Tyler Wasson

Assistant Professor of Management

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Tyler Wasson earned my B.A. from Eastern Washington University with Majors in Human Resource Management and Business Management along with Minors in International Business and Government. He has over a decade of retail experience, including in management roles. He served in the U.S. Peace Corps as a Community and Organizational Development Volunteer in the town of Isperih, Bulgaria. Afterwards, he earned my MBA from Gonzaga University with an emphasis in Business Ethics, where he also taught several courses as an Adjunct Instructor.

After a year living and teaching in Nepal, he earned my PhD in Business with a concentration in Management from Bentley University in Waltham, MA. His research is primarily focused on corporate political activity, corporate governance, and business ethics. His dissertation is titled ‘Three Essays on Politician Directors at S&P 500 Firm’. He primarily teaches Strategy, Management, International Business, Leadership, and Business Ethics courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

  • BA: Eastern Washington University
    MBA: Gonzaga University
    PhD: Bentley University

  • MGT 100: Introduction to Management
    MGT 305: Strategic Leadership
    INB 307: International Management
    BUS 330: Global Social Entrepreneurship

  • ‘Trading in our Lederhosen for Kilts: The Ethics of Marketing Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Ancestry Testing’ with Leithauser, A., and Steverson, B. (2024). Business and Professional Ethics Journal.

    ‘Bringing home the bacon: do politicians on boards increase firms’ government contracts?’ Wasson, T. and Quinn, M. (2023). Society and Business Review.

    ‘The End of Corporate Political Activity’ (2020). Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society (Vol. 31).

    ‘Conducting Systematic Literature Reviews in Information Systems: An Analysis of Guidelines’ with Bai, Z., Jain, N., Kurdyukov, R., Walton, J., Wang, Y., Wasson, T., Zhu, X. and Chircu, A.M.. (2019). Issues in Information Systems, 20(3).

  • Wanted! Former Government Officials On Corporate Boards. Academy of Management (Accepted, August 2024).

    Politicians on Board: Former U.S. Politician Directors at S&P 500 Firms (September 2022). Bentley University’s Research Showcase and Poster Session, Waltham, MA.

    Housing Insecurity and Corporate Political Responsibility (September 2021). Bentley University’s Research Showcase and Poster Session, Waltham, MA.

    An Examination of Domestic Political CSR in an Enduring State Setting (August 2020). Emerging scholars paper session at the Society for Business Ethics conference (Online).

    The End of Corporate Political Activity (July 2020). Discussion session presented at the annual International Association of Business and Society Conference (Online).

    Corporations are People-like: Intentional Collective Actors, Corporate Responsibilities and Rights-Protections (February 2020). Junior Faculty and Doctoral Consortium at the Sustainability Ethics Entrepreneurship conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

    Trading in our lederhosen for kilts: What happens when bio-geographical ancestry information is used to co-opt culture (February 2020) with Leithauser, A., and Steverson, B.. Paper presentation at the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

    Conducting Systematic Literature Reviews in Information Systems: An Analysis of Guidelines. (October 2019) with Bai, Z., Jain, N., Kurdyukov, R., Walton, J., Wang, Y., Zhu, X. and Chircu, A.M.. Paper presentation at the International Association for Computer Information Systems conference, Clearwater Beach, Florida. Best Paper Award – Research Category (Honorable Mention).

    We Live in a Political World (August 2019). Bentley University poster session at the Bentley University Annual Research Showcase Poster Session.

    Corporate Personhood: Firms as Collective Agents (August 2018). Doctoral student poster session at the annual meeting of the Society for Business Ethics.