Sean Edmund Rogers, Ph.D., SPHR, SHRM-SCP

  • Dean and Alfred J. Verrecchia-Hasbro Inc. Leadership Chair
  • Management
  • Phone: 401-874-4142
  • Email: rogers@uri.edu
  • Office Location: 350 Ballentine Hall

    Please email cob@etal.uri.edu for any forms needing the Dean’s signature.

Biography

Sean Edmund Rogers is Dean of the URI College of Business and the Alfred J. Verrecchia-Hasbro Inc. Leadership Chair in Business. He is also a Professor of Management. Prior to being named Dean, he served as URI’s Chief Diversity Officer and Vice President of Community, Equity, and Diversity. Rogers joined the College of Business in 2018 as the Spachman Professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations, and has held several roles in the College, including Executive Director of Inclusive Excellence, Director of the Charles T. Schmidt Jr. Labor Research Center, Director of graduate programs in healthcare management, and Director of graduate programs in human resources and labor relations.

Before joining URI, he held faculty appointments at Cornell University, New Mexico State University, and University of New Mexico. His current research interests include unions and labor-management relations, employment discrimination and workplace diversity, and volunteerism. He earned a Ph.D. in industrial relations and human resources from Rutgers University and master’s degrees from Wake Forest School of Law, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) as well as a Society for Human Resource Management Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP).

Prior to academia, Professor Rogers worked in the airline and logistics industries. His corporate experience includes positions in industrial engineering, finance, pricing, network planning, and schedule planning at US Airways, America West Airlines, ATA Airlines, AirTran Airways, and UPS. Additionally, from 2000-2008 he served in the US Army Reserve as an enlisted soldier and non-commissioned officer, to include an active duty combat tour in 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He currently serves as a Medical Service Corps (healthcare administration) officer in the US Air Force Reserve.

Research

Unions and labor-management relations, employment discrimination and workplace diversity, and volunteerism

Education

M.S.L., Wake Forest University School of Law
Ph.D., Industrial Relations and Human Resources, Rutgers University
Ed.M., Human Resource Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MBA, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
B.S., Aviation Business Administration, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Selected Publications

Rogers, S. E. (2023). Worker voice in the U.S.: Unitarist and Pluralist Perspectives. In T. A. Adisa, C. Mordi, & E. Oruh (Eds.), Employee voice in the global north: Insights from Europe, North America, and Australia (pp. 35-60). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.

Akingbola, K., Rogers, S. E., & Intindola, M. (2023). Employee Engagement in Nonprofit Organizations: Theory and Practice. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.

Valenzuela, M. A., Rogers, S. E., Flinchbaugh, C., & Wagstaff, F. (2022). Realizing immigrant contributions to workgroup and organizational performance. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal.

Parks, G. S., Jones, S. E., & Rogers, S. E. (2022). Old heads: Hazing and the role of fraternity and sorority alumni. Law and Psychology Review.

Rogers, S. E., Miller, C. D., Flinchbaugh, C., Giddarie, M., & Barker, B. (2020). All internships are not created equal: Job design, satisfaction, and vocational development in paid and unpaid internships. Human Resource Management Review.

Ameri, M., Rogers, S. E., Schur, L., & Kruse, D. (2020). No room at the inn? Disability access in the new sharing economy. Academy of Management Discoveries.

Valenzuela, M. A., Flinchbaugh, C., & Rogers, S. E. (2020). Can organizations help adjust? The effect of perceived organizational climate on immigrants’ acculturation and consequent effect on perceived fit. Journal of International Management.

Cooper, E. A., Phelps, A. D., & Rogers, S. E. (2020). Research in nonprofit human resource management from 2015-2018: Trends, insights, and opportunities. Employee Relations: The International Journal.

Akingbola, K., Rogers, S. E., & Baluch, A. (2019). Change Management in Nonprofit Organizations: Theory and Practice. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.

Intindola, M. L., Pittz, T. G., Rogers, S. E., & Weisinger, J. (2019). Partner selection in social entrepreneurship collectives: How team selection control can enhance satisfaction in cross-sector social partnerships. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship.

Rogers, S. E., Eaton, A. E., Voos, P. B., Chang, T. F. H., & Valenzuela, M. A. (2018). Assessing employee support during union organizing campaigns. Labor Studies Journal.

Valenzuela, M. A. & Rogers, S. E. (2018). Strategizing personality traits: An acculturation approach to person-environment fit and expatriate adjustment. International Journal of Human Resource Management.

Pittz, T. G., Intindola, M. L., Adler, T. R., Rogers, S. E., & Gard, C. (2018). Collaborating smartly: The role of open strategy in absorptive capacity. Journal of Small Business Management.

Kruse, D., Schur, L., Rogers, S. E., & Ameri, M. (2018). Why do workers with disabilities earn less? Occupational job requirements and disability discrimination. British Journal of Industrial Relations.

Intindola, M. L., Lewis, G., Flinchbaugh, C., & Rogers, S. E. (2017). Web-based recruiting’s impact on organizational image and familiarity: Too much of a good thing? International Journal of Human Resource Management.

Rogers, S. E., Jiang, K., Rogers, C. M., & Intindola, M. L. (2016). Strategic human resource management of volunteers and the link to hospital patient satisfaction. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.

Intindola, M. L., Rogers, S. E., Flinchbaugh, C. L., & Della Pietra, D. (2016). Hospital administrative characteristics and volunteer management practices. Journal of Health Organization and Management.

Eaton, A. E., Rogers, S. E., Chang, T. F. H., & Voos, P. B. (2014). Choosing union representation: The role of attitudes and emotions. Industrial Relations Journal.

Rogers, S. E., Eaton, A. E., & Voos, P. B. (2013). Effects of unionization on graduate student employees: Faculty-student relations, academic freedom, and pay. Industrial and Labor Relations Review.

Rogers, S. E., Rogers, C. M., & Boyd, K. (2013). Challenges and opportunities in healthcare volunteer management: Insights from volunteer administrators. Hospital Topics.

DeCostanza, A. H., DiRosa, G. A., Rogers, S. E., Slaughter, A. J., & Estrada, A. X. (2012). Researching teams: Nothing’s going to change our world. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice.