William Murphy

Biography

Dr. William H. Murphy is Associate Professor at the Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Murphy is a frequent speaker in Asia; for over fifteen years he has held a Visiting Scholar appointment at the highly rated Shanghai-based CEIBS (Jiaotong University, Mingang, Shanghai, P.R.C.). In addition to a professed love of teaching, Professor Murphy is an active researcher. On a personal note, Dr. Murphy enjoys taking long evening walks and traveling with his wife as well as athletic pursuits including running and badminton; he is a former member of the U.S. Badminton National Team.

Research Interest

I am actively involved in research projects spanning the areas of sales force management, ethics, international business, six sigma/total quality management, among others. I have published in a number of journals including Journal of Marketing Science, Journal of Business Research, European Journal of Marketing, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Force Management, Marketing Research, Quality World, and the Journal of Higher Education for Business and I have written cases for a leading sales force management textbook. As a way to stay at the leading edge on a variety of research streams and to provide service to the field, I also serve on the Editorial Review Boards of Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management and Industrial Marketing Management and I am a member of the AMA (American Marketing Association) and the EMA (European Marketing Academy).