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Dail Fields, Ph.D.

Dail Fields, Ph.D.

Regent University’s adjunct professors are rigorously selected so that they help students grow in knowledge and faith. These professors, who teach on a contractual basis, must be dedicated to Christ-centered teaching and learning; have a record of or potential for academic scholarship; possess the ability to teach undergraduate-level and/or graduate-level courses, and embrace Regent’s Identity and Mission statements and subscribe to a statement of Christian faith.

Bio

Dr. Dail Fields has been a part of Regent University since 1999 with the School of Business & Leadership. He currently teaches in the Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership program. Dr. Fields also serves as a Senior Research Scientist with the Institute for Behavioral Research at the University of Georgia. He has published over 50 research studies and book chapters, as well as a reference book on measurement of work related variables. Dr. Fields was a Fulbright Scholar based in Lithuania in 2006-2007. He also provides consulting services in applied statistics, management, and leadership development to education, business and government organizations.

Dr. Fields has been a guest lecturer and speaker for professional organizations and universities in Lithuania, Russia, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.

Prior to joining Regent University, Dr. Fields served on the faculties of George Washington University and the City University of Hong Kong. He also has management and consulting experience with firms which include MCI Telecommunications Corp. and Deloitte Touche & Co. and entrepreneurial experience gained in starting a small business.

Credentials

Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994

B.A. with Honors. Johns Hopkins University, 1968

Publications

Books & Book Chapters:

Fields, D. (2013). "Followers' assessments of a leader's authenticity: What factors affect how others deem a leader to be authentic?" In D. Ladkin and C. Spiller (eds.) Authentic Leadership: Clashes, Convergences and Coalescences. Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Jones, J., & Fields, D. (2012). "Effectively leading a diverse non-profit workforce." In R. Burke and C. Cooper (eds.) Human resource management in the nonprofit sector: Purpose and passion. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Hale, J., & Fields, D. (2013). "A cross-cultural measure of servant leadership." In M. Bocarnea, R. Reynolds, and J. Baker (eds.) Online Instruments, Data Collection, and Electronic Measurements: Organizational Advancements. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Johnson, B., & Fields, D. (2011). "CAUTION! Implicit leadership theories at work." In F. Gandolfi (ed.) Foundations of Contemporary Leadership, Saarbrucken: Lambert Academic Publishing.

Chandler, D. J., & Fields, D. (2010). "Ignoring the signposts: A process perspective of unethical and destructive Leadership." In B. Schyns and T. Hansbrough, (Eds.), When Leadership Goes Wrong: Destructive Leadership, Mistakes and Ethical Failures. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Fields, D. (2010). "The Obama factor on leadership." In D. Green and G. Roberts (eds.) Impending Danger: The Federal Handbook for Rethinking Leadership in the 21st Century. Deer Park, Linus Publications.

Andzius, E., Krisciunaite, R., & Fields, D. (2009). "Transitioning from employee portraits from the past: Leadership and employee commitment in modern Lithuania." In M. Harvey and J. D. Barbour (Eds.), Global Leadership: Portraits of the Past, Visions for the Future. James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership and the International Leadership Association: College Park, 135-149.

Fields, D. (2008) "Organizational Development and Diagnosis." In S. Allen (ed.) CALE LeadershipHandbook, Center for Applied leadership Excellence: Pinegowrie.

Singh-Sengupta, S., & Fields, D. (Eds.) (2007). Integrating spirituality and organizational leadership, Delhi: Macmillan & Co. Publishers. ISBN 0230-63067-7.

Fields, D. (2007). "Leadership style: Developing a leadership style to fit 21st century challenges." In C. Wankel (Ed.), Handbook of 21st Century Management. Thousand Oaks, Sage Publications.

Fields, D. (2005). "Applying cultural data the GLOBE study to develop leadership models for Russian organizations." In J. Coe, L. Sukhodoyeva, and B. Johnson (Eds.), Strategies for Effective Leadership: U.S. and Russian Perspectives. Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse.

Fields, D. (2005). "Applying cultural data from the GLOBE study to develop leadership models for Russian organizations." In J. Coe, L. Sukhodoyeva, and B. Johnson (Eds.), Strategies for Effective Leadership: U.S. and Russian Perspectives. Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse.

Fields, D. (2002). Taking the measure of work: A guide to validated measures for organizational research and diagnosis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Published in English: ISBN 0-7619-2425-6 and Chinese: ISBN 0-5019-4141-6/F.

Blum, T. C., Fields, D. L., Milne, S. H., & Spell, C. S. (1993). "The interrelations of drug testing with other human resource management practices and organizational characteristics." In S. Macdonald and P. Roman (Eds.), Drug Testing in the Workplace: Research Advances in Alcohol and Drug Problems, 11, 279-302. New York: Plenum.

Refereed Journals:

Fields, D., Blum, T., & Roman, P. (in press). "Dissemination activities: A critical new role for substance abuse treatment organizations." Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research.

Winston, B., & Fields, F. (in-press). "Seeking and measuring the essential behaviors of servant leadership." Leadership and Organizational Development Journal.

Fields, D., & Boggs, B. (2012). Guest editors, "Symposium on managing performance in faith-based nonprofit organizations." International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, 15(1): 24-88 and 15(2): 199-264.

Fields, D., Roman, P., & Blum, T. (2012). "Management systems, patient quality improvement, resource availability, and substance abuse treatment quality." Health Services Research, 47(3): 1068-1090.

Clemmons, A & Fields, D (2011) "Values as determinants of motivation to lead." Military Psychology, 23(6): 587-600.

Fields, D. & Bekker, C. (2011) "Theological reflection, cognitive frameworks and commerce: Exploring the intersection between Christianity and business." Journal of Biblical Integration in Business, 13: 77-86.

Brown, R. & Fields, D. (2011) "Leaders engaged in self-leadership: Can followers tell the difference?" Leadership, 7(3): 275-293.

Fields, D., Blum, T., & Roman, P. (2011) "An exploratory study of alternative configurations of governing boards of substance abuse treatment centers." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 41(2): 156-168.

Elele, J. & Fields, D. (2010). "Participative Decision Making and Organizational Commitment: Comparing Nigerian and American Employees." Cross-cultural Management: An International Journal, 17(4):368-392. DOI 10.1108/13527601011086586

Boggs, B. & Fields, D. (2010). "Exploring organizational culture and performance of Christian Churches." International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, 13(3), 305-334.

Fields, D. & Roman, P. (2010) "Total quality management and performance in substance abuse treatment centers." Health Services Research, 45(6): 1630-50 DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01152.x

Perkins, D. C. & Fields, D (2010). "Top management team diversity and performance of Christian churches." Non-profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, DOI:10.1177/0899764009340230

Holste, S. & Fields, D (2010). "Trust and tacit knowledge sharing and use." Journal of Knowledge Management, 14(1): 128-140.

Gaiduk, R., Gaiduk, J. & Fields, D. (2009). "Limiting the brain drain: Determinants of employee organizational attachment in Lithuania." Baltic Journal of Management, 4(2): 149-168. Highly Commended Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2010.

Rosson, T., & Fields, D. (2008). "Cultural determinants of the growth in evangelical Christianity: A longitudinal study of 49 countries." Review of Religious Research, 49(3), 269-289.

Fields, D., & Case, R (2008). "Team composition and risk taking in decisions by research and development project teams." Amity International Strategic Management Review, 2(1), 1-21.

Hale, J., & Fields, D. (2007). "Exploring servant leadership across cultures: A study of followers in Ghana and the USA." Leadership, 3(4), 397-417.

Wood, S., & Fields, D. (2007). "Exploring the impact of shared leadership on management team member job outcomes." Baltic Journal of Management, 2(3), 251-272.

Fields, D. (2007). "Determinants of follower perceptions of a leader's authenticity and integrity." European Management Journal, 25(3), 195-206.

Fields, D. (2006). "Governance in permanent whitewater: The board's role in planning and implementing organizational change." Corporate Governance: An International Review, 15(2), 334-344.

Porr, D., & Fields, D. (2006). "Implicit leadership effects on multi-source ratings for management development." Journal of Managerial Psychology, 21(7), 651-668.

Fields, D., Chan, A., Akhtar, S., & Blum, T. (2006). "Human resource management strategies under uncertainty: How do American and Hong Kong Chinese companies differ?" Cross Culture Management: An International Journal, 13(2), 171-186.

Fields, D., Dingman, M., Blum, T., & Roman, P. (2005). "Exploring predictors of alternative job changes." Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 78, 63-82.

Fields, D., Goodman, J., & Blum, T. (2005). "Human resource dependence and organizational demography: A study of minority employment in private sector companies." Journal of Management, 31, 167-185.

Fields, D., & Bocarnea, M. (2005). "Measurement in organizational behavior." In Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 2, 951-956. Academic Press: San Diego.

Herold, D., & Fields, D. (2004). "Making sense of subordinate feedback for leadership development: Confounding effects of job role and organizational rewards." Group and Organization Management, 29(6), 686-701.

Winston, B., & Fields, D. (2003). "Developing dissertation skills of doctoral students in an internet-based distance education curriculum: A case study." American Journal of Distance Education, 17(3), 161-172.

Goodman, J., Fields, D., & Blum, T. (2003). "Cracks in the glass ceiling: In what kinds of organizations do women make it to the top?" Group and Organization Management, 28(4), 475-501.

Fields, D., Pang, M., & Chui, C. (2000). "Distributive and procedural justice as predictors of employee outcomes in Hong Kong." Journal of Organizational Behavior, 21, 547-562.

Fields, D., Chan, A., & Akhtar, S. (2000). "Organizational context and human resource management strategy: A structural equation analysis of Hong Kong firms." The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 11(2), 264-2773.

Ayree, S., Fields, D., & Luk, V. (1999). "Cross-cultural assessment of key work-family dimensions: A comparison of structural models." Journal of Management, 25(4), 491-511.

Townsend, A., Whitman, M., Hendrickson, A., & Fields, D. (1998). "An examination of computer-use ethics in Hong Kong and the United States." Journal of International Information Management, 7(1), 29-38.

Ding, D., Fields, D. L., & Akhtar, S. (1997). "An empirical study of human resource management policies and practices in foreign-invested Enterprises in China: The case of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone." The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 8(5), 597-613.

Fields, D. L., & Herold, D. M. (1997). "Using the leadership practices inventory to measure transformational and transactional leadership." Educational and Psychological Measurement, 57(4): 569-579.

Fields, D. L., & Blum, T. C. (1997). "Employee satisfaction in work groups with different gender composition." Journal of Organizational Behavior, 18(2), 181-196.

Blum, T. C., Fields, D. L., & Goodman, J. S. (1994). "Organization level determinants of women in management." Academy of Management Journal, 37(2), 241-268.

Blum, T. C., Fields, D. L., Milne, S. H., & Spell, C. S. (1992). "Workplace drug testing programs: A review of research and a survey of worksites." Journal of Employee Assistance Research, 1(2), 315-349.

Refereed Conference Presentations:

Fields, D., Riesenmy, K., Blum, T., & Roman, P. (2014, August). "Meaningful use of electronic health records and entrepreneurial strategic orientation: Two studies of substance use disorder treatment organizations." 2014 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.

Fields, D. (2014, August). "What affects how others deem a leader to be authentic?" Presentation within the Symposium "Critical Perspectives on Authentic Leadership." 2014 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.

Lemoine, G. J., Blum, T. C., Fields, D., & Roman, P. (2014, August). "A multi-organizational examination of stretch goals in SUD treatment centers." 2014 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.

Fields, D., Roman, P. & Blum, T. (2011) "Management systems, patient quality improvement, resource availability, and substance abuse treatment quality." 2011 Annual Academy of Management Meeting, San Antonio. Recipient of Best Paper Award, Healthcare Management Division.

Clemmons, A. & Fields, D. (2011) "Values as Determinants of Motivation to Lead." 2011 International Conference of the Association of Global Management Studies, Las Vegas.

Fields, D. (2011) "Research in quality management and governance in substance abuse treatment programs." Working conference of the National Treatment Center Study, Institute for Behavioral Research, University of Georgia.

Fields, D. (2010) Session Chair, "Present and Future Perspectives on Servant Leadership Research." Annual Conference of the Greenleaf Foundation, Atlanta, GA.

Fields, D. & Blum, T. (2010) "Configurations of governing boards of substance abuse treatment centers." 2010 Annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Montreal, CN.

Schilpzand, M., Blum, T., & Fields, D. (2009) "Future employees and the environment: What determines the propensity of university students towards environmentally focused behaviors?" 2009 Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, Asheville, NC.

Fields, D., & Roman, P. (2009). Total quality management and performance in substance abuse treatment centers. Nominated for Best Paper Award in Healthcare Management Division 2009 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Fields, D., Bocarnea, M., Bekker, C., & Osula, B. (2008). Leadership in transitioning countries: Past and present. 2008 Annual Conference of the International Leadership Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Fields, D., & Fry, L. (2008). Leadership assessment in research and practice. 2008 Annual Conference of the International Leadership Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Bekker, C., Fry, L., Harvey, M., Gary, J., & Fields, D. (2008). Spiritual leadership: Past, present and future. 2008 Annual Conference of the International Leadership Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Fields, D., Liu, J., & Song, S. T. (2007). Leadership in transition: Comparing leadership preferences across generations in China. 2007 Leadership Forum of the Chinese Executive Leadership Academy Pudong, Shanghai, China.

Fields, D., Bocarnea, M., Pielstick, D., Bekker, C., & Longbotham, G. (2007). Spirituality in organizational leadership. 2007 Annual Meeting of the International Leadership Association, Vancouver, Canada.

Hale, J., & Fields, D. (2007). Exploring servant leadership across cultures: A study of followers in Ghana and the USA. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.

Perkins, D. C., & Fields, D. (2007). The relationship of top management team diversity with organizational performance of Christian churches. European Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Paris, France.

Elele, J., & Fields, D. (2007). Exploring employee participation and organizational commitment across cultures: A study of employees in Nigeria and the United States. Workshop on Research Advances in Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, and Corporate Social Responsibility, LIRHE University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.

Brown, R. & Fields, D. (2006) Exploring the Relationships of Self-Leadership Practices with Follower Assessments of Leadership Behaviors. Fifth Annual Conference on Studying Leadership, Cranfield University, Bedford, U.K.

Fields, D., Ankopien, A., Bocarnea, M., Grachev, M., & Straight, B. (2006). The crossroads of leadership in Eastern Europe: Insights from Lithuania, Russia, and Bulgaria. International Leadership Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.

Wood, S., & Fields, D. (2006). Exploring the impact of shared leadership on management team member job outcomes. MMRC-ERA Research Conference, Baltic Management Development Association, ISM University of Economics and Management, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Boggs, B., & Fields, D. (2006). An exploratory study of organizational culture and effectiveness of Christian churches. Included in Best Paper Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA.

Fields, D. (2006). Determinants of consensus and accuracy in follower perceptions of Leaders: Will authenticity shine through? 22nd Colloquium of the European Group for Organizational Studies, Bergen, Norway.

Fields, D., & Dingman, M. (2006). Servants to the cause: Preliminary findings about leader-follower relationships of world changing leaders. Values-based Leadership Conference, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Hale, J., & Fields, D. (2006). Exploring the effectiveness of servant leadership in Ghana and the United States. Values-based Leadership Conference, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Porr, D., & Fields, D. (2005). Making sense of how multiple ratings of leadership are related to organizational performance indicators. Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, Charleston, SC.

Fields, D., & Carr, P. (2005). Development of autonomous learners in an online doctoral program. Sloan - C Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Holste, S., & Fields, D. (2005). The relationship of affect and cognition based trust with sharing and use of tacit knowledge. Included in Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI.

Lane, M., & Fields, D. (2005). Exploring 'Confucian family-ism' as a dimension of justice in the Chinese workplace. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI.

Fields, D., Chan, A., Akhtar, S., & Blum, T. (2004). Human resource management strategies under uncertainty: How do American and Hong Kong Chinese companies differ? Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, San Antonio, TX.

Fields, D. (2004). Leadership and governance during organizational change. Colloquium of the European Group on Organizational Studies, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Fields, D. (2003). Demographic diversity and decision rigidity in R & D project teams. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, WA.

Fields, D., & Grooms, L. (2002). The power of on-line learning: The faculty perspective. Eighth Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks, Orlando, FL.

Fields, D., & Dingman, M. (2002). Determinants of alternative employee turnover choices. Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, Atlanta, GA.

Fields, D., & Grooms, L. (2002). A new model for on-line leadership education. Annual Meeting of the International Council for Open and Distance Education, Calgary, Canada.

Winston, B., & Fields, D. (2001). Communicating competencies for the doctoral dissertation in an internet-based doctoral program. Annual meeting of the National Communications Association, Atlanta, GA.

Fields, D., & Blum, T. (2000). Opposite sex supervisors and employee satisfaction: Moderating effects of work group composition and job strain. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL.

Herold, D., & Fields, D. (2000). 360 degree assessments: Are we measuring the person or the context? Annual Meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Fields, D. L, Pang, M., & Chiu, C. (1998). A cross-cultural comparison of the effects of distributive and procedural justice. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, San Diego, CA.

Fields, D. L., Blum, T. C., & Roman, P. (1997). A cross-cultural examination of employee attitudes about workplace drug testing in the U.S. and Hong Kong. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA.

Fields, D. L., Blum, T. C., & Goodman, J. S. (1996). Organizational characteristics affecting the presence of blacks in management and top executive positions. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Cincinnati, OH.

Ayree, S., Fields, D. L., & Luk, V. (1996). A test of a model of the work-family interface among managerial employees in Hong Kong. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Cincinnati, OH.

Fields, D. L., & Blum, T. C. (1995). Happier together? Employee satisfaction in work groups with different gender composition. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.

Fields, D. L., & Blum, T. C. (1995). Working for the opposite sex, work group composition, and employee satisfaction. Colloquium of the European Group on Organizational Studies, Istanbul, Turkey.

Blum, T. C., & Fields, D. L. (1994). Not just a matter of yes or no: Employee beliefs about workplace drug testing and related human resource practices. World Conference of Management, International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management, Dallas, TX.

Herold, D. M., & Fields, D. L. (1994). Organizational roles and the reinforcement of transactional and transformational leadership. World Conference of Management, International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management, Dallas, TX.

Herold, D. M., Fields, D. L., & Hyatt C. (1993). Using leadership instruments in a management development context: What are we measuring? Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA. Best Paper Award, Management Education and Development Division.

Invited Presentations and Seminars:

Fields, D. (2008). International human resource management invited lecture series. Vilnius University, Faculty of Economics, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Fields, D. (2007). Economic development, international trade, and management trends in China and the USA. Henan University, Kaifeng, China.

Fields, D. (2007). Leadership and culture across generations in China. SIAS International University, Xin Zheng, China.

Fields, D. (2007). Leadership within and across cultures. Eurasian Theological Seminary, Moscow, Russia, March.

Fields, D. (2007). International HRM and organizational leadership. International Program in Business, Economics, and Management. Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, March.

Fields, D. (2007). The challenges of integrating spirituality and organizational leadership and the road ahead: Research agenda for spirituality in organizational leadership. International Conference on Integration of Spirituality and Organizational Leadership, Delhi, India. February.

Fields, D. (2006). Empirical research methods seminar. Faculty of Economics, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, October & November.

Fields, D. (2005). Culture, Evangelical growth and leadership. Shofar Leadership Seminar. Stellenbosch University, South Africa, March, 2006.

Fields, D. (2005). Leadership and governance during organizational change. Every Nation Leadership Institute. Cape Town, South Africa. March, 2006.

Fields, D. (2005). Basic and advanced Excel applications. Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, November.

Fields, D. (2003). Business planning and development. Lecture series at Henan University, Kaifeng, China, April.

Fields, D. (2003). Leadership in business. Lecture series at Henan University, Kaifeng, China, April.

Fields, D. (2002). Applying the balanced scorecard to human resource management. Keynote Speech for 14th Human Resource International Convention, Guatemala City, Guatemala, June.

Fields, D. (1999). Business process change and development. Lectures for Singapore Institute of Management and Malaysian Institute of Management. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.

Awards

Fulbright Scholar, 2006-2007

Honorary Professor, Henan University, Kaifeng, China 2003

President's Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990-1994

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Scholar, Johns Hopkins University, 1964-1968