Professor
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
M.B.A., Radford University
B.S., University of Maryland, College Park
Human Resource Management in New Ventures
Franchising and Family Business
Workplace Deviance and Ethics
New Ventures/Entrepreneurship
Management and Organization
Human Resource Management
Book
Kidwell, Jr., R.E. & C.L. Martin 2005. Managing Organizational Deviance. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Journal Articles
Kidwell, R.E., K.A. Eddleston, J.J. Cater & F.W. Kellermanns. Forthcoming. How one bad family member can undermine a family firm: Preventing the Fredo effect. Business Horizons, Jan/Feb 2013.
Kidwell, R.E., F.W. Kellermanns, & K.A. Eddleston. 2012. Harmony, justice, confusion and conflict in the family firm: Implications for ethical climate and the “Fredo effect.” Journal of Business Ethics, 106, 503-517.
Eddleston, K.A. & R.E. Kidwell. 2012. Parent-child relationships: Planting the seeds of deviant behavior in the family firm. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 36(2): 369-386.
Kidwell, R.E., F. Hoy & S. Ibarreche. 2012. “Ethnic” family business or just family business? Human resource practices in the ethnic family firm. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 3, 12-17.
Valentine, S., L. Godkin, G. Fleischman, R.E. Kidwell & K. Page. 2011. Corporate ethical values and altruism: The mediating role of career satisfaction. Journal of Business Ethics, 101, 509-523.
Kidwell, R.E. & A. Nygaard. 2011. A strategic deviance perspective on the franchise form of organizing. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice. Special Issue on New Directions in Franchising Research, 35(3), 467-482.
Valentine, S., L. Godkin, G. Fleischman, & R.E. Kidwell. 2011. Corporate ethical values, group creativity, job satisfaction, and turnover intention: The impact of work context on work response. Journal of Business Ethics, 98, 353-372.
Kidwell, R.E. 2010. Loafing in the 21st Century: Enhanced opportunities (and remedies) for withholding job effort in the new workplace. Business Horizons. Special issue on Managing Problem Employees, 53(6), 543-552.
Castrogiovanni, G.J., & R.E. Kidwell. 2010. Human resource management practices affecting unit managers in franchise networks. Human Resource Management, Special Section on Entrepreneurship and Human Resources in the Global Economy, 49(2), 227-241.
Kidwell, R.E., N. Bennett, & S. Valentine. 2010. The limits of effort in understanding performance: What employees “do” and what might be done about it. Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship, 15(1). 3-20.
Kidwell, R.E. & R. Sprague. 2009. Electronic surveillance in the global workplace: Laws, ethics, research and practice. New Technology, Work & Employment, 24: 194-208.
Kidwell, R.E. & S. Valentine. 2009. Positive group context, work attitudes, and organizational misbehavior: The case of withholding job effort. Journal of Business Ethics, 86: 15-28.
Fleishman, G.M., R.E. Kidwell and L.A. Kidwell. 2008. W.O. Carpenter and the California Gold Rush: The making of entrepreneurial opportunities. Journal of Management History, 14: 248-266. Winner of the Journal of Management History Best Paper Award for 2008.
Kidwell, R.E., A. Nygaard, & R. Silkoset. 2007. Antecedents and effects of free riding in the franchisor-franchisee relationship. Journal of Business Venturing, 22: 522-544.
Kidwell, Jr. R.E. & C. Robie. 2003. Withholding effort: Toward development and validation of a measure. Journal of Business and Psychology, 17: 537-561.
Kidwell, Jr. R.E., K.M. Mossholder & N. Bennett. 1997. Cohesiveness and organizational citizenship behavior: A multilevel analysis using work groups and individuals. Journal of Management, 23: 775-793.
Kidwell, Jr. R.E. & N. Bennett. 1993. Employee propensity to withhold effort: A conceptual model to intersect three avenues of research. Academy of Management Review, 18: 429-456.
