University of Florida
Warrington College of Business
Management Department
Stuzin Hall 235
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Bio
Dr. Erez earned his Ph.D. and M. S. at the Industrial and Labor Relations School at Cornell University. He attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he earned his B. A. in Business Administration and Philosophy and an M. A. in Philosophy. His research focuses on how positive moods and positive personality, influence individuals thought processes, motivation, and work behaviors. Dr. Erez also investigates how negative work behaviors such as rudeness and disrespect affect individuals performance and cognition. He has published this research in scholarly journals including Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Academy of Management Journal, Personnel Psychology, Personality and Individual Differences, Human Performance, and Journal of Organizational Behavior.
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Education All years
- PhD, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1997
- MS, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1993
- MA, Hebrew University, 1991
- BA, Hebrew University, 1988
News All articles
- The deadly cost of workplace rudeness — August 27, 2024 — New research reveals that rudeness in the workplace is far more than just unpleasant — it can be downright dangerous. Teams from the Unive...
- The Ripple Effects of Rudeness — July 1, 2024 — A single act of rudeness at work can do a lot more harm than managers might realize, according to University of Florida research. Not only c...
- Warrington faculty listed among top scientists in the world — April 11, 2023 — Numerous Warrington faculty have ranked among the top 2% of most influential scientists in the world, according to a recent study by researc...
- Why being rude to the waiter (or other staff) is the worst strategy — October 24, 2022 — After James Corden was accused of being ‘nasty’, W.A. McGriff, III Professor Amir Erez explains why rudeness doesn’t pay. “It’s ab...
- 10 innovative research insights you can apply to your life and career — October 3, 2022 — Beyond educating the next generation of business leaders, faculty at the UF Warrington College of Business are researching the next great so...
Courses taught Last 3 years
- Affect and Congnition (MAN6930)
- Organization Behavior (MAN5245)
- Organizational Behav (MAN5246)
PhD students advised Last 3 years
- Soo Yon Ryu — 2021 — Current
- Sujin Park — 2023 — 2024
- Yvonne Huang — 2022 — 2024
- Felipe Marinelli Affonso — 2019 — 2023
- Jake Philip Gale — 2020 — 2023
- Jason Olmanson — 2022 — 2023
- Xiang Wang — 2022 — 2023
- Xianglan Nan — 2019 — 2023
- George Rano — 2021 — 2022
- Minzhe Xu — 2019 — 2022
Journal article publications Last 5 years
- A review of the short-term implications of discrete, episodic incivility. Status: PublishedJournal: Social and Personality Psychology CompassPublished Year: 2024Authors: Andrew Woolum, Trevor Foulk, Amir Erez
- Overconfidence and hostile: Effects of overconfidence on workplace interrelationships. Status: SubmittedJournal: Journal of Applied PsychologyAuthors: Amir Erez, Jake Gale, Binyamin Cooper, Christine Porath, George Rano
- Event-sampling method with experimental design - a method for bringing the family back into the family business Status: AcceptedJournal: Journal of Family Business StrategyAccepted Year: 2022Authors: Giorgia D' Allura, Amir Erez, Trevor Foulk
- Trapped by a first hypothesis: How rudeness leads to anchoring Status: PublishedJournal: Journal of Applied PsychologyPublished Year: 2022Authors: Binyamin Cooper, Christopher Giordano, Amir Erez, Trevor Foulk, Heather Reed, Kent Berg
- How witnessing rudeness can disrupt psycho-motor performance of dental students. Status: PublishedJournal: Journal of Dental EducationPublished Year: 2021Authors: Amir Erez, Echeto Luisa, Binyamin Cooper, Jake Gale, Andrew Woolum, Joseph Katz, Marcio Guelmann, Roy Jerrell, Panagiotis Zoidis
- It's lonely at the bottom (too): The effects of psychological powerlessness on social closeness and withdrawal behaviors Status: PublishedJournal: Personnel PsychologyPublished Year: 2021Authors: Trevor Foulk, Irene De Pater, Michael Schaerer, Christilene du Plessis, Randy Lee, Amir Erez
- Discrete incivility events and team performance: A cognitive perspective on a pervasive human resource (HR) issue. Status: PublishedJournal: Research in Personnel and Human Resource ManagementAccepted Year: 2021Authors: Arieh Riskin, Peter Bamberger, Amir Erez, Aya Zeiger
- The effects of rudeness, experience, and perspective-taking on challenging premature closure after pediatric ICU physicians receive hand-off with the wrong diagnosis: a randomized controlled simulation trial. Status: PublishedJournal: DiagnosisPublished Year: 2020Authors: Michael Avesar, Amir Erez, Jenna Essakow, Caulette Young, Binyamin Cooper, Denizhan Akan, Margaret Klein, Todd Chang, Alyssa Rake
- exploring the puzzle of civility: Whether and when team civil communication influences team members' role performance Status: PublishedJournal: Human RelationsPublished Year: 2020Authors: Yihao Liu, Dana Vashdi, Tom Cross, Peter Bamberger, Amir Erez