Written by: Drew Hartt January 2, 2020 Associate Professor of Management at the UAH College of Business, Dr. Frank Mullins, was recently named a Corey Rosen Fellow for his ongoing research on broad-based employee ownership programs. “I am grateful for the financial support and data resources that enable me to conduct research in this important area. Moreover, I appreciate the impact that this fellowship can have on my continued growth as a scholar,” said Mullins. Every year, the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing at Rutgers University appoints research fellows from eminent academic and policy institutions around the world to advance the study of broad-based employee stock ownership, equity compensation, gain sharing, profit sharing, and worker cooperatives. Mullins has expressed how deeply he respects the work of Corey Rosen, for whom the fellowship is named, and how honored he feels to become a Corey Rosen Fellow. Mullins’ multi-year research project will focus on the effect of boards of directors on broad-based employee ownership programs, specifically those classified as retirement plans. With this fellowship, Mullins looks forward to combining teaching and research, his two passions, as he anticipates involving students in this labor-intensive data collection process. “I intend to employ a student research assistant to help with this data collection process, in hopes that the student will learn more about the research process. The insights gained from this research can also be directly shared with the students in my human resource management courses,” said Mullins. For Mullins, teaching is just as important as research. “I enjoy teaching because I like helping students grow and develop both intellectually and professionally. I find research enjoyable because it affords me the opportunity to think deeply and critically about human resource questions and topics that are of interest to me,” said Mullins. Mullins’ other recent research accomplishments are helping to move the field of human resource management forward, both in theory and practice. He co-edited a special issue entitled, “Broad-based employee stock ownership: What makes it effective in the management of human resources?”, at Human Resource Management, a leading HR journal. Additionally, he co-authored a technical report titled “The Impact of CEO and Board HR Expertise: Results of the 2018 HR@Moore CHRO Survey”, which has been shared with the Chief Human Resource Officers of the 25 partner companies affiliated with the Center for Executive Succession at the University of South Carolina. In the spring of 2020, he will teach an undergraduate course on Human Resources and Labor Relations Management and a graduate capstone course on Strategic Human Resource Management. Overall, Mullins hopes that through teaching and research he can influence and impact the human resource profession and business world for years to come.
