Economics and Management

Author: sowen

  • Kathi Tunheim Named Endowed Chair in Management and Leadership

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    Dr. Kathi Tunheim, Assistant Professor of Economics and Management at Gustavus Adolphus College, has been named the inaugural holder of the Board of Trustees Endowed Chair in Management and Leadership in the Department of Economics and Management at the College. The position was created when six members of the Board of Trustees anonymously pledged $5…

  • Accretive Health

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    Kathi Tunheim, Assistant Professor of Management, was invited by Tina Semsch ’11 and Nina Boldt ’11 who both work as Business Analysts at Accretive Health in Minneapolis. She was asked to facilitate a two hour meeting by their female employees about how to work more effectively and successfully in the business environment. Kathi shared the…

  • Employee Enhancement Days at Gustavus

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    Kathi Tunheim, Assistant Professor of Management, was invited to speak by Kirk Beyer, Ph.D., Director of Human Resources at Gustavus, to lead two seminars on life gifts and career development for Gustavus Staff on Wednesday, April 2, 2012.  Kathi distributed two assessment tools to help the employees discover their six areas of giftedness, according to John Holland’s RIASEC…

  • Kathi Tunheim and Kelsey Swanson ’12 present paper at the AHRD Conference.

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    Assistant Professor of Management Kathi Tunheim and Kelsey Swanson ’12 presented a co-authored paper, “Recruiting and Risk: Female Financial Advisor Candidates,” at the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) International Research Conference in Denver on March 1-3, 2012. The research focused on the perceptions of female college seniors of the financial advising career. In the…

  • Kristian Braekkan presents paper at ASSA conference

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    Assistant Professor of Management Kristian Braekkan presented his paper “From Breach to Violation: An Examination of the Moderating Role of Union Instrumentality upon Perceptions of Psychological Contract Breach and Violations” at the ASSA (Allied Social Science Associations) meetings in Chicago on January 6-8, 2012. The paper, which is co-authored by Gustavus alumni Rebecca Krocak (International…