Joe McManus

Dr. McManus is an Assistant Professor within the Leon Hess Business School. He joined Monmouth University in 2012 while completing his Ph.D. at Rutgers. He has also served as the Director of the Leon Hess Business School’s Center for Entrepreneurship since 2013. Prior to entering academia, Dr. McManus worked as a Senior Vice President at Aon Corporation’s Financial Services Group for close to ten years. At Aon, Dr. McManus focused on Directors’ & Officers’ liability insurance programs as well as specialty insurance solutions tied to M&A activity.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers Business School (2006 — 2012)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) Pepperdine University, The George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management (2005 — 2006)
• Doctor of Law (J.D.) Rutgers University School of Law - Camden (1994 — 1997)
• Bachelor of Science (BS) University of Notre Dame (1990 — 1994)

Companies

• Assistant Professor Monmouth University (2012)
• Instructor Rutgers Business School (2007 — 2011)
• Senior Vice President Aon Financial Services Group (1998 — 2005)

Publications

• McManus, J. (2021). “Emotions & Ethical Decision Making at Work: How the Rational Tail Wags the Emotional Dog.” Journal of Business Ethics, 169(1), 153-168.
• Nersesian, R. L. & McManus, J. (2020). “Maximizing the Contribution of Renewables in a Utility Energy Mix,” International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management, 10(4), 278-306.
• McManus, J. 2018. “Ethical Considerations and the Practice of Tanking in Sport Management.” Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, Accepted for publication May, 2018. DOI 10.1080/17511321.2018.1483418
• McManus, J. 2018. “Hubris & Unethical Decision Making: The Tragedy of the Uncommon,” Journal of Business Ethics. 149(1), 169-185.
• McManus J. J. & Mosca, J. B. 2015. “Strategies to Build Trust & Improve Employee Engagement,” (with Dr. Joseph Mosca). International Journal of Management & Information Systems, 19(1), 37-42.

Book Chapters

• Nersesian, R. L. & McManus, J. 2018. “Risk Inherent in Matching Unreliability with Uncertainty,” (with Professor Roy Nersesian). Research, Practices, and Innovations in Global Risk and Contingency Management, (pp. 73-97). IGI Global.