Mary Dana Laird, PhD

Associate Professor

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Contact

MaryLaird@creighton.edu
Heider College of Business
Marketing & Management - Business
HARP - Harper Center for Student Life & Learn

Mary Dana Laird, PhD

Associate Professor

Dr. MD Laird is an associate professor of management in the Heider College of Business at Creighton University. In addition to earning graduate degrees in human resource management (i.e., MS, Texas A&M University; PhD, Florida State University), Dr. Laird has worked in HR for a large non-profit and a major corporation. She now studies individual differences and stress, publishes in journals including Human Resource Management Review, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and Journal of Management, and serves as an associate editor for Organization Management Journal. Because of her work experience and research, Dr. Laird enjoys teaching “the people side of business” in classes on organizational behavior, human resource management, and recruitment and selection. Dr. Laird loves spending time with her husband (Jim), daughter (Julie), and two incorrigible cats (Polly and Gracie).    

Department

Marketing and Management

Position

Associate Professor

Presentations

  • Laird, M.D., Zboja, J.J., Narayan, A., Victoravich, L., & Harvey, N.P. (2019). The Moderating Effects of Entitlement on the Work-family Conflict-Job Satisfaction Relationship. Paper presented at the Midwest Academy of Management Annual Conference, Omaha, NE. 2019
  • Zboja, J.J., Brudvig, S., & Laird, M.D. (2019). Knowledge is Power: The Moderating Effect of Product Knowledge on Consumer Perceptions of Sales Pressure. Paper presented at the Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 2019
  • Laird, M.D. (2018). A Discussion of Norma Rae to Illustrate Labor Relations. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, Lexington, Kentucky. 2018
  • Harvey, N.P, & Laird, M.D. Managing Psychological Entitlement through Accountability. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, St. Pete Beach, FL. 2017
  • Laird, M.D., Zboja, J.J., & Paul, J. This Is Not What I Saw on HGTV. Case presented at North American Case Research Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV. 2016
  • Zboja, J.J., Laird, M.D., & Clark, R.A. Consumer Entitlement's Moderating Role on the Impact of Salesperson Credibility on Perceptions of Sales Pressure. Paper presented at Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL. 2016
  • Bouchet, A., Hutchinson, M., Laird, M.D., & Troilo, M.L. The Role of Repuation, Status, and University Endowment in Increased Athletic Competition: Evidence from NCAA Division I. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, St. Pete Peach, FL.• Best-in-Track Paper for Strategic Management. 2015
  • Zboja, J.J., Laird, M.D., & Bouchet, F.A. On the Service Quality and Satisfaction Relationship: The Moderating Role of Consumer Entitlement. Paper presented at the Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN. 2014
  • Laird, M.D. & Zboja, J.J. The effects of introversion on the relationship between other and self-reports of reputation. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, 73rd Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. 2013
  • Harvey, P., Laird, M.D., & Harris, K. The effect of accountability, entitlement, and tenure on job satisfaction. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, California. 2012
  • Harvey, P. & Laird, M.D. Coping consequences of workplace entitlement. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, 70th Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec. 2010
  • Harvey, P., & Laird, M.D. Too much of a good thing? Inflated self-perceptions in the workplace. Paper presented at the European Conference on Positive Psychology, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2010
  • Laird, M.D., Blickle, G., Zboja, J.J., Schneider, P., Martinez, A.D., & Ferris, G.R. Political skill as a moderator of the performance-reputation relationship: A two study replication and extension. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, St. Pete Beach, FL. 2010