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Jennifer Nahrgang
Professor
Faculty
TEMPE Campus
Mailcode
4006
Biography
Jennifer D. Nahrgang is an associate professor of management and entrepreneurship in the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Before her career in academia, Nahrgang spent five years working as a financial analyst and financial services supervisor for ExxonMobil Corporation, the world’s largest publicly traded international oil and gas company. At Arizona State, she currently teaches organizational behavior, leadership and team development topics in the full-time MBA program as well as in Executive Education programs with clients such as Mayo Clinic, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Arizona, Salt River Project, and numerous small businesses. Nahrgang enjoys working with students, executives and organizations to help them discover more effective ways of developing their own leadership and the leadership talent within their organization.
In the area of research, Nahrgang focuses on leadership processes and leadership development, team dynamics and effectiveness, and employee voice and engagement where she has published numerous articles in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Organization Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Leadership Quarterly. Nahrgang holds a doctorate in Organizational Behavior from the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. She is a member of the Academy of Management, American Psychological Association and Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and serves on numerous editorial review boards of top-tier journals in the field of management.
Education
- Ph.D. Organizational Behavior, Michigan State University 2009
- M.B.A. Oklahoma State University
- B.S. Business Administration, Accounting (Honors), Oklahoma State University
Research Interests
Professor Nahrgang's research focuses on leadership processes and leadership development, team dynamics and effectiveness, and employee voice and engagement where she has published numerous articles in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Organization Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Leadership Quarterly.
Publications
Representative Publications:
- Seo, J.J., Nahrgang, J.D., Carter, M.Z., & Hom, P.W. 2018. Not all differentiation is the same: Examining LMX configurations and the impact on collective organizational commitment and collective turnover. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103: 478-495.
- DeRue, D.S., Nahrgang, J.D., & Ashford, S.J. 2015. Interpersonal perceptions and the emergence of leadership structures in groups: A network perspective. Organization Science, 26: 1192-1209.
- Nahrgang, J. D., DeRue, D. S., Hollenbeck, J. R., Spitzmuller, M., Jundt, D. K., & Ilgen, D. R. 2013. Goal setting in teams: Impact of learning and performance goals on process and performance. Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes, 122: 12-21.
- DeRue, D.S., Nahrgang, J.D., Hollenbeck, J.R., & Workman, K.M. 2012. A quasi-experimental study of after-event reviews and leadership development. Journal of Applied Psychology, 97: 997-1015.
- Nahrgang, J. D., Morgeson, F. P., & Hofmann, D. A. 2011. Safety at work: A meta-analytic investigation of the link between job demands, job resources, burnout, engagement, and safety outcomes. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96: 71-94.
- DeRue, D. S., Nahrgang, J. D., Wellman, N., Humphrey, S.E. 2011. Trait and behavioral theories of leadership: An integration and meta-analytic test of their relative validity. Personnel Psychology, 64: 7-52.
- Sin, H. P., Nahrgang, J. D., & Morgeson, F. P. 2009. Understanding why they don’t see eye-to-eye: A meta-analytic examination of leader-member exchange (LMX) agreement. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94: 1048-1057.
- Nahrgang, J. D., Morgeson, F. P., & Ilies, R. 2009. The development of leader-member exchanges: Exploring how personality and performance influence leader and member relationships over time. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 108: 256-266.
Courses
| Summer 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| MGT 792 | Research |
| Spring 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| MGT 525 | Leadership and Teamwork |
| MGT 792 | Research |
| MGT 799 | Dissertation |
| Fall 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| MGT 526 | Future World of Work |
| MGT 792 | Research |
| MGT 799 | Dissertation |
| Summer 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| MGT 792 | Research |
| Spring 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| MGT 525 | SelfTransform Thru ExecConnect |
| MGT 791 | Seminar |
| MGT 792 | Research |
| MGT 799 | Dissertation |
| Fall 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| MGT 792 | Research |
| MGT 799 | Dissertation |
| Summer 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| MGT 792 | Research |
| Spring 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| MGT 525 | SelfTransform Thru ExecConnect |
| MGT 591 | Seminar |
| MGT 792 | Research |
| MGT 799 | Dissertation |
| Fall 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| MGT 525 | SelfTransform Thru ExecConnect |
| MGT 591 | Seminar |
| MGT 792 | Research |
| MGT 799 | Dissertation |
| Summer 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| MGT 792 | Research |
| Spring 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| MGT 525 | SelfTransform Thru ExecConnect |
| MGT 591 | Seminar |
| MGT 792 | Research |
| MGT 799 | Dissertation |
| Fall 2016 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| MGT 502 | Org Theory/Behavior |
| MGT 525 | SelfTransform Thru ExecConnect |
| MGT 591 | Seminar |
| MGT 791 | Seminar |
| MGT 792 | Research |
| MGT 799 | Dissertation |
| Spring 2016 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| MGT 591 | Seminar |
| MGT 792 | Research |
| MGT 799 | Dissertation |
| Fall 2015 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| MGT 502 | Organization Theory/Behavior |
| MGT 591 | Seminar |
| MGT 792 | Research |
| MGT 799 | Dissertation |
Editorships
Editorial Board Membership
Academy of Management Journal, 2011-Present
Journal of Applied Psychology, 2014-Present
Leadership Quarterly, 2015-Present
Personnel Psychology, 2010-Present
Professional Associations
Academy of Management (AOM)
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
American Psychological Association (APA)
Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup)