Jill Kickul is the Elizabeth J. McCandless Professor in Entrepreneurship at the Simmons School of Management.  Prior to joining Simmons, she belonged to the faculty in Entrepreneurship and Management of the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University.   
 

She teaches courses on Entrepreneurship Strategy, Entrepreneurship and New Venture Management, Contemporary Entrepreneurial Opportunities, Management of Fast Growing Firms, Strategic Analysis for Competing Globally, and Management Strategy.  Dr. Kickul received the 2000 Management Department Teaching Innovation and Assessment Award.  She has taught entrepreneurship internationally for the Helsinki School of Economics and for the International Bank of Asia (Hong Kong MBA Program). 

 

Her research interests include entrepreneurial intentions and behavior, strategic and innovation processes in start-up ventures, and, most recently, women in entrepreneurship.  She was awarded the 2001 Cason Hall & Company Publishers Best Paper Award (Title: Psychological Contracts in the 21st Century: An Examination of What Employees Value Most and How Well Organizations are Responding to These Expectations).  Dr. Kickul has many publications in entrepreneurship and management journals, including:

    • Journal of Management
    • Journal of Small Business Management
    • Journal of Organizational Behavior
    • Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research
    • International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
    • Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship
    • International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research
    • Human Resource Planning
    • New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
    • Journal of Managerial Issues
    • International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management
    • Business, Education, and Technology Journal
    • Journal of Business Ethics
    • Journal of Business and Psychology
    • Simulation and Gaming
    • Organizational Dynamics
Dr. Kickul is the Chair of the Teaching Committee of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management and was recently elected by her peers to serve as the Program Chair for the Midwest Academy of Management Conference 2005.  
 

Within the business community, she is currently working with local and state government leaders in identifying and assisting women entrepreneurs and their organizations create and facilitate new economic growth for their communities.