Judd Michael, Associate Professor

Judd Michael

	Title:	Associate Professor of Sustainable Wood-based Enterprises
	Phone:	814-863-2976
	Email:	jh-michael@psu.edu
	Address:	The Pennsylvania State University School of Forest Resources 211 Forest Resources Building University Park, PA 16802

Education:: B.B.A., Texas A&M University; M.B.A., Texas A&M University; Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University

Academic Interests:: Corporate environmental management, sustainable business management, wood products business management; organizational behavior, safety improvement, team work; work force diversity and optimization, manufacturing innovation, and economic development.

Courses Taught:: Business & the Environment: Sustaining the bottom line for both (MKTG 597a, Spring 2006)
Wood Industry Marketing Strategies (WP 597)
Wood Industry Organizational Diagnosis (WP 597)
Business Concepts for Wood Manufacturing (WP 438)
Wood Industries Management Development (WP 416)

Professional Achievements:

Affiliated faculty member, Penn State Institutes for the Environment and Adjunct Professor for Penn State Management Development Programs & Services (Smeal College of Business). Expert witness for Dupont, Centex Homes, and others.

Current Research Projects:

Sustainability and CSR

Sustainable Packaging
Examines life cycle assessment of various primary packaging materials. Also looking at how sustainability and new technologies are impacting packaging industries (esp. cellulose-based products).

Executive Scanning and Certification Strategies
Examines cabinet and furniture industries to investigate how top management teams make strategic decisions with respect to “green” certification programs.

Socially Responsible Building Materials Re-use
Working with Habitat for Humanity, EPA, and others to understand how building materials can be salvaged from “deconstructed” buildings and then resold via the Habitat ReStore chain. Also investigating how marketing strategy and managerial discretion issues can increase performance at nonprofits such as the Restores.

Safety Performance & Corporate Social Responsibility
Studies a wide range of wood and paper producers with in-depth case studies and surveys to determine the organizational practices and characteristics that are associated with a reduction in incident rates. Also, how safety is viewed as part of CSR obligations.

Change Management

Challenges of Eco-Change
Investigates how businesses and non-profits are dealing with change initiatives related to sustainability and related issues.

Investigating Change Management Practices in SME Manufacturers
This project was funded by the US Department of Commerce (NIST) and is in collaboration with faculty in the Smeal College. Objectives are to develop materials that will assist NIST’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) personnel to advise clients on innovation and change management.

Selected Publications:

Gagnon, M., K. Jansen and J.H. Michael. 2008. "Employee Alignment with Strategic Change: A study of Strategy-Supportive Behavior among blue collar employees". Journal of Managerial Issues (in press).

Grandey, A.A., B. Cordeiro and J.H. Michael. 2008. "Work-family supportiveness perceptions: important for the well-being of male blue-collar hourly workers?" Journal of Vocational Behavior (in press).

Ray, C.D., V. Wadhwa and J.H. Michael. 2007. "Impact of over-run on profitability of hardwood sawmills". Wood & Fiber Science, 39(2): 291-298.

Balkundi, P., M. Kilduff, Z. Barsness and J.H. Michael. 2007. "Demographic antecedents and performance consequences of structural holes in work teams". Journal of Organizational Behavior, 28(241-260).

Ray, C.D., J.J. Janowiak, J.H. Michael and H. Bachev. 2007. "Economic and environmental impact assessment of proposed bark-free requirements for wooden pallets in international trade". Journal of Forest Products Business Research (In press).

Michael, J.H., Z. Guo, J.K. Wiedenbeck and C.D. Ray. 2006. "Production supervisor impacts on subordinates' safety outcomes: An investigation of leader-member exchange and safety communication". Journal of Safety Research 37(5): 469-477.

Gresock, A.R., J.H. Michael, A.E. Echols and P.M. Smith. 2006. "The Habitat for Humanity ReStore system: sourcing and sales of donated wood-based building materials". Forest Products Journal 56(10): 37-41.

Ray, C.D., J.H. Michael and B.N. Scholnick. 2006. "Supply-chain system costs of alternative grocery industry pallet systems". Forest Products Journal 56(10): 52-57.

Ray, C.D., Z. Zuo, J.H. Michael and J. Wiedenbeck. 2006. “The lean index: operational ‘lean’ metrics for the wood products industry”. Wood & Fiber Science 38(2):238-255.

Michael, J.H., R. Leschinsky and M. Gagnon. 2006. “Production employee performance at a furniture manufacturer: the importance of supportive supervisors”. Forest Products Journal 56(6):19-24.

Michael, J.H., D.D. Evans, K. Jansen, and J. Haight. 2005. "Relationships Between Management Commitment to Safety and Employee Outcomes: an Exploratory Study With Wood Manufacturing Employees". Journal of Safety Research (36): 171-179.

Evans, D.D., J. H. Michael, J. K. Weidenbeck, and C. D. Ray. 2005. "Relationships between organizational climates and safety-related events at four wood products manufacturers". Forest Products Journal Vol.55 (6): 23-28.

Michael, J.H. Z. Barsness, L. Lawson and P. Balkundi. 2004. “Focus please: team coordination and performance at wood manufacturers”. Forest Products Journal 54(12): 250-255.

Gagnon, M. and J.H. Michael. 2004. “Outcomes of perceived supervisor support for wood production employees”. Forest Products Journal 54(12): 172-177.

Michael, J.H. and J.K. Wiedenbeck. 2004. “Safety in the Wood Products Industry”. Forest Products Journal 54(10): 8-18.

Leschinsky, R. and J.H. Michael. 2004. “Motivators and desired company values of wood products industry employees: investigating generational differences”. Forest Products Journal. Vol. 54(1): 34-39.

Gagnon, M. and J. Michael. 2003. Employee strategic alignment at a wood manufacturer: an exploratory analysis using lean manufacturing. Forest Products Journal, 53(10): 24-29.

Michael, J.H. and R.M. Leschinsky. 2003. “Human resources management and training needs of Pennsylvania lumber producers”. Forest Products Journal. Vol. 53(3): 28-32.

Jansen, K., A. Kristof-Brown, and J. Michael. 2003. "The Role of enabling environments in person-group fit". Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. 92-104.

Roadcap, C., P.M. Smith and J.H. Michael. 2002. "Internet technologies in the home center industry". Forest Products Journal. Vol 52(1): 32-37.

Michael, J.H. 2001. "Perceived obligations of future forest industry employees: a psychological contracts perspective". Forest Products Journal. Vol. 51(10): 39-46.

Michael, J.H. and S. Dasmohapatra. 2001. "Expecting more, giving less?: Forestry students' perceived obligations with future employers". Journal of Forestry. Vol. 99(9): 18-24.

Gezer, E., J.H. Michael and J.J. Morrell. 1999. Effects of glycol on leachability and efficacy of boron wood preservatives. Wood and Fiber Science. Vol. 31 (2): 136-142.

Michael, J.H. and P.M. Smith. 1999. The Theory of Double Jeopardy: An Example From a Forest Products Industry. Forest Products Journal, 49(3):21-26.

Gezer, E., M.K.Yalinkilic, K. Kizilkaya, and J.H. Michael. 1999. Estimation of preservative toxic threshold retention from laboratory decay tests: a new method. Wood Science and Technology. Vol. 33 (1): 63-71.

Michael, J.H. 1999. Information sources and purchase influences for wood products retailers: a trade show attendee perspective. Wood and Fiber Science. Vol. 31(1): 71-82.

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