Michael Provitera

Biography

Dr. Michael J. Provitera is an associate professor of organizational behavior at Barry University, Miami, Florida USA. He received a B.S. with a major in marketing and a minor in economics at the City University of New York in 1985. In 1989, while concurrently working on Wall Street as a junior executive, Dr. Provitera earned his M.B.A. in finance from St. John’s University in Jamaica, Queens, New York. He obtained his D.B.A. (Doctorate of Business Administration) in management from Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in 2000. His dissertation chair was Dr. Joseph Hair, originally from Louisiana State University and now at Kennesaw University---Dr. Hair is a premier marketing expert with published textbooks in marketing and statistics. After leaving Wall Street as an executive, Dr. Provitera joined Saint Peter’s College in Jersey City, New Jersey, as an Assistant Professor of Management on a six year tenure track, in September 2000. In January, 2004, he accepted an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior position at Barry University. In this capacity, Dr. Provitera teaches management at both the undergraduate and graduate level. In addition to Dr. Provitera’s academic credentials, he offers fifteen years of Wall Street corporate experience at various investment banks. In his last position at Mizuho Financial Group, he was an Assistant Vice President of Fixed Income Operations where he managed fourteen people. Dr. Provitera’s current research pertains to management, management education, leadership, and positive organizational behavior. In addition, he frequently speaks on the topic of self-motivation and self-leadership. He has over 25 peer-reviewed publications and several magazine articles written for the popular press. In October 2002, he published a lead-article in The Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship for that issue. His recent publication on Teaching with Norma Rae is published in the Journal of Management Education. In addition, Dr. Provitera published a book titled “Mastering Self-Motivation: Preparing Yourself for Personal Excellence.”

Research Interest

self-motivation and self-leadership