Wisconsin School of Business

Barry Gerhart

Professor - Management & Human Resources
Bruce Ellig Distinguished Chair in Pay & Org Effectiveness

Barry Gerhart is a professor and former chair of the Department of Management and Human Resources at the Wisconsin School of Business. He holds the Bruce R. Ellig Distinguished Chair in Pay and Organizational Effectiveness. His research interests include compensation, human resource management, staffing, and international management.

Gerhart is widely recognized for his research. In 2012, he received the Herbert Heneman Jr. Career Achievement Award from the Academy of Management, Human Resources (HR) Division. He has also received the Scholarly Achievement Award (best article), International Scholarly Achievement Award (best international article) and Outstanding Paper Award (best convention paper) from the HR Division and his student, Anthony Nyberg received the Ralph Alexander Best Dissertation Award from the HR Division. Other honors include being named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Outstanding Author Contribution Award for his article in Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management. According to a study published in the Journal of Management, Gerhart was among the top 1 percent of most-cited authors in the field of management during the 1981 to 2004 timeframe.

Gerhart’s work has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, and other leading journals. He has co-authored several books in the areas of human resources and compensation and contributed chapters in several leading books in the field. He serves on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of World Business, Management and Organization Review, and Personnel Psychology. Previously, he served as chair of the Department of Human Resource Studies at Cornell and as Area Coordinator for Organization Studies at Vanderbilt.

He earned his Ph.D. in industrial relations from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his B.S. in psychology from Bowling Green State University.
 

Selected Published Journal Articles

Trevor, C., Reilly, G., & Gerhart, B. (2012). Reconsidering Pay Dispersion’s Effect on the Performance of Interdependent Work: Reconciling Sorting and Pay Inequality. . Academy of Management Journal (55), 585-610.
Fang, M., & Gerhart, B. (2012). Does Pay for Performance Diminish Intrinsic Interest? A Workplace Test Using Cognitive Evaluation Theory and the Attraction-Selection-Attrition Model. . International Journal of Human Resource Management (23), 1176-1196.
Gerhart, B. (2011). Construct validity, causality, and policy recommendations: The case of high performance work practices systems. Human Resource Management Review (22), 157-160.
Gerhart, B., Nyberg, A., Fulmer, I., & Carpenter, M. (2010). Agency Theory Revisited: CEO Returns and Shareholder Interest Alignment. Academy of Management Journal (53), 1029-1049.
Gerhart, B., Rynes, S., & Fulmer, I. (2009). Pay and Performance: Individuals, Groups, and Executives. Academy of Management Annals
Gerhart, B. (2009). Does National Culture Constrain Organization Culture and Human Resource Strategy? The Role of Individual Mechanisms and Implications for Employee Selection. Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management
Gerhart, B. (2009). How Much Does National Culture Constrain Organizational Culture?. (5), 241-259.
Gerhart, B. (2008). Cross-Cultural Management Research: Assumptions, Evidence, and Suggested Directions. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management (8), 259-274.
Gerhart, B. (2008). Review Essay: The Growth of International Human Resource Management. International Journal of Human Resource Management (19), 1989-1994.
Lee, T., Gerhart, B., Weller, I., & Trevor, C. (2008). Understanding Voluntary Turnover: Path-Specific Job Satisfaction Effects and the Importance of Unsolicited Job Offers. Academy of Management Journal (51), 651-671.
Rynes, S., Gerhart, B., & Parks, L. (2005). Personnel Psychology: Performance Evaluation and Pay-for-Performance. Annual Review of Psychology (56), 571-600.
Gerhart, B. (2005). The (Affective) Dispositional Approach to Job Satisfaction: Sorting Out the Policy Implications. Journal of Organizational Behavior (26), 79-97.
Gerhart, B. (2005). Human Resources and Business Performance: Findings, Unanswered Questions, and an Alternative Approach. Management Revue: The International Review of Management Studies (16), 175-185.
Gerhart, B., & Fang, M. (2005). National Culture and Human Resource Management: Assumptions and Evidence. International Journal of Human Resource Management (16), 975-990.
Rynes, S., Gerhart, B., & Minette, K. (2004). The Importance of Pay in Employee Motivation: Discrepancies between What People Do and What They Say. Human Resource Management (43), 381-394.
Sturman, M., Trevor, C., Bourdreau, J., & Gerhart, B. (2003). Is it worth it to win the talent war? Using turnover research to evaluate the utility of performance-based pay. Personnel Psychology (56), 997-1035.
Sturman, M., Trevor, C., Boudreau, J., & Gerhart, B. (2003). Is It Worth It to Win the Talent War? Evaluating the Utility of Performance-Based Pay. Personnel Psychology (56), 997-1035.
Fulmer, I., Gerhart, B., & Scott, K. (2003). Are the 100 Best Better? An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship Between Being a "Great Place to Work" and Firm Performance. Personnel Psychology (56), 965-993.
Wright, P., Gardner, T., Moynihan, L., Park, H., Gerhart, B., & Delery, J. (2001). Measurement Error in Research on Human Resources and Firm Performance: Additional Data and Suggestions for Future Research. Personnel Psychology (54), 875-901.
Wright, P., McMahan, G., Snell, S., & Gerhart, B. (2001). Comparing Line and HR Executives' Perceptions of HR Effectiveness: Services, Roles, and Contributions. Human Resource Management Journal (40), 111-124.
Gerhart, B., Wright, P., McMahan, G., & Snell, S. (2000). Measurement Error in Research on Human Resources and Firm Performance: How Much Error Is there and How Does it Influence Effect Size Estimates?. Personnel Psychology (53), 803-834.

Presentations

Academy of Management
The Sustainable Teaching of Human Resource Management in Multinational Enterprises

Seminar Series
Context, Culture, and People Management: Claims and Evidence

The 2006 Derber Lecture
National Culture as a Constraint on People Management: Claims and Evidence

Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management
Context, Culture, and People Management: Claims and Evidence


Research on Human Resources and Effectiveness: Selected Methodological Challenges

Academy of Management
Comparative Human Resource Management - Current Status and Future Developments

Academy of Management
Comparing the Predictive Power of National Culture Distance Measures: Hofstede Versus Project GLOBE

International Association of Chinese Management Research
International Management and Strategic Human Resource Management


National Culture and People Management: Claims and Evidence


National Culture and People Management: Claims and Evidence

The 2008 Ludwig-Erhard-Professor Lecture
Does National Culture Constrain Human Resource Management?

Undergraduate Courses

Compensation (MHR 611), Fall 2013.



Graduate Courses

Human Resource Management (MHR 705), Fall 2013.



Editorial and Reviewing Activities

Journal of World Business - Since January 2012
Editorial Board Member

Management and Organization Review - Since January 2011
Editorial Board Member

Journal of Applied Psychology - Since December 2007
Editorial Board Member

Management Revue - Since January 2004
Editorial Board Member

Academy of Management Journal - Since January 2002
Editorial Board Member

The International Journal of Human Resource Management - Since January 1998
Editorial Board Member

Personnel Psychology - Since January 1996
Editorial Board Member

Industrial and Labor Relations Review - Since January 1994
Editorial Board Member

Photograph of Barry Gerhart

Barry Gerhart

 
Professor | Management & Human Resources
Bruce Ellig Distinguished Chair in Pay & Org Effectiveness
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