Boris Becker

Emeritus Appointment
Becker@bus.oregonstate.edu

Austin Hall

Austin Hall 443

2751 SW Jefferson Way

2751 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97331

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At OSU
Affiliated with: 
College of Business
Research/Career Interests: 

Publications

"Sectoral Ethos: An Investigation of the Personal-Values Systems of Female and Male Managers in the Public and Private Sectors,"Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, forthcoming (with Richard W. Stackman and Patrick E. Connor).

"Public-Sector Managerial Values: United States, Canada, and Japan,"  International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2006 (with Patrick E. Connor, Larry F. Moore, and Yoshiju Okubo).

"Self-selection or Socialization of Public-and Private-sector Managers? A Cross-cultural Values Analysis," Journal of BusinessResearch, Vol. 58, No. 1, January 2005 (with Patrick E. Connor).

"Measuring Innovativeness for the Adoption of Industrial Products," Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 32, No. 4, May 2003 (with David R. Fell and Eric N. Hansen).

"Personal Value  Systems and Decision-Making Styles of Public Managers," Public Personnel Management, Vol. 32, No. 1, Spring 2003 (with Patrick E. Connor).

"Listening to the Ambulatory Surgery Patient: Results from a National Study," Surgical Services Management, Vol. 9, No. 2, April 2003 (with Dennis O. Kaldenberg).

"Timeliness in Ambulatory Care Treatment: An Examination of Patient Satisfaction and Wait Times in Medical Practices and Outpatient Test and Treatment Facilities," Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, Vol. 26, No. 2, April-June 2003 (with Kelly A. Leddy and Dennis O. Kaldenberg).

"Professional Advertising: Who, How and Why," Prespectives on the Professions, Vol. 19, No. 2, Spring 2001.

"Factors Influencing the Recommendation of Nursing Homes," Marketing Health Services, Vol. 20, No. 4, Winter 2000 (with Dennis O. Kaldenberg).

"Evaluation of Care by Ambulatory Surgery Patients," Health Care Management Review, Vol. 24, No. 3, Summer 1999 (with Dennis O. Kaldenberg).

"Advertising by Professionals: Causes and Consequences," Journal of Current Issues and Research in Advertising, Vol. 20, No. 2, Fall 1998 (with Dennis O. Kaldenberg).

"Values in Advertising Research: A Methodological Caveat," Journal of Advertising Research, Vol. 38, No. 4, July-August 1998.

"Media Advertising by Professionals: What We Know 20 Years Later," Journal of Professional Services Marketing, Vol. 16, No 1, 1998.

"Site Selection by Professional Service Providers: The Case of Dental Practices," Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, Vol. 5. No. 4, Fall 1997 (with Dennis O. Kaldenberg and James H. McAlexander).

"Identifying Service QUality Strengths and Weaknesses Using SERVQUAL: A Study of Dental Services, Health Marketing Quality, Vol. 15, No. 2, 1997 (with Dennis O. Kaldenberg, Beverly Browne and William G. Browne).

"Women Dentists: The Social Construction of a Profession," in Joyce Tang and Earl Smith (eds.), Women & Minorities in American Professions. Albany, SUNY Press, 1996 (with Dennis O. Kaldenberg and Anisa Zvonkovic).

"Dentists' Personal Values: An Exploratory Investigation," Journal of the American Dental Association, Vol. 127, April 1996 (with Dennis O. Kaldenberg and Patrick E. Connor).

"Work and Commitment Among Young Professionals: A Study of Male and Female Dentists," Human Relations, Vol. 48, No. 11, 1995 (with Dennis O. Kaldenberg and Anisa Zvonkovic). 

Consulting/Management Development:

Instructor, "Business Project" Oregon Executive MBA Program, 1993-present, (Coordinator 1997-present).

Instructor, "Marketing Strategy" Professional Management Institute, College of Business, Fall 1997.

Instructor, "Marketing Analysis and Strategy," Oregon Executive MBA Program, Fall 1992 – 1997.

Instructor, "Business Project" Oregon Executive MBA Program, 1993-present, (Coordinator 1997-present).

Instructor, "Marketing Strategy" Professional Management Institute, College of Business, Fall 1997.

Instructor, "Marketing Analysis and Strategy," Oregon Executive MBA Program, Fall 1992 – 1997.

"Women Dentists: The Social Construction of a Profession,” in Joyce Tang and Earl Smith (eds.). Women & Minorities in American Professions Albany: SUNY Press, 1996 (with Dennis O. Kaldenberg & Anisa Zvonkovic).

Book Reviews:

"The Tangled Web They Weave: Truth, Falsity & Advertisers," by Ivan L. Preston, review in Journal of Advertising, Vol. XXV, No. 2, Summer 1996.

Proceedings and Conference Presentations: 

"A Cross-National Comparative Study of Public-Sector Managerial Values: United States, Canada and Japan," Western Decision Sciences Institute, Vancouver, B.C., March 2005 (with Patrick E. Connor, Larry F. Moore, and Yoshiju Okubo).

"Investigating the Values of Female and Male Managers in the Public and Private Sectors," Annual Meeting of the Western Academy of Management. Anchorage, Alaska, March 2004 (with Patrick E. Connor and Richard W. Stackman). 

"A Patriotism Scale and Patriotic-Themed Advertising Post 9/11 -- An Exploratory ExperimentalStudy," Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Advertising, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 2004 (with Lisa M. Duncan and Harold F. Koenig).

"Workplace Diversity - A Cross-Sectoral and Cross-National Comparison of the Values of Male and Female Managers," Western Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Kauai, Hawaii, April 2003 (with Patrick E. Connor).

"Self-Selection or Socialization of Private and Public Sector Mangers? A Cross-Cultural Comparison," Eighth Cross Cultural Research Conference, Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii, December 2001 (with Patrick E. Connor).  

"Personal Values and Occupation: The Case of Health Care Providers," Annual Meeting of Western Decision Sciences Institute, Maui, Hawaii, April 2000 (with Patrick E. Connor).

"Teaching Business Ethics in Principles of Marketing, Western Marketing Educators' Conference, Palm Springs, CA, April 1999 (with Beverly Browne). 

“Do Professional Services Providers Understand What Advertising Is? A Study of Yellow Pages Usage," American Academy of Advertising Annual Conference, Lexington, KY, March 1998 (with Dennis O. Kaldenberg).

"Personal Value Systems and Decision Styles of Public Managers: An Exploratory Investigation,” Eastern Academy of Management International Conference, Dublin, Ireland, June 1997 (with Patrick E. Connor).

"Place and Professional Services: The Impact of Dental Practice Site Characteristics," American Marketing Association Educators' Conference, Washington, DC, August 1995 (with Dennis O. Kaldenberg and James H. McAlexander).

"Personal Value Systems and Decision Styles of Public Managers," Academy of Management, Vancouver, BC, August 1995 (with Patrick E. Connor).

"To Advertise or Not to Advertise? Advertising Expenditures by Professionals," American Academy of Advertising Annual Conference, Norfolk, VA, March 1995 (with Dennis O. Kaldenberg).

Beyond OSU
Employment: 

Consulting/Management Development:

Instructor, "Business Project" Oregon Executive MBA Program, 1993-present, (Coordinator 1997-present).

Instructor, "Marketing Strategy" Professional Management Institute, College of Business, Fall 1997.

Instructor, "Marketing Analysis and Strategy," Oregon Executive MBA Program, Fall 1992 – 1997.

 

Service

Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1995-1996, 1998-2000, Ad Hoc 2004; Chairman 1998-2000, 2002.

Tenure-Track Operations Management Faculty Search Committee, 2002-03.

Marketing Area Coordinator, 1992 - 2001.

Faculty Advisor, Student Marketing Club, 1999-2003, 1972-1981.

Tenure-Track Marketing Faculty Search Committee, 1999.

Tenure-Track Finance Faculty Search Committee, 1999.

Tenure-Track Business Law Search Committee, 1999. 

Scholarship Committee, 1988-2000; Chairman, 1998, 1999.

Awards Committee, Chairman, 1997, 1998.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Marketing Search Committee, 1997.

Accreditation Coordinating Committee, 1995-1997.

Tenure-track Marketing Faculty Search Committee, Chairman, 1996.

Curriculum Task Force, Chairman, 1995-96.

Tenure-Track Policy Faculty Search Committee, 1995-1996.

Peer Review of Teaching Committee, 1995-1996.

 

Professional Affiliations: 

American Academy of Advertising

American Marketing Association

Association for Consumer Research

Executive Committee (and Secretary), American Academy of Advertising, 2002.

Publications Committee, American Academy of Advertising, 1998-2001.

Research Committee, American Academy of Advertising, 1992-present, Chairman 1994, 1995.

Editorial Review Board, Health Marketing Quarterly, 2000-present.

Editorial Review Board, Journal of Health Care Marketing, 1993-2002.

Ad Hoc Review Board, Journal of Health Care Marketing, 1991-1993.

Ad Hoc Review Board, Journal of Advertising, 1985-present.

Since 1993, reviewer for following journals/conferences: Marketing Theory, Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, Journal of Services Marketing, Journal of Business Research, Production and Operations Management, Academy of Marketing Science Conference, American Academy of Advertising Conference, American Marketing Association Educators' Conference, Eastern Academy of Management Conference.

Chair and Discussant for Session, "Advertising Processing and Involvement Issues," Winter Marketing Educators' Conference, American Marketing Association, Phoenix, AZ, February 2001.

Chair and Discussant for Session, "Management of Quality: Improving Service Quality, Western Decision Sciences Institute, Maui, Hawaii, April 2000.

Chair and Discussant for Session, "Influencing Choice," Association for Consumer Research, Paris, France, June 1999.

Chair and Discussant for Session, "Strategic Alliances," Eastern Academy of Management Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, June 1999.

Presenter, "Meet the Reviewers," American Academy of Advertising Annual Conference, Lexington, KY March 1998.

Chair, Services Marketing Session, American Marketing Association Summer Educators' Conference, Chicago, IL, August, 1997.

Chair for Session, “Services Management & Marketing,” and Discussant for Session on “Marketing & the Internet," Western Decision Sciences Institute, Waikaloa, Hawaii, March 1997.

Chair for Session, "New Media," American Academy of Advertising, Vancouver, BC, March 1996.

Chair for Session, "Advertising Regulation," and Discussant for Session, "Attitudes to Advertising." American Academy of Advertising, Norfolk, March 1995.

Biography

Bill Becker was born in San Francisco on 30 August 1939. As a child he was an avid fan of the San Francisco Seals and San Francisco 49'ers and enjoyed fishing in San Francisco Bay.

He married Joyce Frances Misterka on 9 July 1966.  They have three children: William David Becker (UCLA Law School, attorney in LA); Holly Joy Boime (U of O Masters, full-time mom in Portland); David James (PhD Berkeley, School of Public Health at UAB). There are four grandchildren: Mina Kimberly Becker and James Alexander Becker (David's children) and Clara Ann Boime and Daniel Jacob Boime (Holly's children).

Bill retired on 1 June 2003. He remains active in professional matters, writing and reviewing for journals and conferences and he continues to teach in the Oregon Executive MBA Program. Additionally, he engages in a variety of volunteer activities and enjoys the blessings of daily life.

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