Claire L McCarty
Contact Information
Biography
Philadelphia, Chicago, and Hartland, WI, are all places I called home while growing up. As an adult, I spent my life moving from Wausau, WI (pharmaceutical sales), to Columbus, OH (graduate school), to Boston, MA, to Chippewa Falls, WI, then to River Falls, Wisconsin.
Throughout all these years, I've been a college professor and a consultant. My specialty area is Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management and teaching in MBA and undergrad programs. I also used to conduct training and development workshops for organizations such as Mayo Clinic, Milwaukee Children's Hospital, Eli Lilly, Johnsonville Sausage, and Wausau Homes. Before that, I conducted Work life assessments for companies when they began figuring out that there was, indeed, a difficult juggling of work and family for their employees. This type of work is what led to the development of flexible work options, job sharing, day care options, and other programs and policies that are still all too rare.
I joined the faculty of UW-River Falls in 2000 and spent a lot of time with international programs. I've participated in the Scotland, China, International Traveling Classroom (Europe) programs, taught in Taiwan, and led three J-terms trips to South East Asia. I retired from UWRF in May 2023 (professor emeritus) and looking forward to new endeavors. I was recently elected to the Wisconsin Pierce County Board of Supervisors. I also really enjoy teaching leadership and organizational behavior for UW-Eau Claire.
Education
Ph.D. The Ohio State University, Doctorate in Management and Human Resources (Concentration: Organizational Behavior)
B.A. University of Wisconsin - Madison, Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology & Psychology (with honors)
Certificate, 2021 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace, University of South Florida
Published Research
McCarty, C. & Huffman, B. (2022). The Death Shift. Journal of Case Studies, 40(2): 36-43.
McCarty, C. (2021). Cheerleaders Fired over Zoom: Was it unfair? Journal of Critical Incidents, 14(1): 56-58.
McCarty, C. L., DeRosier, E., & Schechter, M. (2016). Don't Touch Me: A time for feedback? Journal of
Critical Incidents, 9:103-105.
McCarty, C., Dalkilic, A., & Surgevil, O. (2015). A Hajib: Not quite the “look.” The Journal of Critical Incidents, 8:42-44.
McCarty, C. & Dixon, P. (2015). The Case of the Co-op Coup. Journal of Case Studies, 33(1): 72-79.
McCarty Kilian, C., Hukai, D. & McCarty, C. Elizabeth. (2014). Building Diversity in the Pipeline to Corporate Leadership, in Leadership Development & Practice, Eds., Richard Hall, David Grant, & Joseph Raelin, Sage Publications.
Huffman, B & Kilian, C. McCarty. (2012). The Flight of the Phoenix: The interpersonal aspects of project management. Journal of Management Education, 36(4): 568-600.
Kilian, C. McCarty & Huffman, B. (2010). In the Interest of Women? The use of affinity groups. The Journal of Critical Incidents, 3(4): 65.
Kilian, C. McCarty. (August 2009). Corporate Leadership: Building diversity into the pipeline. Communiqué: Ethnic Minority Leadership (an APA publication).
Kilian, C. (2008). In Dog We Trust: Do the ends justify the means? The Journal of Critical Incidents, 1.
Morris, D. & Kilian, C. (2006). Do Accounting Students Cheat? A study examining undergraduate accounting students’ honesty and perceptions of dishonest behavior. Journal of Accounting, Ethics, & Public Policy, 5(3).
Kilian, C., Hukai, D. & McCarty, C. Elizabeth. (Winter, 2005). Building Diversity in the Pipeline to Corporate Leadership. The Journal of Management Development.
Kilian, C., Morris, D. & Korb, L. (2004). Until Death Do Us Part: The Bijani Twins. Annual Advances in Business Cases.
Ohmer, D. & Kilian, C. (2004). Zelte USA, Business Case Journal, Summer Issue.
Kilian, C. McCarty. (2004). The Way We Always Were: Rediscovery of "Life Lessons" from an earlier time. Women and Language, 27(1): 69.
Kilian, C. & Ohmer, D. (2002). Tick Tock: A time clock rules the workplace, Annual Advances in Business Cases.
Morris, D. & Kilian, C. (2002). A Physician Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A case of ethical decision-making. Annual Advances in Business Cases.
Kilian, C. & Hukai, D. (2002). Getting Off the Island: Strategies to carry ideas from conference to work. T+D Magazine (formerly Training & Development Magazine).
Kilian, C. McCarty. (2001). But It’s Not Your Baby! Annual Advances in Business Cases.
Honors And Recognition
Nominated for the University of Wisconsin Regent’s Award, 2020, 2021
University of Wisconsin-River Falls: Distinguished Teacher Award, 2019