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The Academy of Management is the oldest and among the most prestigious professional associations for scholars and organizations in the field of management. Each year, researchers from around the world gather to share their findings on a wide range of topics. This year’s annual conference was held in Chicago, where over 20 faculty members from Pamplin’s Department of Management presented their research to peers. Below are three selected summaries of Pamplin faculty presentations at the conference.

Virginia Tech is committed to educating the leaders of the future — and to creating the opportunities that move leadership into action.

It's a lesson that Cassie Grizzard has taken to heart during her first year at Tech, and it's helped reignite her love for the game.

“A beacon of leadership, vision, and professionalism since he joined Virginia Tech,” said his nominator, “Dirk Buengel has brought not just the words of civility and diversity, equity, belonging, and inclusion into Pamplin College of Business – but awareness and action.

There’s no one to greet visitors at St. Paul’s College — just the wind rustling through chest-high grass.

For the first time in its history, the Honors College has named two Outstanding Seniors: William Poland and Blake Warner. These students have consistently demonstrated a commitment to the Honors College's core values and have worked collaboratively over the past four years to make significant positive contributions to the honors student experience.

Graduates of Harvard University who go into management consulting earn significantly more than young professionals from other schools who enter the field, according to a ranking compiled by the Burning Glass Institute, a nonprofit that researches employment trends.

The Graduate School recognized master’s and doctoral students as well as faculty mentors from across Virginia Tech’s campuses and programs for their work, honoring them with awards of excellence at its annual awards reception during Graduate Education Week.

When arriving in Blacksburg from afar, it’s often easy to see business opportunities. Beloved restaurants and venues from home that haven’t yet come to Blacksburg proffer prime opportunities. So when eight international students from Virginia Tech’s Language and Culture Institute were given a class assignment that thrust them into the mindset of entrepreneurs, the ideas came easily.

The new trending workplace phenomenon describes the practice of companies filling vacancies - without doing any actual hiring. Commonly this involves silently and surreptitiously moving employees into positions they may not be trained for and/or using contractors or part-time workers to address a specific need.

Companies are acquiring new talent without hiring new employees. KCBS Radio's Jade Hernandez breaks down this new trend called "quiet hiring"----but one expert tells her this might be a sign of the economic times.

Stepping onto that court for the very first time was everything I imagined it would be.

When Ronda Puryear discovered she was elected as the 2023 chair of the National Apartment Association, she was immediately overcome with emotion.

A program from the Virginia Tech Roanoke Center helps midcareer professionals in the Roanoke and New River valleys boost their careers and develop the skills to navigate 21st century challenges and opportunities — all while earning continuing education units from the university.

For many, the years spent in college are a time to unearth passions and interests. But for first-year student O’Brian Martin, not only has he discovered what he is most passionate about, but he also has used his passion to create good, all during his first year at Virginia Tech.

Steve Markham, the Digges Family Professor of Entrepreneurial Leadership in the Pamplin College of Business Department of Management at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of Digges Family Professor Emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.

This HokieTalk will feature faculty who are helping create a home for all at Virginia Tech.

The U.S. has reduced unemployment from record highs during the COVID-19 pandemic to near record lows.

In a management course led by Dirk Buengel, assistant professor of practice in the Pamplin College of Business, business students were able to engage in consulting for an innovative real-world startup with an urgent mission: stopping the illegal timber trade.

Congratulations Management Graduates, Class of 2020

Over the course of more than three decades as a civilian employee at the Navy Safety Center, Bryan Davis, of Chesapeake, Virginia, honed many technical skills in data analytics, data mining, and database design, in addition to gaining a wide range of administrative experience.

Danville Virginia native Danielle Jeffers’ journey as an entrepreneur began as many others do—with a personal experience that opens one’s eyes to identify a need that can be filled or solved with a business idea. Jeffers experienced just that and the soon to be VA Tech graduate is now a young business owner who travels to speak in local communities.

During her military career, U.S. Navy Cmdr. Stacy Uttecht has done everything from flying with a F/A-18 Super Hornet demonstration team to commanding a fighter squadron.

Virginia Tech’s Apex Center for Entrepreneurs has won the Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center Award, given by the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers.