Organization Studies
Prior to joining Vanderbilt University, Professor Triana was at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for 12 years, where she served as the Academic Center Director of the Strategic HR Center and MBA HR Specialization. She has over 20 years of work experience in human resource management as a practitioner and researcher. Before joining Academia, she worked as a business analyst and project manager at Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, California. She worked in the areas of human resources information systems, payroll, benefits, and expatriate management. She holds three professional certifications, including the SHRM Senior Certified Professional in Human Resources (SHRM-SCP), the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), and the Project Management Professional (PMP).
Human Resource Management (Associate Editor 2019-2023)
Professor Triana has published over 40 research articles in her research program. Many of her research articles have been published in leading journals including Academy of Management Journal, Personnel Psychology, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Business Ethics, Research Policy, Human Resource Management, and the Journal of Management Studies, among others.
Professor Triana's teaching philosophy is to motivate students, to intellectually stimulate them, and to utilize a feedback-intensive pedagogy. She combines theoretical approaches with real-world examples to produce a highly integrated understanding of diverse phenomena in the business world. She ties her own research and corporate work experience as a project manager and HR analyst to research-based discussions to make learning interesting, relevant, and multi-dimensional. She motivates students and intellectually stimulates them by utilizing diverse activities including individual and team discussion, case studies, field interviews, short videos, team projects, simulations, role-playing activities, guest speakers, discussion panels, and traditional lectures.
Professor Triana’s research interests include human resource management, organizational behavior, and executive leadership.
PhD, Texas A&M University, 2008
MBA, University of Arizona, 2000
B.A., Business Administration, University of Texas at Austin, 1998
Richard, O., Triana, M., Li, M. (in press). Academy of Management Journal.
Triana, M.*, Richard, O.* (*equal authors), Su, W. (in press). Research Policy.
Trzebiatowski, T.,Triana, M. (in press). Journal of Business Ethics.
Chapa, O., Gu, P., Triana, M. (in press). Equality, diversity, and inclusion: An international journal.
Rabl, T., Triana, M., Byun, S-Y, Bosch, L. (in press). Journal of Business Ethics.
Triana, M., Jayasinghe, M., Pieper, J, Delgado, D., Li, M. (2019). Journal of Management, 45, 2419-2447.
Yang, T., Triana, M. (2019). Journal of Management, 45, 926-954.
Patel, P., Li, M., Triana, M., Park, H. (2018). Human Resource Management, 57, 177-192.
Triana, M., Trzebiatowski, T., Byun, S-Y. (2017). Human Resource Management, 56, 979-994.
Triana, M., Richard, O., Yucel, I. (2017). Personnel Psychology, 70, 429-467.
Kim, K., Triana, M., Chung, K., Oh, N. (2016). Human Resource Management, 55, 1041-1058.
Wagstaff, M. F., Colella, A., Triana, M., Smith, A., Watkins, M. (2015). Journal of Managerial Psychology, 30, 659-674.
Chapa, O., Triana, M. (2015). International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26, 1694-171.
Watkins, M., Ren, R., Umphress, E., Boswell, W., Triana, M., Zardkoohi, A. (2015). Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 88, 436-458.
Triana, M., Jayasinghe, M., Pieper, J. (2015). Journal of Organizational Behavior, 36, 491-513.
Chapa, O., Triana, M. (2015). International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26, 1694-171.
Wagstaff, M. F., Triana, M., Kim, S., Al-Riyami, S. (2015). Human Resource Management, 54, 673-687.
Rabl, T., Triana, M. (2014). Journal of Business Ethics, 121, 403-417.
Triana, M., Miller, T., Trzebiatowski, T. (2014). Organization Science, 25, 609-632
Triana, M., Porter, C. O. L. H., DeGrassi, S. W., Bergman, M. E. (2013). Journal of Organizational Behavior, 34, 1124-1144.
Rabl, T., Triana, M. (2013). International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24, 3599-3612.
Wagstaff, M. F., Triana, M., Peters, A., Salazar, D. (2013). Journal of Managerial Psychology, 28, 74-91.
Watkins, M., Ren, R., Boswell, W., Umphress, E., Triana, M., Zardkoohi, A. (2012). Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 85, 531-538.
Triana, M., Wagstaff, M. F., Kim, K. (2012). Journal of Business Ethics, 111, 211-218.
Boswell, W., Watkins, M., Triana, M., Zardkoohi, A., Ren, R., Umphress, E. (2012). Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80, 454-463.
Triana, M., Kirkman, B., Wagstaff, M. F. (2012). Journal of Business and Psychology, 27, 57-70.
Triana, M., Kim, K., García, M. F. (2011). Journal of Business Ethics, 102, 333-342.
Triana, M. (2011). Journal of Business and Psychology, 26, 71-86.
Triana, M.,García, M. F., Colella, A. (2010). Personnel Psychology, 63, 817-843.
Zimmerman, R., Triana, M., Barrick, M. (2010). Human Performance, 23, 361-378.
Triana, M., García, M. F. (2009). Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30, 941-962.
García, M. F., Triana, M., Peters, A., Sanchez, M. (2009). International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 17, 290-299.
Miller, T., Triana, M. (2009). Journal of Management Studies, 46,755-786.
Paetzold, R., García, M. F., Colella, A., Ren, R., Triana, M., Ziebro, M.(2008). Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 30,27-35.
Umphress, E., Simmons, A., Boswell, W., Triana, M. (2008). Journal of Applied Psychology, 93,982-993.
Hitt, M., Miller, C., Colella, A., Triana, M. (2018). 5th Ed. John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ.
Triana, M. (2017). Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group: New York, NY.
