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Publication/Research Interests
Generational phenomena in the workplace
Leadership
Conflict
Organizational culture
Business ethics
Pop culture and business
Identity and work
Social issues in management
Operational excellence
Sample Publications
Books (Authored or Edited)
Books (Authored or Edited)
Books (Authored or Edited)
Tong, N. & Urick, M. J. 2023. Bend the Knee or Seize the Throne: Leadership Lessons from the Seven Kingdoms. Emerald Publishing.
Urick, M. J. 2022. Leadership in Multigenerational Organizations: Strategies to Successfully Manage an Age Diverse Workforce. Emerald Publishing.
Urick, M. J. 2021. Leadership in Middle-earth: Theories and Applications for Organizations. Emerald Publishing.
Urick, M. J. 2021. A Manager’s Guide to Using the Force: Leadership Lessons from a Galaxy Far Far Away. Emerald Publishing.
Urick, M. J. 2019. The Generation Myth: How to Improve Intergenerational Relationships in the Workplace. Business Experts Press.
Szpaderski, A. & Urick, M. J. (eds.) 2018. Essential Principles for Managers: Innovative Approaches to Examining Foundational Theories of Management and Leadership. HPL Publications, Inc.
Szpaderski, A. & Urick, M. J. (eds.) 2018. Diversity and Performance: Multidisciplinary and Nontraditional Styles of Leadership and Management in Action. HPL Publications, Inc.
Szpaderski, A. & Urick, M. J. (eds.) 2018. Management and Welfare: Applications and Theories of Leadership for the Economy, State, and Healthcare. HPL Publications, Inc.
Academic Journal Articles
Books (Authored or Edited)
Books (Authored or Edited)
Urick, M. J. 2024. Leadership and Operational Excellence in the Neighborhood of Make-believe. Journal of Leadership and Management, 10, 28-38.
Provance, T. W., Ramisetty, S. B., Urick, M. J. & Wieczorkowski. 2022. Building and evolving a culture of excellence: A conceptual exploration.
Measuring Business Excellence, 26, 197-209.
Weber, J. & Urick, M. J. 2021. Searching for a stronger generational understanding than just age: A multi-country analysis of millennials’ personal values and moral reasoning. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, online first.
Li, J. & Urick, M. J. 2020. Using Marvel’s "The Avengers" to teach team-related concepts. Journal of Organizational Behavior Education, 13, 103-130.
Urick, M. J. 2020. Generational differences and COVID-19: Positive interactions in virtual workplaces. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 18, 379-398.
Knapp, J. R., Sprinkle, T. A., Urick, M. J., & Delaney-Klinger, K. A. 2019. The belonging model of trust. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 30, 133-153.
Hisker, W. J. & Urick, M. J. 2019. Benedictine leadership. Journal of Leadership and Management, 15, 256-262. (note this is a reprint of a 2018 book chapter in Diversity and Performance: Multidisciplinary and Nontraditional Styles of Leadership and Management in Action)
Lyons, S. T., Schweitzer, L., Urick, M. J., & Kuron, L. 2019. A dynamic social-ecological model of generational identity in the workplace. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 17, 1-24.
Urick, M. J. & Sprinkle, T. A. 2019. Teaching leadership: Using Wonder Woman to highlight the importance of gender diversity. Management Teaching Review, 4, 173-181.
Urick, M. J. 2018. Becoming a Jedi Management: The Force awakens through classic leadership perspectives. Journal of Leadership and Management, 14, 206-211.
Urick, M. J., Gilvarry, D., Li, M., Riesmeyer, R. 2018. Everyone should have something to point to: Themes in Studs Terkel’s “Working.” Journal of Leadership and Management, 13, 147-153.
Urick, M. J., Li, M., Konur, S., & Smith, T. 2018. Social barriers to implementing continuous improvement initiatives: A qualitative exploration. Journal of Management for Global Sustainability, 6, 99-128.
Urick, M., Cline, T., Gnecco, J., & Jackson, D. 2018. Affective well-being and counterproductive behavior in healthcare housekeepers. Journal of Leadership and Management, 11, 42-49.
Urick, M. J. Arslantas, A. 2018. A comparison of US and Turkish perspectives of generations. Gerontology & Geriatrics Studies, 3, http://crimsonpublishers.com/ggs/pdf/GGS.000553.pdf.
Sprinkle, T. A. & Urick, M. J. 2018. Three generational issues in organizational learning: Knowledge management, perspectives on training, and “low-stakes” development. The Learning Organization, 25, 102-112.
Weber, J. & Urick, M. J. 2017. Examining the millennials’ ethical profile: Assessing demographic variations in their Personal Value Orientations. Business and Society Review, 122, 469-506.
Urick, M. J., Hisker, W. J., & Godwin, J. L. 2017. Management response to “Laudato Si”: An Operational Excellence perspective. Journal of Biblical Integration in Business, 20, 20-29.
Urick, M. J. 2017. The aging of the sandwich generation. Generations – Journal of the American Society on Aging, 41, 72-76.
Urick, M. J., Adams, D. E., Smith, T. 2017. Taylorism and Operational Excellence: Improving on the “one best way.” Journal of Leadership and Management, 9-10, 17-21.
Urick, M. J., Racculia, N. 2017. Ethical decision making in “Game of Thrones”: Applying leadership from Westeros to business. Journal of Leadership and Management, 9-10, 9-16.
Urick, M. J., Hollensbe, E. C., & Fairhurst, G. T. 2017. Differences in understanding “generation” in the workforce. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 15, 221-240.
Urick, M. J. 2017. Adapting training to meet the preferred learning styles of different generations. International Journal of Training and Development, 21, 53-59.
Urick, M. J., Hollensbe, E., Masterson, S. S., & Lyons, S. 2017. Understanding and managing intergenerational conflict: An examination of influences and strategies. Work, Aging, and Retirement, 3, 166-185.
Sprinkle, T. A. & Urick, M. J. 2016. Alternatives to the movie sandwich habit: Practical approaches to using movies to teach leadership and power. Management Teaching Review, 1, 105-119.
Urick, M. J., Gnecco, J., Jackson, D., Greiner, M., & Sylada, S. 2015. Perceptions of business leaders: An examination of portrayals in US motion pictures. Journal of Leadership and Management, 3, 11-22.
Lyons, S., Urick, M., Kuron, L., & Schweitzer, L. 2015. Generational differences in the workplace: There is complexity beyond the stereotypes. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 8, 346-356.
Urick, M. J. 2014. Wizards, hobbits, and kings: Leadership in Tolkien’s Middle-earth and lessons for business leaders. Journal of Leadership and Management, 1, 21-29.
Urick, M. J. 2014. The presentation of self: Dramaturgical theory and generations in organizations. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 12, 398-412.
Urick, M. J. 2012. Exploring generational identity: A multiparadigm approach. Journal of Business Diversity, 12, 103-115
Edited Book Chapters
Op-Eds/Non-Academic Research/Practitioner Publications
Op-Eds/Non-Academic Research/Practitioner Publications
Urick, M. J. 2022. Intergenerational conflict. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. (George Ritzer and Chris Rojek, Eds.), forthcoming. Blackwell.
Urick, M. J. 2020. An administrative perspective: going online with limited resources. Handbook of Teaching with Technology in Management, Leadership, and Business. Stuart Allen, Kim Gower and Danielle K. Allen, Eds.), 78–85. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Urick, M. J. 2019. The Millennial label: Associated perceptions and their impact. Global Applications of Multigenerational Management and Leadership in the Transcultural Era(Brian Christiansen, Ed.), 263-283. IGI Global.
Szpaderski, A. & Urick, M. J. 2018. Introduction: The importance of leadership theory. Essential Principles for Managers: Innovative Approaches to Examining Foundational Theories of Management and Leadership (Adam Szpaderski and Michael J. Urick, Eds.), 7-10. HPL Publications, Inc.
Urick, M. J. 2018. Becoming a Jedi Manager: The Force awakens through classic leadership perspectives. Essential Principles for Managers: Innovative Approaches to Examining Foundational Theories of Management and Leadership (Adam Szpaderski and Michael J. Urick, Eds.),47-59. HPL Publications, Inc.
Urick, M. J., Adams, D. E., Smith, T. 2018. Taylorism and Operational Excellence: Improving on the “one best way.” Essential Principles for Managers: Innovative Approaches to Examining Foundational Theories of Management and Leadership (Adam Szpaderski and Michael J. Urick, Eds.), 261-271. HPL Publications, Inc. (note this is a reprint of a 2018 journal article in Journal of Leadership and Management)
Szpaderski, A. & Urick, M. J. 2018. Introduction: The Challenge of Studying Leadership. Diversity and Performance: Multidisciplinary and Nontraditional Styles of Leadership and Management in Action (Adam Szpaderski and Michael J. Urick, Eds.), 9-11. HPL Publications, Inc.
Urick, M. J., Racculia, N. 2018. Ethical Decision Making in Game of Thrones: Applying Leadership from Westeros to Business. Diversity and Performance: Multidisciplinary and Nontraditional Styles of Leadership and Management in Action (Adam Szpaderski and Michael J. Urick, Eds.), 33-49. HPL Publications, Inc. (note this is a reprint of a 2018 journal article in Journal of Leadership and Management)
Urick, M. J., Gilvarry, D., Li, M., & Riesmeyer, R. 2018. Everyone should have something to point to: Themes in Studs Terkel’s “Working.” Diversity and Performance: Multidisciplinary and Nontraditional Styles of Leadership and Management in Action (Adam Szpaderski and Michael J. Urick, Eds.), 143-156. HPL Publications, Inc. (note this is a reprint of a 2018 journal article in Journal of Leadership and Management)
Hisker, W. & Urick, M. J. 2018. Benedictine leadership. Diversity and Performance: Multidisciplinary and Nontraditional Styles of Leadership and Management in Action (Adam Szpaderski and Michael J. Urick, Eds.), 245-259. HPL Publications, Inc.
Szpaderski, A. & Urick, M. J. 2018. Introduction: Applying leadership theories from the social sciences to new contexts. Management and Welfare: Applications and Theories of Leadership for the Economy, State, and Healthcare (Adam Szpaderski and Michael J. Urick, Eds.), 7-9. HPL Publications, Inc.
Urick, M. J., Cline, T., Gnecco, J. & Jackson, D. 2018. Affective well-being and counterproductive behavior in healthcare housekeepers. Management and Welfare: Applications and Theories of Leadership for the Economy, State, and Healthcare (Adam Szpaderski and Michael J. Urick, Eds.), 209-225. HPL Publications, Inc. (note this is a reprint of a 2018 journal article in Journal of Leadership and Management)
Urick, M. J. 2017. Wizards, hobbits, and kings: Leadership in Tolkien’s Middle-earth and lessons for business leaders. Leadership and Management: Emerging, Contemporary, and Unorthodox Perspectives (Adam Szpaderski and Christopher P. Neck, Eds.), 223-242. HPL Publications, Inc. (note this is a reprint of a 2014 journal article in Journal of Leadership and Management)
Urick, M. J. 2017. Toward an identity-based approach for examining age in the workplace: Perspectives and implications. Handbook of Age Diversity and Work (Emma Parry and Jean McCarthy, Eds.), 47-65. Palgrave MacMillan.
Urick, M. J. & Hollensbe, E. C. 2014. Toward an identity-based perspective of generations. In: New Perspectives in Researching Generational Diversity at Work (Emma Parry, Ed.), 114-128. Taylor & Francis Books.
Urick, M. J. & Sprinkle, T. A. 2014. Glenn Miller: Leadership lessons from a successful big band musician. In: Extreme Leadership: Leadership, Teams and Situations Outside the Norms (Cristina M. Giannantonio and Amy E. Hurley-Hanson, Eds.), 165-186. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Urick, M. J. & Crandall, V. 2012. Engaging conflict while fostering cooperation – An organizational case study. In: From Identity-based Conflict to Identity-based Cooperation: The ARIA Process (Jay Rothman, Ed.), 157-174. Springer Publications.
Op-Eds/Non-Academic Research/Practitioner Publications
Op-Eds/Non-Academic Research/Practitioner Publications
Op-Eds/Non-Academic Research/Practitioner Publications
Urick, M. J. Spring 2022. Guest editorial: Why do we need to explore the link between culture and excellence?. Measuring Business Excellence, 26, 141-142.
Urick, M. J. November/December 2020. Generational challenges in the (remote) workplace. Inside Supply Management. Institute for Supply Management, 48-49.
Urick, M. J. & Baehr, J. May 2018. Recognizing the influence of leadership and mentorship on the multigenerational workforce. ThomasNet, https://news.thomasnet.com/featured/recognizing-the-influence-of-leadership-and-mentorship-on-the-multigenerational-workforce.
Urick, M. J. Winter 2017-2018. Learning and knowledge transfer in Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Minas Tirith Evening Star: Journal of the American Tolkien Society. American Tolkien Society, 44, http://americantolkiensociety.org/minas_tirith_evening-star/essay_2.
Urick, M. J. & Baehr, J. M. October 2017. Improving intergenerational interactions. Inside Supply Management. Institute for Supply Management, 34-35.
Urick, M. J. July 2017. Improving intergenerational interactions in the workplace helps facilitate organizational learning. Perspectives. Pittsburgh Human Resources Association, 8-9.
Gnecco, J., Jackson, D., Cline, T. W., Urick, M. J., & Gnecco, E. C. February 2017. Practical ways to highlight environmental services’ value. Health Facilities Management, 31, 5.
Urick, M. J. January 2017. Want career success? Try face-to-face interaction. Perspectives. Pittsburgh Human Resources Association, 10-11.
Gnecco, J., Jackson, D., Cline, T. W., Urick, M. J., & Gnecco, E. C. January 2017. Boosting the morale of environmental services staff. Health Facilities Management, 30, 5.
Urick, M. J. 2016. Mentoring in the movies (Media review of “The Intern” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”). Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 14, 268-270.
Urick, M. J. & Coleman, L. March 2008. Linking continuing education to strategy. Perspectives.
Pittsburgh Human Resources Association, 3.
Urick, M. J. November 2006. Making the case for continuing education. Perspectives. Pittsburgh
Human Resources Association, 14-15.