Ryan Musselman

Expertise: Agribusiness

Education

• Ph.D., Management, Virginia Tech, (anticipated) 2025
  
• M.S., Agribusiness Management, Purdue University, 2015
• B.S., Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Systems Management, Agricultural Education, Purdue University, 2013
• A.S., Agronomy, Purdue University, 2012

Current projects

• The Moderating Effects of Inclusive Leadership on HRM Practices
  
• Downstream Effects of Compassion in the Organization: Emotion and Behavior Moderated by Control and Focus
• Workplace Generativity Scale Development
• Protégé Perception of Mentoring: A Meta-Analysis
• Impact of Generative Disposition in Servant Leaders on Follower Attitude, Behavior, Motivation, Performance and Relationships

Future projects

• Connection to the Workplace: An Organizational Identification Meta Analysis
  
• Generative Leadership: Is it Servanthood or Replacing Self?
• How are Star Performers Treated Differently?
• Individuals affect the Bottom-Line & Strategy impacts the Employee: How Microfoundations Link Member and Organization
• When Organizational Citizenship Behavior is Self-Serving
• Employee Perspective of the Firm’s Proactive Talent Management

Current teaching

• AAEC 2104 – Personal Financial Planning
  
• AAEC 2434 – Foundations of Agribusiness
• AAEC 3454 – Small Business Management & Entrepreneurship
• AAEC 4514 – Advanced Agribusiness Marketing

Other teaching & advising

• Career Exploration & Development
  
• Human Resources & Organizational Behavior
• Sales & Marketing
• Talent Management

Work experience

• Academic Advisor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, October 2015-August 2020
  
• food production entrepreneur, Denver, IN, 2000 – 2015
• Assistant Operations Manager, Musselman Brothers Inc, Macy, IN, 1997 – 2014

Awards

• Litschert Research Award in the Department of Management (VT) for 2020
  
• Outstanding Service to Students in the Department of Agricultural Economics (Purdue) in 2017, 2018, 2019    
• Learning Community Advocate Award in Residential Academic Initiatives (Purdue) in 2018

• Musselman, R & Becker, W. J. Mentoring Impacts on Identity, Turnover and Reciprocity moderated with Generativity. Human Resource Management. (under review)
  
• Wiatt, R. D., Marshall, M. I., & Musselman, R. (2022). Management and ownership transfer in small and medium family farms. Agricultural Finance Review.