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Curriculum Vitae

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor of Management
Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL Aug 2025–Present
Adjunct Instructor of Management
Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL Jan–Aug 2025
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL Aug 2023–Aug 2024

Education

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Strategic Leadership
Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL · AACSB Accredited 2025
Juris Doctor (JD)
Florida Coastal School of Law, Jacksonville, FL 2018
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Marshall University, Huntington, WV · AACSB Accredited 2014
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
Marshall University, Huntington, WV · AACSB Accredited 2007

Research Areas

Primary Research Interests

  • Workplace Ethics & Moral Decision-Making
  • Human Resource Management
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Management Education

Current Research Streams

  • Dark Triad Personality Traits
  • Burnout & COR Theory
  • Algorithmic HRM & Gig Work
  • Ethical Fading & Malicious Compliance
  • Narrative Approaches to Business Ethics

Publications

Dissertation

  • Woodard, C. C. (2025). A framework of workplace burnout in professional service firms: The influence of psychological, social, and personal factors. (Doctoral dissertation, Jacksonville University). ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  • Woodard, C. C., Toteva, I. T., Smith Sockbeson, C. E., & Shaw, J. C. (2026). Toxic traits at work: How perceived coworker Dark Triad behaviours deplete resources and fuel burnout. International Journal of Organizational Analysis. doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-11-2025-6210
  • Woodard, C. C., Toteva, I. T., & Ward, C. (2026). A life most terrible: Moral collapse and ethical renewal in The Death of Ivan Ilyich. Journal of Business and Psychology. doi.org/10.1007/s40926-026-00389-z
  • Woodard, C. C., Ward, C. L., & Simon, A. A. (2026). The Burnout Budget: Experiencing resource loss and recovery in real time. Management Teaching Review. doi.org/10.1177/23792981261458342
  • Ward, C. L., & Woodard, C. C. (2026). Societal impact and faculty burnout in business schools: A demands-resources-meaning framework. Journal of Education for Business. doi.org/10.1080/08832323.2026.2703190

Under Review

  • Woodard, C. C. Moral blindness at work: Three organizational pathways to ethical fading. Journal of Business Ethics. Revised & Resubmitted
  • Woodard, C. C. Doubling down: Phantom resources and the reversal of gain spirals in Conservation of Resources theory. Journal of Management Studies.
  • Woodard, C. C., Toteva, I. T., Smith Sockbeson, C. E., Mertens, D., & Shaw, J. C. Toxic peers and unjust platforms: Perceived coworker Dark Triad traits, justice perceptions, and burnout in algorithmic gig work. Personnel Review.
  • Woodard, C. C., Heitman-Lucy, C., & Sudduth IV, J. What you see is what you get: A collaborative framework for challenging bias and building inclusive judgment. Management Teaching Review.
  • Woodard, C. C., & Charpied, B. T. Reading malicious compliance: How leaders misinterpret morally ambiguous rule-following. Business Ethics Quarterly.
  • Woodard, C. C. Organizing in the dark: How social order emerges under institutional absence. Culture and Organization.
  • Woodard, C. C., & Fournet, A. Organizational periodization: A temporal framework for sustaining organizational capability. Management Decision.
  • Schneider, N., & Woodard, C. C. Making meaning of controversial conversations: Media discussions as a vehicle for student sensemaking and sensegiving. Organization Management Journal.

Revise & Resubmit

  • Woodard, C. C., Deane, S. G., Ghosh, H., Carter, C., Negoro, Y. M., & Dunn, A. M. Reaching consensus isn’t easy: A classroom role-play on team decision making. Management Teaching Review.

Working Papers

  • Woodard, C. C. Algorithmic HRM and bias reinforcement. Target: Academy of Management Review.
  • Woodard, C. C., & Toteva, I. T. Dark Triad consumer identities. Target: Journal of Consumer Behaviour.
  • Woodard, C. C. Dark Triad workers in algorithmic systems: Hidden advantage or system risk? Target: International Journal of Manpower.
  • Woodard, C. C. When dark traits pay off: A contextual model of Dark Triad activation in algorithmically managed work. Target: Journal of Business and Psychology.
  • Woodard, C. C., Craven, C., & Reaves, T. The ethical influence audit: Helping students distinguish persuasion, manipulation, and coercion in organizations. Target: Management Teaching Review.
  • Woodard, C. C., Charpied, B. T., & Kuron, L. The last light of Alexandria: Leading when every choice carries loss. Target: Management Teaching Review.
  • Woodard, C. C., & Charpied, B. T. Leading at the edge: Moral ambiguity, identity, and leadership in Black Sails. Target: Journal of Management Inquiry.
  • Dunn, A., & Woodard, C. C. Beyond AI detection: Teaching students to critically collaborate with generative artificial intelligence. Target: Journal of Management Education.
  • Fournet, A., Cheney, L., & Woodard, C. C. Artificial intelligence as an assessment support tool: Comparing AI and instructor evaluation of authentic business writing. Target: Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education.
  • Fuller, L., & Woodard, C. C. Opacity as enabler: Settlement agreements, sensemaking rationalization, and the erosion of organizational ethical culture. Target: Journal of Business Ethics.
  • Toteva, I. T., & Woodard, C. C. Human touch or algorithmic appeal? AI-driven branding, authenticity, and consumer trust. Target: European Journal of Marketing.
  • Toteva, I. T., Woodard, C. C., & Hunt, W. (2026). Entrepreneurial selling as a multi-audience capability: A conceptual framework. Target: Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management.

Presentations

Peer-Reviewed Conference Presentations

Entrepreneurial Selling as a Multi-Audience Capability: A Conceptual Framework
Society for Marketing Advances (SMA), Orlando, FL (presented by I. Toteva) 2026
The Burnout Budget
Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (MOBTS), Ann Arbor, MI 2026
The Last Light of Alexandria
Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (MOBTS), Ann Arbor, MI 2026
Building the Leader
Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (MOBTS), Ann Arbor, MI 2026
Dark Side of Gig Work
Southwest Academy of Management, Dallas, TX 2026
Workplace Burnout Framework
Association of Marketing Theory & Practice (AMTP), Myrtle Beach, SC 2025

Invited Presentations

Good People, Tough Choices
Beta Alpha Psi, Jacksonville State University 2026
A Life Most Terrible
JSU Faculty Symposium 2025

Teaching

Courses Prepared to Teach

  • Human Resource Management
  • Employment Law
  • Compensation Management
  • Collective Bargaining
  • Strategic Human Resource Management
  • Advanced Labor & Employment Law
  • Organizational Behavior & Leadership
  • Principles of Management
  • Business Ethics
  • Legal & Ethical Environment of Business
  • HR Analytics
  • Algorithmic HRM & People Technology
  • Organizational Theory

Assistant Professor — Jacksonville State University

MGT 385 Human Resource Management
Writing Intensive, F2F & Online 2025–Present
MGT 391 Employment Law
F2F & Online 2025–Present
MGT 468 Compensation Management
Online 2025–Present
MGT 490 Collective Bargaining
Online 2025–Present
MGT 5368 Compensation Management (Grad)
Online 2025–Present
MGT 5380 Advanced Labor & Employment Law (Grad)
Online 2025–Present

Adjunct Professor — Jacksonville University

MGT 321 The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
Face-to-Face 2025
MGT 566 Legal and Ethical Environment of Business (Grad)
Hybrid 2025
MGT 610 Strategic Human Resource Management (Grad)
Hybrid 2025

Graduate Teaching Assistant — Jacksonville University

INB 555 Competing in the Global Economy (Grad)
Online 2023–2024
MGT 310 Organizational Behavior & Leadership
Online 2023–2024
MGT 321 The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
Face-to-Face 2023–2024
MGT 630 Teamwork & Organizational Transformation (Grad)
Hybrid 2023–2024
MKG 540 Strategic Marketing in Digital Economy (Grad)
Online 2023–2024

Editorial & Scholarly Activity

Editorial Roles

  • Associate Editor, Management Teaching Review (SAGE/MOBTS), 2026–Present
  • Editorial Review Board, Management Teaching Review (SAGE/MOBTS), 2026–Present

Ad Hoc Manuscript Reviewing

  • Management Teaching Review, 2025–Present
  • Organization Management Journal, 2026–Present
  • International Journal of Manpower, 2026–Present
  • International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 2026–Present

Conference Paper Reviewing

  • Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (MOBTS)
  • Society for Marketing Advances (SMA)

Service

To the Profession

Lead Judge / Judge, Collegiate Leadership Competition (CLC)
MOBTS 2026
CLC Committee Member
MOBTS 2026–Present
Judge, MOBTS Collegiate Leadership Competition — Global Invitational
2024, 2025, 2026
Board of Directors
Calhoun County SHRM, Anniston, AL 2026–Present
Dissertation Fellowship Selection Committee
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (National) 2027 Awards Cycle

University Service

President & Faculty Advisor, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society — Chapter #284
JSU 2026–Present
Faculty Advisor, SHRM Student Chapter #5305
JSU 2026–Present
Faculty Mentor, Pre-Law Program
JSU 2026–Present
Project Management Faculty Search Committee
JSU 2026
Search Committee Process Revision Committee
JSU 2026–Present
Speaker, Admitted Students Day
JSU Jan 2026
Guest Speaker, Beta Alpha Psi
JSU · Ethics and professional decision-making 2026

Dissertation Committees

Committee Member (External) — Tiffany Reaves, West Virginia University, 2026–Present. “When support is taken away: Employee reactions to the withdrawal of pro-employee initiatives.”

Workshops & Invited Academic Service

  • Workshop Facilitator, Finding the Right Internship & Job-Hunting Strategies, Jacksonville University, 2025
  • Workshop Facilitator, Advanced Excel Data Management, Jacksonville University, 2025

Memberships, Licensure & Prior Experience

Professional Memberships & Honors

  • American Bar Association (ABA)
  • Beta Gamma Sigma (International Business Honor Society)
  • Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (MOBTS)
  • Phi Kappa Phi (National Honor Society)
  • Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
  • Southern Management Association (SMA)

Licensure

Enrolled Agent — Internal Revenue Service, 2018–Present

Director of Logistics & Operations
Mover & Shaker Co. Jun 2022–Mar 2025
Owner / Principal Consultant
Cole Woodard LLC Apr 2022–Aug 2025
Director of Legal Operations
J. David Tax Law May 2018–Mar 2022