Dr. James Vardaman
Professor | Ph.D. Coordinator |
Free Enterprise Chair of Excellence
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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
- Vardaman, J.M., Maher, L., Sterling, C., Allen, D., & Dhaenens, A. (2023). Collective friend group
reactions to organizational change: A field theory approach.Journal of Organizational Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1002/job/job.2706.
- Vardaman, J.M., & Tabor, W.E. (2022). Crafting a retention strategy for your family business. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2022/09/crafting-a-retention-strategy-for-your-family-business?ab=hero-subleft-2.
- Antin-Yates, V.M., Vardaman, J.M., & Chrisman, J.J. (2023). Social network research in family businesses: A review
and integration. Small Business Economics, 60, 1323-1345. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-022-00665-y.
- Vardaman, J.M. & Montague-Mfuni, M. (2022). Forced transgenerational succession: Insights from a
South African family business. Journal of Small Business Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/00472778.2021.1937634
- Vardaman, J.M., Markin, E., Penney, C.R., Marler, L., & McKee, D. (2022). Willing and able? The
screening and adoption of habitual family venture opportunities. Family Business Review, 35(2), 126-135. https://doi.org/10.1177/08944865211059467
- Carr, J.C., Vardaman, J.M.,Marler, L.E., McLarty, B.D., & Blettner, D. (2021). Psychological antecedents of
decision comprehensiveness and their relationship to decision quality and performance
in family firms: An upper echelons perspective. Family Business Review, 34(1), 33-47. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894486520917774
- Vardaman, J.M., Amis, J.M, Wright, P., & Dyson, B. (2021). Reframing childhood obesity: The role
of community interests in change implementation failure. Human Relations, 74(2), 258-285. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726719899464
- Tabor, W.E., & Vardaman, J.M. (2020). Succession in family firms: The importance of non-family buy-in. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2020/05/the-key-to-successful-succession-planning-for-family-businesses?ab=hero-subleft-3&fbclid=IwAR2z9JPU1K4bgSctSOEs-ivVpmQiSthJk67oC7r9R2diWAvThma5E8m8Y2k
- Tabor, W.E., & Vardaman, J.M. (2020). How family businesses can attract quality non-family employees. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2020/02/how-family-businesses-can-attract-non-family-talent?ab=hero-subleft-3&fbclid=IwAR0J-h6XQ8ZvpzNFP5ncPKbfcKCH-Jj1wWkjlKehOLRw1xw3jSSrOk0i6Vg.
- McLarty, B.D., Vardaman, J.M., & Barnett, T.R. (2019). Congruence and exchange: The influence of supervisors on
employee performance in family firms. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 43(2), 302-321. https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258718796079
- Vardaman, J.M, Allen, D.G., & Rogers, B.L. (2018). We are friends but are we family? Organizational
identification and nonfamily employee turnover. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 42(2), 290-309. https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258717749235
- Tabor, W.E., Chrisman, J.J., Madison, K., & Vardaman, J.M. (2018). Nonfamily members in family firms: A review and future research agenda. Family Business Review, 31(1), 54-79. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894486517734683
- Dhaenens, A.J., Marler, L.E., Vardaman, J.M., & Chrisman, J.J. (2018). Mentoring in family businesses: Toward an understanding
of commitment outcomes. Human Resource Management Review, 28(1), 46-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2017.05.005
- Rogers, B.L., Vardaman, J.M., Allen, D.G., Muslin, I.S., & Baskin, M.B. (2017). Turning up by turning over: The
change of scenery effect in Major League Baseball. Journal of Business and Psychology, 32(5), 547-560. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-016-9468-3
- Allen, D.G., & Vardaman, J.M. (2017). Recruitment and retention across cultures. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 4, 153-181. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-032516-113100
- Vardaman, J.M., Allen, D.G., Otondo, R.F., Hancock, J., Shore, L. & *Rogers, B. (2016). Social comparisons
and organizational support: Implications for retention and commitment. Human Relations, 69(7), 1493-1505. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726715619687
- Vardaman, J.M., Taylor, S.G., Allen, D.G., Gondo, M.B., & Amis, J.M. (2015). Translating intentions
to behavior: The interaction of network structure and behavioral intentions in understanding
employee turnover. Organization Science, 26(4), 1177-1191. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2015.0982
- Vardaman, J.M., & Gondo, M.B. (2014). Socioemotional wealth conflict in family firms. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 37(6), 1317-1322. https://doi.org/10.1111/etap.12126
- Allen, D.G., Hancock, J.., Vardaman, J.M., & McKee, D.N. (2014). Analytical mindsets in turnover research. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 35(1), 61-86. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.1912
- Vardaman, J.M., Gondo, M.B., & Allen, D.G. (2014). Ethical climate and pro-social rule breaking in the workplace. Human Resource Management Review, 24(1), 108-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2012.05.001