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Research Interests

Dr. Gillis’s research interests are in franchising from both the franchisor and franchisee perspectives, Healthcare, Organizational theory and change, and organizational form.

Education

• Ph.D. in Business Administration (Strategic Management)

  The Florida State University

• MBA

  University of West Florida

• M.S. History, Russian Area Studies
  United States Air Force Academy

Publications

• Maaloof, J., Combs, J. G., Gillis, W., Perryman, A. (2020). Replicate or adapt? Franchising and organizational routines. Journal of Knowledge Management.

• Gillis, W., Combs, J. G., Yin, X. (2020). Franchise management capabilities and franchisor performance under alternative franchise ownership strategies. Journal of Business Venturing.

• Whaley, A. R., Gillis, W., Affuso, E. (2017). A Panel Data Analysis of Efficiency and Productivity of the U. S. Hospital Care System. Review of Applied Economics.

• Whaley, A. R., Gillis, W. (2016) Leadership development programs for healthcare middle managers: An exploration of the top management team member perspective. Health Care Management Review, 43(1), 11. DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000131

• Harvey, P., Harris, K. J., Gillis, W., Martinko, M. (2014). Abusive Supervision and the Entitled Employee. The Leadership Quarterly, 25, 13.

• Gillis, W., Combs, J. G., Ketchen, D. J. (2014) Using resource-based theory to help explain plural form franchising. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice.

Courses

• MGT 485 – Business Policy in a Global Economy
• MGT 603 – Seminar in Organization Theory and Change