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Bruce Avolio
Professor of Management
Mark Pigott Chair in Business Strategic Leadership

Education

  • PhD University of Akron (1981)
  • MA University of Akron (1978)
  • BA State University of New York (1975)

Expertise

gamification, global business, leadership, organizational behavior, organizational transformation

Positions Held

At the University of Washington since 2008
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (2000-2003)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Professor of Management (2001-2008)
Director, Gallup Leadership Institute (2003-2008)
Director of Doctoral Program in Leadership (2003-2008)
Clifton Chair in Leadership (2001-2008)
Senior Research Scientist, State University of New York
Co-Director of Global Center for Leadership Studies (2000-2001)
Director of Global Center for Leadership Studies (1998-2000)
Co-Director Eisenhower Leadership Development Project (1993-1996)
Director of Doctoral Programs (1993-1994)
Co-Director of the Kellogg Leadership Program (1990-1994)
Director of Graduate Programs (1990-1993)
Associate Director of the Center for Cognitive and Psycholinguistics Sciences (1988-1992)

Selected Publications

  1. “The Role of CEO Accounts and Perceived Integrity in Analysts’ Forecasts”
    Skarlicki, D., Rogo, R., Avolio, B.J., Lo, K., and DeHaas, C.A., (in press). Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes, Vol. 176.
  2. “Authentic Leadership’s Impact on Follower Psychological Capital and Performance through Organizational Identification and Role Clarity”
    Johnson, H.H., Bluhm, D., Hannah, S., Avolio, B.J., and Lester, P., (2023). Human Performance, Vol. 36(5), pp. 219–248.
  3. “Creating Service Academies to Institutionalize a Strategic Leadership Development Focus”
    Avolio, B.J., and Drummey, K.C., (2023). Journal of Leadership Studies & Organizational Studies.
  4. “Do Employees’ Views Matter in Corporate Governance? The Relationship Between Employee Approval and CEO Dismissal”
    Wang, D., Shen, W., Zhu, Q., Avolio, B.J., and Waldman, D.A., (2022). Strategic Management Journal, pp. 1–27.
  5. “Unpacking Psychological Ownership: How Transactional and Transformational Leaders Motivate Ownership”
    Guarana, C., and Avolio, B.J., (2022). Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, Vol. 13, pp. 96–114.
  6. “Walking Our Evidence-Based Talk: The Case of Leadership Development in Business Schools”
    Leroy, H.L., Anisman-Razin, M., Avolio, B., Bresman, H., Bunderson, S., Burris, E., Claeys, J., Detert, J., Dragoni, L., Giessner, S., Kniffin, K., Kolditz, T., Petriglieri, G., Pettit, N., Sitkin, S.B., Van Quaquebeke, N., and Vongswasdi, P., (forthcoming). Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, Vol. 29(1), pp. 5–32.
  7. “Take a ‘Selfie’: Examining How Leaders Emerge from Leader Self-Awareness, Self-Leadership, and Self-Efficacy”
    Bracht, E.M., Keng-Highberger, F.T., Avolio, B.J., and Huang, Y., (2021). Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 12.
  8. “Behavioral Integrity: Examining the Effects of Trust Velocity and Psychological Contract Breach”
    Vogelgesang, G., Crossley, C., Avolio, B.J., and Simon, T., (2021). Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 172(1), pp. 175–190.
  9. “Team Psychological Safety and Conflict Trajectories’ Effect on Individuals’ Team Identification and Satisfaction”
    Johnson, H., and Avolio, B.J., (2019). Group & Organization Management, Vol. 44(5), pp. 843–873.
  10. “Revisiting the Development and Validation of the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire: Analytical Considerations”
    Avolio, B.J., Wernsing, T., and Gardner, W.L., (2018). Journal of Management, Vol. 44(2), pp. 399–411.
  11. “Leadership in Applied Psychology: Three Waves of Theory and Research”
    Lord, R.G., Day, D.V., Zaccaro, S.J., Avolio, B.J., and Eagly, A., (2017). Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 102(3), pp. 434–451.
  12. “E-Leadership”
    Kahai, S., Avolio, B., and Sosik, J., (2017). In G. Hertel, D. Stone, R. Johnson, and J. Passmore (Eds.), The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of the Internet at Work. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
  13. “Candor and Transparency: Aligning Your Leadership Constellation”
    Avolio, B.J., (2016). People & Strategy, Vol. 39(4), pp. 17–20.
  14. “An Integrative Process Model of Leadership: Examining Leadership Loci, Mechanisms, and Event Cycles”
    Eberly, M.B., Johnson, M.D., Hernandez, M., and Avolio, B.J., (2013). American Psychologist, Vol. 68(6), pp. 427–443.
  15. “Leadership Models, Methods, and Applications: Progress and Remaining Blind Spots”
    Avolio, B., Sosik, J.J., Berson, Y., Borman, W., Ilgen, D., and Klimoski, R., (2013). The Complete Handbook of Psychology, Vol. 12: Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
  16. “Embedding Ethical Leadership Within and Across Organizational Levels”
    Avolio, B., Schaubroeck, J.M., Hannah, S.T., Kozlowski, S.W.J., Lord, R.G., Treviño, L.K., Peng, A.C., and Dimotakas, N., (2012). Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 55(5), pp. 1053–1078.
  17. “Leader Self and Means Efficacy: A Multi-Component Approach”
    Avolio, B., Hannah, S.T., Chan, A., and Walumbwa, F., (2012). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 118, pp. 143–161.
  18. “The Loci and Mechanisms of Leadership: Exploring a More Comprehensive View of Leadership Theory”
    Hernandez, M., Eberly, M.B., Avolio, B.J., and Johnson, M.D., (2011). Leadership Quarterly, Vol. 22(6), pp. 1165–1185.
  19. “Leadership and Management Research in Africa: A Synthesis and Suggestions for Future Research”
    Avolio, B., Walumbwa, F.O., and Aryee, S., (2011). Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 84, pp. 425–439.
  20. “Authentic Leadership and Effects on Follower Moral Courage, Psychological Capital, and Performance”
    Avolio, B., Hannah, S.T., and Walumbwa, F.O., (2011). Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 21(4), pp. 555–557.
  21. “Mentoring Impact on Leader Efficacy Development: A Field Experiment”
    Avolio, B., Lester, P.O., Hannah, S.T., Harmes, P.D., and Lester, G., (2011). Academy of Management Learning and Education Journal, Vol. 10, pp. 402–429.
  22. “Leader Character, Ethos, and Virtue: Individual and Collective Considerations”
    Avolio, B., and Hannah, S.T., (2011). The Leadership Quarterly, Vol. 22, pp. 989–994.
  23. “The Locus of Leadership”
    Avolio, B., and Hannah, S.T., (2011). The Leadership Quarterly, Vol. 22, pp. 979–983.
  24. “Building Moral Capacity: Toward a Holistic Development Model”
    Avolio, B., Hannah, S.T., and May, D.R., (2011). Academy of Management Review, Vol. 36, pp. 663–685.
  25. “Psychological Capital and Employee Performance Over Time: A Latent Growth Modeling Approach”
    Avolio, B., Peterson, S.J., Luthans, F., Walumbwa, F., and Zhang, Z., (2011). Personnel Psychology, Vol. 64(2), pp. 427–450.
  26. “An Investigation of the Relationships Between Leader and Follower Psychological Capital, Service Climate, and Job Performance”
    Avolio, B., Walumbwa, F.O., Peterson, S.J., and Hartnell, C.A., (2010). Personnel Psychology, Vol. 63, pp. 977–1003.
  27. “The Genetic Basis of Entrepreneurship: Effects of Gender and Parents”
    Avolio, B., Zhang, Z., Zyphur, M., Narayanan, J., Chaturvedi, S., Lichtenstein, P., and Larsson, G., (2009). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 110, pp. 93–107.

Honors and Awards

International Leadership Association 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award
Named a Fellow of the American Psychological Society (2009)
Named a Fellow of the Academy of Management (2009)
Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, and Gerontological Society
SUNY-Binghamton Award for Distinguished Scholarly Research (2000)
Appointed to Chief of Defense Advisory Council, Singapore (2002)
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence (2001)
Corning Innovation and Research Award (1988, 1998)
Nominated Fellow, Five-year Kellogg Leadership Studies Project

Courses Taught

Management 511: Leadership & Coaching
Technology MBA Management 510: Leadership Development
Technology Management 549: International Business & Cultural Immersion
Management 583: Special Topics in Organizational Behavior
Developing BA/GENST 391: Learning Leadership in Theory & Practice

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Bruce Avolio

Academic Department

Management & Organization

Academic Service

Senior Editor for the Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
Board member, UW Historic Shellhouse and University Advancement (2018 - Present)
Past Associate Editor, Human Resource Management Journal
Past Board Member for the Psychology and Aging Journal
Board Member for Academy of Management Journal, Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Journal of Organizational Behavior

Editorial Reviewer for Experimental Aging Research, Personnel Psychology, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Gerontology, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Academy of Management Review, and Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Special Editor for International Journal of Public Administration
Consulting Editor: Iatrogenics Handbook, R. Morgan Canadian National Institute of Sciences
U.S. Department of Education
Editor, The Applied Gerontologist (1985-1986)

Current Research

Examining how to accelerate positive forms of leadership

Consulting

Focusing on strategic leadership transformation and organization change