Brian W. Swider

Brian W. Swider

  • Christopher and Yeniley Winfrey Professor of Business
  • Interim Chair & Professor
  • Chair, Management Department

Location

  • Warrington College of Business
  • Management Department
  • Human Resource Research Center
  • Doctor of Business Administration
  • Stuzin Hall 239
CVScholarly Works

Dr. Brian Swider is a Professor and the Christopher and Yeniley Winfrey Professor of Business at the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida. His research focuses on how and why employees enter and exit organizations, including topics such as recruitment, personality, employment interviews, withdrawal, and turnover. His work has been published in such journals as Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Management, Human Resource Management, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Leadership Quarterly. His scholarly works have been cited in dozens of popular press outlets, including Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Harvard Business Review, The Today Show, New York Magazine, Forbes, Fast Company, Newsday, and Yahoo! Finance. Brian has received several awards for his research, including the Early Career Achievement Award from the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management. He previously served as an Associate Editor for Personnel Psychology and Human Resource Management.

Courses taught

  • Advanced DBA Research (MAN7978)
  • DBA Doctoral Dissertation/Defense (MAN7985)
  • Org Behavior (MAN7249)
  • Organizational Staffing (MAN6366)
  • Special Topics (MAN6930)

Education

    • Ph.D, Organizational Behavior Studies., Texas A&M University, 2011
    • BS, Management Science, General., University of Florida, 2006

Conference proceeding publications

  • Payday As A Temporal Landmark
    • Journal: Academy of Management Proceedings
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2023
    • Authors: Laurens Steed, Brian W. Swider
  • Person-Environment Fit: New Conceptualizations And The Role In Recruiting And Job Search
    • Journal: Academy of Management Proceedings
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2022
    • Authors: Allison Stephanie Gabriel. Rossetti, Murray R. Barrick, Philip Santino. Deortentiis, Andrew A. Bennett, Le Zhou, James M. Diefendorff, Brian W. Swider, Dave Sullivan, Youngah Park, Connie R. Wanberg, Abdifatah Ahmed. Ali, Bori Borbala. Csillag, Xuan Liu, Shuai Ren, Gary Greguras, Michael Daniels, Jiyeon Hyun
  • Insights From Fit Research On Navigating The Great Resignation
    • Journal: Academy of Management Proceedings
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2022
    • Authors: Murray R. Barrick, Brian W. Swider, Dave Sullivan, Christina S. Li, Jacob Whitney, Christina Li, Kristina Tirol-Carmody, Qi Zhang, Kristina Tirol Carmody

Journal article publications

  • The Influence Of Employee-Supervisor Perfectionism (In)Congruence On Employees: A Configurational Approach
    • Journal: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2026
    • Authors: Brian W. Swider, Yixuan Li, Kaili Zhang, Baoluo Wang
  • Dirty Work History And Future Career Success: Does The “Dirt” Stick?
    • Journal: Journal of Applied Psychology
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2026
    • Authors: Junhui Yang, Brian W. Swider, Yanran Fang
  • The Influence Of Friends’ Person-Organization Fit During Recruitment.
    • Journal: Journal of Applied Psychology
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2025
    • Authors: Dave Sullivan, Brian W. Swider
  • The Use Of Trajectories In Management Research: A Review And Insights For Future Research
    • Journal: Journal of Management
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2024
    • Authors: Brian W. Swider, Junhui Yang, Mo Wang
  • Back-Translation Practices In Organizational Research: Avoiding Loss In Translation.
    • Journal: Journal of Applied Psychology
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2023
    • Authors: Anthony C. Klotz, Brian W. Swider, Seo Hyun. Kwon
  • Applicant Initial Preferences: The Relationship With Job Choices
    • Journal: Personnel Psychology
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2022
    • Authors: Brian W. Swider, Laurens Steed
  • First Impression Effects In Organizational Psychology.
    • Journal: Journal of Applied Psychology
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2022
    • Authors: Brian W. Swider, Thomas Brady. Harris, Qing Gong