Patrick F. McKay, PhD., is a Professor of Management in the College of Business at East Carolina University. Dr. McKay received his Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology in 1999 from the University of Akron. He is a member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Academy of Management and the Personnel/Human Resources Research Group. Dr. McKay has been recognized as a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. His research interests include demographic disparities in worker outcomes, diversity, diversity climate, organizational demography, worker attitudes and retention, and job- and organizational-level performance. Dr. McKay has 40 in-press or peer-reviewed articles in respected publications such as the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organization Science, and Personnel Psychology, and has published 10 invited book chapters and/or journal articles. His research has received awards from the Academy of Management's Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division including the 2007 Dorothy Harlow Distinguished Paper Award and the 2009 Saroj Parasuraman Outstanding Publication Award. Dr. McKay is a former Associate Editor for the Personnel Psychology and International Journal of Human Resource Management.
Academy of Management Human Resource Division Herbert Heneman Jr. Career Achievement Award Commitee
I am currently serving on this committee to select the 2025 recipient of the Academy of Management Human Resource Division's Herbert Heneman Jr. Career Achievement Award. The award recognizes an individual who has made landmark contributions to human resource research, teaching, and practice over a 25+ year career. 2024
Ad Hoc Reviewer
I reviewed two manuscripts for the Journal of Organizational Behavior's special issue on diversity climate. 2024
Presenter
I was a panelist on the "Developing your Research Pipeline" panel at the Management Doctorial Student Conference in Chicago, IL, March 20, 2025 2024
2024 Southern Management Association Conference in San Antonio, TX
I served as a panelist for the "It's a Marathon, Not a Sprint" workshop in the Early-Doctoral Consortium for 2024 Southern Management Association Conference in San Antonio, TX. I talked to early-program doctoral about the career options associated with being a faculty member. 2024
2024 Academy of Management Conference In Chicago, IL
I served as a discussant in the Publishing Diversity Workshop sponsored by the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Division of the Academy of Management during the 2024 annual AOM Conference in Chicago, IL. I provided feedback to the authors of two papers relevant to diversity scholarship in management. 2023
Member of Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology Fellowship Committee
I was appointed as a member of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology's (SIOP) Fellowship Committee. Members of the committee must be SIOP Fellows themselves (I was named a SIOP Fellow in 2013). The task of the committee is to review the submitted materials of scholars and/or practitioners who have been nominated for recognition as a SIOP Fellow. The committee then decides which of the nominated individuals will be recognized as SIOP Fellows, based upon the extent they have made landmark contributions to the Industrial-Organizational Psychology field. 2022