Professional Summary
Dr. Eli Awtrey (Ph.D., University of Washington) is an assistant professor of organizational behavior at the Carl H. Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati. He conducts research about the experience of working in organizations, with a special focus on teamwork and positive organizational behavior. This includes topics such as leadership development, team composition and dynamics, decision making, and well-being. His research appears in Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Discoveries, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, among others. His paper on gratitude in organizations was a finalist for Best Paper of the Year in Academy of Management Review. Dr. Awtrey teaches leadership and teams courses to masters students and research methods courses at the doctoral level. He was awarded the Daniel J. Westerbeck Junior Faculty Graduate Teaching Award in 2020. Prior to academia, he spent 10+ years in non-profit management with a focus on leadership development. He also has substantial experience in IT, communications, and market research.
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Education
Ph D: University of Washington Seattle, WA, 2018 (Business Administration)
MS: University of Washington Seattle, WA, 2013 (Business Administration)
MBA: University of Oregon Eugene, OR, 2010 (Business Administration)
BS: University of Oregon Eugene, OR, 1998 (Magazine Journalism)
Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa, CA, 1995
Research and Practice Interests
Team processes (collaboration, decision-making, trust)
Positive organizational behavior (well-being, compassion, gratitude)
Within-unit structures (networks, dispersion, disparity, diversity)
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Thienprayoon, R.; Sinclair, S.; Lown, B.; Pestian, T.; Awtrey, E.; Winick, N.; Kanov, J. (2022. ) Organizational compassion: Ameliorating healthcare workers' suffering and burnout.Journal of Wellness, , 3 (4 ) ,1 More Information
Johnson, M.J.; Awtrey, E.; Ong, W. Verdicts, elections, and counterterrorism: When groups take unofficial votes.Academy of Management Discoveries, , More Information
Silberzahn, R.; Uhlmann, E. L.; Martin, D. P.; Anselmi, P.; Aust, F.; Awtrey, Eli; +58 others; Nosek, B. A. (2018. ) Many Analysts, One Data Set: Making Transparent How Variations in Analytic Choices Affect Results.Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, , 1 (3 ) ,337-356 More Information
Fehr, R.; Fulmer, A.; Awtrey, E.; Miller, J.A. (2017. ) The grateful workplace: A multilevel model of gratitude in organizations.Academy of Management Review, , 42 (2 ) ,361-381 More Information
Tierney, W.; Schweinsberg, M.; Jordan, J.; Kennedy, D.M.; Qureshi, I.; Sommer, S.A.; Thornley, N.; Madan, N.; Vianello, M.; Awtrey, E.; +71 others; Uhlmann, E.L. (2016. ) Data from a pre-publication independent replication initiative examining ten moral judgement effects.Scientific Data, , (3 ) ,160082 More Information
Schweinsberg, Martin; Madan, Nikhil; Vianello, Michelangelo; Sommer, S. Amy; Jordan, Jennifer; Tierney, Warren; Awtrey, Eli; +71 others; Uhlmann, Eric Luis (2016. ) The pipeline project: Pre-publication independent replications of a single laboratory"s research pipeline.Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, , (66 ) ,55-67 More Information
Awtrey E.; Thornley N.; Dannals J.E.; Barnes C.M.; Uhlmann E.L. (2021. ) Distribution neglect in performance evaluations.Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, , (165 ) ,213-227 More Information
Barnes C.M.; Awtrey E.; Lucianetti L.; Spreitzer G. (2020. ) Leader sleep devaluation, employee sleep, and unethical behavior.Sleep Health, , 6 (3 ) ,411-417 More Information
Other Publications
Awtrey, Eli;Michael Johnson Arrested development: The long-term effects of early workload on team coordination and performance. . University of Washington
Awtrey, Eli;Kira Schabram;Sandra Robinson Drained and distracted: The interaction of member and team trust on member ability to focus. . University of Washington;University of British Columbia
Awtrey, Eli;Michael Johnson High risk, high reward: Diverse teams, dyadic collaboration and team performance. . University of Washington
Awtrey, Eli;Michael Johnson The microdynamic patterns of collaboration: Toward an emergent network theory of team diversity and performance. University of Washington
Awtrey, Eli;Ryan Fehr What about me? An event system theory approach to differentiated gratitude expressions. . University of Washington
Honors and Awards
2017 Finalist, Best Paper Academy of Management Review
2021 Finalist, University Research Council (URC) Faculty Research Scholars Award
2022 Finalist, University Research Council (URC) Faculty Research Scholars Award
2020 Daniel J. Westerbeck Junior Faculty Graduate Teaching Award
Student Advising
Dan Peat (Doctoral ) Committee Member 2023
Achira Sedari (Doctoral ) Committee Member 2023
Olivia Anger (Doctoral ) Chair 2023
Kaiqi Zhang (Doctoral ) Chair 2023
Service
Journal of Organizational Behavior Editorial Board Member 2022 -To Present
Academy of Management Discoveries Editorial Board Member 2020 -To Present
(Management Department Ph.D. Program ) Co-Coordinator 2021 -To Present
Professional Affiliation
2014 -To Present: Member Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research,
2012 -To Present: Member Academy of Management (Divisions: Organizational Behavior, Managerial and Organizational Cognition, Research Methods),
2018 -To Present: Positive Organizational Scholarship Community of Scholars
Courses Taught
Leadership and Organizations
High Performing Teams
Quantitative Organizational Research Methods