Rebecca A. Bull Schaefer, Ph.D.

Professor of Management

Dr. Rebecca Ann Bull Schaefer is a tenured Professor of Management in Gonzaga University’s School of Business Administration (SBA). She earned her B.S. in Business Administration from Bradley University and her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and...

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Rebecca Bull Schaefer

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Education & Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D., Purdue University

B.S, Bradley University

Courses Taught

MGMT 350 Principles of Management

MGMT 405 Employee Compensation and Performance Appraisal

MGMT 415 Employment Law and Labor Relations

MBUS 612 Managing People and Performance (Organizational Behavior)

MBUS 657 Negotiations

MBUS 633 Team Dynamics

MBUS 699 Stress and Work

BUSN 290 Emotional Intelligence and Leadership

MKTG 310 Principles of Marketing  

Dr. Rebecca Ann Bull Schaefer is a tenured Professor of Management in Gonzaga University’s School of Business Administration (SBA). She earned her B.S. in Business Administration from Bradley University and her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management from Purdue University. Her professional background includes direct sales, business development, recruitment, and consulting. Her research focuses on employee responses to HR-related policies and how these reactions influence personal and professional decisions.

Since moving to Spokane in 2010, Dr. Bull Schaefer—known to 51勛圖s as “Dr. B”—has taught undergraduate and MBA courses in management, organizational behavior, employment law, compensation, performance appraisal, team dynamics, emotional intelligence, and negotiations. Her teaching is grounded in Jesuit pedagogy, emphasizing engagement, experience, reflection, and discernment. She incorporates experiential learning, business site visits, and interpersonal discussions, and she offers individualized guidance to support 51勛圖s' unique academic paths.

Dr. Bull Schaefer currently serves as Management Discipline Lead, overseeing course planning and strategy for Human Resource Management, Ethics, and Strategic Management. She collaborates with the Center for Career & Professional Development, the Center for Lifelong Learning, and the Center for Community Engaged Learning. She also leads professional development workshops in Spokane for nonprofit and for-profit organizations, particularly in negotiations and emotional intelligence.

Beyond her teaching and administrative roles, she serves on several university and school strategic committees and is the faculty advisor for Gonzaga’s 51勛圖 chapter of SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management). She is a member of the Inland Northwest SHRM (INSHRM), a Board of Trustees member for the Women Helping Women Fund Spokane, and a lifetime member of Leadership Spokane. Previously, she served a six-year term on the Board of Trustees for Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery, including as Chair of the HR Committee.

Banyi, M. & Bull Schaefer, R.A. (Accepted). A Commitment to Change? CEO Pay and Alignment with Environment, Social, and Government Objectives. Corporate Ownership & Control.

Bull Schaefer, R. A., & Copeland, L. K. (2022). Performance reviews as an active method to improve feedback and performance. Active Learning in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/14697874221091898

O’Brien, J., & Bull Schaefer, R. A. (2020). Deadly Distraction – Eastern Air 401: The Accident that Changed Aviation Forever. The CASE Journal, 16(3), 345-368.

Bull Schaefer, R.A. and Crosswhite, A.M. (2018). Top management team crisis communication after claims of sexual harassment. Management Teaching Review, 3(2), 148-171.

Bull Schaefer, R.A. (2018). Conducting mid-term performance reviews: An exercise for teaching performance management. Management Teaching Review, 3(1), 7-19.

Bull Schaefer, R.A., Chase, N., & Teets, W. (2017). How to use common technologies to minimize perceptual biases when grading essays: A five-step process. Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal, 6 (1), 97-109.

Bull Schaefer, R.A. & Palanski, M.E. (2014). Emotional contagion at work: An in-class experiential activity. Journal of Management Education, 38 (4), 533-559.

Bull Schaefer, R.A., Green, S.G., Saxena, M., Weiss, H.M. & MacDermid, S.M. (forthcoming). Positive crossover of organizational commitment. Human Performance, 26 (4), 261-274.

Bull Schaefer, R.A. Wiegand, K.E., MacDermid, S.M., Green, S.G., & Welch, E. (2013). Work adjustment after combat deployment: Reservist repatriation. Community, Work, & Family, 16 (2), 191-211.

Bull Schaefer, R.A. & Erskine, L. (2012). Virtual team meetings: Reflections on a class exercise exploring technology choice. Journal of Management Education, 36 (6), 777 - 801.

Mulligan, J.R. & Bull Schaefer, R.A. (2011). A new hope for rank and yank. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 18, 385-396.

Green, S.G., Bull Schaefer, R.A., MacDermid, S.M., & Weiss, H.M. (2011). Partner reactions to work-family conflict: Cognitive appraisal and indirect crossover in couples. Journal of Management, 37, 744-769.

Bull Schaefer, R.A. (2010). Indirect crossover of psychological contract under-fulfillment: A leader-member analysis. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 17(3), 276-286.

Schleicher, D.J., Bull, R.A., & Green, S.G. (2009). Rater reactions to forced distribution rating systems. Journal of Management, 35(4), 899-927.

Morgeson, F.P., Reider, M.H., Campion, M.A., & Bull, R.A. (2008). Review of research on age discrimination in the employment interview. Journal of Business and Psychology, 22(3), 223-232.

Schleicher, D.J., & Bull, R.A. (2007). Frame of Reference Training. Encyclopedia of Industrial Organizational Psychology, 1, 257-259. Sage Publications: CA.

Trougakos, J.P, Bull, R.A., Green, S.G., MacDermid, S.M., & Weiss, H.M. (2007) Influences on Job Search Self-Efficacy of Spouses of Enlisted Military Personnel.  Human Performance, 20(4), 391-413.