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Jeffery Thompson

Professor and David Sorensen-Professorship,
Romney Institute of Public Service and Ethics


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Education

  • PhD, Organizational Behavior, University of Minnesota, 1999
  • MBA, Organizational Behavior, Brigham Young University, 1993

Selected Publications

  • "The Dynamics of Work Orientations: An Updated Typology and Agenda for the Study of Jobs, Careers, and Callings", Academy of Management Annals, 2022
  • "The Zookeeper's Secret: Finding Your Calling in Life", Page 200, Covenant Communications, American Fork, UT, 2018
  • "Status and the true believer: The impact of psychological contracts on social status attributions of friendship and influence.", Organization Science, 2014
  • "The Call of the Wild: Zookeepers, Callings, and the Double-Edged Sword of Deeply Meaningful Work", Administrative Science Quarterly, Volume 54, Pages 32-57, 2009
  • "Violations of principle: Ideological currency in the psychological contract.", Academy of Management Review, Volume 28, Pages 571-586, 2003

Experience

Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Director, Romney Institute of Public Management, Brigham Young University, 2014

Other

  • Associate Professor, Brigham Young University, 2009
  • Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University, 2003–2009
  • Assistant Professor, Miami University, 1999–2003

Awards

  • Outstanding Publication in Positive Organizational Scholarship, Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship, University of Michigan, 2011
  • Owens Award, Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, 2011
  • Outstanding Publication in Organizational Behavior, Academy of Management, OB Division, 2010
  • 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

Languages

  • Japanese

Professional Citizenship

  • International Association of Business & Society, Officer, 2006–2015