James Hayton joins university from the Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom

James Hayton, an internationally known academic scholar and leader, has been appointed dean of the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR).

Hayton, who comes to Rutgers from the Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick (UK), will begin his new position on August 1, 2015. He succeeds Susan Schurman, who has served as dean since 2012.

"James Hayton is an accomplished administrator, educator, and active scholar,’’ said Richard L. Edwards, executive vice president for academic affairs, and chancellor of Rutgers University-New Brunswick who announced the appointment.

James Hayton is an internationally known academic scholar and leader

“He will provide SMLR with effective leadership, solid administrative experience and an important international perspective,’’ Edwards said.

Hayton’s areas of interest include entrepreneurship and human resources practices in small and medium-sized firms. He joined the faculty at Warwick Business School in 2012 and held the position of associate dean before becoming pro dean in 2014.

At Warwick he has been responsible for developing and communicating school-wide goals and has overseen strategic planning and budgeting processes. His prior positions include director of a university research center at Newcastle University (UK), and academic appointments at Bocconi University in Italy, and Utah State University and San Jose State University in the United States.  

Hayton has maintained an extensive record of teaching, mentoring and service contributions at all of these institutions, and has long been active in the professional associations of his discipline, particularly the Academy of Management, the British Academy of Management and the Society for Human Resource Management. He has served as the editor-in-chief of Human Resource Management since 2012.

Hayton received his doctorate in Human Resource Management from the W.T. Beebe Institute of Personnel and Employment Relations at the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University. He also holds a B.A. in business administration from Middlesex University (UK).

He has been published in scholarly outlets such as the Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Human Resource Management, Organizational Research Methods, Multivariate Behavioral Research, R&D Management and several other journals and books.