Dr. Tim Bisping, associate professor of economics, recently had his paper titled “Age, Gender, and Unemployment in Australia: A Labor Queue Analysis” accepted for publication in the Southwestern Economic Review. This paper looks at the role of employer preferences on age and gender in determining unemployment rates in Australia. The paper was coauthored with Dr. Hilde Patron of the University of West Georgia.
UCA management professor John Watt recently had a paper, The Interdisciplinary Nature of the Field of Crisis Management: A Call for Research Collaboration, published in the Organization Development Journal (ODJ). ODJ seeks to enhance the capacity for practitioner-scholar dialogue, and promotes principles and practices of organizational development and change. The paper was coauthored with Drs. Chris Piotrowski and Terry Armstrong. Dr. Watt is currently serving as Executive Editor of The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied.
Roy Whitehead, professor of business law, and Tom Oxner, professor of accounting, published an article, “First Circuit Gives IRS Access to Textron’s Tax Accrual Workpapers,” in the October edition of The CPA Journal.Roy Whitehead and Tom Oxner presented a paper, “Are Early Retirement Payments Made to Tenured Faculty Members Taxable as Wages Under the Federal Insurance Contribution Act?,” to the 60th Annual Meeting of Arkansas College Teachers of Economics and Business at Arkansas Tech University.
Roy Whitehead, professor of business law, and Pam Spikes, professor of accounting, published an article, “Nurse Wins Favorable Ruling on Deducting MBA Educational Expenses,” in the June edition of The CPA Journal.Roy Whitehead, professor of business law, and Kris Jones, instructor of accounting, Southeastern Louisiana University, published an article, “Drinking and Driving: Taxpayer Allowed to Take Casualty Deduction for Car He Wrecked,” in the July edition of The CPA Journal.
CLEAR Center Receives $5,000 Grant
The Center for Cooperative Logistics Education, Advancement, and Research (CLEAR) Center was one of four programs nationwide chosen to receive a $5,000 grant from the Trucking Industry Defense Association. The grant is to support the CLEAR Center’s three-pronged mission of educating Arkansas’ logistics workforce of tomorrow, advancing awareness of logistics role as a major economic driver in Arkansas, and conducting research that is of mutual benefit to the Arkansas logistics industry, University of Central Arkansas, and other CLEAR stakeholders, said Dr. Doug Voss, CLEAR Director and assistant professor of Supply Chain Management in the College of Business. The CLEAR Center is housed in the UCA College of Business. Dr. Voss recently received the grant during the annual Arkansas Trucking Seminar in Fayetteville. The check was presented by Mr. Lee Piovarcy, president of the association. UCA was selected because of its commitment to furthering the trucking industry through higher education.