Marketing Department

Ronald Jelinek, Ph.D.

Full Name Ronald Jelinek
Academic Rank Assistant Professor of Marketing

Contact Info

Office telephone 401-865-2302
E-mail rjelinek@providence.edu
Web site PC Faculty Profile

Educational Background

Highest degree earned Ph.D.
The degree granting school University of Connecticut
Second degree earned: MBA
The degree granting school University of Connecticut

Academic

Courses normally taught Personal Selling, Sales Management, Promotional Strategy
Areas of specialization Sales and Sales Management
Areas of Interest Relationship Selling, Sales Force Automation, Front-line Deviant Behavior
Publications

Jelinek, Kate and Ronald Jelinek. "Friend or Foe: Is Your Audit Staff Helping or Hurting Your Firm?" (2008) CPA Journal. 78(8):56-63.

Jelinek, Ronald and Kate Jelinek (2008), "Auditors Gone Wild: The 'Other' Problem in Public Accounting", Business Horizons, Vol. 51(3), 223-233.

Ahearne, Michael, Ronald Jelinek and Eli Jones (2007), "Examining the Effect of Salesperson Service Behavior in a Competitive Context", Journal of Academy of Marketing Science, Vol. 35 (4), 603-616.

Jelinek, Ronald and Michael Ahearne (2006), "The Enemy Within: Examining Salesperson Deviance and its Determinants", Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, vol. 26 (4), 327-344.

Jelinek, Ronald, Michael Ahearne, John Mathieu and Niels Schillewaert (2006), "A Longitudinal Examination of Individual, Organizational and Contextual Factors on Technology Adoption and Job Performance", Journal of Marketing Theory & Practice, 14 (1).

Jelinek, Ronald and Michael Ahearne (2006), "The ABC's of ACB: Unveiling a Clear and Present Danger in the Sales Force", Industrial Marketing Management, 35 (4), 457-467.

Ahearne, Michael, Ronald Jelinek and Adam Rapp (2005), "Moving Beyond the Direct Effect of SFA Adoption on Salesperson Performance: Training and Support as Key Moderating Factors". Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 34 (4 ), 378-388.

 

Interesting Facts or Hobby

"Dr. J" enjoys reading and watching sports in his free time - his favorite books include, "1776" and "John Adams" by David McCullough. Originally from Long Island, he loves the New York Mets and enjoys going to the beach with his wife, Kate, (an accounting professor at URI) and his little baby girl, Grace. Some might be surprised to find out he is also a big country music fan- his favorites include Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney and George Strait. And if you want to talk NASCAR, he's your guy- Dr. J is a huge Dale Earnhardt Jr. fan!

Department of Marketing
School of Business
Providence College
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