Dr. Robert Lloyd
Associate Professor of Management
RCOBE Director of Strategic Partnerships
Office: McCartney Hall 105B
Office Phone: (785) 628-4329
E-Mail: ralloyd@fhsu.edu
Education
D.B.A. in Management - George Fox University
M.B.A. in Management - Fort Hays State University
B.S. in Spanish - Fort Hays State University
B.B.A. in Management - Fort Hays State University
Courses Taught
MGT 301 - Management Principles
MGT 410 - Organizational Behavior
MGT 475 - Business Ethics & Society
MGT 611 - Human Resource Management
MGT 606 - International Business
Biography
Dr. Robert Lloyd is a tenured professor in the Department of Management. In addition to teaching management courses, he has led students on travel courses to the Caribbean, South America, Australia, and Europe. He regularly provides guests lectures at universities around the world. His research has been cited more than 1,000+ times and can be found in Academy of Management Proceedings and Journal of Management History. Dr. Lloyd serves as a past president of the Southwest Academy of Management.
Dr. Lloyd is an award-winning teacher and researcher. He is the recipient of the 2024 President's Distinguished Scholar, the 2021 Southwest Academy of Management Outstanding Educator Award, the 2022 RCOBE Faculty of the Year for the Department of Management, the 2019 Fall Outstanding Teaching Award, as well as multiple Best Reviewer and Best Paper awards at various conferences. He garnered first place in the 2018 MABDA Innovation in Business Education Competition, as well as the top award for Creativity in the 2017 USASBE Experiential Classroom case presentations. He was a 2019 finalist for the prestigious Edmund Shearer Faculty Advisor of the Year Award, and the Pilot Award.
Dr. Lloyd brings more than a decade of industry experience to higher education. In addition to private-industry consulting, he also managed his own fertilizer merchandising firm and real estate investments. He worked for six years as a commodities marketer for Koch Industries in Wichita, KS, spent six summers on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska as an outdoor adventure guide and manager, and served one season as auxiliary staff at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. He speaks fluent Spanish and conversational German and French. In his spare time, he enjoys classical literature and watching FHSU baseball and men's soccer teams.
PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Books
Lloyd, R. A., Vollrath, M., & Mertens, D. (2023). Writing the Literature Review: Purpose, Process and Practical Guidance. Hodgkins & Higgs Publishing: Wichita, KS
Lloyd, R. A. (2021). The History of Human Resources in The United States: A Primer on
Modern Practice. FHSU Digital Press: Hays, KS. https://scholars.fhsu.edu/management_oer/2/
Lloyd, R. A., & Aho, O. W. (2020). The Four Functions of Management: An Essential Guide to
Management Principles. FHSU Digital Press: Hays, KS. https://scholars.fhsu.edu/managemen_oer/1/
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Lloyd, R. A. (2026). An inquiry into the lived experience of the business professional in academia. In. N. Deal & K. Williams (Eds.) Starting Academia Differently. Routeledge – T&F: Oxfordshire, UK
Lloyd, R. A. (2026). The Evolution of Management Thought. In N. Deal & G. Durepos (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Historical Organization Studies. Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, UK.
Yamamoto, K., Lloyd, R. A., & Lavelle, B. (2026). Stakeholder theory for practitioners: Historical foundations and implementation. Journal for Advancing Business Education.
Lloyd, R. A., Mertens, D., Villegas, S., & Pálka, P. (2025). Emerging from the chaos of Management Theory Jungle: A historical analysis of the development of the four principles of management. Journal of Management History, 31(3), 451-471.
Yamamoto, K., Lloyd, R. A., Lavelle, B., Adatsi, J., & Okami, L. (2024). Review of High-Performance Work Systems for business practitioners. Journal for Advancing Business Education. 5(2), 37-46.
Anaraki, N., & Lloyd, R. A. (2024). Determinants of migration from Africa to EU: Empirical evidence of geopolitical and political factors. European Economic Letters, 14(1), 783-795.
Mertens, D., Villegas, S., Vengrouskie, E. F., Ware, M., & Lloyd, R. A. (2023). Business process re-engineering leadership: Princes of Machiavelli. Journal of Management History, 30(1). 41-59.
Helens-Hart, R., Haugen, J., & Lloyd, R. A. (2023). Dissent in reality: Organizational dissent and change on Undercover Boss. International Journal of Business Communication.
Yamamoto, K., Samek, L., Aldred, G., & Lloyd, R. A. (2021). A content analysis of dissertations on business topics: A quantitative study. Journal for Advancing Business Education.
Villegas, S., & Lloyd, R. A. (2021). Crafting a business mindset: A theoretical model identifying influencers of professional reciprocity. Journal of Organizational Psychology, 21(5). 90-103.
Ham, D., Yamamoto, K., & Lloyd, R. A. (2021). Global competitiveness by the maquiladora manufacturing program in North America. International Management Review, 17(1). 18-25.
Villegas, S., Yamamoto, K., & Lloyd, R. A. (2021). Applicable & effective andragogy: A qualitative study of adult learners, faculty, and administrators in business education. Journal of Business Management and Change, 19(2), 120-133.
Adatsi, J., Yamamoto, K., & Lloyd, R. A. (2020). Accomplishing a high-performance government organization through leadership: Commitment in partnership with human resources management and development. International Management Review, 16(2), 29-39.
Okami, L., Yamamoto, K., & Lloyd, R. A. (2020). Exploring the return on customer (roc) model in the video sales and rental industry: An intramodal analysis of Blockbuster, Redbox, and Netflix. Review of Integrative Business and Economics Research, 10(3).
Thoman, D., Lloyd, R. A., & Milstead, M. (2020). The emergence of defense contractors as knowledge workers and service providers: Expansion opportunities into BRIC nations. International Journal of Qualitative Research in Services, 4(2).
Lloyd, R. A., Mertens, D., Adams, A., Pruden, C., & Bates, A. (2020). Cooperative advantage during the pioneer movement west: The lessons of Nicodemus, Kansas for modern Black communities. Journal of Management History, 10(4), 18-38.
Yamamoto, K., Nemetz, A., & Lloyd, R. A. (2020). An empirical examination of formal and informal institutional factors’ influence on global food industry sustainability engagement. Review of Integrative Business and Economics Research (forthcoming).
Aho, O.W., & Lloyd R. A. (2019). The origins of robust supply chain management and logistics in the Caribbean: Spanish silver and gold in the New World (1492–1700). In: Bowden B., McMurray A. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Management History. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK.
Dolechek, R., Lippert, T., Vengrouskie, E. F., & Lloyd, R. A. (2019). Solving a whale of a problem: Introducing the four functions of management in a management principles course. International Forum of Teaching Studies, 15(2), 29-35.
Yamamoto, K., Milstead, M., & Lloyd, R. A. (2019). A review of the development of lean manufacturing and related lean practices: The case of Toyota production system and managerial thinking. International Management Review, 15(2).
Villegas, S., Lloyd, R. A., Tritt, A., & Vengrouskie, E. (2019). Human Resources as ethical gatekeepers: Hiring ethics and employee selection. Journal of Leadership, Accountability, and Ethics, 16(2), 80-88.
Yamamoto, K., & Lloyd, R. A. (2019). Ethical considerations of Japanese business culture. Journal of Business Diversity, 19(2), 113-122
Vollrath, M. & Lloyd, R. A. (2019). The downside to big data: What triggers a backlash response in consumers to marketing? Journal of Marketing Development and Competitiveness, 13(2), 85-92.
Yamamoto, K., & Lloyd, R. A. (2019). The role of big data and digitization in just-in-time (JIT) information feeding. American Journal of Management, 19(2), 126-133.
Lloyd, R. A., & Vengrouskie, E. (2019). Digital circumvention as a means to overcome geographic limitations: Defining the new rural entrepreneurial ecosystem. Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability, 14(4), 63-70.
Aguilar, S., Vengrouskie, E., & Lloyd, R. A. (2019). Driving organizational innovation as a form of intrapreneurship within the context of small businesses. Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability, 14(3), 25-28.
Lloyd, R. A., Martin, M. J., Hyatt, J., & Tritt, A. (2019). A cold call on work-based learning: A “live” group project for the strategic selling classroom. Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, 9(3), 329-346.
Yamamoto, K., & Lloyd, R. A. (2019). Issues in international labor: A study of Japanese expatriates in Japan-based MNEs in the United States. In George, B., & Roberts, J. (Eds.), The Changing Landscape of Global Business: Principles and Practices, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Allen, W. E., Lloyd, R. A., & Peer, R. (2019). Chinese ethics: An empirical study of idealism and relativism. Business and Management Studies, 5(4), 1-12.
Thoman, D., & Lloyd, R. A. (2018). A review of the literature on human resource development: Leveraging HR as a strategic partner in the high-performance organization. Journal of International & Interdisciplinary Business Research, 5(1), 147-160.
Lloyd, R. A., & Mertens, D. (2018). Expecting more out of Expectancy Theory: History urges
inclusion of the social context. International Management Review, 14(1), 28-43.
Lloyd, R. A. (2017). The Panama Canal as a determinant of FDI inflows in Panama. Review of Integrative Business and Economics Research, 7(2), 87-102.
Lloyd, R. A. (2017). The impact of CSR efforts on firm performance in the energy sector. Review of Integrative Business and Economics Research, 7(3), 25-65.
Vollrath, M., Lloyd, R. A., & Liu, Y. (2017). A new standard for global education: A case study of Duke Kunshan University. In Alphin, H. C., Lavine, J., & Chan, R. Y. (Eds.), Exploring the Future of Accessibility in Higher Education, IGI Global, 21-36.
Lloyd, R. A., Zhang, C., & Rydin, S. (2017). The Halloween indicator is more a treat than a trick. The Journal of Accounting and Finance, 17(6). 96-108
Lloyd, R. A. (2016). CHS Country Operations’ international business strategy. Journal of the North American Management Society, 10(1), 66-84.
Lloyd, R. A. (2015). A brief history of globalized markets: Implications for managers. Journal for Global Business Education,14, 5-11.
Lloyd, R. A. (2015). National competitiveness of the U.S. natural gas industry. Texas Business and Technology Educators Association Journal, 8(1), 88-103.
Lloyd, R. A. (2015). Experiential learning approaches to principles of management, Administrative Issues Journal, 3(5), 29-36.
Lloyd, R. A. (2015). An analysis of fertilizer markets in BRIC countries. Administrative Issues Journal, 5(3), 77-88.
Lloyd, B. (2014). The Settlers of Catan® form a provincial government: An experiential exercise for the small business classroom. Journal for Global Business Education,13, 15-22.
Conference Presentations
Deal, N., & Lloyd, R. A. (2026). When ‘Best Ideas Win’ fails: Expectancy Theory and the myth of idea meritocracy in management education. Academy of Management. Philadelphia, PA.
Lloyd, R. A., Yamamoto, K., & Lavelle, B. (2026). Shared governance as best practice: Are faculty even qualified? Southwest Academy of Management. Dallas, TX.
Straub L., Lloyd, R. A., & Vengrouskie, E. F. (2026). Managing lives and careers in convulsive environments: How adaptability is fast becoming the new gold. Southwest Academy of Management. Dallas, TX.
Murphy, F., Mertens, D., Cowling, J., Lloyd, R. A., Ellestad, A. (2026). Does publishing even matter to the business world if it can't be applied? Southwest Academy of Management. Dallas, TX.
Lloyd, R. A., Mason, J. P., & Stanley, R. (2026). A second look at organizational values and their impact on corporate governance. International Conference on Human Resources and Corporate Governance. Munich, Germany.
Lloyd, R. A., Vengrouskie, E. F., & Pruden, C. (2025). The nefarious origins of the Gantt Chart and its implications for our understanding of management history. Southwest Academy of Management. Tulsa, OK.
Mertens, D., & Lloyd, R. A. (2024). Maximizing student engagement: A case study in capstone business courses. 18th Annual International Conference on Global Studies. Athens, Greece.
Fu, W., & Lloyd, R. A. (2024). Corporate Social Responsibility to employees under the influence of pandemic and artificial intelligence. Integration of Business, Digital Technologies, and Social Sciences for a Sustainable ASEAN and Beyond Conference. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Mertens, D., Lloyd, R. A., Schwaller, H., & Brown, L. (2024). Experiential learning in business strategy: Jumpstarting the classroom to maximize student engagement. Integration of Business, Digital Technologies, and Social Sciences for a Sustainable ASEAN and Beyond Conference. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Lloyd, R. A., Lippert, T., & Pruden, C. (2024). Pulling back the Iron Curtain: Discovering managerial contributions obscured by Soviet Rule in Eastern Europe (1917-1989). Integration of Business, Digital Technologies, and Social Sciences for a Sustainable ASEAN and Beyond Conference. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Deal, N., & Lloyd, R. A. (2024). Retracing Expectancy Theory: An evolution of management studies' second-best known motivation theory. Academy of Management. Chicago, IL.
Daspit, J., Lloyd, R. A., Walker, L., & Winton, B. (2024). Teaching strategies for doctoral students and new faculty. Southwest Academy of Management. Galveston, TX.
Lloyd, R. A., & Vengrouskie, E. F. (2024). The entrepreneurial mindset revisited. Southwest Academy of Management. Galveston, TX.
Lloyd, R. A., Mertens, D., Villegas, S., & Pálka, P. (2023). The origins of management education: A historical analysis of the four principles of management. Academy of Management. Boston, MA.
Mertens, D., Villegas, S., Ware, M., Vengrouskie, E., & Lloyd, R. A. (2023). The conservative professor: An endangered species? Southwest Academy of Management. Houston, TX.
Lechleiter, D., & Lloyd, R. A. (2023). The impact of perceived ERP implementation success and organizational usage on employee job satisfaction in small and mid-market manufacturers – A literature review. Southwest Academy of Management. Houston, TX.
Villegas, S., Mertens, & Lloyd, R. A. (2023). The perception gap: Addressing business workforce readiness misalignment between students and workforce managers. Southwest Academy of Management. Houston, TX.
Mertens, D., & Lloyd, R. A. (2023). Engaging capstone seniors starting day one – An experiential exercise. Society of Business, Industry, and Economics. Destin, FL.
Villegas, S., Mertens, D., Lloyd, R. A., & Anaraki, N. (2022). Examiner la relation entre les valeurs d'entreprise, le retour sur investissement et la durabilité dans le secteur mondial de l'énergie. Western Business & Management Conference. Reims, France.
Lloyd, R. A., & Bauer, F. (2022). Nicht freiwillig: Eine phänomenologische Studie zum Subsistenzunternehmertum. G-Forum Summit, Dresden, Germany.
Lloyd, R. A., Perdomo, D. (2022). Digital transformation of entrepreneurship: Leveraging social networks, prior knowledge, and personality traits to find relevant information for entrepreneurial ventures. G-Forum Summit, Dresden, Germany.
Lloyd, R. A. (2022). Keynote address: Solving the world’s sustainability questions with entrepreneurial answers. Economics Management Finance Conference. Zlin, Czech Republic.
Lloyd, R. A., Sanford, R., & Flores-Ruiz, D. (2022). Not by choice: A phenomenological study of subsistence entrepreneurship. Southwest Academy of Management. New Orleans, LA.
Villegas, S., Lloyd, R. A., & Mertens, D. (2022). Practice what you preach: Examining the relationship between corporate values, sustainability, and performance within the global energy sector. Southwest Academy of Management. New Orleans, LA.
Villegas, S., Lloyd, R. A., & Vengrouski, E. F. (2022). On Machiavelli and business process reengineering: A comparative theoretical analysis with modern implications. Southwest Academy of Management. New Orleans, LA.
Vollrath, M., Mertens, D., Thomas, D., Ware, M, & Lloyd, R. A. (2022). Why bother with the liberal arts? Academy of Collegiate Marketing Educators Conference. New Orleans, LA.
Budge, J., Cooper, Z., Lloyd, R. A., & Lippert, T. (2022). CSR and its influence on marketing activities and outcomes. Academy of Collegiate Marketing Educators. New Orleans, LA.
Cooper, Z., Budge, J., Lloyd, R. A., & Lippert, T. (2022). The impact of event sustainability using the triple bottom line. Academy of Collegiate Marketing Educators. New Orleans, LA.
Griffin, S., Gravois, R., Xu, Z., & Lloyd, R. A. (2022). On advising student research. Academy of Collegiate Marketing Educators Conference. New Orleans, LA.
Scott, B., Ham, D., & Lloyd, R. A. (2021). Lean systems and waste: Early covid-19 pandemic impacts on supply chain and production. Southwest Academy of Management. Galveston, TX.
Ham, D., Lloyd, R. A., & Yamamoto, K. (2021). The impact of succession planning effectuation on managerial transition within the two-family owned business.
Southwest Academy of Management. Galveston, TX.
Villegas, S., & Lloyd, R. A. (2021). Crafting a business mindset: A theoretical model of factors that influence professional reciprocity. Southwest Academy of Management. Galveston, TX.
Villegas, S., Yamamoto, K., & Lloyd, R. A. (2020). Applicable and effective andragogy: A qualitative study of adult learners, faculty, and administrators in business education. Western Business Management Association Conference. Napa, CA.
Helens-Hart, R., Sevak, K., & Lloyd, R. A. (2020). Digital information behavior of rural entrepreneurs. Association for Business Communication Annual International Conference. San Diego, CA.
Lloyd, R. A., Diaz, E., & Kohler, B. (2020). The moderating impact of globalization on entrepreneurship. Southwest Academy of Management. San Antonio, TX.
Vollrath, M., Diaz, E., Scott, B., Milstead, M., Kohler, B., & Lloyd, R. A. (2020). Emerging nexus between self-brand and place branding: City attributes that contribute to strong self-brand connections. Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators Conference. San Antonio, TX
Lloyd, R. A, Mertens, D., Helens-Hart, R., Sevak, K. (2019). Validating digital social networks in entrepreneurship. Society of Business, Industry, and Economics. Destin, FL.
Lloyd, R. A. (2019). On macro-grading: A methodology to reduce turnaround time and improve feedback robustness. Summer Institute on Distance Learning and Instructional Technology. Hays, KS
Lloyd, R. A. (2019). A human approach to facilitating student engagement in the online classroom. Summer Institute on Distance Learning and Instructional Technology. Hays, KS
Lloyd, R. A. (2019). Developing students’ skill-sets for the professional context: Bringing the international community into the classroom. Summer Institute on Distance Learning and Instructional Technology. Hays, KS
Lloyd, R. A., Adams, A., & Pruden, C. (2019). Cooperative advantage during the Exoduster Movement: The lessons of Nicodemus, Kansas for modern Black Communities. The Midwest Academy of Management. Omaha, NE.
Villegas, S., Lloyd, R. A., Tritt, A., & Vengrouskie, E. (2019). Ethical gatekeepers: Hiring ethics and employee selection. Southwest Academy of Management. Houston, TX.
Aguilar, S., Vengrouskie, E., & Lloyd, R. A. (2019). Driving organizational innovation as a form of intrapreneurship within the context of small businesses. Southwest Academy of Management. Houston, TX.
Lloyd, R. A., & Vengrouskie, E. (2019). Digital affordances, traditional enablers, and defining the rural entrepreneurial ecosystem. Southwest Academy of Management. Houston, TX.
Lloyd, R. A., Martin, M. J., & Hunsicker-Walburn, M. (2018). Experiential cold calling: An innovative teaching exercise for the strategic sales classroom. MABDA Innovation in Business Education. Chicago, IL.
Lloyd, R. A., Whitaker, W., & Lopez, C. (2018). Measuring the entrepreneurial mindset: Reliability, validity, and relevance. 22nd Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs, Stuttgart, Germany
Lloyd, R. A., Helens-Hart, R., & Mertens, D. (2018). Digital technologies as an enabler of social cognition: Mobilizing the rural entrepreneurial ecosystem. 22nd Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs. Stuttgart, Germany
Helens-Hart, R., & Lloyd, R. A. (2018). Mediated portrayals of co-constructed organizational dissent in Undercover Boss. SACAD Conference. Hays, KS
Lloyd, R. A. (2017). The Panama Canal as a determinant of FDI inflows in Panama. SIBR 2017 Hong Kong Conference. Hong Kong
Lloyd, R. A. (2017). The impact of CSR efforts on firm performance in the energy sector. SIBR 2017 Hong Kong Conference. Hong Kong
Thoman, D., Rydin, S., & Lloyd, R. A. (2017). High performance work systems: The impact on employee performance and customer satisfaction. Association of Human Resources Development - International Research Conference in the Americas. San Antonio, TX
Lloyd, R. A., & Mertens, D. (2015). A re-examination of Vroom’s expectancy theory: Motivation within the social context. Southwest Academy of Management. Houston, TX
Lloyd, R. A. (2015). Experiential learning approaches to principles of management. Administrative Issues Conference: Challenge of Change. Weatherford, OK
Lloyd, R. A. (2015). Analysis of fertilizer markets in BRIC nations. Administrative Issues Conference: Challenge of Change. Weatherford, OK
Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-Mfx1dEAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Gate link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert_Lloyd10
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