This is a brief list of topics/projects I’m currently working on or planning to work on (in no particular order):
A case on a local charity (to be submitted to the Case Research Journal). I also have an old case on the USPS that I may find time to finish. A book proposal with a colleague. I’ll… more
Towards the end of the 2014, I started thinking about how business practice and pedagogy have contributed to rising income inequality. I read Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century, starting playing around with circular flow diagrams, began reading other books and scholarly articles… more
I enjoy writing business cases. I was an editor for a special issue of short cases for the Case Research Journal (Vol 37, Issue 3, Summer 2017, here’s a link); I now serve on CRJ’s editorial board and I’m the VP of Case Marketing for the North American Case Research Association, CRJ’s… more
I’m currently working with Jim Cater, a colleague at The University of Texas at Tyler, and Lorna A. Collins, formerly at the Royal Agricultural University’s School of Business and Entrepreneurship (in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK) on a series of papers on fair trade. Dr. Cater… more
In mid-2012, I began working with Heather K. Olson Beal (my wife, currently a professor of education at Stephen F. Austin State University) on a series of papers on the marketization of K-12 education.
Here is what we’ve produced so far:
Olson Beal, H. K., & Beal, B. D. 2016. Assessing the impact… more
I am enjoying working in the area of job fit with a small group of other scholars. This research is being led by Marina Astakhova, a colleague at The University of Texas at Tyler. Here’s what we’ve done so far:
Naydanova, E., Beal, B. D., Doty, H. 2018. Internet use for school-mandated… more
I have a long-standing interest in Mormonism. I was raised Mormon. I’ve written on Mormonism in scholarly outlets in the past (a book chapter in 2008, a business case in 2013), and I’ve blogged about Mormonism as a personal hobby.
In early 2014, I teamed up with a group of other academics… more
I’m happy to have been able to contribute to a series of papers on burnout, workpassion and career success in nursing. Thanks to Dr. Stephen Bushardt for taking the lead on these papers:
Bushardt, S. C, Young, M., & Beal, B. D. 2018. Understanding work passion: An important element for … more
Motor Trike, Inc. is an exciting and superbly-run family business located in Troup, TX, a small East Texas town approximately 20 miles southeast of Tyler, TX (where The University of Texas at Tyler is located). Here is a link to the company’s website; This is… more
I left academia for a year (in 2008-2009), and when I came back (in 2010), I decided to focus on a research stream that I’d always been interested in, but had never explored. Unfortunately, I picked an area that had already been canvassed by a large group of scholars and it was difficult … more