Kurt T. Dirks

Professor of Organizational Behavior

Research interests:

Organizational behavior, trust in work relationships, feelings of ownership in the workplace, leadership, and teams

Selected Publications:

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• "Repairing relationships within and between organizations: Building a conceptual foundation," Academy of Management Review, Issue 34, 401-422, with R. Lewicki, and A. Zaheer, 2009
• "Direct and indirect effects of third party relationships on interpersonal trust," Journal of Applied Psychology, Issue 91, 870-883, with D. Ferrin, and P. Shah, 2006
• "When more blame is better than less: The implications of internal vs. external attributions for the repair of trust after a competence- vs. integrity-based trust violation," Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Issue 99, 49-65, with C. Cooper, D. Ferrin, and P. Kim, 2006
• "Removing the shadow of suspicion: The effects of apology vs. denial for repairing ability - vs. integrity-based trust violations," Journal of Applied Psychology, Issue 89, 104-118, with C. Cooper, D. Ferrin, and P. Kim, 2004
• "Trust in leadership: Meta-analytic findings and implications for organizational research," Journal of Applied Psychology, Issue 87, 611-628, with D. Ferrin, 2002
• "The role of trust in organizational settings," Organization Science, with D. Ferrin, 2001
• "Trust in leadership and team performance: Evidence from NCAA Basketball," Journal of Applied Psychology, 2000

Academic/professional activities:

Editorial Review Board: Academy of Management Journal (2009 -), Journal of Applied Psychology (2008 -), Organization Science (2003 - ), Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (2007 -), Journal of Organizational Behavior (2006 - 2009)
Guest Editor: Academy of Management Review (2009)
Member: Academy of Management, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, and American Psychological Association
Representative-at-Large: Conflict Management Division, Academy of Management (2006-2008)

Awards/honors:

The Olin Award, 2009
Reid Teaching Award, 2007
Best empirical paper award, Conflict Management Division, Academy of Management Meeting, 2005
Outstanding Article Award for the Best Published Paper, Awarded by International Association for Conflict Management, 2004

Personal interests:

Professor Dirks is married, and has a son and a daughter.