Assistant Professor of Commerce

  Department of Commerce

  Niagara University

  Niagara University, NY 14109

  Phone: 716-286-8176

  Fax: 716-286-8206

  Email: cseal@niagara.edu

  Office location: Bisgrove Hall, Room 354A

  Office Hours Fall 08: Mon and Wed 1-2 & 4-5 Tues 1-3

Biography

Dr. Craig R. Seal is an Assistant Professor of Management in the College of Business Administration at Niagara University.  He teaches undergraduate and MBA courses in human resource management and organizational behavior & development.  His scholarship focuses upon the theoretical and empirical impact of emotional and social intelligence in organizations as well as the integration of service learning into management education.  He is on the Editorial Board for the Academy of Management Learning and Education Journal, is a member of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations, and is the faculty advisor for the Niagara University Society for Human Resource Management club.  Prior to joining Niagara University, Craig was an accomplished manager and executive with ten years experience in the non-profit, real estate, and staffing industries.  He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration from George Washington University, MA in Counseling Psychology from Boston College and BS in Psychology from Santa Clara University.

Courses Taught by Prof. Seal:

Undergraduate Classes:

MGT 341 Human Resource Management

MGT 342 Staffing & Development

MGT 343 Compensation & Performance

MBA Classes:

MGT 670 – People in Organizations

MGT 677 - Organizational Development

Vita

Publication Record

Craig R. Seal, Ph.D.

SCHOLARSHIP

Dissertation

Seal, C. R. (2007). Emotional Intelligence: An Exploratory Study of Emotional Ability as a Moderator between Emotional Competency and Performance Outcomes (Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University, 2007). Dissertation Abstracts International, 68, 01. 

Journal Articles

Seal, C. R., Boyatzis, R. E., & Bailey, J. R. (2006). Fostering Emotional and Social Intelligence in Organizations.  Organization Management Journal, 3 (3), 190-209.

Bailey, J. R., Sass, M., Swiercz, P., Seal, C., & Kayes, D. C.  (2005). Teaching with and through Teams: Student-Written, Instructor-Facilitated Case Writing and the Signatory Code. Journal of Management Education, 29, 39-59.

Offermann, L., Bailey, J. R., Vasilopoulos, N. L., Seal, C., & Sass, M. (2004). EQ versus IQ: The Relative Contribution of Emotional Intelligence and Cognitive Ability to Individual and Team Performance. Human Performance, 17 (2), 219-243.

Proceedings

Seal, C. R. (2008). Emotional competency as a moderator between emotional ability and performance outcomes. Proceedings of the Eastern Academy of Management, 45, CD.

Rensel, A. & Seal, C. R. (2008). Socio-Technical Competency:  Insights into Emotional and Readiness Responses to Complex Information Systems. Proceedings of the Business Research Consortium of Western New York.

Seal, C. R. (2007). Emotional Intelligence: A qualitative pilot study of emotional competencies at work.  Proceedings of the Eastern Academy of Management, 44, CD.

Seal, C. R., Sass, M., Avery, C., Geist, R. J., Bailey, J. R., Offermann, L. R., Vasilopoulos, N., Pau, M., & Smith, C. (2004).  An empirical examination of the relationship between emotional intelligence and personality factors.  Proceedings of the Eastern Academy of Management, 41, CD. 

Seal, C. R., Kayes, D. C., Sass, M., Bailey, J. R., Pau, M., Smith, C., & Offermann, L. R.  (2003). Effect of emotional intelligence on self managed work teams.  Proceedings of the Eastern Academy of Management, 40, CD. 

Book Reviews

Seal, C. R. (in progress). Advancing Business Ethics Education [Review of the book Advancing Business Ethics Education]. Academy of Management Learning & Education.

Seal, C. R. (2008). Gut Feelings [Review of the book Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious]. Decision Line, 39 (1).

Seal, C. (2002). Understanding Organizational Evolution [Review of the book Understanding Organizational Evolution: Its Impact on Management and Performance]. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 15 (4), 432-437. 

Monographs

Seal, C. R. & Holmes, R. (2007).  Emotional Intelligence. In International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies. Sage.