John E. Delery
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Chair of the Department of Manageme
Also affiliated: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (2017); Coca Cola (United States) (2017); Walmart (United States) (2017); Baruch College (2017); Walton Hospital (2000); College of Business Administration (2000)
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John E. Delery's research investigates various aspects of management, with a particular focus on employee turnover, executive compensation, and the evolving nature of work. His work has explored the relationship between pay volatility and employee turnover within the trucking industry, as well as the influence of human capital and geographic factors on executive compensation.
Delery has also contributed to understanding contemporary workplace phenomena, such as "quiet quitting," by offering definitional clarity and theoretical pathways for future research. His scholarship includes examining "boomerang trajectories" of former employees returning to organizations, comparing their impact to that of new hires. With an h-index of 24 and over 10,000 citations across 55 publications, his research is recognized for its impact.
As Chair of the Department of Management at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Delery leads a research group and maintains an active lab website. He has collaborated with Linna Shi on shared publications.
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- h-index: 24
- Publications: 55
- Citations: 10,174
Selected Publications
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The Disquiet of Quiet Quitting: Definitional Clarity, Theoretical Pathways, and Future Research (2026)
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Making conceptual contributions through literature reviews: Advice from five years of submissions to human resource management review (2026)
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Executive Compensation: The Role of Human Capital and Geographic Preferences (2024)
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Stingy principals or benevolent stewards: Reward practices in family versus <scp>nonfamily</scp> trucking companies (2020)
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Adoption of LGBT‐friendly practices: The effect of institutional pressures and strategic choice (2019)
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Individual Pay Variability over Time and Turnover Outcomes in the Trucking Industry (2018)
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Supply- and Demand-Side Employee Mobility Constraints: A Critical Review and Research Agenda (2017)
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Human resource management practices and organizational effectiveness: internal fit matters (2016)
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Construct clarity in human resource management research: Introduction to the special issue (2012)
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Managing strategy and HRM (2011)
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DO STATISTICAL CONTROLS CLARIFY, CONTAMINATE OR CONFUSE? ILLUSTRATIONS USING PAY VARIATION (2011)
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The many faces of pay variation (2011)
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CONTINGENCIES IN THE EFFECTS OF PAY RANGE ON ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS (2009)
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Alternative Conceptualizations of the Relationship Between Voluntary Turnover and Organizational Performance (2005)
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Organizational commitment and performance among guest workers and citizens of an Arab country (2003)
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- Executive Compensation: The Role of Human Capital and Geographic Preferences
- The Disquiet of Quiet Quitting: Definitional Clarity, Theoretical Pathways, and Future Research
- Executive Compensation: The Role of Human Capital and Geographic Preferences
- The Disquiet of Quiet Quitting: Definitional Clarity, Theoretical Pathways, and Future Research
- Executive Compensation: The Role of Human Capital and Geographic Preferences
- Making conceptual contributions through literature reviews: Advice from five years of submissions to human resource management review
- The Disquiet of Quiet Quitting: Definitional Clarity, Theoretical Pathways, and Future Research
- The Disquiet of Quiet Quitting: Definitional Clarity, Theoretical Pathways, and Future Research