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., (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 200, Integrated Perspectives Course.
• MORS 400, Management Consulting.
• MORS 221, Management Research and Analysis.
• MGMT 100, Exploring Management.
• MORS 299, Management Internship.
• MORS 324, Organizational Forms: Structures and Strategies.
• MORS 325, Performance Management, Measurement and Reporting.
• MGMT 101, Introduction to Organization and Management.
• MSUS 315, Advanced Topics in Managing for Sustainability.
• MSUS 400, Management Consulting.

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