Rate My Professor Thomas Timmerman

Dr. Thomas Timmerman is Professor of Business Management and holds the W.E. Mayberry Chair of Excellence while serving as Chairperson of the Department of Decision Sciences and Management in the Business & Economics faculty at Tennessee Technological University. He earned a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Tulane University and a B.A. in Psychology from Furman University. Timmerman teaches a range of courses including Organizational Behavior, Leadership, Human Resource Management, and Staffing, equipping students with essential knowledge in management principles, group dynamics, employee development, and talent acquisition.

Timmerman's research specializations include workplace aggression, leadership experience and its effects on team performance, personality influences in organizations, and diversity dynamics. His publications have appeared in prominent journals such as the Journal of Applied Psychology and the Journal of Organizational Behavior. Key works encompass "Are Millennials More Likely To Be Abusive Supervisors?" (2021), "Looking At The User Side Of Software Engineering For Project Success" (2021), "Temper, Temperature, and Temptation: Heat-Related Retaliation in Baseball" (2011), "The Relationship between Leader Experience and Team Performance in Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Designs" (2011), and "Misconceptions about HRM Start Early" (2010). Accumulating over 800 citations, his scholarship has shaped discussions in organizational behavior and human resources. Timmerman's insights have also been covered in the Wall Street Journal, ESPN The Magazine, and The Washington Post. At the university, he contributes to leadership through roles on the Administrative Council and as faculty leader for the Tech Tomorrow strategic planning on Exceptional Stewardship.