Paul F. Buller, Ph.D.

Professor of Management

Dr. Paul Buller is a Professor of Management and former Kinsey M. Robinson Chair in Business Administration at Gonzaga University where he teaches courses in strategic management. He is the founding Director of the Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program...

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Education & Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Washington, 1982

Masters in Business Administration, University of Washington, 1981

Masters in Social Work, University of Utah, 1976

B.S., Psychology, University of Utah, 1974

Curriculum Vitae

Courses Taught

BUSN 481 - Strategic Management

MBUS 616 - Strategic Management

Dr. Paul Buller is a Professor of Management and former Kinsey M. Robinson Chair in Business Administration at Gonzaga University where he teaches courses in strategic management. He is the founding Director of the Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program at Gonzaga. He has done research and consulting in private and public sector organizations on various aspects of organizational effectiveness, including strategic management, ethics, human resource management, organizational change and sustainability. He has or is currently serving on the editorial boards of Journal of World Business, Human Resource Management, Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, and the Journal of Jesuit Business Education and is past president of the Western Academy of Management. Dr. Buller was the inaugural board President and currently on the Board of Colleagues in Jesuit Business Education, whose mission is to enhance the distinctiveness of Jesuit schools of business and related programs through an ongoing exchange of ideas regarding curriculum, teaching, research, and service in the Ignatian, Catholic, and humanistic traditions. 

Barnes, C.H. and Buller, P.F.  “Student Managed Investment Funds: An Exploratory Study of a Model that Works”.  Journal of Accounting and Finance, 21(1), 2021, 92-104. 

Lynn, M. L., Gailey, R.C., and Buller, P.F.  “Developing Countries: An Overlooked Segment in Business School Curricula and Co-Curricula?”  Journal of Education for Business, 93(8), 2018, 373-383.

Grayson, K.C., Knight, M.E., Cooper, M.L., Purcell, T. J., Buller, P.F., Gustafson, A.  “Preliminary      Assessment of the Ignatian-Centered DBA Program: Building the Next Generation of Leaders”, Journal of Jesuit Business Education, 9(1), 2018, 109-125.

Buller, P.F. & McEvoy, G.M.  “A Model for Implementing a Sustainability Strategy through HRM Practices”, Business and Society Review, 121(4), 2016, 465-495.

Slocum, J., Lei, D. & Buller, P.F.  “Executing Business Strategies through Human Resource Management Practices”, Organizational Dynamics, 43, 2014, 73-87.

Buller, P.F. & Finkle, T.  “The Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program: An Innovative Model of Entrepreneurship Education”.  Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 16, 2013, 113-132.

McEvoy, G. M. & Buller, P.F.  “Human Resource Management Practices in Mid-Sized Firms”.  American Journal of Business, 28(1), 2013, 86-105.

McEvoy, G.M. & Buller, P.F. “Research for Practice: The Management of Expatriates”. Thunderbird International Business Review, 55(2), 2013, 213-226.

Steverson, B.K., Rutherford, M.W. & Buller, P.F.  New Venture Legitimacy Lies and Ethics: An Application of Social Contract Theory.  Journal of Ethics and Entrepreneurship, Vol 3(1), 2013, 73-92.

Finkle, T.A. & Buller, P.F.  “Wisdom from Warren Buffett”.  Research in Higher Education Journal, 16, 2012, 1-10.  

Buller, P.F. & McEvoy, G.M.  “Strategy, HRM and Performance: Sharpening Line of Sight”, Human Resource Management Review, 22(1) March 2012, 43-56.

Strategy and Human Resource Management Integration

Strategy Implementation

Organizational Effectiveness

Sustainability

Team Building