Selected Scholarly Publications

George Mechling, Ph.D.

Professor of Management

Department of Management

B3c, Forsyth

Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723

828-227-3600

gmechling@email.wcu.edu

1.  "Deregulation and the Capacity, Productivity, and Technical Efficiency of Equipment of Former Trunk Airlines," Journal of Transport Economies and Policy, 25:1, January, 1991, pp. 51-61.

2.  “Exploiting AMT in Small Manufacturing Firms for Global Competitiveness”, co-authored with James Busbin (WCU) and James Pearce (WCU), International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 15:2, March 1995, pp. 61-76.

3. “Mandatory Pro Bono: Cui Bono?” co-authored with Debra Burke (WCU) and James Pearce (WCU), Stetson Law Review, 25:4, Spring, 1996, pp. 983-1026. Cited “Worth Reading ,” National Law Journal, July 15, 1996 .

4. “Dealing with Violations of the Assumptions of Classical Regression: The Practitioner Educator and multicollinearity.” Academy of Educational Leadership Journal, 1:1, Spring 1997, pp. 1-11.

5. “Service Encounter Mismatches: A Conceptual Framework Integrating IT and Job Design”, co-authored with Beverly Little (WCU), Journal of Business Strategies, Special Issue, 17:1, Spring, 2000, pp. 65-85.

6. “The Importance of Operations Management Problems in Service Organizations”, co-authored with Christine Wright (WCU), OMEGA 30, 2002, pp. 77-87.

7. “Transforming Radiology’s Workplace:  Roentgen Marries Up with the Digital World of IT and the Internet”, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 71, 2004, pp. 267-285.

8. “The Orange Peel Social Aid and Pleasure Club ” (Instructor's Note), co-authored with Dennis Patenotte (MBA-WCU), Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies, Volume 12, Number 2, 2006, pp. 17-38.

9. "Performance in Faith-based Organizations as a Function of Mission Clarity, Coherence, and Focus", co-authored with Roger Higgs (WCU). The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal, 28, 2008, pp. 157-187.