Lisa Ordóñez
Tucson, AZ, United States
Experienced Administrator and Professor
Professor at University of Arizona
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Experienced Administrator and Professor
Professor at University of Arizona
ContactLisa Ordóñez is the Vice Dean and professor of Department of Management and Organizations in the Eller College of Management at The University of Arizona. She also holds a joint appointment in the Marketing department. She received all of her degrees at the University of California at Berkeley: Bachelor's (1988), Master's in marketing (1992), and Ph.D. (1994) in quantitative psychology. Upon receiving her Ph.D., she joined The University of Arizona as an Assistant Professor in 1994, was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2000, and promoted to full professor in 2007. Her research interests in human decision making combine her quantitative training in psychology with applications in business. She has examined the negative aspects of goal setting. In particular, her research has found that pursuing performance outcome goals can lead to unethical behavior to meet those goals. She has published several scholarly articles and chapters in this field. She received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to support her work on ethical decision making and is a recognized expert in the field of ethical behavior in organizations. Her research has been sighted in many media outlets such as Money Magazine, New York Times, The Economist, CNN, Forbes, Running Magazine, and Real Simple Magazine as well as being interviewed on NPR Marketplace. She holds the McClelland Professorship which recognizes her commitment to academic research. She is a member of the core faculty in the Eller MBA program and has taught for the Full-Time, Evening, and Executive MBA programs. Her primary course is the business statistics course. She also teaches classes on teams and decision making in the undergraduate and Ph.D. programs of the Eller College. Finally, she applies her knowledge of survey research, statistical analyses, and decision making to organizations to help them measure performance and improve their operations.