He earned his Ph.D. in Management at the University of Memphis. Dr. Bryant has extensive consulting, management and entrepreneurial experience with companies such as American Home Shield, Monogram Foods Solutions and SCB Computer Technology. His primary research, teaching, and consulting activities are concentrated around human resource management and servant leadership. Dr. Bryant's research in managing employee turnover has won the Academy of Management Perspectives' Best Paper Award (2010) and the Academy of Management's Outstanding Practitioner-Oriented Publication Award (2011). His co-authored book, Managing Employee Turnover was published by Business Expert Press in 2012.