Sonia Goltz

Contact

smgoltz@mtu.edu
906-487-2668
Academic Office Building 115

Professor of Organizational Behavior, College of Business
Mickus Endowed Faculty Fellow in Business Impact

MS, PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Purdue University
BA in Psychology, University of Indianapolis

Biography

Sonia Goltz began her career at the University of Notre Dame and joined Michigan Technological University in 1996. In addition to the teaching and research, Dr. Goltz is active in serving academic and business communities. She has served as director of business graduate programs at Michigan Tech. She also is an editorial board member for the Journal of Management Education, the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, and the Journal of Business and Management. Dr. Goltz also consults for local organizations including the Portage Lake District Library and LaSalle Technology Group.

Research Focus

Beginning with her dissertation, Dr. Goltz conducted laboratory studies on escalation of commitment, sometimes called sunk cost or the decision to “throw good money after bad.” She then became interested in gender-equity issues, including legal aspects and has several publications on those topics. She also explored related topics such as social power. At this point, Dr. Goltz is exploring the topic of coercion and freedom, an extension of her previous work on power and equity.

Teaching Interests

Organizational Behavior
Organizational Change

Research Interests

Organizational change
Organizational discrimination and justice processes
Social power
Entrepreneurial coping with stress

Selected Publications

Reinsch, R., Goltz, S.M., & Bakpayev, M. (In press.) “Appropriation of Likeness and Informed Consent in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism.” Southern Law Journal.
Goltz, S.M., & Sotirin, P.J. (2021). “Considering the Corporeal to Facilitate Research to Practice Transitions.” Journal of Organizational Change Management, 35(1), 115-134
https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-02-2021-0033
Pathak, S., & Goltz, S.M. (2021). “An Emotional Intelligence Model of Entrepreneurial Coping Strategies.” International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 27(4), 911-943. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJEBR-01-2020-0017/full/html
Goltz, S. (2020). “On Power and Freedom: Extending the Definition of Coercion.” Perspectives on Behavior Science, 43,137-156. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40614-019-00240-z
Reinsch, R., Goltz, S.M., & Hietapelto, A. (2020). “Student Evaluations and the Problem of Implicit Bias.” Journal of College and University Law 45(1), 114-140.
Goltz, S.M., Mayer, A.L. & Orr, B.D. (2020). “Applied Behavior Analysis as a Development tool: Examples from Agroforestry.” Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10549811.2020.1730906
Sotirin, P.J., & Goltz, S.M. (2019). “Academic Dual Career as a Lifeworld Orientation: A Phenomenological Inquiry.” The Review of Higher Education, 42(3), 1207-1232.
Goltz, S.M. (2018). Organizational Change: Insights from Buddhism and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Journal of Management, Spirituality, and Religion. https://doi.org/10.1080/14766086.2018.1513857
Goltz, S.M. (2017). “Enhancing Simulation Learning with Team Mental Model Mapping.” Management Teaching Review. DOI: 10.1177/2379298117706335.