. 30, No. 1 (January), pp. 122-123.
• Book Review of Emotion in Organizations by Stephen Fineman, Sage Publications, 2000, in Teaching Sociology, 2001, Vol. 29, No. 3 (July), pp. 36-372.
• " Classroom Communities: Successful Design or Path to Chaos?" in Sound Instruction: Ready to Use Classroom Practice, ed. Linda Hagedorn, Rapid Intellect, Chattanooga, TN (2001).
• " Nicknames: Summarizing What You Hear", in The 2001 Annual: San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer (2001).
• " Divide the Paper: A Reward Allocation Activity", in The Team and Organizational Development 2001 Sourcebook, edited by Mel Silberman, McGraw-Hill (2001).
• " Design a Toy: A Team Leadership Activity", in The Team and Organizational Development 2000 Sourcebook, edited by Mel Silberman, McGraw-Hill (2000).
• " Classroom Communities: Successful Learning Design or Another Path to Chaos?" Fall 1999. Academic Exchange Quarterly. 3: 16-27.
• Book review of Negotiating and Influencing Skills by Brad McRae, Sage Publications, 1997, in The International Journal of Organizational Analysis. 1999, Vol. 10, No. 2 (April), pp. 192-195.
• " Give and You Shall Receive: A Team Development Activity", in The Team and Organizational Development 1999 Sourcebook, edited by Mel Silberman, McGraw-Hill (1999).
• " Take Note of Yourself: A Team Development Activity", in The 1999 Annual: San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer (1999).

Memberships of Professional Organization

• Midwest Business Administration Association
• Midwest Sociological Society
• Organizational Behavior Teaching Society

Other Activities

• Faculty Personnel Board, Chair, 2002-present.
• Appointed CBE contact for Portfolio Credit Program; wrote and revised departmental guidelines for process; made presentations to groups and advised students individually.

Contact Information

Telephone: (630) 617-3119
Fax: (630) 617-6497
E-mail: michaelb@elmhurst.edu