Regina F. Bento, Ph.D.
Professor of Management
BG&E Chair
Department of Management and International Business
Office: Business Center 549
Phone: 410.837.5073
E-mail: rbento@ubalt.edu
Personal Web Site:
home.ubalt.edu/rbento
Education:
- Ph.D., Sloan School of Management, MIT
- M.S., Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
- M.D., Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
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Bio
Born and raised in Brazil, Regina Bento started her career as a psychiatrist (M.D., Federal University of Rio de Janeiro � UFRJ, 1977), studying the relationship between work and mental health. Interested in learning more about the nature of work and organizations, she went on to pursue graduate studies in administration. After an M.S. in Management (COPPEAD, UFRJ, 1979), she came to the United States for doctoral studies at Harvard and MIT (Ph.D. Sloan School of Management, MIT, 1990). She is the BG&E Chair and Professor of Management at the Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore, which she joined in 1991. During sabbaticals and leaves from UB, Regina was twice a Visiting Professor at the Sloan School, MIT (1998, 2007) and served three years as Associate Director of the Christensen Center at the Harvard Business School (2006 through 2009). Regina�s publications include an award-winning book; chapters in research books published by the Harvard Business School Press, Sage, Routledge, Jossey-Bass and others; articles in journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Management Systems, Information and Management, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Human Resource Management Journal, Communications of the AIS, Journal of Managerial Psychology, Journal of Management Development, Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, Journal of Management Education, Organization Management Journal, and others; and numerous business cases, proceedings and other publications. Regina has received numerous research and teaching awards, including the USM Regents Award, the highest honor in the University System of Maryland.
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Research Interests
Careers, Performance Appraisal and Rewards, Stigma, Leadership, Management Education
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Teaching Interests
Leadership, Organizational Behavior
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Recent Publications
Intellectual Contributions
Book Chapters
Antonacopoulou, E., & Bento, R. F. (2021). Rethinking Entrepreneurial Leadership. World Scientific Encyclopedia of Business, Sustainability, Ethics & Entrepreneurship (http://www.worldscientific.com).
Bento, R. F., & Antonacopoulou, E. (2020). Choosing Our Cross with Wisdom: A Folktale for Living and Leading. Routledge. 62-82.
Antonacopoulou, E., & Bento, R. F. (2016). Learning Leadership: A Call to Beauty. Routledge. (3),
Refereed Journal Articles
Bento, R. F., Mertins, L., & White, L. F. (2020). Calculation, Principle or Bias? Information Preference and Ethical Decision-Making. International Studies of Management and Organization. 50(3), 232-252.
Asarta, C. J., Bento, R. F., Ferrara, Z., Fornaciari, C. J., & Hwang, A. (2020). Next Steps in Business and Management Education (BME) Scholarship. Journal of Management Education. 44(5), 622-634.
Bento, R. F., Sauerbronn, F., & Sauerbronn, J. F. (2020). The Rose and the Cactus: The lived and unanswered callings of Manya Sklodowska (Marie Curie) and Mileva Mari? (Einstein). Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies.
Lund Dean, K., Fornaciari, C., Bento, R. F., & Asarta, C. (2020). Premises, Promises, and Perils of the Academic Potemkin Village. Management Learning. 51(4), 491-510.
Bento, R. F., Mertins, L., & White, L. F. (2019). Do Sustainability Measures Matter in Managerial Appraisal and Rewards?. Advances in Public Interest Accounting. 21. 1-24.
Stickney, L. T., Bento, R. F., Aggarwal, A. K., & Adlakha, V. G. (2019). Online Higher Education: Faculty Satisfaction and Its Antecedents. Journal of Management Education. 43(5), 509-542.
Hwang, A., Arbaugh, J. B., Bento, R. F., Asarta, C., & Fornaciari, C. (2019). What Causes a Business and Management Education Article to Be Cited: Article, Author, or Journal?. International Journal of Management Education. 17(1), 139-150.
Hwang, A., Bento, R. F., Arbaugh, J. B., Asarta, C. J., Cochran, J., Fornaciari, C. J., & Jones, C. (2019). A Cluster Analysis of Highly Productive Business and Management Education Scholars. Journal of Education for Business. 94(1), 21-30.
Bento, R. F., Mertins, L., & White, L. F. (2018). Risk Management and Internal Control: A Study of Management Accounting Practice. Advances in Management Accounting. 30. 1-25.
Antonacopoulou, E. P., & Bento, R. F. (2018). "From Laurels to Learners: Leadership with Virtue". Journal of Management Development. 37(8), 624-633.
Asarta, C., Bento, R. F., Fornaciari, c., Dean, K., Arbaugh, j. B., & hwang, a. (2018). The scholarship of teaching and learning: Changing the dominant narrative about (and in) research institutions. Journal of Management Education. 42(6), 731-748.
Bento, R. F. (2018). Reflexivity in Research: Three Encounters and the �I�-Index. M@n@gement. 20(5), 523-528.
Bento, R. F., Mertins, L., & White, L. F. (2017). Ideology and the Balanced Scorecard: An Empirical Exploration of the Tension Between Shareholder Value Maximization and Corporate Social Responsibility. Journal of Business Ethics. 142(4), 769-789.
Bento, R. F., & Zacur, S. R. (2017). Regarding Lupe: A One-Act Play Where Two Cultures Collide on the Road to a Latina�s Performance Appraisal. Organization Management Journal. 14(4), 213-230.
Fornaciari, C. J., Arbaugh, J. B., Asarta, C. J., Bento, R. F., Hwang, A., & Lund Dean, K. (2017). Key Institutions in Business and Management Education Research. Journal of Education for Business. 92(5), 220-229.
Arbaugh, J. B., Asarta, C. J., Hwang, A., Fornaciari, C. J., Bento, R. F., & Lund Dean, K. (2017). Key authors in business and management education research: Productivity, Topics, and Future Directions. Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education. 15(3), 268-302.
Conference Proceedings
Soh, W., Antonacopoulou, E., Rigg, C., & Bento, R. F. (2021). Embedding a �Reflexive Mindset� to Serve the Common Good: Lessons from Reconfiguring the Internal Auditing Function. Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings.
Soh, W., Antonacopoulou, E., Rigg, C., & Bento, R. F. (2021). Embedding a Reflexive Mindset: Lessons from Reconfiguring the Internal Audit Function. Academy of Management - Best Papers Proceedings.
Antonacopoulou, E., Bento, R. F., Pavlovich, K., & Markman, G. (2021). Rethinking Entrepreneurial Leadership for Compassionate Change. Academy of Management.
Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. (2020). COVID-19 and Managerial Decision-Making: Ethics and risks. IVBEC- International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference.
Soh, W. G., Antonacopoulou, E. P., Bento, R. F., & Rigg, C. (2020). Changing From Compliance-Based to Conduct-Focused Internal Auditing Approach to Prevent Misconduct. Academy of Management.
Bento, R. F., & Antonacopoulou, E. P. (2020). The Return to Reflexivity in Management and Leadership Practice: Seeing More, Seeing Differently. Academy of Management.
Antonacopoulou, E., Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. (2019). Why Didn�t The Watchdogs Bark? Internal Auditing and the Wells Fargo Scandal. Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings (Winner of Best Ethics Paper Award).
Bento, R. F., Mertins, L., & White, L. F. (2019). Ethical Decision Making Under Risk: The Role of Management Accounting Information. AIMA - Advances in Management Accounting 4th World Conference on Management Accounting Research.
Antonacopoulou, E., & Bento, R. F. (2018). Sensuous Leadership for a VUCA World. ISLC � International Studying Leadership Conference - December 16-18, 2018.
Bento, R. F., Mertins, L., & White, L. F. (2018). Ethics and Decision Approaches under Conditions of Risk and Uncertainty. 25th Annual International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference (IVBEC).
Fornaciari, C., Bento, R. F., Asarta, C., Hwang, A., Ferrara, Z. D., Arbaugh, J. B., & Dean, K. L. (2018). Author Productivity In Business and Management Education (BME) Scholarship (2008-2017). Academy of Management.
Bento, R. F., Asarta, C., Hwang, A., Arbaugh, J. B., Fornaciari, C., & Lund Dean, K. (2018). Nurturing the field of Management Education Research. RMLE - Research in Management Learning Education "Unconference".
Arbaugh, J. B., Asarta, C., Bento, R. F., Fornaciari, C., Hwang, A., & Lund Dean, K. (2018). Key Institutions and Authors in Business and Management Education (BME): 2008-2017. Conference on Teaching and Research on Economic Education (CTREE).
Arbaugh, J. B., Asarta, C., Bento, R. F., Fornaciari, C., Hwang, A., Lund Dean, K., & Ferrara, Z. (2018). Shifts in Individual and Institutional Business and Management Education (BME) Research Productivity from 2005-14 to 2008-17. North American Management Society (NAMS).
Bento, R. F., Mertins, L., & White, L. F. (2017). Accountants as Strategic Partners and a Risk Culture Open to Challenges. 2017 Mid-Atlantic AAA (American Accounting Association) - Arlington, VA.
Bento, R. F., Hwang, A., Asarta, C., Arbaugh, J. B., Cochran, J. D., Fornaciari, C., & Jones, C. (2017). A Career Study of Highly Productive BME Scholars. Academy of Management.
Bento, R. F., Mertins, L., & White, L. F. (2017). Risk Management Culture: The Role of Accountants and Skepticism. Academy of Business Research. Spring 2017 Conference - Best Paper Award.
Asarta, C. J., Hwang, A., Arbaugh, J. B., Bento, R. F., & Fornaciari, C. (2016). What Would Rankings Look Like if We Measured Schools by How Well We Actually Taught Our Students?. RMLE - Research in Management Learning Education "Unconference".
Bento, R. F., Arbaugh, J. B., Asarta, C., Fornaciari, C., Hwang, A., & Lund Dean, K. (2016). Key Authors in Business and Management Education Research. Academy of Management Conference.
Bento, R. F., Arbaugh, J. B., Asarta, C., Fornaciari, C., Hwang, A., & Lund Dean, K. (2016). Key Institutions and Discipline Area Competencies in Business and Management Education Research. Academy of Management.
Bento, R. F., Arbaugh, J. B., Asarta, C., Fornaciari, C., & Hwang, A. (2016). What Causes a Business and Management Education Article to Be Cited: Article, Author, or Journal?. Academy of Management.
Bento, R. F., Mertins, L., & White, L. F. (2016). Management Accountants and Risk Management Practices: An Exploratory Study. Proceedings of 3rd AIMA World Conference on Management Accounting Research -May 19-20, 2016.
Presentations
Antonacopoulou, E., Bento, R. F., Pavlovich, K., & Markman, G. D. Academy of Management, "Rethinking Entrepreneurial Leadership for Compassionate Change," https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting. (2021).
Soh, W., Bento, R. F., Rigg, C., & Antonacopoulou, E. Academy of Management, "Bringing back the Manager into Management: The Role of Reflexivity in Leadership Practice / Cultivating a �Reflexive Mindset�: Lessons from Reconfiguring the Internal Audit Function," https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting. (2021).
Antonacopoulou, E., Bento, R. F., & Monzani, L. International Leadership Association - Diversity Equity and Inclusion Summit, "Emplaced Leadership: Ecological Activism as an antidote to EDI Mistreatment fostering Sustainability and Inclusiveness," International Leadership Association -, (2021).
Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. Research Engagement Day - RED Talks, "COVID-19 and Small Businesses: Ethical Decision-Making," University of Baltimore, (2021).
Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. Faculty Dialogues, "Professional Judgment in Small CPA Firms," Merrick School of Business, (2020).
Bento, R. F., Lund Dean, K., Fornaciari, C., Stark, J., Edwards, M., & Gallagher, E. MOBTS, "�Can we talk?� A Two-Part Symposium on COVID and faculty mental health from a 360 perspective," Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, Virtual / Purdue. (2020).
Stickney, L. T., Bento, R. F., Fowler, D. C., & Weiner, J. Mid-Atlantic Organizational Behavior Teaching Zoom Conference, "Teaching Online Courses: Instructional Models and Technological Options," (2020).
Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. Research Engagement Day - RED Talks, "Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Professional Judgment in Small CPA Firms.," University of Baltimore, (2020).
Georgiadou, A., Olivas-Lujan, M., & Bento, R. F. Academy of Management, ""Isms" in Academia: Exploring how to foster an inclusive culture inside and outside the classroom," Boston. (2019).
Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. 2019 IMA Research Lab, "Artificial intelligence and accounting professional judgment: An ethical partnership," IMA (Institute of Management Accounting), Monterrey, CA. (2019).
Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. IMA Applied Research Roundtable, "Accountants and Intelligent Machines: What will happen to ethical leadership?," Institute of Management Accountants Annual Conference, (2019).
Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. Research Engagement Day - RED Talks, "What factors influence how people make decisions in risky situations?," University of Baltimore, (2018).
Bento, R. F., Sauerbronn, F., & Sauerbronn, J. JVB Special Issue Conference: Journal of Vocational Behavior - Calling and careers, "The lived and unanswered callings of Manya Sklodowska (Marie Curie) and Mileva Mari? (Einstein).," Journal of Vocational Behavior, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. (2017).
Beatty, J. E., Leigh, J., Antonacopoulou, E., Bento, R. F., Forray, J., & LeClair, D. Academy of Management, "�Debating and Imagining How to Measure Impact for Management Education Contributions�," Atlanta. (2017).
Stickney, L. T., Bento, R. F., Aggarwal, A. K., & Adlakha, V. G. Annual Meeting of Eastern Academy of Management, "Faculty Satisfaction In Online Higher Education," Eastern Academy of Management, Baltimore. (2017).
Bento, R. F., & Pezeshkan, A. Eastern Academy of Management Annual Meeting, "Temporariness and the pursuit of goals," Baltimore, MD. (2017).
Bento, R. F., & White, L. F. Research Engagement Day - RED Talks, "Adventures in Wonderland: Explorations in decision-making under conditions of bounded-rationality.," University of Baltimore, (2017).
Bento, R. F., Antonacopoulou, E. P., & Meltzer, C. 33rd EGOS Colloquium - July 6�8, 2017 - Copenhagen, "Leaders-as-Learners: Arts-based methods for leadership development," EGOS - European Group for Organization Studies, Copenhagen. (2017).
Bento, R. F., & Antonacopoulou, E. 2016 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (August 5-9, 2016), ""Realizing Y-Our Impact: Meaningfulness in Professionalism Through Reflexivity and Art-Based Methods"," Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA. (2016).