Select Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics Publications

Hernandez, M., Avery, D. R., Volpone, S. D., & Kaiser, C. R. (2019).

Emily M. David, Sabrina D. Volpone & Anup M. Nandialath (2019)

Abstract We seek to help solve the puzzle of why top-level leaders are disproportionately White men. We suggest that this race- and sex-based status and power gap persists, in part, because ethnic minority and female leaders are discouraged from engaging in diversity valuing behavior. We hypothesize, and test in both...

Abstract Disciplines such as business and economics often rely on the assumption of rationality when explaining complex human behaviours. However, growing evidence suggests that behaviour may concurrently be influenced by infectious microorganisms. The protozoan Toxoplasma gondii infects an estimated 2 billion people worldwide and has been linked to behavioural alterations...

Abstract Over the last two years, awareness about the sexual mistreatment of women has stunned the world. According to analysis by the New York Times, the defeat of Hilary Clinton and election of Donald Trump spurred a women’s movement in the US that began in November of 2016 and resulted...

Volpone, S. D., Marquardt, D. J., Casper, W. J., & Avery, D. R. (2018)

By David R. Hekman, Stefanie K. Johnson, Maw-Der Foo, and Wei Yang. Academy of Management Journal (2016)

ABSTRACT. Instructors often rely on seductive details, such as jokes, stories, and video clips, to keep trainees entertained. However, this extraneous information may inadvertently detract from the course content, and the between-person nature of past research precludes understanding the dynamic process by which seductive details influence learning. Using a repeated...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the main and interactive effects of general and safety-specific leader justice (SSLJ) (i.e. fair treatment) and leader support for safety (LSS) on safety performance. Design/methodology/approach Two independent samples of construction workers rate their leaders with regards to fair treatment and support...

ABSTRACT : Physically attractive women are discriminated against when applying for masculine sex-typed jobs, a phenomenon known as the beauty is beastly effect . We conducted three studies to establish an intervention for mitigating the beauty is beastly effect and to determine mediators and moderators of the intervention. As expected,...