Christine Shea

Christine Shea Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Research and Associate Professor of Technology and Operations Management 603.862.3322 christine.shea@unh.edu

Fields of Specialization:

Technology and operations management, managing innovation and nanotechnology

Education:

Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, Ontario Canada
M.B.A., Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario Canada
B.B.A., Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario Canada

Dr. Christine Shea is Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Research and is Associate Professor of Technology and Operations Management at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire. She received her Ph.D. in Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. She has taught courses in technology, operations, and program management in undergraduate, graduate and executive programs in the U.S. and abroad.

After completing her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Business Administration, Dr. Shea spent ten years in various management capacities in the aerospace industry. Her work spanned several functional areas including contracts, materials, project, and operations management. She is a researcher and consultant in the areas of leadership, technological innovation management and nanotechnology-based innovation. Her publications include articles in The Journal of Business Venturing, Group and Organization Management, The Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, The Journal of Product Innovation Management, The Journal of Business, The Journal of Management, Leadership Quarterly and The Journal of Quality Management. She is an active member of the Academy of Management and the Decision Sciences Institute.

Recent Research:

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"Effects of Champion Behavior, Team Potency, and External Communication Activities on Predicting Project Performance" (with J.M. Howell), Group and Organization Management

"Future Management Research Directions in Nanotechnology: A Case Study", Journal of Engineering and Technology Management

"Champions of Product Innovations: Defining, Developing and Validating a measure of Champion Behavior" (with J.M. Howell and C.A. Higgins), Journal of Business Venturing

"Nanotechnology: Management and Research Challenge and Opportunity", Proceedings of the 4th Global Conference on Business and Economics, Oxford, England

"Is Nanotechnology a General Purpose Technology? Evidence and Implications" (with Roger Grinde and Bruce Elmslie), Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the International Association for the Management of Technology