Current Research Topics

Models for understanding decisions to trust and trust development; processes of trust repair; relationship between unethical negotiation tactics and trust; how conflicting parties frame conflict dynamics

Selected Publications

With B. Gray and M. Elliott, Making Sense of Intractable Environmental Conflicts: Concepts and Cases, editors, Island Press, 2003; with B. Barry and D. Saunders, Negotiation, 6th ed., McGraw Hill, 2010; with A. Hiam, Mastering Business Negotiation, Wiley/JosseyBass, 2006; with E. Tomlinson and N. Gillespie, "Models of Interpersonal Trust Development: Theoretical Approaches, Empirical Evidence and Future Directions," Journal of Management, 32(6), 2006; with K. Dirks and A. Zaheer, "Repairing relationships within and between organizations: Building a conceptual foundation," overview to a Special Topic Forum on Trust and Relationship Repair edited by the authors, Academy of Management Review, 34(1), 2009 ; with A. De Wulf, B. Gray, L.L. Purnam, N. Aarts, R. Bouwen, and C. Van Woerkum, "Disentangling approaches to framing in conflict and negotiation research: mapping the terrain," Human Relations, 62(2), 2009; with C. Brinsfield, "Trust, distrust and building social capital," in Social Capital: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Edward Elgar, 2009; with J. Bailey, "The Research Teaching Nexus: Tensions and Opportunities," forthcoming in Handbook of Management Learning, Sage Publications, 2009

Awards

David Bradford Outstanding Educator Award, Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, 1988; President, International Association of Conflict Management, 1997–98; Fellow, 2003, Distinguished Educator Award, 2005, Academy of Management; Pacesetter’s Westerbeck Graduate Teaching Award, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, 2008

Professional Activities

Academic positions: Assistant Professor, Yale University, 1968–72; Associate Professor, Tuck School, Adjunct Associate Professor, Dartmouth College, 1972–77; Associate Professor, 1978–84, Associate Dean, Assistant Dean, and Director of the MBA Program, 1979–84, Fuqua School, Duke University; Associate Professor, 1984–87, Associate Dean, 1984–91, Professor, 1987–present, Dean's Distinguished Professor, 1998–2007, Abramowitz Memorial Professor of Business Ethics, 2007–present, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University; Visiting Professor, Tuck School, 1995; Distinguished Connelly Scholar in Business Ethics, Georgetown University, 1996; Tuck School of Business, 2008–present

Editorial positions: Founding Editor, Academy of Management Learning and Education, 2000–04; Editorial Boards: Academy of Management Learning and Education, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Education, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes