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Dr. Mark Geiger is the David Warco Faculty Fellow in Entrepreneurship and an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Organizational Behavior at the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business. Dr. Geiger received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas School of Business, specializing in Organizational Behavior (OB). His research interests include meta-analysis, quantitative methods, and individual differences in entrepreneurship and organizations. His research has been published in Academy of Management Perspectives, Group & Organization Management, Journal of Business Venturing Insights, and Computers in Human Behavior. He currently serves as an Associate Editor at Group & Organization Management and a Consulting Editor at Journal of Business Venturing Insights.

Education

  • Ph.D., Organizational Behavior and Quantitative Psychology, University of Kansas
  • M.B.A., Illinois State University
  • B.S., Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Illinois State
  • B.S., Chemistry, Illinois State University

School

Duquesne University
  • Research Fellowship, Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology and Law, 2021-2022

Palumbo-Donahue School of Business
  • David Warco Faculty Fellow in Entrepreneurship, 2024-2027
  • Summer Research Grant, 2021
  • Summer Research Grant, 2019
  • Summer Research Grant, 2018

Articles in Journals

Johnson, D., Geiger, M., Gianiodis, P. T., & Bock, A. J. (2025). “Please, hurry up!” Leveraging narratives to speed up the mobilization of resources for entrepreneurial ventures. Academy of Management Perspectives, In press.

Geiger, M. (2024). Gender effects and firm financial performance: A SUMAD meta-analysis of social responsibility and family-to-work conflict. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 22, e00485.

Geiger, M. K., Langlinais, L. A., & Geiger, M. (2023). Accent speaks louder than ability: Elucidating the effect of nonnative accent on trust. Group & Organization Management, 48(3), 953-965.

Geiger, M., & J. G. Field (2022). Advancing entrepreneurship science with meta-analysis (call for papers). Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Special Issue.

Geiger, M., & Moore, K. (2021). Attracting the crowd in online fundraising: A meta-analysis connecting campaign characteristics to funding outcomes. Computers in Human Behavior., 128, 107061.

Geiger, M. (2020). A meta-analysis of the gender gap(s) in venture funding: Funder and entrepreneur-driven perspectives. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 13, e00167.

Geiger, M., Lee., J., & Geiger, M. K. (2019). The power of negative disposition: An examination of trait and state negative affect with OCBI and OCBO. Group & Organization Management, 44(6), 1136-1172.

Geiger, M. & Oranburg, S.C. (2018). Female entrepreneurs and equity crowdfunding in the US: Receiving less when asking for more. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 10, e00099.