Tim Gardner
Associate Professor and Director, Full Time Master of Human Resource Program
Department(s):- Management
- Master of Human Resources
Contact Information
Eccles Business Building 302A435.797.3037
timothy.gardner@usu.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D., Cornell University
M.L.H.R., The Ohio State University
B.L.S., Bowling Green State University
Interactions
Research Interests:
I study the process of lateral hiring to better understand the routines by which organizations discover, value, create, and utilize human capital. I also publish research in the field of strategic human resource management, the study of how organizations manage human capital to gain and maintain a competitive advantage relative to rivals.
Google Scholar Citations
Expertise:
Human Capital Strategy, Talent Management, Employment Branding, Employee Selection, Employee Retention, Lateral Hiring, and Labor Market Competition
Awards
2017, Academy of Management, Human Resources Innovative Teaching Award
2015, Graduate Student Mentoring Award, Department of Management, Huntsman School of Business, Utah State University
2007, Teacher of the Year, Awarded by the MBA Students of the Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University
Biography
News Articles
2017, August 6. Know the signs of ‘pre-quitting’ behavior to retain key employees (Newsday)
2017, June 19. 25 signs your employee is about to quit, according to resarch (Inc.)
2016, November 21. Do YOU know the signs someone is about to quit their job? Research reveals the 13 clues you can’t ignore (and doing less work and leaving early are among them) (Daily Mail)
2016, October 31. Apparently, there are 13 giveaways that you are about to quit your job (New York Magazine)
2016, October. The 1 dead giveaway that an employee is about to quit, according to research (Inc.)
Research Finds Top Ten Cues Employees Give Before They Quit (Huntsman Alumni Magazine Spring 2014)
Professor Elected to National HR Committee (The Huntsman Post - July 2014)
People Who Plan to Quit Their Job May Unintentionally Give Off Cues (The Huntsman Post - February 2014)
Publications
Andors, A. & Gardner, T. M. (2012). The Value of Poaching. HR Magazine, 57(4), 36-37.
Videos
Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Gardner, T., Van Iddekinge, C.H, Hom, P.W, (2018). If you’ve got leavin’ on your mind: The identification and validation of pre-quitting behaviors. Journal of Management, 44:8, 3231-3257.
- Gardner, T., Munyon, T.P, Hom, P.W, Griffeth, R.W, (2018). When Territoriality Meets Agency: An Examination of Employee Guarding as a Territorial Strategy . Journal of Management, 44:7, 2580-2610.
- Albrecht, C., Gardner, T., Allred, S., Winn, B., Condie, A., (2016). To Sit at the Table, You have to Know the Language: Important Financial Metrics for HR Directors.. Strategic HR Review, 15:3
- Gardner, T., Wright, P.M, Moynihan, L.M, (2011). The Impact of Motivation, Empowerment, and Skill Enhancing Practices on Aggregate Voluntary Turnover: The Mediating Effect of Collective Affective Commitment. Personnel Psychology, 62:2, 315-350. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2011.01212.x
- Gardner, T., Stansbury, J., Hart, D., (2010). The Ethics of Lateral Hiring. Society for Business Ethics, 20:3, 341-369. doi: 10.5840/beq201020326
- Gardner, T., Wright, P.M, (2009). Implicit Human Resource Management Theory: A Potential Threat to the Internal Validity of Human Resource Practice Measures. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 20:1, 57-74. doi: 10.1080/09585190802528375
- Gardner, T., (2005). Human Resource Alliances as a Means of Improving the Recruiting, Management, and Retention of Employees. International Journal of Human Resource Management,, 16:6, 1057-1074.
- Wright, P.M, Gardner, T., Moynihan, L.M, Allen, M.R, (2005). The Relationship between HR Practices and Firm Performance: Examining Causal Order. Personnel Psychology, 58:2, 409-446. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2005.00487.x
- Gardner, T., (2005). Interfirm Competition for Human Resources: Evidence from the Software Industry. Academy of Management Journal, 48:2, 237-256. doi: 10.5465/AMJ.2005.16928398
- Park, H.J, Gardner, T., Wright, P.M, (2004). HR Practices or HR Capabilities: Which Matters? Insights from the Asia-Pacific Region. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 42:3, 260-273.
- Wright, P., Gardner, T., Moynihan, L.M, (2003). The Impact of Human Resource Practices on Business Unit Operating and Financial Performance. Human Resource Management Journal, 13:3, 21-36.
- Gardner, T., (2002). In The Trenches at the Talent Wars: Competitive Interaction for Scarce Human Resources. Human Resource Management, 41:2, 225-237.
- Wright, P.M, Gardner, T., Moynihan, L.M, Park, H.J, B.G, Delery, J.E, (2001). Measurement Error in Research on Human Resources and Firm Performance: Additional Data and Suggestions for Future Research. Personnel Psychology, 54:4, 875-902.
Book Chapters
- Gardner, T., Erhardt, N.L, Martin-Rios, C., (2011). Rebranding Employment Branding: Establishing a New Research Agenda to Explore the Attributes, Antecedents, and Consequences of Workers’ Employment Brand Knowledge: Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management. Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Wright, P.M, Gardner, T., (2003). The Human Resource-Firm Performance Relationship: Methodological and Theoretical Challenges: The New Workplace: People, Technology, and Organizations. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. *
Magazine/Trade Publications
- Andors, A., Gardner, T., (2012). The Value of Poaching. HR Magazine *
Other
- Gardner, T., (1999). When Pay for Performance Works Too Well: The Negative Impact of Pay Dispersion. Academy of Management Executive *
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.