Samuel J. Yeager, Ph.D.

黑洞社区 Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs

Professor

Full Vitae

Dr. Sam J. Yeager specializes in organizational behavior, ethics, personnel administration, methodology, statistics, and computer applications. He is the author of more than 50 publications and is an active consultant to private industry, state and local governments.

Primary Teaching Areas

Organization Theory and Behavior; Ethics; Computer Applications

Experience

  • Professor, 黑洞社区, 1988-present
  • Graduate Coordinator, 黑洞社区, 1997-present
  • Associate Professor, 黑洞社区, 1982-1988
  • Assistant Professor, 黑洞社区, 1980-1982 (Public Administration)
  • Assistant Professor, 黑洞社区, 1976-1980 (Political Science)
  • M.P.A. Advisor, University of Georgia, 1974-1975
  • Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia, 1973-1976
  • Research Staff, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, 1972-1979
  • USAF SOF, Eglin Air Force Base, 1968-1969

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Public Administration, University of Georgia, 1976
  • M.P.A., Auburn University, 1972
  • M.S., Education, Troy State University, 1971
  • M.L.S., Library & Information Science, George Peabody College, 1968
  • B.A., History and Political Science, University of Massachusetts, 1967

Publications

Yeager, Samuel J. 鈥淲here Do Research Questions Come From and How Are They Formulated?鈥� In Miller and Yang (Eds.) Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration. 2d edition. Miami: Taylor & Francis, 2008.

Yeager, Samuel J.; Hildreth, W. Bartley; Miller, Gerald, and Rabin, Jack. 鈥淲hat Difference Does Having an MPA Make?鈥� Journal of Public Administration Education, 13, 2, 2007, 147-167.

Yeager, Samuel J.; Hildreth, W. Bartley; Miller, Gerald, and Rabin, Jack. 鈥淩elative Effects of Supervisory Emphasis on Ethical Behavior Versus Political Responsiveness.鈥� Public Integrity, 9, 2, Summer 2007, 265-283.

Yeager, Samuel J., 鈥淐lassic Methods In Public Administration Research." In Rabin, Miller, and Hildreth (Eds.), Handbook of Public Administration. 3d edition. New York: Taylor & Francis, 2007.

Glaser, Mark; Yeager, Samuel J., and Parker, Lee. 鈥淓ngaging Citizens: Neighborhood-based Organizations vs. Citizen Participation Organizations.鈥� Public Administration Quarterly, 30, 2, Summer 2006, 177-217.

Miller, Gerald; Yeager, Samuel J.; Hildreth, W. Bartley, and Rabin, Jack. 鈥淗ow Financial Managers Deal with Ethical Stress.鈥� Public Administration Review 65, 3, May/June, 2005, 301-312.

Research

  • Principal Investigator: 鈥淐andidate Attractiveness and Assessment Center Scores鈥� Based on data gathered from 3 public assessment center sites.
  • Principal Investigator: 鈥淢entoring Impacts on Careers: Gender Differences鈥� Based on a national survey.

Academic and Professional Associations

American Society for Public Administration, 1976-present

Papers

Yeager, Hildreth, Miller, and Rabin. 鈥淪uccessful Career Paths of Local Government Finance Professionals.鈥� Paper presented at the Southeastern Conference for Public Administration. Athens, Georgia. September, 2006. Presented by Hildreth.

Yeager, Hildreth, Miller, and Rabin. 鈥淲hat Difference Does Having an MPA Make鈥� Paper presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public Administration in Indianapolis, IN, March, 2005.

Hildreth, Yeager, Miller, and Rabin. 鈥淟usting After Other People鈥檚 Money While Saving One鈥檚 Own鈥� Presented at Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, Chicago, October, 2004. Presented by Hildreth.

Yeager, Hildreth, Miller, and Rabin. 鈥淓thical Supervisors Make A Difference: Does Gender Matter鈥� Paper presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public Administration in Portland, OR, March, 2004.

Public Service Activities

  • Faculty Senate 1983-present
  • Faculty Support Committee 1986-2006
  • Senate Library Committee 1990-2002
  • Search Committee to Hire Library Dean
  • University Ethics Review Committee 1995-2000
  • Ad Hoc Regent鈥檚 Awards Committee 2003, chair
  • Faculty Senate Budget Committee member 1 term
  • Ad Hoc Committee to Revise the University鈥檚 Computer and Internet Use Policies 2002-2003
  • Committee to Create the University鈥檚 Patent Policy, Chair
  • Graduate Council 1992-2002
  • Graduate Council Subcommittee to Evaluate Five Graduate Programs 2003, Chair
  • Graduate School Awards Committee 1995-2006, chair for 5 years
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences College Council 2005-present
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences Awards Committee 2004-2006
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee 2 non-consecutive 3 year terms
  • Graduate Coordinator for the MPA Program 1997-present

Service as an editorial board member for 8 professional journals including Public Administration Quarterly; International Journal of Public Administration; Journal of Health and Human Service Administration; Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management; JPAE: Journal of Public Administration Education; Administration and Management; Public Administration and Management; and the International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior. Most of this service began with the inception of the journal and continues today.

In addition I have reviewed manuscripts for the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Group and Organizational Behavior, Journal of Management, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Public Administration Review, Research in Nursing and Public Health, Social Science Microcomputing Review, State Government, and State and Local Government Review.

Consulting Activities

Recent work with the City of Derby on economic development, and with the City of Wichita on revision of their code of ethics and conducting assessment centers.