Dr. James Vardaman

Professor | Ph.D. Coordinator |
Free Enterprise Chair of Excellence

Phone:
901.678.4551
Fax:
901.678.4990
Office Location:
FCBE 220
Office Hours:
By Appointment
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James Vardaman

Biography

Dr. James Vardaman holds the Free Enterprise Chair of Excellence and is a Professor of Management in the Fogelman College of Business and Economics, where he also serves as the Management Ph.D. program coordinator. Dr. Vardaman’s research focuses on employee retention and reactions to change in entrepreneurial ventures, with a particular emphasis on the study of family businesses.

Dr. Vardaman is on the Editorial Review Board of several journals, including Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Journal of Management. He is also a former member of the Southern Management Association’s Board of Governors. Dr. Vardaman’s doctoral students have placed at institutions such as Oklahoma State University, The University of New South Wales (Australia), East Carolina University and Mississippi College.  

Research 

His research has been published in journals such as Organization Science, Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Human Relations, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management Review, Family Business Review, and Journal of Small Business Management. In 2021 he co-authored his first book, Global Talent Retention: Understanding Employee Turnover across the World.  

Recent Publications