Specialties
Emotions in the workplace, creativity and innovation, and social psychology of organizations, power and politics, management education
Positions Held
Joined the University of Washington in 2003.
Selected Publications
- "Emotional variation within work groups: Causes and performance consequences," with L.Z. Tiedens and R.I. Sutton, in C.W. Leach and L.Z. Tiedens (Eds.), The Social Life of Emotions, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
- "Assessing business schools: A reply to Connolly," with J. Pfeffer, Academy of Management: Learning and Education, December 2003, forthcoming.
- "The effects of emotional ambivalence on creativity," Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 49, 2006, pp. 1016-1030.
- Overcoming the self-promotion dilemma: Interpersonal attraction
and extra help as a consequence of who sings one's praises," with J. Pfeffer, R.B. Cialdini and R.R. Portnoy, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 32, 2006, pp. 1362-1374.
- "Using the concept of self-enhancement to build an integrated model of power and influence," with J. Pfeffer, Organizational Science, Vol. 16, 2005, pp. 372-388.
- "Dueling experiences and dual ambivalences: Emotional and motivational ambivalence of women in high status positions," with L.Z. Tiedens, Motivation and Emotion, Vol. 26, 2002, pp. 105-121.
- ""I'm innocent!": Effects of training on judgments of truth and deception in the interrogation room," with S.M. Kassin, Law & Human Behavior, Vol. 23, 1999, pp. 499-516.
- "The end of business schools? Less success than meets the eye," with J. Pfeffer, Academy of Management: Learning and Education, Vol. 1, 2002, pp. 78-96.
- "Automatic activation of stereotypes: The role of self-image threat," with S. Spencer, S. Fein, C.T. Wolfe and M.A. Dunn, Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol.24, 1999, pp. 1139-1152.
Current Research
Emotions in the workplace; creativity and innovation; power and politics; self enhancement and impression management; duality and psychological conflict in emotions, goals and identities
Honors and Awards
Grant recipient, Business and Economic Development Center, UW (2009)
Nominee, Faculty Mentor award, UW Doctoral Business School Association (2006-2008)
Winner, Academy of Management Learning and Education 2004 Best Paper Award for "The End of Business Schools? Less Success than meets the Eye?" with Jeffrey Pfeffer (2005)
Academic Service
Member of Academy of Management
Member of American Psychological Association Editorial Board
Academy of Management Learning and Education Editorial Board
Academy of Management Review Editorial Board
Journal of Management Studies Reviewer for:
- Academy of Management Journal
- Administrative Science Quarterly
- Group and Organization Management
- Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
- Organization Science
- Journal of Management Issues