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Biography
Janet P. Near is the Howard L. Hawks Chair in Business Ethics and Leadership and Professor of Management in the College of Business. She was appointed the Associate Dean for Faculty and Research in 2018. She teaches an elective course, Organization Designs for Competitive Advantage, in the online MBA Program, and has been active in Ph.D. student education, serving on 61 dissertation committees. Near is Professor Emeritus at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, where she held the Dale M. Coleman Chair of Management. At IU, she served as department chair for the Management and Entrepreneurship Department (nine years), and the Ph.D. Programs Chair (three years).
Near has published three books on the topic of whistle-blowing, as well as 71 journal articles, some of which have appeared in top journals in her field, including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, and Organization Science. She has also published 24 chapters in edited books. She previously served on the Editorial Boards of AMR, ASQ, JBE, JoM, and Human Relations, and was an elected representative on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management. Her publications have been cited over 28,000 times, according to Google Scholar Citations.
Institutional Service:
- Chair and member, Kelley School of Business P&T Committee (3 terms)
- Management & Entrepreneurship Department Chair, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University (3 terms)
- Ph.D. Programs Chair, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University (1 term)
- Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, College of Business, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (current)
Professional Service to the Academy of Management:
- Board of Governors (Elected Representative-at-Large)
- Junior Faculty Workshop, Organization Behavior Division (Co-chair)
- Organization Behavior Division (Elected Representative-at-Large)
Editorial Review Boards:
- Academy of Management Review
- Administrative Science Quarterly
- Human Relations
- Journal of Business Ethics
- Journal of Management (Consulting Editor)
Teaching Awards at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University:
- TERA Award
- Lilly Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship
- MBA Association Outstanding Teacher Award
- Doctoral Student Association in Business Inspiration and Guidance Award
- Doctoral Student Association in Business Outstanding Teacher Award