{"id":953,"date":"2026-05-20T19:31:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/cobpa-faculty-research\/?p=953"},"modified":"2026-05-20T19:31:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:31:56","slug":"dr-sean-valentine-professor-and-chair-in-the-middleton-school-of-entrepreneurship-management-research-presented-at-the-67th-western-academy-of-management-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/cobpa-faculty-research\/2026\/05\/20\/dr-sean-valentine-professor-and-chair-in-the-middleton-school-of-entrepreneurship-management-research-presented-at-the-67th-western-academy-of-management-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Sean Valentine, Professor and Chair in the Middleton School of Entrepreneurship &amp; Management, research presented at the 67th Western Academy of Management Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-start=\"113\" data-end=\"245\">Research Highlight: Dr. Sean Valentine, Professor and Chair in the Middleton School of Entrepreneurship &amp; Management, research presented at the 67th Western Academy of Management Conference.<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"247\" data-end=\"478\"><strong data-start=\"247\" data-end=\"259\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_171\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-171\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-171\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/cobpa-faculty-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/10\/valentine-sean_photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"313\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Sean Valentine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"247\" data-end=\"478\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><strong data-start=\"247\" data-end=\"259\">Conference:<\/strong>67th Western Academy of Management Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 11-14, 2026<br data-start=\"293\" data-end=\"296\" \/><strong data-start=\"296\" data-end=\"314\">Title:<\/strong> \u201cThe Journey from Egocentric Gravitas to Beneficial Action: Beyond Nugatory Accomplishments, Meretricious Metrics, and Aspiring to \u2018A\u2019 Hits\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Authors:<\/strong> <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Robert Giacalone (Texas State University) and Sean Valentine (University of North Dakota) &#8211; presented by Giacalone<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"480\" data-end=\"1431\"><strong data-start=\"480\" data-end=\"493\">Abstract:<\/strong><br data-start=\"493\" data-end=\"496\" \/><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Academic institutions often engage in a gravitas that promotes the self-interests of faculty and administrators and furthers university reputations through the collection of meretricious measures. While these actions may provide some indication of educational quality, they paradoxically can do little to improve the well-being of the stakeholders and students that academic institutions serve. What is needed is a new mindset that prepares students to adopt the values and skills that will make them successful in the workplace. Using beneficial action theory, we propose that new metrics should be used to evaluate the impact that universities have on their stakeholders, something we refer to as academic transformational impact. Measures of academic transformational impact should assess the degree to which academic institutions enhance the well-being of stakeholders, rather than measuring institutional accomplishments that serve the self-interests and egos of academics. Such an approach, particularly efforts that enhance students\u2019 well-being, will provide those in higher education with a better snapshot of their abilities to benefit the individuals and communities they are supposed to serve.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_bottom\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_bottom\">\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" data-a2a-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/cobpa-faculty-research\/2026\/05\/20\/dr-sean-valentine-professor-of-management-and-chair-in-the-middleton-school-of-entrepreneurship-management-paper-published-in-the-behavioral-research-in-accounting-journal\/\" data-a2a-title=\"Dr. Sean Valentine, Professor of Management and Chair in the Middleton School of Entrepreneurship &amp; Management, paper published in the Behavioral Research in Accounting Journal\"><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/#facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span class=\"a2a_label\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_email\" title=\"Email\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/#email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span class=\"a2a_label\">Email<\/span><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_x\" title=\"X\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/#x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span class=\"a2a_label\">X<\/span><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_linkedin\" title=\"LinkedIn\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/#linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span class=\"a2a_label\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.und.edu%2Fcobpa-faculty-research%2F2026%2F05%2F20%2Fdr-sean-valentine-professor-of-management-and-chair-in-the-middleton-school-of-entrepreneurship-management-paper-published-in-the-behavioral-research-in-accounting-journal%2F&amp;title=Dr.%20Sean%20Valentine%2C%20Professor%20of%20Management%20and%20Chair%20in%20the%20Middleton%20School%20of%20Entrepreneurship%20%26%20Management%2C%20paper%20published%20in%20the%20Behavioral%20Research%20in%20Accounting%20Journal\"><span class=\"a2a_label a2a_localize\" data-a2a-localize=\"inner,Share\">Share<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Highlight: Dr. Sean Valentine, Professor and Chair in the Middleton School of Entrepreneurship &amp; 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