James R. Detert
Professor Detert's research focuses on three topics: 1) the antecedents, processes, and outcomes of improvement-oriented voice from subordinates to authorities in work organizations; 2) leadership processes, behaviors, and outcomes; and 3) ethical decision making and behavior, particularly the sociocognitive processes and mechanisms of moral disengagement. His research and consulting experiences on these and other topics range across a variety of high-technology and service-oriented industries, as well as public sector institutions, such as K-12 education. His research has appeared in outlets that include Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organization Science, and Harvard Business Review. Detert received his MA in sociology and PhD in organizational behavior from Harvard University. He also holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota and a BBA from the University of Wisconsin. He came to Cornell in 2007, after spending four years as an assistant professor at the Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University.
Selected Publications and Working Papers
Detert, J.R. & Trevino, L.K. Forthcoming. Speaking up to higher ups: How supervisors and skip-level leaders influence employee voice. Organization Science.
Gephart, J., Detert, J.R., Trevino, L.K., & Edmondson, A.C. Forthcoming, 2009. Silenced by fear: Psychological, social, and evolutionary drivers of voice behavior at work. Research in Organizational Behavior.
Detert, J.R., Trevino, L.K., & Sweitzer, V.L. 2008. Moral disengagement in ethical decision making: A study of antecedents and outcomes. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93 (2): 374-391.
Detert, J.R. & Burris, E.R. 2007. Leadership behavior and employee voice: Is the door really open? Academy of Management Journal, 50 (4): 869-884.
Detert, J.R., Trevino, L.K., Burris, E.R., & Andiappan, M. 2007. Managerial modes of influence and counterproductivity in organizations: A longitudinal business-unit-level investigation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92 (4): 993-1005.
james.detert@johnson.cornell.edu
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