Notable Achievements

Associate Professors of Business Gaby Flores and Hazel Nguyen, along with colleagues, published an article titled “The only  daughter effect: Examining the impact of child gender on a CEO’s hiring decisions” in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal. The paper, which examines gender bias in top management hiring, can be found here.

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Gabriela Flores

Associate Professor of Business

Expertise

Organizational Behavior, Gender in Organizations, Leader Communication

Gabriela Flores in an Associate Professor of Business at Southwestern University. She earned her PhD from the University of Texas at El Paso, her MBA from Oakland University, and her BS in Engineering from the University of Michigan. Prior to entering the doctoral program, she worked as an automotive engineer for Chrysler Corporation in Auburn Hills, MI.

  • Biography

    Gabriela Flores in an Associate Professor of Business at Southwestern University. She earned her PhD from the University of Texas at El Paso, her MBA from Oakland University, and her BS in Engineering from the University of Michigan. Prior to entering the doctoral program, she worked as an automotive engineer for Chrysler Corporation in Auburn Hills, MI.

  • Research

    Gabriela’s research explores gender in organizations and leader communication. She has published works in peer reviewed management and business journals including Human Resource Management Review, Corporate Reputation Review, and Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: An International Journal. Research collaborations with Southwestern colleagues have investigated gender bias in CEOs’ selection decisions and gendered language patterns in executive communication.

  • Publications
    • Flores, G., Garcia, M.F., Nguyen, H., Triana, M.D,C., & Choirat, C. (2024) The only daughters effect: Examining the relationship between child gender and a CEO’s hiring decisions. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal.

     

    • Garcia, M. F., Ahmed, R., Flores, G.L., & Halliday, C.S. (2023). Gender equality and comparative HRM: A 40-year review. Human Resource Management Review, 33 (4).

     

    • Flores, G., Ahmed, R., Wagstaff, M.F. (2023). Humanistic leadership and support for the sustainable development goals. Management Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, 21(1), 34-47.

     

    • Wagstaff, M.F., Flores, G.F., Ahmed, R., Villanueva, S. (2021). Measures of curiosity: A literature review. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 32(3), 363-389.

     

    • Wagstaff, M.F., Flores, G.L., Cannella A., Sarkar, S., Choirat, C. (2020). Construct Validity of Unobtrusive Measures of Organizational Ethical Climates. Corporate Reputation Review, 1-20.

     

    • Flores, G.L., Fowler, D.J., Posthuma, R.A. (2020). Educational leadership, leader-member exchange and teacher self-efficacy. Journal of Global Education and Research, 4(2), 140-153.

     

    • Posthuma, R.A., Flores, G.L., Barlow, M.A., Dworkin, J.B. (2018). Social Signaling and Inter-Organizational Relationships: Lessons Learned from the Professional Sports Industry. Business Horizons, 61(4), 521-531 (impact factor: 3.44)

     

    • Posthuma, R. A., Ramsey, J., Maertz, C., Flores, G. & Ahmed, R. (2019). A Risk Management Model for Research on Expatriates in Hostile Work Environments. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 30(11), 1822-1838. (impact factor: 650)

     

    • Cheng, H., Flores, G., Singh, S., & Posthuma, R. (2018) “Employment Discrimination Laws: A Country Level Analysis of Voice and Accountability. International Journal of Law and Management, 60(6), 1286-1298.

     

    • Posthuma, R.A., Flores, G.L., Dworkin, J.B., & Pavel, S. (2016). Social context and employment lawsuit dispute resolution. International Journal of Conflict Management, Vol. 27 (4), pp. 547-569. (impact factor: .786)

     

    • Flores, G.L., Posthuma, R.A., & Campion, M.A. (2016). Managing the risk of negative effects of high performance work practices. In N.M. Ashkanasy, R.J. Bennett, & M.J. Martinki Eds. Understanding the High Performance Workplace: The Line between Motivation and Abuse. (New volume in the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Frontier Series). 15 - 38