Delaney J. Kirk, Ph.D., SPHR
Professor of Management

Research Publications

 

     Refereed Journal Articles:

• Kirk, Delaney J., Bradley Meyer, Chip Miller, Tom Root, and Jimmy Senteza,  “Teaching Evaluations: Does the Switch to an Online Process Make a Difference in How College Students Rate Their Professors?” Journal of the Academy of Business Education, Fall 2006, pp. 53-68.
• Kirk, Delaney J., “Managing Diversity in Des Moines, Iowa,” Journal of Applied Case Research, January 2005, Vol. 6(1), pp. 1-4.
• Kirk, Delaney J., “Unionizing the Des Moines Water Works,” Business Case Journal, Summer 2004, Vol. 12(1).   

• Kirk, Delaney J. and Geralyn M. Franklin, “Violence in the Workplace: Guidance and Training Advice for Business Owners and Managers,” Business & Society Review, December 2003, pp. 523-537.

• Kirk, Delaney J., and Geralyn M. Franklin, “Desk Rage and Other Violent Acts at Work: Legal and Practical Issues to Consider in Keeping Your Small Business Employees From Killing Each Other and You,” Regional Business Review, May 2003, pp. 54-67.
• Kirk, Delaney J. and Weber, Mary Margaret, “Managing Human Resources at Midland International Tileworks, Inc.,” Journal of Applied Case Research, Fall 2001, pp. 1-6.

• Kirk, Delaney J., “Implications of Recent NLRB Rulings for Employers,” Regional Business Review, May 2001, pp. 78-93.
• Weber, Mary Margaret and Kirk, Delaney J., "Teaching Teachers How To Teach:  It's Not What You Know, It's What You Ask," Marketing Education Review, Summer         2000, pp. 59-67.
• Kirk, Delaney J. and Franklin, Geralyn M., "What To Do When Dick or Jane Come To You With A Sexual Harassment Complaint:  Setting Up Training Programs For College Faculty," Regional Business Review, May 1999, pp. 35-48.
• Kirk, Delaney J. and Clapham, Maria, "Is It ‘Men Behaving Badly’ or Sexual Harassment?  The Supreme Court Ruling on Same Sex Harassment," Labor Law Journal, April 1998, pp. 954-961.
• Clapham, Maria M. and Kirk, Delaney J, "Defining 'Sex' in Same-Sex Sexual Harassment Cases:  A Review of Federal Court Cases," Labor Law Journal, Sept. 1997.
• Kirk, Delaney J., Franklin, Geralyn M., and Robinson, Robert K., "Pros and Cons of the Federal 8(a) Program:  Implications for Small Businesses," Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, March 1997, pp. 147-153.
• Robinson, Robert K., Franklin, Geralyn M., and Kirk, Delaney J. "Federal Preferential Set-Asides after Adarand:  The End of an Era?" Journal of Individual Employment Rights, 5(4), 1997, pp. 267-278.
• Kirk, Delaney J. and Charlotte Sutton, "Drug Testing at Georgia Paper Tube, Inc.,"        Annual Advances in Business Cases, 1997.
• Kirk, Delaney J., “FastPrint, Inc.,” Journal for the International Academy for Case Studies. Vol. 3 (1), 1997.
• Kirk, Delaney J. and Clapham, Maria, "Bagging or Goosing:  How the Courts are Ruling in Same-Sex Sexual Harassment Claims," Labor Law Journal, July 1996, pp. 403-417.
• Kirk, Delaney J., "The 'Dirty Old Man' (or Woman) Stereotype:  Is Your Behavior Being Perceived as Sexual Harassment?" Regional Business Review, May 1996, pp. 56-67.
• Kirk, Delaney J., Franklin, Geralyn M., and Robinson, Robert K., "The Impact of Affirmative Action Set-Asides on Small Businesses:  The Adarand  Decision," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, Spring 1996, pp. 75-86.
• Kirk, Delaney J., “Midwest National Bank,” Cases in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management:  Strategies, Practices, and Problems, 1995, pp. 112-113.
• Franklin, Geralyn M., Kirk, Delaney J., and Moore, William M., "Current Trends in Human Resource Management," NBDC Report, No. 151, June 1993, pp. 3-4. 
• Dailey, Robert C. and Kirk, Delaney J., "Distributive and Procedural Justice as Antecedents to Job Dissatisfaction and Intent to Turnover," Human Relations, 45(3), January-February 1992, pp. 305-317.
• Nothstine, Don, and Kirk, Delaney J., "Contrasting Value Systems in Business and Non-Business Students:  A Preparatory Step to Teaching Ethics in B-Schools," Regional Business Review, May 1991, pp. 18-28.
• Oates, Barbara and Kirk, Delaney J., "Tea Leaves, Crystal Balls, or Forecasting Software:  Ways to Peer into the Future for the Small Retailer," Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, March 1990, pp. 30-38.
• Robinson, Robert K, Kirk, Delaney J., and McKee, William, "Paradise and Johnson:  New Perspectives on the Future of Affirmative Action," Business Insights, Fall-Winter 1989, p. 46-50.
• Kirk, Delaney J. and Baker, John, "The Trend of Sexual Harassment Cases and Its Effect on Small Businesses," Regional Business Review, May 1989, pp. 30-38.
• Robinson, Robert K., Kirk, Delaney J., and Powell, J.D., “Sexual Harassment:  New Approaches for a Changed Environment,” SAM Advanced Management Journal, Autumn 1987, pp. 15-18+.
• Robinson, Robert K., Kirk, Delaney J., and Stephens, Elvis, “Hostile Environment:  A Review of the Implications of Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson,” Labor Law Journal, March 1987, pp. 179-183.    

 

Published Books:

• Kirk, Delaney J., Taking Back the Classroom: Tips for the College Professor on Becoming a More Effective Teacher, Tiberius Publications, 2005.

 

Published Textbook Cases

• Kirk, Delaney J., “Managing Human Resources At John Deere,” Arizona State University Casebook for MBA program, published by NAPM, Fall 2000.
• Kirk, Delaney J., "Dexters Manufacturing:  Competition or Teamwork Among Management?" published in Chapter 1 of Management textbook by Albanese, Franklin, & Wright, Dame Publishing Co., 1997.
• Kirk, Delaney J., "Managing a Diverse Workforce At Dexters Manufacturing," published in Chapter 10 of Management text by Albanese, Franklin, & Wright, Dame Publishing Co., 1997.

 

Published Newspaper Articles

•  Kirk, Delaney J., “10 Tips To Succeed In A New Position,” Des Moines Register, April 15, 2002, p. 2D.

Kirk, Delaney J., “Managing Employees with Body Odor,” Des Moines Register, October 9, 2000.

Kirk, Delaney J.,   “Generation X Workers Can Be Motivated With These Three Steps,” Des Moines Register, June 2000.

 

Refereed Proceedings

·   "Managing Human Resources at Midland International Tile, 2000 Proceedings of the Southwest

            Case Research Association, (with M.M. Weber).

• “Sexual Harassment on College Campuses: Faculty as Counselors and Legal Advisors,” 1995 Proceedings of the Southern Academy of Legal Studies in Business, (with Geralyn Franklin).
• "The Impact of Current Social and Legal Issues on Human Resource Management in Small Businesses:    Helping the Small Business Owner/Manager to Adjust,"  1993 Proceedings of the Small Business Institute Directors' Association National Meeting. (with Geralyn Franklin).
• "Employee Perceptions of Fairness:  Future Directions for Research on Procedural and Distributive Justice and Employee Turnover,"  1992 Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute National Meeting, November 1992.  (with Bob Dailey).
• "Current Trends in Human Resource Management for Small Businesses," 1992 Proceedings of the Small Business Institute Directors' Association (SBIDA) National meeting. (with Geralyn Franklin and Willie Moore).
• "You Gotta Know the Territory!  Steps to Active Exporting for American Small Businesses,"   1991 Proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, (with Diana Reed).
• "The Role of B-Schools in Ethics Education:  Should Values and Ethics be Taught?" 1991 Proceedings of the Southwest Academy of Management Annual Meeting. (with Don Nothstine).
• "Passive" Vs "Active" Exporting:  Factors Affecting Entry Into International Markets by American Small Businesses,"  1991 Proceedings of the Small Business Institute Directors' Association  National Meeting. (with Diana Reed).
• "Tension Discharge Rate and Distributive and Procedural Justice as Predictors of Work Attitudes and Intent to Turnover,"  1990 Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (with Bob Dailey).
• "Planning for Human Resource Changes in Small Businesses: Theoretical, Legal, and Practical Issues for the Year 2000,"  1990 Proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute Meeting. (with Willie Moore and Geralyn Franklin).
• "Forecasting Software:  Applications for the Small Business Retailer," 1990 Proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute Meeting.  (with Barbara Oates).
• "Using Discriminant Analysis to Predict Perception of Sexual Harassment By Working Women,"  1989 Proceedings of the Midwest Management Society, 1989 Annual Meeting.
• "The 'Dirty Old Man' Stereotype: True in the Case of Sexual Harassment?"  1989 Proceedings of the Southwest Academy of Management, 1989 Annual Meeting.
• "Small Business Owners: Are You Guilty of Sexual Harassment?"  1989 Proceedings of the Small Business Institute Directors' Association, 1989 National Meeting. (with John Baker).
• “The Corridor Principle: A Study to Determine Which Variables Predict Number of New Ventures Started by Women Entrepreneurs,” 1988 Proceedings of the Small Business Institute Directors' Association, 1988 National Meeting, (with J.D. Powell).
• “A Judicial Review of the Current Status of Affirmative Action After Paradise and Johnson,” 1988 Proceedings of the Southern Regional Business Law Association, (with Robert K. Robinson).
• “Eating with Your Eyes:  The Effect of Color on Perception of Taste,” 1988 Proceedings of the Southern Marketing Association, (with Barbara Oates).