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Chris Stone

Associate Professor of Management

Bio

Dr. Stone is an Associate Professor, educator, researcher, and organizational behavior expert with a background as a U.S. Air Force veteran, small business owner, Faculty Senate President, and department chair. He draws on his firsthand military and leadership experience to inform his research and teaching, helping shape how future professionals understand the workplace. 

An experienced leader, mentor, and administrator with a career spanning hospitality, retail, quality management and process improvement, as well as various other industries, Dr. Stone enjoys keeping his classroom practical and engaging, focusing on the knowledge and skills students need to succeed at work. His research centers on veteran transition, with an emphasis on employment transition, barriers to employment, job search behaviors, and person-job fit, alongside his broader work in management education. He has also developed conceptual models to explain various veteran transition phenomena and studied stereotypes of veterans in the selection process, work that keeps him engaged both inside and outside the classroom. 

Education

PhD, Business Administration, University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), 2016
MBA, UTSA, 2011
BS, Professional Aeronautics, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2010

Research Interests / Areas of Focus

Veteran transition, emphasis on employment transition
Barriers to employment, job search, person-job fit
Management education 

Selected Publications

Peat., D., Perrmann-Graham, J., & Stone, C. B. (2026) Veterans and military-connected individuals in the civilian workforce: An integrative review and research agenda. Organization Management Journal, Vol 23 No. 1, 69-96. http://doi.org/10.1108/OMJ-10-2024-2323

Stone, C.B., Neely, A.R., Phillips, W., Terry, R.P. (2025) Veterans in the workplace: A model of factors affecting veteran transition. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Vol 44 No. 7, 886-904. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-01-2024-0007

Bonner, R., Stone, C. B., Roche, S., Phillips, W., & Utecht, R. (2020) Preparing academics to teach: Example of a structured method of preparing doctoral students in business programs to teach. Journal of Management Education, 44 (4), 435-463. https://doi.org/10.1177/1052562920907132

Stone, C.B., Lengnick-Hall, M., & Muldoon, J. (2018) Do stereotypes of veterans affect chances of employment? The Psychologist-Manager Journal, 21 (1), 1-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mgr0000068

Stone, C., & Stone, D. (2015) A model of factors affecting hiring decisions about veterans. Human Resource Management Review, 25, 68-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2014.06.003

Selected Presentations

Peat, D., Stone, C. et al. (August, 2024) "The modern organization and military-connected individuals: Research and teaching perspectives." Caucus held at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL. 

Stone, C., Neely, A., & Phillips, W. (October, 2022) "Conceptualizing returning United States military veterans as expatriates". Presented at the 2022 meeting of the Southern Management Association, Little Rock, AR. 

Stone, C. B. (April, 2018) "The multidimensionality of veteran unemployment" In P. Reily (Chair) Calling for reinforcements: IGNITING military veteran transition research and practice. Symposium presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL. 

Awards and Honors

2023 Certificate of Distinction, (top 5 at the university), Academy for Effective Teaching, Wichita State University 

2022 Online Instructor of the Year, Barton School of Business, Wichita State University 

Other Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/metalbizprof/ 

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PNrMqUQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao 

Contact Information

Academic School

School of Management

Office

Dyson 2033

Email

chris.stone@Marist.edu

Phone

(845) 575-3000 ext. 2909