Research

Leadership; Creative Reputations; Behavioral Ethics; Interpersonal Dynamics

I study the interpersonal dynamics between leaders and their employees in order to help improve the way organizations are managed.

In a practical sense, my research is focused on understanding:

how managers' behaviors, characteristics, and styles affect their employees' productivity
how employees' develop, manage, and leverage, their creative reputations at work
how to maximize positive and ethical interpersonal interactions between organizational members

My research has been published in several notable academic outlets including Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Business Research, among others.

Carnevale, J. B. & Benegal, A. (2023). The Butt of the Joke: Understanding the Social Evaluations of Leader Humor Targets. Current Opinion in Psychology.

Carnevale, J. B., Huang, L., Vincent, L., Yu, L., & He, W. (2023). Outshined by Creative Stars: A Dual-Pathway Model of Leader Reactions to Employees' Reputation for Creativity. Journal of Management.

Carnevale, J. B., Huang, L., Yam, K. C., & Wang, L. (2022). Laughing with me or laughing at me? The differential effects of leader humor expressions on follower status and influence at work. Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Carnevale, J. B., & Gangloff, K. A. (2022). A Mixed Blessing? CEOs’ Moral Cleansing as an Alternative Explanation for Firms’ Reparative Responses Following Misconduct. Journal of Business Ethics, 1-17.

Carnevale, J. B., Huang, L., Vincent, L. C., Farmer, S., & Wang, L. (2021). Better to Give than to Receive (or Seek) Help? The Interpersonal Dynamics of Maintaining a Reputation for Creativity. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.

Carnevale, J. B., & Carson, J. E., & Huang, L. (2020). Greedy for Thee or Greedy for Me? A Contingency Model of Positive and Negative Reactions to Leader Greed. Journal of Business Research.

Harms, P. D., Pankaj, P. C., & Carnevale, J. B. (2020). Self-Centered and Self-Employed: Gender and the Relationship between Narcissism and Self-Employment. Journal of Business Research, 116: 183-187.

Carnevale, J. B., & Huang, L., Uhl-Bien, M., & Harris, S. G. (2020). Feeling Obligated Yet Hesitant to Speak Up: Investigating the Curvilinear Relationship between LMX and Promotive Voice. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 66: 517–552.

Carnevale, J. B., Hatak, I. (2020). Employee Adjustment and Well-Being in the Era of COVID-19: Implications for Human Resource Management. Journal of Business Research, 116: 183-187. [Invited Commentary].

Carnevale, J. B., Huang, L., & Paterson, T. (2019). LMX-Differentiation Strengthens the Prosocial Consequences of Leader Humility: An Identification and Social Exchange Perspective. Journal of Business Research, 96: 287-296.

Carnevale, J. B., Huang, L., & Harms, P. (2018). Leader Consultation Mitigates the Harmful effects of Leader Narcissism: A Belongingness Perspective. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 146: 76-84.

Carnevale, J. B., Huang, L., & Harms, P. (2018). Speaking Up to the Emotional Vampire: A Conservation of Resources Perspective. Journal of Business Research, 91: 48-59.

Carnevale, J. B., Huang, L., Crede, M., Harms, P., & Uhl‐Bien, M. (2017). Leading to Stimulate Employees' Ideas: A Quantitative Review of Leader–member Exchange, Employee Voice, Creativity, and Innovative Behavior. Applied Psychology, 66(4), 517-552.

Carnevale, J. B., Walker, A. G., & Walker, H. J. Organizational Greed: Behavior, Perception, or Trait? Toward an Integrated Theory. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 2016 (top 10% of papers).