Sullivan, Sherry E. 1961–

PERSONAL:

Born 1961. Education: Ohio State University, Ph.D.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Department of Management, College of Business Administration, Bowling Green State University, 3008A Business Admin Addition, Bowling Green, OH 43403. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Educator, writer, and consultant. Memphis State University, Memphis, TN, associate professor; Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, associate professor and director of the Small Business Institute; consultant for not-for-profit businesses and executive career coach.

MEMBER:

Southern Management Association (Southern Regional Network director for the careers division, 1991-93; board member, 1993-96, 1999-2002; networking event cochair, 1994, 2002; women in management division executive committee member, 1994-97; networking event chair 1996; careers division program chair, 1996; careers division chair, 1998; Sage Award Committee, 1996-98, 2000-2001; Gender and Diversity in Organizations board member; fellow), Midwest Academy of Management (track chair, 1997; treasurer, 1997-99), United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, International Division (secretary, 2003; chair-elect, 2005), Southwest Academy (division secretary and track chair).

AWARDS, HONORS:

Patton Scholar, Bowling Green State University, 1995; Janet Chusmir Outstanding Service Award for mentoring and service, National Academy of Management, 2002; University Author-Scholar, Bowling Green State University, 2003; Outstanding Educator, Reed Center, 2003; grants from the U.S. Department of Education and the Society for Human Resource Management; scholarships from Reader's Digest Corp., 21st Century Leaders, and the Ohio State University.

WRITINGS:

The Opt-Out Revolt: Why People Are Leaving Companies to Create Kaleidoscope Careers, Davies-Black Publishing (Mountain View, CA), 2006.

(Editor, with Yehuda Baruch and Hazlon Schepmyer) Winning Reviews: A Guide for Evaluating Scholarly Writing, Palgrave Macmillan (New York), NY 2006.

Contributor to periodicals, including Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Executive, Human Resource Management Review, Career Development Quarterly, Organizational Dynamics, Business Horizons, and Journal of Vocational Behavior, Group and Organization. Associate editor of SMA careers division newsletter, 1989- 93, editor, 1993-95; associate editor of International Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 2003—. Member of editorial boards of journals, including Cross-Cultural Management: An International Journal, 1994-97, Group and Organizational Management, 1997—, Journal of Managerial Psychology, 2001—, International Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 2002—.

SIDELIGHTS:

Sherry E. Sullivan is an associate professor of management at Memphis State University and author, with Lisa A. Mainiero, of The Opt-Out Revolt: Why People Are Leaving Companies to Create Kaleidoscope Careers. The book examines why both men and women are choosing to go it alone rather than climb the corporate ladder. Using quantitative and qualitative research from a five-year period, the authors reason that for cultural, biological, and psychological reasons, more people are choosing to restructure their careers, with the ultimate goal of spending more time outside of the company walls. Heidi Senior in the Library Journal noted that "job seekers, career changers, and researchers will find this book useful." In Armchair Interviews, Celia Renteria Szelwach recommended the book, commenting that "human resources professionals, academics, and executive/career transition coaches will gain value from reading this book." She concluded: "It's a keeper!"

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

California Bookwatch, December 1, 2006, "The Opt-Out Revolution."

Library Journal, September 1, 2006, Heidi Senior, review of The Opt-Out Revolt: Why People Are Leaving Companies to Create Kaleidoscope Careers, p. 158.

Publishers Weekly, June 12, 2006, review of The Opt-Out Revolt, p. 42.

Stamford Advocate, August 25, 2006, "Book Gets to the Core of Career Change."

ONLINE

Armchair Interviews,http://www.armchairinterviews.com/ (August 10, 2007), Celia Renteria Szelwach, review of The Opt-Out Revolt.

Bowling Green State University College of Business Administration Web Site,http://www.cba.bgsu.edu/ (September 10, 2007), biography of Sherry Sullivan.

Opt-Out Revolt,http://www.theoptoutrevolt.com (September 10, 2007).