Timothy R. Moake (Ph.D. University of Missouri) is an Associate Professor of Management. He teaches courses in Human Resource Management, Talent Acquisition & Management, HR Analytics, Organizational Behavior, and Principles of Management. He is currently serving as an Associate Editor for Employee Relations, an international academic journal focusing on the importance of understanding employment and HR challenges and debates within the context of contemporary national and international labor markets. He is also an active researcher whose primary stream of research focuses on workplace learning and career development, where he analyzes the benefits of mentoring and explores how various employee, organizational, and cultural characteristics can enhance or detract from employee growth. He also researches stress and wellness and HR best practices. His research has received accolades, such as the Douglas Nigh Award from the International Management Division of the Academy of Management (2017) and another paper nominated for the Best Conference Paper Award at the Strategic Management Society’s annual conference in 2016. His research has been published in various journals, such as the Journal of Managerial Psychology, Personality and Individual Differences, Human Resource Development Quarterly, and the Journal of Career Development, and has been picked up by multiple media outlets. Prior to obtaining his Ph.D., Tim worked for several years in the financial services industry, including as an entrepreneur, where he owned and ran a mortgage brokerage. Additionally, he taught high school business courses for five years, which also encompassed managing the school store, serving as the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) advisor, and coaching boys basketball. Tim and his wife, Jamie, live in Murfreesboro with their three children.

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Schnatterly, K., Clark, B., & Moake, T. R. (in press). Inherent and acquired disorder and their effects on misconduct. Journal of Business Research.

Medina-Craven, M. N., Moake, T. R., Steele, C. R., & Bracamonte M. (2025). I'm worth it: A moderated mediation model of the relationship between the dark triad and job satisfaction. Personality and Individual Differences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2025.113353

Steele, C. R., Moake, T. R., & Medina-Craven, M. N. (2023) Developing women leaders: The role of women's professional organizations. Human Resource Development Quarterly. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hrdq.21496

Patel, A. S. & Moake, T. R. (2023). Health behavior profiles: A person-centered approach to employee health. The Social Science Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/03623319.2023.2178441

Moake, T. R., Dougherty, T. W., & Dreher, G. F. (2022). Mentoring and career success: An examination of management aspirations and lengthy career interruptions. Journal of Career Development 50(2), 482-498. https://doi.org/10.1177/08948453221113298

Moake, T. R., & Robert, C. (2022). Gender, formal organizational status, and humor use: Perceptions of social acceptance. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 37(4), 332-345. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-11-2020-0593

Morrell, D. L., Moake, T. R., & Medina-Craven, M. N. (2022). Learning through automated processes: Negative social influence among coworkers. Development and Learning in Organizations, 36, 10-12. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-08-2021-0149

Moake, T. R., & Patel, A. S. (2021). A cross-stressor adaptation perspective on challenge stressors, dietary behavior, and exercise of college students. The Social Science Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/03623319.2020.1867948

Moake, T. R., Morrell, D. L., Williams Jr., R. I., & Dunne, T. C. (2021). The breadth and depth of small businesses human resource practices: How do high performers differ from low performers. Journal of Small Business Strategy, 31(5), 92-99. https://doi.org/10.53703/001c.29835

da Motta Veiga, S. P., Clark, B. B., & Moake, T. R. (2020). Influence of job-dedicated social media on employer reputation. Corporate Reputation Review, 23, 241-253. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41299-019-00083-z

Moake, T.R., Oh, N., & Steele, C. R. (2019). The importance of team psychological safety climate for enhancing younger team members' innovation-related behaviors in South Korea, International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 19(3), 353-368. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470595819887192

Patel, A. S., Moake, T. R., & Oh, N. (2017). Employee engagement for an increasingly educated workforce: The impact of competitive team climate. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 16(4), 186-194. https://doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000188

Turban, D. B., Moake, T. R., Wu, S. Y., & Cheung, Y. H. (2017). Linking extroversion and proactive personality to career success: The role of mentoring received and knowledge. Journal of Career Development, 44(1), 20-33. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894845316633788

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• E.W. “Wink” Midgett Distinguished Teaching Award for the Jones College of Business - 2021
• Recognized multiple times by anonymous graduating seniors via Office of Student Affairs as a faculty member who significantly contributed to their success while at MTSU.
• Recipient of two Jones College of Business Research Grants in 2019
• Recipient of two Jones College of Business Research Grants in 2018
• Winner of the Douglas Nigh Memorial Best Paper Award, International Management Division, Academy of Management - 2017
• Nominated for Best Conference Paper Award, Strategic Management Society - 2016
• Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award, Trulaske College of Business - 2015
• Outstanding Reviewer Award, OB Division, Academy of Management - 2014
• Summer Research Fellowship, Management Department - University of Missouri - 2014
• Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Trulaske College of Business - 2014

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