Associate Professor of Management
On faculty since 2006

706.419.1664
quatro@covenant.edu

Education

Ph.D., Iowa State University

M.B.A., College of William and Mary

B.A., Pepperdine University

Professional Interests

My primary research interest is strategic human resource management (HR), or how people management practices facilitate the accomplishment of strategic organizational objectives.  I firmly believe that human resources are inherently worthy of investment, as God's image bearers and the ultimate source of all wealth creation in business contexts.

To that end, I regularly engage in strategic HR consulting activities with business firms.  Some representative clients include Chattem, Southern Champion Tray, Merrill Lynch, Payless ShoeSource, and DriveTime.  I also actively conduct scholarly and professional writing activities.  A listing of representative publications is included below.

Personal Interests

I am a hockey nut, having grown up in Detroit, Michigan (aka "Hockeytown") and having played competitive ice hockey through my college years.  I also enjoy golf.  Mostly, I love my bride Jamie, and our four children (the Quattro, Quatro kids).  With four kids, two cats, one dog, and one very wary gerbil, our house is never a boring place!

Covenant Activities

I currently serve in the following capacities at Covenant:

• Strategic Planning Working Committee - Chairperson
• Strategic Planning Steering Committee - Member
• Admissions Committee - Member
• Board Committee on Facilities and Business Affairs - Member
• Student Business Club - Co-Advisor

Professional Membership

I currently hold membership in the following organizations:

• Christian Business Faculty Association - Member
• Christian Business Faculty Association Conference Peer Review Board - Member
• Academy of Human Resource Development - Member
• Journal of Business Ethics Peer Review Board - Member
• Human Resource Development Review Journal Peer Review Board - Member

Selected Publications

• Gilley, J.W., Gilley, A., Quatro, S.A. and Dixon, P. (editors) (2009) The Praeger Handbook of Human Resource Management. Praeger Publishers: Westport, CT.
• Quatro, S.A. (2008) In Defense of Profit Maximization: Christian Religiosity as Support for Milton Friedman's Provocative Claim, in Quatro, S.A., and Sims, R. (editors) Executive Ethics: Ethical Dilemmas and Challenges for the C-Suite. Information Age Publishing: Greenwich, CT.
• Quatro, S.A., and Sims, R. (editors) (2008) Executive Ethics: Ethical Dilemmas and Challenges for the C-Suite. Information Age Publishing: Greenwich, CT.
• Quatro, S.A., Waldman, D.A., and Galvin, B. M. (2007) Developing Holistic Leaders: Four Domains for Leadership Practice and Development. Human Resource Management Review, 17 (4).
• Quatro, S.A., Waldman, D.A., and Galvin, B. M. (2006) Leadership Development and Strategic HR at a Crossroads, in Sims, R. (editor) Human Resource Management: Contemporary Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities. Information Age Publishing: Greenwich, CT.
• Quatro, S.A. (2005) HR-Minded Leadership: Five Critical Areas of Focus for Contemporary Organizational Leaders, in Sims, R. and Quatro, S.A. (editors) Leadership: Succeeding in the Private, Public, and Not-for-Profit Sectors. M.E. Sharpe: Armonk, NY.
• Sims, R. and Quatro, S.A. (editors) (2005) Leadership: Succeeding in the Private, Public, and Not-for-Profit Sectors. M.E. Sharpe: Armonk, NY.
• Quatro, S.A. (2004) New Age or Age Old: Classical Management Theory and Traditional Organized Religion as Underpinnings of the Contemporary Organizational Spirituality Movement. Human Resource Development Review, 3 (3).

Complete Curriculum Vitae