Amir Erez at UF Warrington College of Business

About

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.

Education

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

Research Interests

Motivation in Organizations
Dispositions and Emotions in Organizational Behavior
Research Methods in Organizational Studies

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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...
Warrington management department No. 1 in productivity per faculty — June 1, 2022 — GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Even with only 13 tenure-track faculty members, the Department of Management at the University of Florida Warrington C...
Management PhD student wins outstanding reviewer award — May 17, 2022 — GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Warrington management Ph.D. student Jake Gale is among the awardees of the Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Academy...
How to be a good coworker — January 6, 2022 — Enjoying your job stems from more than just the work you do. Anyone who’s experienced having a great coworker or having a not-so-great cow...
The latest innovative ideas from Warrington — August 10, 2021 — Over the 2020-2021 academic year, Warrington College of Business faculty members reminded us why they’re some of the best in the world, de...
When rudeness becomes a matter of life or death — June 21, 2021 — Have you ever been cut off in traffic by another driver, leaving you still seething miles later? Or been interrupted by a colleague in a mee...
Warrington management department among top 3 in research productivity — March 29, 2021 — GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Despite its small size, the Department of Management at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business was r...
The Sunshine Economy: Civility and Commerce — October 29, 2020 — The political rhetoric this election is red hot and often downright rude. But is there a business cost from incivility? Research from W.A. M...

Last 3 years

Courses Taught

Affect and Congnition (MAN6930)
Organization Behavior (MAN5245)
Organizational Behav (MAN5246)

Last 3 years

Phd Students Advised

Last 5 years

Journal Article Publications

Overconfidence and hostile: Effects of overconfidence on workplace interrelationships.
Status: Submitted

Journal: Academy of Management Journal

Authors: 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: Accepted

Journal: Journal of Family Business Strategy

Accepted Year: 2022

Authors: Giorgia D' Allura, Amir Erez, Trevor Foulk
Trapped by a first hypothesis: How rudeness leads to anchoring
Status: Published

Journal: Journal of Applied Psychology

Published Year: 2022

Authors: Binyamin Cooper, Christopher Giordano, Amir Erez, Trevor Foulk, Heather Reed, Kent Berg
How witnessing rudeness can disrupt psycho-motor performance of dental students.
Status: Published

Journal: Journal of Dental Education

Published Year: 2021

Authors: 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: Published

Journal: Personnel Psychology

Published Year: 2021

Authors: 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: Published

Journal: Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management

Accepted Year: 2021

Authors: 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: Published

Journal: Diagnosis

Published Year: 2020

Authors: 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: Published

Journal: Human Relations

Published Year: 2020

Authors: Yihao Liu, Dana Vashdi, Tom Cross, Peter Bamberger, Amir Erez
Incivility and patient safety: A longitudinal study of rudeness, protocol compliance and adverse events
Status: Published

Journal: The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Published Year: 2019

Authors: Arieh Riskin, Peter Bamberger, Amir Erez, Trevor Foulk, Binyamin Cooper, Ilana Peterfreund, Jana Sheps, Mira Wilhelm-Kafil, Yarden Riskin, Kinneret Riskin-Guez, Ellen Bamberger
Expression of gratitude and medical team performance
Status: Published

Journal: Pediatrics

Published Year: 2019

Authors: Arieh Riskin, Peter Bamberger, Amir Erez, Kinneret Riskin-Guez, Yarden Riskin, Rina Sela, Trevor Foulk, Binyamin Cooper, Amitai Ziv, Liat Pessach-Gelblum, Ellen Bamberger
Energizing leaders via self-reflection: A within-person field experiment
Status: Published

Journal: Journal of Applied Psychology

Accepted Year: 2019

Authors: Klodiana Lanaj, Trevor Foulk, Amir Erez
Heavy is the head that wears the crown: An actor-centric approach to daily psychological power, abusive leader behavior, and perceived incivility
Status: Published

Journal: Academy of Management Journal

Published Year: 2018

Authors: Trevor Foulk, Klodiana Lanaj, Min-Hsuan Tu, Amir Erez, Lindy Archambeau
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Warrington College of Business
Management Department
Stuzin Hall 235

(352) 273-0339

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