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Ronald Humphrey
Professor
Snead Hall, 301 W. Main Street, Box 844000
Richmond, VA 23284-4000

Office Room Number: B4111
Office Phone: 804-828-3173
Fax Number: 804-828-8884
E-mail Address: rhhumphr@vcu.edu

Profile: Professor, is a member of the doctoral faculty in the management program. His current research interests focus on leadership, and on cognitive and emotional processes in organizations, especially with regard to empathy, emotional labor, emotional intelligence, identity theory, performance appraisals, personnel selection, assessment centers, group dynamics, and decision-making. Much of his research concerns how the type of work that we do influences how we are perceived by others. He has also published several articles on the role of emotions at work and on how emotional displays can influence service effectiveness and employee morale. He published the edited book, Affect and Emotion: New Directions in Management Theory and Research, in 2008. He is currently writing a leadership textbook for SAGE. Professor Humphrey has published in the Academy of Management Review, Research in Organizational Behavior, American Sociological Review, Social Psychology Quarterly, Basic and Applied Social Psychology, Human Relations, Organization Science, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Public Opinion Quarterly, and other leading journals. He has presented numerous papers at conferences throughout Canada, UK and the U.S. Dr. Humphrey is a member or former member of the Academy of Management, the American Sociological Association, the Midwest Academy of Management, the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, and the International Federation of Scholarly Associations in Management. Dr. Humphrey received a Presidential Citation from President Reagan. President Reagan mentioned Dr. Humphrey's research from the Journal of Health and Social Behavior during a State of the Union Address. This same research was also the subject of numerous new stories in the national press. Dr. Humphrey's other articles have also been widely cited in textbooks and academic articles, and he has over a thousand citations.

Education: The University of Michigan (Ph.D., 1984), The University of Chicago (B.A., 1979)

Professional Experience: Claims Reviewer for the Social Security Administration and worked at two different survey research and marketing organizations.

Teaching: Professor, is a member of the doctoral faculty in the management program. He has served as Doctoral Coordinator for the program, and he is a former department chair. He has taught Leadership and Project Team Management; Organizational Behavior; Cognitive and Affective Processes; Senior Project; Strategic Human Resource Management.

Research: Leadership, Empathy, Emotional Intelligence, Affective Processes, Cognitive Processes, Collective Efficacy

Department: Management

Publications:

Humphrey, Ronald H., Catherine S. Daus, Janet B. Kellett, Randall G. Sleeth, and Nathan S. Hartman. “How Should Leadership Researchers Conceptualize and Measure Emotions?” The Leadership Quarterly has accepted our proposal to write a theoretical letter exchange. These letter exchanges are the same length as regular articles and are cited as much or more as regular articles.

Humphrey, Ronald H., Janet B. Kellett, Randall G. Sleeth, and Nathan S. Hartman. Forthcoming, Forthcoming, Fall 2007. “Research Trends in Emotions and Leadership.” Research Companion to Emotion in Organizations, edited by Neal M. Ashkanasy and Cary L. Cooper. Elgar, publishers.

Kellett, Janet B., Ronald H. Humphrey, and Randall G. Sleeth. 2006. “Empathy and the Emergence of Task and Relations Leaders.” The Leadership Quarterly, (17) 146-162.

Humphrey, Ronald H. 2006. “Promising Research Opportunities in Emotions and Coping with Conflict.” Journal of Management & Organization, 12(2) 179-186.

Kellett, Janet B., Ronald H. Humphrey, and Randall G. Sleeth. 2006. “Empathy and the Emergence of Task and Relations Leaders.” The Leadership Quarterly, (17) 146-162.

Kellett, Janet B., Ronald H. Humphrey, and Randall G. Sleeth. Forthcoming. “Empathy and the Emergence of Task and Relations Leaders.” The Leadership Quarterly.

Humphrey, R. H. (2005). Influencing Interpersonal Behavior through the Creation of Organizational Structures. (Leadership PDW presentation). Academy of Management Conference, Hawaii.

Humphrey, R. H. (2005). “Merging Job Characteristics with Affective Events Theory.” Academy of Management Conference, Hawaii.

Humphrey, R. H. (2005). “Job Characteristics and Affective Events Theory.” Symposium. Academy of Management Conference, Hawaii.

Humphrey, R. H. (2005). “Negotiating with Empathy: Implications for Authentic Leadership and Ethical Behavior.” Conference on Emotions in Organizations, Rotterdam, NL.

Humphrey, R. H. (2005). “Empathy, Emotional Expressiveness, and Leadership.” Proceedings of the Southern Management Association, Charleston, SC.

Humphrey, Ronald H. 2002. "The Many Faces of Emotional Leadership." The Leadership Quarterly, 13(5) 493-504

Kellett, Janet B., Ronald H. Humphrey, and Randall G. Sleeth. 2002. "Empathy and Complex Task Performance: Two Routes to Leadership." The Leadership Quarterly, 13(5) 523-544.

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