Positions

Research Areas research areas

Overview

  • Michael R. Kukenberger is currently serving as an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior in the Management Department at the University of New Hampshire's Peter T. Paul School of Business. He previously held the position of Assistant Professor at the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University. Michael's academic journey includes a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Maine, an M.B.A. from the University of New Hampshire, and a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Business.

    Michael's research focus encompasses shared and team leadership as well as team effectiveness. His scholarly contributions have appeared in top publications like the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, Leadership Quarterly, Human Relations, Group & Organization Management, among others. Michael was an Associate Editor at Group & Organization Management and serves on the editorial review board of the Journal of Organizational Behavior.

    In the realm of consulting, Michael has worked with several Fortune 500 companies such as GE Aviation, Xerox, Alcoa, and institutions such as the U.S. Army and the Center for Disease Control. Michael currently is the Co-Principal Investigator on a grant exceeding $1 million, which focuses on team change and is funded by the Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI).
  • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title
    2020 The building blocks of shared leadership: The interactive effects of diversity types, team climate, and timePersonnel Psychology: the study of people at work.  73:125-150. 2020
    2018 Conflict in Teams: Modeling Early and Late Conflict States and the Interactive Effects of Conflict ProcessesGroup and Organization Management.  43:6-37. 2018
    2016 A Meta-Analysis of Different Forms of Shared Leadership-Team Performance RelationsJournal of Management.  42:1964-1991. 2016
    2015 Modeling reciprocal team cohesion-performance relationships, as impacted by shared leadership and members' competence.Journal of Applied Psychology.  100:713-734. 2015
    2015 A Cross-Level Test of Empowerment and Process Influences on Members' Informal Learning and Team CommitmentJournal of Management.  41:987-1016. 2015
    2015 Team Role Experience and Orientation: A Measure and Tests of Construct ValidityGroup and Organization Management.  40:6-34. 2015
    2013 Global organizational communities of practice: The effects of nationality diversity, psychological safety, and media richness on community performanceHuman Relations.  66:333-362. 2013
    2011 Managing a new collaborative entity in business organizations: understanding organizational communities of practice effectiveness.Journal of Applied Psychology.  96:1234-1245. 2011
    Seeing the glass half full: TMT optimism diversity and new product introduction.Journal of Management Studies

    Article

    Year Title
    2024 The Impact of Shared Leadership on Informal Learning and Team Commitment: A Cross-Level Analysis 2024
    2024 Mitigating the Disruption of Emergent Leader Change through Shared Leadership. 2024
    2022 Who recognizes women’s emergent leadership? Multilevel effects of gender, composition, leadership type, social identity, and diversity beliefs 2022
    2022 Is the Glass Half Full, Half Empty or Both? TMT Optimism Diversity and New Product Introduction 2022

    Conference Paper

    Year Title
    Collective social identity and shared leadership: Effects of gender diversity, salience, & beliefs.
    Driving Positive Shared Leadership Performance Trajectories through Team Interventions and Composition
    Seeing the glass half full: TMT optimism diversity and new product introduction.

    Teaching Activities

  • Managing Self & Leading Others Taught course
  • Leading Organizational Change Taught course 2024
  • Managing Self & Leading Others Taught course 2024
  • Org Changemaker Skills Taught course 2023
  • Managing Self & Leading Others Taught course 2023
  • Org Changemaker Skills Taught course 2022
  • Org Changemaker Skills Taught course 2022
  • Managing Self & Leading Others Taught course 2021
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2021
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2021
  • Managing Self & Leading Others Taught course 2020
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2020
  • Organizationl Leadrshp & Struc Taught course 2020
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2019
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2019
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2019
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2019
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2019
  • Orgs, Leadrshp, & Environments Taught course 2018
  • Orgs, Leadrshp, & Environments Taught course 2018
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2017
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2017
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2017
  • Orgs, Leadrshp, & Environments Taught course 2017
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2016
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2016
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2016
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2016
  • Orgs, Leadrshp, & Environments Taught course 2016
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2015
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2015
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2015
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2015
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2015
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2014
  • Behavior in Organizations Taught course 2014
  • Education And Training

  • B.A. Mathematics, University of Maine
  • M.B.A. Management, University of New Hampshire
  • Ph.D. Organizational Behavior, University of Connecticut
  • Full Name

  • Michael Kukenberger