FACULTY PROFILE
Banerjee, Snehamay
Baveja, Alok
Broussard, John
Day, Diana
Ganesh, Jai
Goh, Chon
Holtz, Brian
Houston, Franklin
Janes, Troy
Jansen, Ivo
Kahya, Emel
Kaufman-Scarborough, Carol
Kendall, Julie
Kendall, Ken
Kenis, Izzet
Kim, Sungsoo
Koza, Mitchell
Mascarenhas, Briance
Michelfelder, Richard
Morrin, Maureen
Nikiforov, Andrei
Parente, Ronaldo
Pilotte, Eugene
Porter, Gayle
Rabinowitz, Samuel
Ruth, Julie
Sambharya, Rakesh
Schindler, Robert
Spell, Chester
Strizhakova, Yuliya
Sundaresan, Shankar
Theodossiou, Peter
Vance, David
Yaari, Uzi

Faculty Profile

Chester Spell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Management 

Office Room: 331
Phone Number: 856-225-6922
E-Mail: cspell@camden.rutgers.edu
Home Page: http://crab.rutgers.edu/~cspell
Vita : Click here (PDF)

Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology

Research interests: Main interests center around employee health and wellness and how organizations respond to these issues. Research projects have investigated organizational justice and employee mental health, the adoption of employee substance abuse programs, and the alignment of employer and employee interests to improve behavioral health. His work has appeared in publications such as the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Management, Personnel Psychology, and the Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Courses taught: Compensation and motivation; Human Resource Management

Representative Publications:  

Bezrukova, Thatcher, S.H.M., K. Jehn, K., & Spell, C.  (2011). The effects of alignments: Examining group faultlines, organizational cultures, and performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 97, 77-92.  

Spell, C., Bezrukova, K., Haar, J. & Spell, C.J. (2011). Faultlines, Fairness, and Fighting: A Justice Perspective on Conflict in Diverse Groups. Small Group Research, 42, 309-340.

Bezrukova, K, Spell, C. & Perry, J. (2010).Violent splits or healthy divides? Coping with injustice through faultlines. Personnel Psychology, 63, 719–751.

Spell, C. & Arnold, T. (2007). A multi-level analysis of organizational justice climate, structure and employee mental health. Journal of Management, 33,724-751.

Spell, C., & Arnold, T. (2007). An appraisal perspective of justice, structure, and job control as antecedents of psychological distress. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 28, 729-751.

Spell, C. & Blum, T. (2005). The adoption of workplace substance abuse programs: Strategic Choice and institutional perspectives. Academy of Management Journal, 48, 1125-1142.

Spell, C. Management Fashions: Where do they come from, and are they old wine in new bottles? (2001). Journal of Management Inquiry, 10,358-37.

Spell, C. (2001). Organizational technologies and human resource management. Human Relations, 54, 235-255.

Spell, C., & Blum, T. (2000) Getting ahead: Organizational practices that set boundaries around mobility patterns. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 21: 299-314.

Shane, S., & Spell, C. (1998). Factors for new franchise success. Sloan Management Review, 39, 43-50.

Blum, T., Milne, S., & Spell, C. (1996). Workplace characteristics and health care cost containment practices. Journal of Management, 22, 675-702.
 

Media Guide

Dr. Chester Spell, associate professor of management at the Rutgers School of Business—Camden; regularly teaches the courses Human Resource Management, Compensation, and Organizational Behavior. He can discuss:
 

+Disability Issues:
  • Employee mental health
  • Workplace substance abuse treatment programs
  • Employee assistance programs
  • Work-family programs
+Human Resources:
  • Employee mental health
  • Workplace substance abuse treatment programs
  • Employee assistance programs
  • Work-family programs