Kathleen G. Rust

Assistant Professor
of Business Administration

The Howard Willett Jr. Distinguished Chair for Research in Business and Economics

Degrees

• D.B.A., Southern Illinois University, 1998.
• M.B.A., University of Southern Indiana, 1994.
• B.S., University of Southern Indiana, 1990.

Positions Held

• Assistant Professor, Elmhurst College, 1999-present.
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University, 1998-99.
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Roosevelt University, 1997-98.

Honors & Awards

• Howard Willet Jr. Distinguished Chair for Research in Business and Economics, 2002-present.
• Faculty Research Grant, Elmhurst College, Summer 2001.
• Faculty Travel Grant, Elmhurst College, Academic Year 2000-2001, Term II.
• Faculty Travel Grant, Elmhurst College, Academic Year 1999-2000, Term II.
• Graduate School Doctoral Fellowship, Southern Illinois University, 1996-1997.
• Graduate School Tuition Scholarship, Southern Illinois University, 1994-1995.
• Phi Kappa Phi (1996)
• Magna Cum Laude, University of Southern Indiana, 1990.

Teaching & Research Interests

• Teaching: Strategic Management, Management Theory, Organization Theory, and Managing Diversity.
• Research: Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring, Managerial Ideologies, Managerial Cognition, and Organizational Change.

Recent Publications

• Rust, K.G. and Katz, J.P. (2002) Organizational slack and performance: The interactive role of workforce changes. Published in the Proceedings Midwest Academy of Management Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.

• Edwards, J. E., Rust, K. G., and McKinley, W., and Moon, G. (2002) Business ideologies and perceived breach of contract during downsizing: The role of the ideology of employee self-reliance, Journal of Organizational Behavior, (conditional acceptance).
• Rust, K. G. & McKinley, W. (2002) Managerial ideologies as rationalizers: The moderating effects of managerial ideologies on the relationship between profitability and downsizing. Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management, Vol. 3, 2: 108-128.
• McKinley, W., Zhao, J, & Rust, K. G. (2000) A socio-cognitive interpretation of downsizing. Academy of Management Review, Vol. 25, 1: 227-243.
• Rust, K. G. (1999) The effects of financial conditions and managerial ideologies on corporate downsizing: Some evidence from the U.S. investor-owned electric utility industry, 1992-1995. M@n@gement , Vol. 2, 3: 89-126.
• Rust, K. G. (1995) Measuring the cost of quality. Management Accounting, Vol. 77, 2: 33 - 37.

Memberships of Professional Organization

• OB/OT Track Chair, Midewest Academy of Management, 2002.
• Strategic Management Society
• National Academy of Management
• Midwest Academy of Management
• North American Management Society

Other Activities

• Presidential Commission on Diversity and Interdependence, member beginning 2001-2002 academic year.
• Committee on Committees member, elected, 2001-present. (Chair, 2002-present)
• Worked with the Inauguration Committee to help select students eligible to participate in the Washington Center Campaign 2000: The Inauguration Program, October - November 2000.
• MBA Task Force, committee member.
• Core Curriculum Assessement Instrument. Responsible for the collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of results. Fall 1999 - present.

Contact Information

Telephone: (630) 617-3419
Fax: (630) 617-6497
E-mail: kathyrst@elmhurst.edu