Amir Erez
- W.A. McGriff, III Professor
- Professor
Location
- Warrington College of Business
- Management Department
- Human Resource Research Center
- Stuzin Hall 235
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.
Expertise and interest areas
- Dispositions and Emotions in Organizational Behavior
- Motivation in Organizations
- Research Methods in Organizational Studies
News
Commute stress affects work behavior, research finds—and here’s a fix | Amir Erez and Trevor Foulk –
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 University of…
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 researchers at Stanford…
Courses taught
- Advanced DBA Research (MAN7978)
- Advanced Research (MAN7979)
- Affect, Cognition, and Organizational Decision Making (MAN7058)
- Individual Work in Management (MAN6905)
- Organizational Behavior (MAN5245)
- Organizational Behavior (MAN5246)
- Research for Doctoral Dissertation (MAN7980)
- Special Topics (MAN6930)
Education
- Ph.D, Labor and Industrial Relations., Cornell University, 1996
- MS, Labor and Industrial Relations., Cornell University, 1992
- MA, Philosophy., Hebrew University, 1990
- BA, Business/Commerce, General., Hebrew University, 1987
Honors and awards
- Division 14-Society For Industrial And Organizational Psychology-Siop Fellow
- American Psychological Association
- Date: 2022
Conference proceeding publications
- Overconfident And Uncooperative: Effects Of Overconfidence On Relationship With Peers
- Journal: Academy of Management Proceedings
- Status: Published
- Date: 2025
- Authors: Amir Erez, Binyamin Cooper, Christine Porath, George Lucas. Rano, Jake Gale, Jesse Michael. Render
- Rudeness By Fellows: Roles Of Neuroticism, Compassion, And Distress On Prosociality Spillover
- Journal: Academy of Management Proceedings
- Status: Published
- Date: 2025
- Authors: Amir Erez, Uriel J. Haran, Dorit Efrat-Treister, Coby Morvinski, Ido Zigdon
- Thinking Big: Employee Construal Level, Motivation, And Creative Ideation At Work
- Journal: Academy of Management Proceedings
- Status: Published
- Date: 2024
- Authors: Joyce Bono, Amir Erez, Elisabeth Kristin. Gilbert, Tony Sanor, Chengquan Huang
- When Bad Is Good (And Good Is Bad):Examining The Ironic Antecedents And Consequences Of Bad Behavior
- Journal: Academy of Management Proceedings
- Status: Published
- Date: 2023
- Authors: Jake Philip. Gale, Liuba Y. Belkin, Aleksander P J. Ellis, Dejun Kong, Amir Erez, Eean Robert. Crawford, Debra L. Shapiro, Hamed Ghahremani, Dinah M. Payne, Elizabeth Umphress, Daphna Motro, Richard Kuerston, Benjamin Perkins, Ning Xu, Megan Chan, S Wiley. Wakeman, Laura Rees
Journal article publications
- From Road To Rage: Why Commute Demands Are Associated With Interpersonal Counterproductive Work Behaviors (And What To Do About It).
- Journal: Journal of Applied Psychology
- Status: Accepted/In Press
- Date: 2026
- Authors: Jake Gale, Trevor Foulk, Amir Erez, Satish Krishnan, Hae-Lyeng Rose Kim, Binyamin Cooper
- The Psychological And Performance Consequences Of Workplace Injuries After Returning To Work.
- Journal: Academy of Management Journal
- Status: Submitted
- Date: 2026
- Authors: Jake Gale, Claire Chen, Amir Erez, Peter Bamberger, Binyamin Cooper
- Overconfident And Interpersonally Maladjusted: Effects Of Overconfidence On Negative Coworker Evaluations And Task Conflict
- Journal: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
- Status: Submitted
- Date: 2026
- Authors: Amir Erez, Jake Gale, Jesse Render, Binyamin Cooper, Christine Porath
- Rudeness And Team Performance: Adverse Effects Via Member Social Value Orientation And Coordinative Team Processes.
- Journal: Journal of Applied Psychology
- Status: Published
- Date: 2024
- Authors: Jake Philip. Gale, Amir Erez, Peter Bamberger, Trevor A. Foulk, Binyamin Cooper, Arieh Riskin, Pauline Schilpzand, Dana Vashdi
- Thinking Big: Employee Construal Level, Motivation, And Creative Ideation At Work
- Journal: Academy of Management Proceedings
- Status: Published
- Date: 2024
- Authors: Amir Erez, Elisabeth K. Gilbert, Chengquan Huang, Joyce Bono, Tony Sanor
- Rudeness And Team Performance: Adverse Effects Via Member Social Value Orientation And Coordinative Team Processes.
- Journal: Journal of Applied Psychology
- Status: Published
- Date: 2024
- Authors: Jake Gale, Amir Erez, Peter Bamberger, Trevor Foulk, Binyamin Cooper, Arieh Riskin, Pauline Schilpzand, Dana Vashdi
- Thinking Big: Employee Construal Level, Motivation, And Creative Ideation At Work
- Journal: Academy of Management Proceedings
- Status: Published
- Date: 2024
- Authors: Elizabeth Gilbert, Anthony Sanor, Joyce Bono, Amir Erez, Chengquan Huang
- A Review Of The Short‐Term Implications Of Discrete, Episodic Incivility
- Journal: Social and Personality Psychology Compass
- Status: Published
- Date: 2023
- Authors: Andrew Woolum, Trevor A. Foulk, Amir Erez
- When Bad Is Good (And Good Is Bad):Examining The Ironic Antecedents And Consequences Of Bad Behavior
- Journal: Academy of Management Proceedings
- Status: Published
- Date: 2023
- Authors: Amir Erez, Benjamin G. Perkins, Elizabeth E. Umphress, Aleksander P J. Ellis, S W. Wakeman, Debra L. Shapiro, Richard Kuerston, Laura Rees, Dejun Kong, Dinah Payne, Daphna Motro, Hamed Ghahremani, Ning Xu, Liuba Belkin, Eean Crawford, Megan Chan, Jake Gale
- Event-Sampling Method With Experimental Design: A Promising Method For Investigating Microfoundational Phenomena Within Family Businesses
- Journal: Journal of Family Business Strategy
- Status: Published
- Date: 2023
- Authors: Giorgia Maria. D'allura, Andrew Woolum, Trevor A. Foulk, Amir Erez, Daniel Pittino
- Trapped By A First Hypothesis: How Rudeness Leads To Anchoring.
- Journal: Journal of Applied Psychology
- Status: Published
- Date: 2022
- Authors: Binyamin Cooper, Christopher Giordano, Amir Erez, Trevor A. Foulk, Heather Reed, Kent Bradley. Berg
- How Witnessing Rudeness Can Disrupt Psycho‐Motor Performance Of Dental Students
- Journal: Journal of Dental Education
- Status: Published
- Date: 2021
- Authors: Andrew Woolum, Luisa Fernanda. Echeto, Binyamin Cooper, Jake Philip. Gale, Amir Erez, Joseph Katz, Marcio Guelmann, Roy G. Jerrell, Panagiotis Zoidis
- 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
- Journal: Diagnosis
- Status: Published
- Date: 2021
- Authors: Michael Avesar, Amir Erez, Jenna Essakow, Caulette Young, Binyamin Cooper, Denizhan H. Akan, Margaret J. Klein, Todd Pou-Yen. Chang, Alyssa Rake