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Hector.Martinez@uky.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Organizational Behavior, Case Western Reserve, 2016.
  • M.B.A. INCAE Business School, 2006.
  • B.A., Literature, New College of Florida, 1995.

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Hector Martinez is a lecturer in the Department of Management at the Gatton College of Business and Economics specializing in motivation and the impact of coaching on employee engagement, performance and meaningful work. His teaching integrates Boyatzis’ Intentional Change Theory with Kolb’s experiential learning framework to create engaging, development-focused classroom experiences centered on helping students identify and pursue their ideal selves. Prior to joining Gatton, he served as an assistant professor at INCAE Business School in Costa Rica and taught at Case Western Reserve University, while also working as a certified coach and executive education facilitator. He holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Case Western Reserve University, an MBA from INCAE and a B.A. in Literature from New College of Florida.


Teaching Expertise:

  • OB
  • HR
  • Leadership
  • Coaching
  • HR Consulting
  • Experiential Learning

Research Expertise:

  • Motivation
  • Leadership
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Coaching
  • Team Dynamics
  • Performance Development
  • Experiential Learning.

Selected Publications:

  • DM Bergeron, TD Schroeder, HA Martinez. Proactive personality at work: seeing more to do and doing more? Journal of Business and Psychology 29 (1), 71-86, 2014.
  • HA Martinez, K Rochford, RE Boyatzis, S Rodriguez-Chaves. Inspired and effective: The role of the ideal self in employee engagement, well-being, and positive organizational behaviors. Frontiers in Psychology 12, 662386, 2021.
  • MP Trinh, C van Esch, HA Martinez, T Messer. Appreciating large classes: Using appreciative inquiry to foster a hospitable learning space for experiential learning. Journal of Management Education 45 (5), 786-819, 2021.
  • A Kaiser, HA Martinez. Future paths of knowledge management: How do spirituality, calling, and knowledge management fit together?
    The future of knowledge management: Reflections from the 10th Anniversary of …, 2023
  • AC Loignon, DM Bergeron, MA Johnson, AM Dunn, CS Li, H Martinez, ...Signaling with babble? Exploring the effects of gender and speaking time on leader emergence. The Leadership Quarterly 36 (4), 101879, 2025