Neil Boyd

Education

• PhD, Public Administration, Organization Development & Change, Public Management, Human Resource Management, Community Psychology, Research Methods & Statistics, The Pennsylvania State University, 2003.
• MBA, Business Administration, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Research Methods & Statistics, The Pennsylvania State University, 1992.
• MA, Experimental Psychology, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Learning Theory, University of Notre Dame, 1990.
• BA, Psychology, Bloomsburg University, 1986.

Recent and Representative Publications

Boyd, M. N., Martin, C. E., Zarembo, K., (2026) Psychological Experiences of Community as Building Blocks of Civil Society. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 08997640261437115. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640261437115

Serra, T., Boyd, M. N., Hunter, C. J., Intindola, M., (2025) Interdisciplinary narratives on artificial intelligence & personnel selection systems. The International Journal of Human Resource Management. 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2025.2568782

Boyd, M. N., (2025) Building Community at Work. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197635964.001.0001 Oxford University Press.

Boyd, M. N., Piatak, J., (2025) Testing the conceptual boundaries of public service motivation and sense of community responsibility: prosocial actions in community and political engagement. Public Management Review. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2025.2456666

Boyd, M. N., Larson, S., (2023) Building community at work: An exploratory study in healthcare system management. Journal of Community Psychology. 51(5), 2276-2299. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.23027

Boyd, M. N., Larson, S., (2023) Organizational cultures that support community: Does the competing values framework help us understand experiences of community at work?. Journal of Community Psychology. 51(4), 1695-1715. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22950

Boyd, M. N., Jonsen, H. R., Oikelome, F., Trimble, D., (2023) Community experiences in the strategic human resource management black box. Journal of Community Psychology. 51(3), 1078-1105. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22965

Boyd, M. N., Liu, X., Horissian, K., (2022) Impact of Community Experiences on Student Retention Perceptions and Satisfaction in Higher Education. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice. 24(2), 337-365. https://doi.org/10.1177/1521025120916433

Boyd, M. N., Nowell, B., (2022) Responsibility Toward Others is Vital in Public & Non-Profit Organizations: So how do we Cultivate it?. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Martin, C. E., Boyd, M. N., (2022) Sense of community responsibility at the forefront of crisis management. Administrative Theory & Praxis. 44(1), 71-83. https://doi.org/10.1080/10841806.2020.1765288

Boyd, M. N., Martin, C. E., (2021) Sustainable Public Management. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003202479 Routledge.

Boyd, M. N., Nowell, B., (2020) Sense of community, sense of community responsibility, organizational commitment and identification, and public service motivation: a simultaneous test of affective states on employee well-being and engagement in a public service work context. Public Management Review. 22(7), 1024-1050. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2020.1740301

Boyd, M. N., Nowell, B., Izod, M. A., Ngaruiya, M. K., (2016) Public Service Motivation and Sense of Community Responsibility: Comparing Two Motivational Constructs in Understanding Leadership Within Community Collaboratives. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 26(4), 663-676. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muv048

Boyd, M. N., Nowell, B., (2014) Psychological Sense of Community: A New Construct for the Field of Management. Journal of Management Inquiry. 23(2), 107-122. https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492613491433

Boyd, M. N., (2009) Administrative reform in the states. Public Administration Quarterly. 33(2), 155-163.

Boyd, M. N., (2009) Implementing large-scale organization development and change in the states. Public Administration Quarterly. 32(2), 233-270.

Recent Courses Taught

• UNIV 271, In Country Immersion.
• UNIV 272, Winter Study Abroad Reflection.
• MORS 400, Management Consulting.
• MORS 221, Management Research and Analysis.
• UNIV 270, Winter Study Abroad Pre-Departure.
• UNIV 200, Integrated Perspectives Course.
• MGMT 100, Exploring Management.
• MORS 299, Management Internship.
• MORS 324, Organizational Forms: Structures and Strategies.
• MORS 325, Performance Management, Measurement and Reporting.

Awards and Honors

• Campus Sustainability Champion, Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium, 2020
• Barry R. Maxwell Award, Bucknell University, 2017
• University Faculty Fellow, Bucknell University, 2017
• C. Graydon and Mary E. Rogers Faculty Fellow Award, Bucknell University, 2014
• 2005 James Jordan Award for Teaching Excellence, Penn State University, 2005