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Published Papers by Michael Davis
Journal of Organizational Psychology, 2024
The utility of emotional intelligence has been researched as both a discreet individual ability, ... more The utility of emotional intelligence has been researched as both a discreet individual ability, and a performance enhancing quality within organizations. This expository analysis synthesizes the existing literature on the value and utility of emotional intelligence within organizations, focusing on enhanced ethics, improvement of leadership capabilities and outcomes, reduction of turnover, enhancement of crosscultural understanding, reduction of stress, dispute resolution, and employee promotion. The origin and development of emotional intelligence as a behavioral theory is illustrated and its application to the organizational environment is systematically analyzed, with particular note of gaps in the literature and definitional difficulties identified.
International Journal of Development Research, 2024
The development and implementation of data-based reform and strategy within law enforcement agenc... more The development and implementation of data-based reform and strategy within law enforcement agencies can be useful in improving policing efficacy and renewing public trust in law enforcement, however such reforms can be a catalyst for internal discord within agencies and cause of various organizational morale problems if implemented without input and support from staff. This critical analysis of the literature on the implementation of data-based reforms and strategies is intended to illuminate the challenges of such implementation and forecast possible solutions.
Journal of Behavioral Studies in Business, 2024
This paper explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rental market, focusing on the exp... more This paper explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rental market, focusing on the experiences of landlords in Oklahoma. In September 2020, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a nationwide eviction moratorium to protect tenants facing financial hardship due to the pandemic. Alongside this, approximately $50 billion in emergency rental assistance was appropriated to support qualifying tenants. This study examines how these government interventions, including the eviction moratorium and rental assistance programs, affected landlords, revealing that while some faced challenges such as inconsistent rent payments and maintenance difficulties, the majority did not encounter significant disruptions in their operations. Despite the financial strain caused by the pandemic, most landlords did not feel compelled to alter their rental agreements or policies. The findings gauge the efficacy of these programs as perceived by landlords in Oklahoma, highlighting their resilience during the crisis and underscoring the need for continued research into the long-term effects of the pandemic on both landlords and tenants. Additionally, the study suggests areas for future policy development to better support housing stability in potential future crises.
Journal of Academic Freedom, 2023
Ever-increasing professional demands on the professoriate pose a threat to academic freedom by er... more Ever-increasing professional demands on the professoriate pose a threat to academic freedom by eroding opportunities for unstructured intellectual exploration and thought-labor. This exploration and thought-labor is the necessary foundation of knowledge production and dissemination, which in turn are central to higher education's contribution to a democratic society. To defend space to think, first we must challenge academia's prioritization of work efficiency and highlight its competition with work quality. Second, we must recognize unstructured inquiry through the same traditional rewards pathways that exist for other valued labor in the academic career, and acknowledge the value of thought-labor for the fundamental academic mission of teaching quality and contribution to the common good. Third, we must acknowledge that the four pillars of academic freedom (freedom of research and publication; freedom of teaching; freedom of intramural expression; and freedom of extramural expression) cannot exist without protecting the bedrock of their genesis, space for thought-labor.
Oklahoma Bar Journal, 2023
On a cold New Year's Eve night, in the last hours of 1939, gunshots rang out across the agricultu... more On a cold New Year's Eve night, in the last hours of 1939, gunshots rang out across the agricultural fields just northwest of Fort Towson. Elmer and Marie Rogers and their three young children were a poor sharecropper's family in a small tenant house. 6 Caught entirely by surprise, with buckshot coming through the window, Elmer was immediately incapacitated, and Marie was shot shortly thereafter as she ran to the porch encouraging her seven-year-old son James Glenn to grab the baby and run. 7 As he ran, the home went up in flames, covering up much of the evidence and surely killing his four-year-old brother, Elvie Dean, as well. Unfortunately, all James Glenn Rogers ever saw of the assailant was a man's hand, and it was entirely unclear to his mind OklahOma legal histOry T HERE ARE TIMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY when a setback offers an opportunity, and smart lawyers are always on the lookout for such moments when the chances of an outright legal victory are slim. This was certainly the attitude of Thurgood Marshall in the case of Lyons v. Oklahoma, which brought the young NAACP attorney to the small town of Hugo to defend an accused young Black man, Willie D. Lyons. 1
Oklahoma Bar Journal, 2023
States of Sovereignty: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Native American Symposium, 2023
The history of “sovereignty” as a legal concept applied to Native American tribes in the United S... more The history of “sovereignty” as a legal concept applied to Native American tribes in the United States is contingent on the whim of Federal judicial interpretation, which has evolved over past decades. In U.S. Supreme Court opinions, tribes are described explicitly as “domestic dependent nations” [Talton v. Mayes, 163 U.S. 376 (1896); Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)]. In one notable judicial decision, where the Cherokee nation argued that it was an independent nation, and thereby immune to regulation by the State of Georgia, Justice Marshall stated of the Cherokees: “their relations to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian” [Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)].
This parent-child approach to tribal sovereignty resulted in a Federal judicial normalization of the abrogation of independent decision-making power and self-actualization of tribes, in favor of a paternalistic regulatory regime whereby tribes are treated not as independent nations, but as a ward of the state reflected by a judicial tradition of “federal trust and responsibility” for its internal tribes. While on the one hand almost always emphasizing some version of “sovereignty” in treaties, laws, and judicial decisions, the U.S. Federal Government has a long tradition and present conception of tribes as an entity to be managed. One particular example of this management is the willingness of the Federal government to circumscribe tribal sentencing authority within tribal courts to a level (maximum of three years per felony) that exhibits distrust of tribal decision-making in a manner that results in disheartening outcomes for actual cases of criminality [(Pub. L. No. 111-211, 124 Stat. 2258].
Native American Symposium Proceedings , 2022
The ruling effectively restored, within the domain of criminal law, broader Tribal sovereignty wi... more The ruling effectively restored, within the domain of criminal law, broader Tribal sovereignty within reservation jurisdiction called "Indian Country" that had lain dormant since Oklahoma statehood in 1907 (Blackhawk, 2021). With this renewal of expanded criminal jurisdiction, several Tribes now have a broader ability to envision their own future for the adjudication and sentencing of crimes committed by Indians within reservation territory, whether such crimes were purportedly against Indians or non-Indians (Womack, Creel, et al., 2021). Additionally, these tribes continue to exercise jurisdiction over many reservation-located crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, and protective order violations, regardless of defendant Indian or non-Indian status (Larkin & Lupino-Esposito, 2012). Finally, a separate law, the Tribal Law and Order Act (25 U.S.C. § 1302) paternalistically restricts Tribal court sentencing to a maximum of three years of incarceration or a $15,000 fine per crime, or a maximum of nine years' incarceration for a series of crimes in the same stream of misconduct.
Journal of Community Positive Practices, 2022
Emotional intelligence has community positive value for the profession of policing, and knowledge... more Emotional intelligence has community positive value for the profession of policing, and knowledge about which police officers within an agency have the highest levels of emotional intelligence is of significant management value within law enforcement agencies. The focus of this study was to determine whether differences in emotional intelligence (EI) levels among binary categories of smallagency Oklahoma law enforcement officers were statistically significant. Three research questions guided the study, involving statistical comparison of actual EI scores across varying levels of career longevity and promotion within the law enforcement profession by the study participants. The Assessing Emotions Scale (AES) was used to scale the EI levels of the 86 participants. A selfreport survey was used to classify participant longevity or promotion. The application of inferential statistics to the data, in the form of multiple t-tests, revealed statistically significant differences in average EI levels, with the higher mean distribution of EI levels present among those with more than 10 years of longevity, a history of rank promotion, and a history of promotion to supervisory status. The study provides analysis and implications for law enforcement leadership and future research.
Oklahoma Bar Journal, 2020
ON MAY 26, 2020, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION released its most recent regulations on sexual ... more ON MAY 26, 2020, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION released its most recent regulations on sexual harassment, including sexual assault as a particularly egregious form of harassment, under Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972.12 These regulations presume about 25% of all Title IX grievances will be resolved by a method of “informal resolution” through alternative dispute resolution (ADR) following the effective date of the regulations.3 The regulations have been challenged by multiple federal lawsuits and are potentially subject to injunction, but otherwise became effective August 14, 2020
Oklahoma Bar Journal, 2018
Journal of Organizational Psychology, 2024
The utility of emotional intelligence has been researched as both a discreet individual ability, ... more The utility of emotional intelligence has been researched as both a discreet individual ability, and a performance enhancing quality within organizations. This expository analysis synthesizes the existing literature on the value and utility of emotional intelligence within organizations, focusing on enhanced ethics, improvement of leadership capabilities and outcomes, reduction of turnover, enhancement of crosscultural understanding, reduction of stress, dispute resolution, and employee promotion. The origin and development of emotional intelligence as a behavioral theory is illustrated and its application to the organizational environment is systematically analyzed, with particular note of gaps in the literature and definitional difficulties identified.
International Journal of Development Research, 2024
The development and implementation of data-based reform and strategy within law enforcement agenc... more The development and implementation of data-based reform and strategy within law enforcement agencies can be useful in improving policing efficacy and renewing public trust in law enforcement, however such reforms can be a catalyst for internal discord within agencies and cause of various organizational morale problems if implemented without input and support from staff. This critical analysis of the literature on the implementation of data-based reforms and strategies is intended to illuminate the challenges of such implementation and forecast possible solutions.
Journal of Behavioral Studies in Business, 2024
This paper explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rental market, focusing on the exp... more This paper explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rental market, focusing on the experiences of landlords in Oklahoma. In September 2020, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a nationwide eviction moratorium to protect tenants facing financial hardship due to the pandemic. Alongside this, approximately $50 billion in emergency rental assistance was appropriated to support qualifying tenants. This study examines how these government interventions, including the eviction moratorium and rental assistance programs, affected landlords, revealing that while some faced challenges such as inconsistent rent payments and maintenance difficulties, the majority did not encounter significant disruptions in their operations. Despite the financial strain caused by the pandemic, most landlords did not feel compelled to alter their rental agreements or policies. The findings gauge the efficacy of these programs as perceived by landlords in Oklahoma, highlighting their resilience during the crisis and underscoring the need for continued research into the long-term effects of the pandemic on both landlords and tenants. Additionally, the study suggests areas for future policy development to better support housing stability in potential future crises.
Journal of Academic Freedom, 2023
Ever-increasing professional demands on the professoriate pose a threat to academic freedom by er... more Ever-increasing professional demands on the professoriate pose a threat to academic freedom by eroding opportunities for unstructured intellectual exploration and thought-labor. This exploration and thought-labor is the necessary foundation of knowledge production and dissemination, which in turn are central to higher education's contribution to a democratic society. To defend space to think, first we must challenge academia's prioritization of work efficiency and highlight its competition with work quality. Second, we must recognize unstructured inquiry through the same traditional rewards pathways that exist for other valued labor in the academic career, and acknowledge the value of thought-labor for the fundamental academic mission of teaching quality and contribution to the common good. Third, we must acknowledge that the four pillars of academic freedom (freedom of research and publication; freedom of teaching; freedom of intramural expression; and freedom of extramural expression) cannot exist without protecting the bedrock of their genesis, space for thought-labor.
Oklahoma Bar Journal, 2023
On a cold New Year's Eve night, in the last hours of 1939, gunshots rang out across the agricultu... more On a cold New Year's Eve night, in the last hours of 1939, gunshots rang out across the agricultural fields just northwest of Fort Towson. Elmer and Marie Rogers and their three young children were a poor sharecropper's family in a small tenant house. 6 Caught entirely by surprise, with buckshot coming through the window, Elmer was immediately incapacitated, and Marie was shot shortly thereafter as she ran to the porch encouraging her seven-year-old son James Glenn to grab the baby and run. 7 As he ran, the home went up in flames, covering up much of the evidence and surely killing his four-year-old brother, Elvie Dean, as well. Unfortunately, all James Glenn Rogers ever saw of the assailant was a man's hand, and it was entirely unclear to his mind OklahOma legal histOry T HERE ARE TIMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY when a setback offers an opportunity, and smart lawyers are always on the lookout for such moments when the chances of an outright legal victory are slim. This was certainly the attitude of Thurgood Marshall in the case of Lyons v. Oklahoma, which brought the young NAACP attorney to the small town of Hugo to defend an accused young Black man, Willie D. Lyons. 1
Oklahoma Bar Journal, 2023
States of Sovereignty: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Native American Symposium, 2023
The history of “sovereignty” as a legal concept applied to Native American tribes in the United S... more The history of “sovereignty” as a legal concept applied to Native American tribes in the United States is contingent on the whim of Federal judicial interpretation, which has evolved over past decades. In U.S. Supreme Court opinions, tribes are described explicitly as “domestic dependent nations” [Talton v. Mayes, 163 U.S. 376 (1896); Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)]. In one notable judicial decision, where the Cherokee nation argued that it was an independent nation, and thereby immune to regulation by the State of Georgia, Justice Marshall stated of the Cherokees: “their relations to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian” [Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)].
This parent-child approach to tribal sovereignty resulted in a Federal judicial normalization of the abrogation of independent decision-making power and self-actualization of tribes, in favor of a paternalistic regulatory regime whereby tribes are treated not as independent nations, but as a ward of the state reflected by a judicial tradition of “federal trust and responsibility” for its internal tribes. While on the one hand almost always emphasizing some version of “sovereignty” in treaties, laws, and judicial decisions, the U.S. Federal Government has a long tradition and present conception of tribes as an entity to be managed. One particular example of this management is the willingness of the Federal government to circumscribe tribal sentencing authority within tribal courts to a level (maximum of three years per felony) that exhibits distrust of tribal decision-making in a manner that results in disheartening outcomes for actual cases of criminality [(Pub. L. No. 111-211, 124 Stat. 2258].
Native American Symposium Proceedings , 2022
The ruling effectively restored, within the domain of criminal law, broader Tribal sovereignty wi... more The ruling effectively restored, within the domain of criminal law, broader Tribal sovereignty within reservation jurisdiction called "Indian Country" that had lain dormant since Oklahoma statehood in 1907 (Blackhawk, 2021). With this renewal of expanded criminal jurisdiction, several Tribes now have a broader ability to envision their own future for the adjudication and sentencing of crimes committed by Indians within reservation territory, whether such crimes were purportedly against Indians or non-Indians (Womack, Creel, et al., 2021). Additionally, these tribes continue to exercise jurisdiction over many reservation-located crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, and protective order violations, regardless of defendant Indian or non-Indian status (Larkin & Lupino-Esposito, 2012). Finally, a separate law, the Tribal Law and Order Act (25 U.S.C. § 1302) paternalistically restricts Tribal court sentencing to a maximum of three years of incarceration or a $15,000 fine per crime, or a maximum of nine years' incarceration for a series of crimes in the same stream of misconduct.
Journal of Community Positive Practices, 2022
Emotional intelligence has community positive value for the profession of policing, and knowledge... more Emotional intelligence has community positive value for the profession of policing, and knowledge about which police officers within an agency have the highest levels of emotional intelligence is of significant management value within law enforcement agencies. The focus of this study was to determine whether differences in emotional intelligence (EI) levels among binary categories of smallagency Oklahoma law enforcement officers were statistically significant. Three research questions guided the study, involving statistical comparison of actual EI scores across varying levels of career longevity and promotion within the law enforcement profession by the study participants. The Assessing Emotions Scale (AES) was used to scale the EI levels of the 86 participants. A selfreport survey was used to classify participant longevity or promotion. The application of inferential statistics to the data, in the form of multiple t-tests, revealed statistically significant differences in average EI levels, with the higher mean distribution of EI levels present among those with more than 10 years of longevity, a history of rank promotion, and a history of promotion to supervisory status. The study provides analysis and implications for law enforcement leadership and future research.
Oklahoma Bar Journal, 2020
ON MAY 26, 2020, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION released its most recent regulations on sexual ... more ON MAY 26, 2020, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION released its most recent regulations on sexual harassment, including sexual assault as a particularly egregious form of harassment, under Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972.12 These regulations presume about 25% of all Title IX grievances will be resolved by a method of “informal resolution” through alternative dispute resolution (ADR) following the effective date of the regulations.3 The regulations have been challenged by multiple federal lawsuits and are potentially subject to injunction, but otherwise became effective August 14, 2020
Oklahoma Bar Journal, 2018