Assistant Professor of Management
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.B.A., Brigham Young University
B.S., Kansas State University
Teaching Interests
Human Resources, International Human Resources, Training and Development, Compensation
Research Interests
International HRM, Incentive Pay, SHRM, Small Business HR
Areas of Expertise
High-Performance Work Systems, International Human Resources, National Culture
Selected Publications
Prince, N., Prince, J., Kabst, R ., (2020) “National Culture and Incentives: Are Incentive
Practices Always Good?” Journal of World Business.
N. Prince, (2020) “Competition: Antecedent to High-Performance Work Systems” Personnel
Review.
Bednar, M, Boivie, S., Prince, N., (2013) "Burr Under the Saddle: How the Media Influence
Strategic Change", Organization Science.
Biography
Nick Prince is an assistant professor in the Department of Management & Marketing
with expertise in human resource management. Dr. Prince earned his Ph.D. in Organizational
Behavior at the University of Illinois, his MBA in Organizational Behavior & Human
Resource Management at Brigham Young University, and a B.S. in Marketing at Kansas
State University.
Dr. Prince’s primary research is in international HR. Specifically, his research has
looked at how institutional factors such as national culture and institutional flexibility
have influenced the impact of incentive pay and performance management on firm performance
and turnover. He has a secondary research stream in strategic HR, with a growing interest
in how strategic HR influences small business. His research has been published in
management journals such as Organization Science, the Journal of World Business, Personnel
Review, Employee Relations, and Evidence-based HRM. Dr. Prince has received several
research awards, including Outstanding paper and Highly Commended paper in the Emerald
Literati Network Awards.
Dr. Prince teaches primarily in the undergraduate program on topics such as human
resource management, organizations and management, performance and compensation, training
and development, and change management. Dr. Prince has received several teaching awards,
including the College of Business professor of the year, Impact award, and the Top-Prof
Mortar Board Association Award. He is currently one of the advisors for the university
SHRM chapter.
When he is not working, Dr. Prince loves getting into the mountains and going on adventures
with his wife and their dog Lincoln.
