Jeffery A. Thompson

Associate Professor of Public Management
Public Management, Romney Institute of

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Office: 770 TNRB
Phone: 801-850-2306
Email: jeff_thompson@byu.edu
Office hours: Tuesday, 3:30-5pm; Friday, 9-11am
Expertise:
  • Organizational behavior
Research:
  • My overarching research interest is employee expression of personal values through work. Specific interests include: Work as a calling; Ideology-based psychological contracts; Meaningful work; Employee initiative-taking; and organizational ethics.
Education:
  • PhD, Organizational Behavior, University of Minnesota, 1999
Group Affiliations:
  • Public Management - Primary
Selected Publications:
  • "The Call of the Wild: Zookeepers, Callings, and the Double-Edged Sword of Deeply Meaningful Work," Administrative Science Quarterly Volume 54, Pages 32-57, March, 2009    
  • "Untangling employee loyalty: A psychological contract perspective," Business Ethic Quarterly Volume 17, Pages 297-323, 2007    
  • "Psychological Contracts: A Nano-Level Perspective on Social Contract Theory," Journal of Business Ethics Volume 68, Pages 229-241, Springer, October, 2006    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
  • "Proactive Personality and Job Performance: A Social Capital Perspective," Journal of Applied Psychology Volume 90, Issue 5, Pages 1011-1017, American Psychological Association, September, 2005    
  • "Violations of principle: Ideological currency in the psychological contract.," Academy of Management Review Volume 28, Pages 571-586, 2003    
Experience:
   Teaching
  • Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University, 2003
  • Assistant Professor, Miami University, 1999-2003
Awards:
  • Outstanding Scholarship Award , Marriott School of Management , 2009
  • Teacher of the Year , Romney Institute of Public Management , 2007
  • Stephen White Fellowship , Marriott School of Management , 2005
  • William H. Newman Award , Academy of Management , 2001
Languages:
  • Japanese
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