Michele Yoder, PhD

Biography

Dr. Michele E. Yoder earned her PhD in Business Strategy & Organizational Theory from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2011. She joined the YCP faculty in 2018, after spending 7 years at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. A native Yorker, she is delighted to be back home among family. Her first love is teaching strategy, which she also researches. She recently published an article about strategy pedagogy in the Journal of Education for Business and has a forthcoming book about using computer games & simulations in the business classroom. She teaches strategy, management, and leadership. She researches executive compensation, CSR, academic integrity, and pedagogy. She has published in top management journals such as the Academy of Management Journal and the Journal of Management.

Education

PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (2011)
MBA, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI (2005)
BS, Thomas Edison State University, Trenton, NJ (2003)

Publications

Yoder, Michele; Watson, Stacey; Cooper, James (2022) Teaching Methods in Business Series - Computer Simulations and Gaming Edward Elgar Publisher

Yoder, Michele (2022) Cheers to mead: A serious in-person game to illustrate the five forces, Management Teaching Review, Volume Published Online First

Yoder, Michele (2018) Better together: Complementarity between theory and practice in strategic management education., Journal of Education in Business

Wimble, Matthew; Yoder, Michele; Ro, Young (2016) Understanding least absolute value in regression based data mining., International Journal of Data Mining & Knowledge Management Process., Volume 6, Issue 3, Pages 1-10.

Yoder, Michele; Strandholm, Karen; VanHemert, Michael (2016) Preaching to the choir? Effect of required CSR courses on CSR attitudes., Journal of Academic and Business Ethics, Volume 10

Devers, Cynthia; McNamara, Gerry; Haleblian, Jeryar; Yoder, Michele (2013) Do they walk the talk or just talk the talk? Gauging acquiring CEO and director confidence in the value-creation potential of announced acquisitions., Academy of Management Journal, Volume 56, Pages 1679-1702.

Devers, Cynthia; Cannella, Jr., Albert; Reilly, Gregory; Yoder, Michele (2007) Executive compensation: A multidisciplinary review of recent developments., Journal of Management, Volume 33, Pages 1016-1072.

Presentations

Yoder, Michele. A rose by any other name: The impact of forms of address on student learning, GSB, YCP, 2022

Yoder, Michele. Terminal Velocity or Terminal Condition? Organizational History and Current Status (Part A), Eastern Academy of Management/CASE Conference, EAM & CASE, 2021

Yoder, Michele. A Honey of an Industry: The Five Forces Game, Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, 2020

Yoder, Michele; Strandholm, Karen; VanHemert, Michael. The effect of CSR education on the acceptance of the importance of CSR., YCP Graham School of Business Research Symposium Series, York College of Pennsylvania Graham School of Business, 2019

Strandholm, Karen; Yoder, Michele; VanHemert, Michael. Acceptance of the importance of CSR to organizational effectiveness: The impact of cognitive processes., Eastern Academy of Management, Academy of Management, 2019

Yoder, Michele; Beatty, Joy. Faculty Attitudes Towards Cheating, YCP First Monday Lectures, York College of Pennsylvania, 2019

Yoder, Michele. Better together: Complementarity between theory and practice in strategic management education., York College of Pennsylvania Faculty Scholarly Showcase, York College of Pennsylvania, 2019

Yoder, Michele; Joy, Beatty. Academic integrity: Understanding faculty attitudes and strategies for promoting academic integrity., Management & OB Teaching Conference, Management & OB Teaching Society, 2018

Yoder, Michele. Better together: Complementarity between theory and practice in strategic management education., Midwest Academy of Management, Academy of Management, 2017

Yoder, Michele; Strandholm, Karen; VanHemert, Michael. The effects of CSR courses on student attitudes to CSR., Academy of Business Research Conference, Academy of Business Research, 2015

Yoder, Michele. About the size of it: Reconciling firm size and performance effects on CEO compensation., Academy of Business Research Conference, Academy of Business research, 2015

Yoder, Michele. About the size of it: Reconciling firm size and performance effects on CEO compensation., Mid-Atlantic Strategy Conference, 2013

Devers, Cynthia; McNamara, Gerry; Yoder, Michele; Haleblian, Jeryar. What were they thinking? Post-acquisition announcement changes to CEOs' equity-based holdings., Academy of Management, 2010

Yoder, Michele; Devers, Cynthia; Carpenter, Mason. Do the pieces fit? A set-theoretic approach to executive compensation., Academy of Management, 2009

Yoder, Michele; Devers, Cynthia; Carpenter, Mason. A behavioral agency perspective of risk taking: The role of dynamic aspiration levels., Strategic Management Society, 2007

Holcomb, Timothy; Devers, Cynthia; Homes, Jr, R; Yoder, Michele; Cannella, Jr, Albert. CEO compensation and managerial risk taking: Interdependence among CEO pay comparisons, uncertainty, and acquisition behavior., Academy of Management, 2007

Holcomb, Timothy; Devers, Cynthia; Cannella, Jr, Albert; Holmes, Jr, R; Yoder, Michele. TMT pay, uncertainty, and risky choice: The influence of pay comparison on firm behavior. Strategic Management Society Meetings, Vienna., Strategic Management Society, 2006