Foster School of Business
University of Washington
Box: 353226
Seattle, WA 98195-3226
Featured Research
- Air pollution exacts a serious psychological and economic toll in the workplace
- Feelings of unfair treatment trigger the worst in narcissistic leaders
- Cultivating gratitude in the workplace can be good for the bottom line
- Christmas cheer? The hidden toll of friendly customer service
- The unburdening lightness of forgiving
- Working flextime? Bosses prefer early birds to night owls
- The Year in Research: 2013-14
- The Foster Why
Ryan Fehr
- Associate Professor of Management Michael G. Foster Endowed Fellow
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Education
- PhD University of Maryland, College Park (2010)
- MA University of Maryland, College Park (2007)
- BA The College of New Jersey (2005)
Academic Expertise
- corporate social responsibility
- ethics
- gratitude
- organizational behavior
Current Research
- Positive Organizational Scholarship
- Ethics and Morality
- Leadership
Positions Held
- At the University of Washington since 2011
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Maryland, College Park, 2010-2011
Selected Publications
- “How do employees react to leaders’ unethical behavior? The role of moral disengagement.“Journal Article:Fehr, R., Fulmer, C.A., & Keng-Highberger, F.T., (2020). Personnel Psychology,
- “The role of moral decoupling in the causes and consequences of unethical pro-organizational behavior“Journal Article:Fehr, R., Welsh, D., Yam, K.C., Baer, M., Wei, W., & Vaulont, M., (2019). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 153, pp. 27-40.
- “Polluted work: A self-control perspective on air pollution appraisals, organizational citizenship, and counterproductive work behavior“Journal Article:Fehr, R., Yam, K.C., He, W., Chiang, J.T., & Wei, W., (2017). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 143, pp. 98-110.
- “How do leaders react when treated unfairly? Leader narcissism and self-interested behavior in response to unfair treatment.“Journal Article:Liu, H., Chiang, J. T., Fehr, R., Xu, M., & Wang, S., (in press). Journal of Applied Psychology.,
- “The grateful workplace: A multilevel model of gratitude in organizations“Journal Article:Fehr, R., Fulmer, A., Awtrey, E., & Miller, J, (in press). Academy of Management Review,
- “Moralized Leadership: The Construction and Consequences of Ethical Leader Perceptions“Journal Article:Fehr, R., Yam, K.C., & Dang, C., (2015). Academy of Management Review,
- “Morning Employees are Better Employees: Employees’ Start Times Influence Supervisor Performance Ratings“Journal Article:Yam, K. C., Fehr, R., & Barnes, C., (2014). Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 99, pp. 1288-1299.
- “The forgiving organization: A multilevel model of forgiveness at work“Journal Article:Fehr, R., & Gelfand, M.J., (2012). Academy of Management Review, Vol. 37(4), pp. 664-688.
- “When apologies work: How matching apology components to victims’ self-construals facilitates forgiveness“Journal Article:Fehr, R., & Gelfand, M.J., (2010). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 113(1), pp. 37–50.
- “The road to forgiveness: A meta-analytic synthesis of its situational and dispositional correlates“Journal Article:Fehr, R., Gelfand, M.J., & Nag, M., (2010). Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 136, pp. 894-914.
PhD Student Collaborators
Honors and Awards
- Ascendant scholar award, Western Academy of Management, 2016
- University of Washington PhD Program Mentoring Award, 2015
- University of Washington Evening MBA Core Professor of the Year, 2014-2015
- National University of Singapore Isaac Manasseh Meyer Fellowship, 2014
- Best Paper With Student First Author (Kai Chi Yam), AOM Human Resources Division, 2014
- Arnold P. Gold Foundation grant for humanistic healthcare research, Co-Investigator, 2013
- Best Paper for Excellence in Ethics, Notre Dame Excellence in Ethics Research Conference, 2013
- UW School of Medicine grant for conflict research, Co-Investigator, 2012
- Best Paper for New Directions in Conflict, AOM Conflict Management Division, 2011
- Best Dissertation for 2009 or 2010, International Association for Conflict Management
- Best Paper for New Directions in Conflict, AOM Conflict Management Division, 2009
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
- Department of Homeland Security START Dissertation Fellowship
- International Association for Conflict Management DRRC Scholar Award
- National Science Foundation REU Grant
Courses Taught
- MGMT504: Ethical Leadership
- MGMT320: Business, Government, and Society
- MGMT545: Leading and Managing High-Performance Organizations