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MBA Capstone
MBA Business Ethics
MBA Organizational Behavior
MBA Principles of Management
Consumer Behavior
Leadership in Organizations
Management w/ Biblical Foundation
Principles of Marketing
Business Statistics
Macroeconomics

Strategic Management & Corporate Performance
Motivation and Satisfaction
Shared Leadership
Game Theory
Spatial Bargaining Models

Azusa Pacific University
Belhaven College
Biola University
La Sierra University
Riverside Community College

Academic Publications:

Mobley, L, Lainson, D. (2025). Did COVID shutdowns impact undergraduate satisfaction and motivation? A before-and-after comparison at two private liberal arts universities. Journal of Business Management and Change 鈥� Special Issue on Pedagogy, 22(3a), 45-59.

Mobley, L, Lainson, D. (2024). Improving recommendations through content and community: A
path analysis predicting referrals in higher education. Journal of Business Management and Change, 22(1), 4-17.

Mobley, L., Mgrdichian, L., & Lainson, D. (2023). Christian higher education and faith
development: Does attending a Christian university actually impact your faith? CBFA Proceedings 2023, R.L. Holbrook, Jr., & M. Day, (Eds.), Lakewood, CO: Christian Business Faculty Association, 2023, 128-162.

Lainson, D., and Mobley, L. (2022). Managing retention and motivation throughout the college
years: How seniors differ from freshmen and why it matters. Journal of Business Management and Change, 20(2), 88-107.

Mobley, L., Lainson, D., and Bradley, C. (2016). Marketing students vs. practitioners: Co-creation
of value through the lens of generational theory. Reimagining: The Power of Marketing to Create Enduring Value, Jie G. Fowler and Jeri Weiser, Editors. Atlanta, GA: Society for Marketing Advances, 2016, 69-70.

Lainson, Douglas. "Help! I鈥檓 a Senior, Get Me Out of Here: A Study of Satisfaction/Maintenance Factors in Higher Education Correlated to Class Standing." Diss. Claremont Graduate University, 2014. Print.

Academic Conference Presentations:

鈥淪ynchronous vs. Asynchronous Modalities in MBA Courses.鈥� Western Business & Management Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada. April 2026. Co-presented with Tad Hove, Ph.D. and Lari Mobley, Ph.D.

"Did COVID shutdowns impact undergraduate satisfaction and motivation? A before-and-after comparison at two private liberal arts universities." Western Business & Management Conference, Napa, California, April 2025. Co-presented with Lari Mobley.

鈥淐hristian Higher Education and Faith Development: Does Attending a Christian University Actually Impact Your Faith?鈥� Christian Business Faculty Association, Denver, Colorado, November 2023. Co-presented with Lari Mobley and Laureen Mgrdichian.

鈥淚mproving Recommendations Through Content and Community: A Path Analysis Predicting Referrals in Higher Education.鈥� Western Business & Management Conference, Napa, California, April 2023. Co-presented with Lari Mobley.

鈥淢anaging Retention and Motivation Throughout the College Years: How Seniors Differ from Freshmen and Why it Matters.鈥� Western Business & Management International Research Conference for the Management Disciplines, Reims, France, October 2022. Co-presented with Lari Mobley.

鈥淢arketing Students vs Practitioners: Openness to Co-creation of Value through the Lens of Generational Theory鈥� Society for Marketing Advances Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2016. Co-presented with Lari Mobley, Christopher Bradley.

Lainson, Douglas. "Herzberg and Higher Education." Mustang Academic Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. October 2013.

Lainson, Douglas & Kriewaldt, Genena. "Tracking Ionizing Radiation: How We Solve a Significant Problem." Annual Western Conference, Adventist Health West, CA. Conference. 2011.

Lainson, Douglas & Kriewaldt, Genena. "Is Radiation Tracking Possible in Pediatric Patients?鈥� Children鈥檚 Hospital of Philadelphia, PA. Conference. 2010.

Lainson, Douglas. 鈥淯nderstanding the American Entrepreneurial Spirit.鈥� Chamber of Commerce. Jackson, MS. Keynote. 2006

Working Papers:

Lainson, Douglas & Abdollahain, Mark. "The Strategic Animal: A Spatial Bargaining Model for Analyzing Strategic Decision Making."

Lainson, Douglas & Johnson, C. Neal. "The Paradox of Business as Mission (BAM) Companies: Efficacy within the Roles of Mature Christian and Mature Business Leader as CEO."

Awards:

"Outstanding Faculty of the Year." La Sierra University. 2010-11

"Best of Inland Empire - Kitchens & Stone." LocalSearch.com. 2007

"Business Man of the Year." NRCC Business Advisory Council. 2005

American Advertising Federation Award (ADDY):
Direct Marketing Award - Kitchens & Stone. 2006
Corporate Identity Award - Kitchen & Stone. 2005
Direct Marketing Award - Biola MBA Campaign. 2004

American Marketing Association Award (AMA):
Silver - Circle of Care Campaign, Loma Linda Medical Center. 1990

First Congregational Church of Riverside

Sermons:

鈥淛esus Christ & Coca-Cola: A Biblical Look at Business as Mission鈥�
Guest sermon given at numerous churches throughout Southern California

Rotary International ('09 + )
Board of Directors, RADCO Industries ('12 + )
Board of Directors, RadTrak, Inc. ('10-'12)
Board of Advisors, School of Business, La Sierra University ('08-'11)

Married with three adult children
Enjoy Architecture & Design, RVing, Photography
Licensed California General "B" Contractor

鈥淭wenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.鈥� - Mark Twain