Trish Boyles
Ph.D. Student
Office: Pamplin 2109
Office Hours:
- To be determined
Phone: 540-231-7363
Fax: 540-231-3076
Email: tboyles@vt.edu
Education
B.A., Appalachian State University, 1993
B.A., Appalachian State University, 1993
M.B.A., Western Carolina University,
2004
Biography
Trish Boyles is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department
of Management. She has a B.A. in Philosophy and a B.A. in English
Literature from Appalachian State University,
and received her M.B.A. from Western Carolina
University. Her
work experience spans a variety of job types
and industries including non-profit program management, web design
and development, and
business brokerage. Her current research interests
are grounded in sociological and strategic management approaches to
organizations and include understanding how firm and institutional
structures affect organizational members and their interpersonal relationships,
and in turn how that effect on people influences organizational effectiveness.
More specifically, her recent focus is on understanding
how differentiated human resource (HR) systems affect intra-firm social
relations, knowledge and information exchange, and firm performance.
Additionally, she is interested in macro-oriented approaches to analyzing
the workplace diversity component of HR systems and its impact on the
employees that represent the historically marginalized social groups
organizational diversity initiatives are designed to serve.
Recent papers include:
Arthur, J.B. & Boyles, T. 2007. Developing the Human Resource System Structure:
A Levels-based Strategic HRM Framework. Human Resource Management Review.
17 (1): 77-92.
Boyles, T. 2006. Theoretical Guidance for Research in Workplace Diversity:
Possibilities in New Institutional Theory. A paper presented
at the 2006 Academy of Management conference, Atlanta, GA.
Arthur, J.B. & Boyles, T. 2007. Organization-level Influences on Interpersonal
Workplace Aggression: An Empirical Analysis of Job Insecurity, Diversity, and
High-involvement Work Systems. A paper presented at the 2007 Academy of Management
conference, Philadelphia, PA.