Associate Professor Will Felps

My Expertise

Leadership; Problem employees ("bad apples"); Business ethics; (Virtual) Teams; University management; Human resource management; Careers

Keywords

organisational behaviour

human resources management

knowledge work

expertise

bibliometric analysis

career studies

teams

leadership

motivation (psychology)

business ethics

Fields of Research (FoR)

Organisational behaviour, Human resources management, Business ethics

SEO tags

Management

Business Ethics

Biography

Will Felps teaches and conducts research on a wide range of management-related topics. His research areas include: human resource management, leadership & motivation, team effectiveness, career management, measuring expertise, business ethics, and meta-science.

Will currently teaches Leadership to MBA students and teaches Foundations of Business Research to junior scholars.

My Grants

2019 Dean’s Research Fellowship (8...view more

Will currently teaches Leadership to MBA students and teaches Foundations of Business Research to junior scholars.

My Grants

2019 Dean’s Research Fellowship (8 in Business School) equivalent to ~$120,000AU
2016 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project DP150104081 $173,596AU
- “(When) should organisations employ over/underqualified individuals?”
2010 EUR fellowship from Erasmus University €200,000
2007 National Science Foundation Research Grant $10,000US
2006 Grant from the Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics $20,000US

My Qualifications

PhD in Management & Organizational Behavior, 2007; Foster School of Business, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
B.A. Marketing, 2002; McCombs School of Business, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA

My Awards

2021 UNSW Exemplary Teaching Practice Award (finalist)
2021 Supervisor of the Year (nominee)
2021 Business School’s Excellence Award for ‘Values in Action’ for Virtual Class development (team)
2020 Excellence in Reviewing Award (from Human Resource Management Review)
2018 UNSW Business School Research Achievement Award (1 per school)
2013 Best Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Conference
2013 Hired by UNSW under auspices of Vice-Chancellor’s Strategic Priorities Fund for recruiting talent

My Research Activities

Will's prior research has investigated a diverse range of topics, such as the negative effects of bad apple teammates, the contagion of quitting in organisations, how stakeholder cultures impact performance, the consequences of one’s moral identity, how institutional factors reinforce the IQ-job performance relationship, and why overqualified employees can't get hired. Will has also collaborated on a number of articles which use science mapping to review various fields, including human resources, careers, teams, adaptive performance, organisational behaviour, and management. Will's research has been published in academic outlets such as the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Journal of Vocational Behaviour, Human Resource Management Review, and Journal of Applied Psychology.

My Engagement

ENGAGEMENT/SERVICE AT UNSW

Speaker: AGSM Operational Risk Symposium (Oct)
Member of PULSE reference group for Business School Staff Surveys (2021 - current)
Workload Committee for School of Management & Governance (Chair) (2020)
Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Division.
- Data analyst for the 2019 UNSW Respect Survey: Worked with co-DVC Leisa Sargent to interpret survey results and prepare reports for variety of UNSW units and stakeholders (2019)
- Member of the Inclusive Leadership Program design group (for all UNSW leadership)
Leader of Research Network: Behavioural Insights for Business & Policy (2019 – 2020)
Organiser of Behavioural Insights for HR Professionals workshop (Dec 2019)
Coordinator for Organisational Behaviour Brown-Bag Group (2020 – current)
Serving on two BCom Review Committees: HR Curriculum Panel & Leadership PLO (2020)
Summative Peer Review of Teaching Reviewer (2019 – current)
Expert Reviewer for UNSW Business’ Peer Support of Teaching program (2018 – current)
Mentor in the Early Career Academic (ECA) program (2019 – current)
Mentor for the PhD Teaching Fellows program (2020 – current)
Junior faculty buddy in School of Management (2019 – current)
Presenter: HDR Orientation Sessions (2017 – 2020)
Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI) Advisory Board Officer & Chair (2019 – 2020)
AHRI accreditation for HR majors in the UG BCom and Econ programs
Set up Articulation pathway from AHRI’s Practising Certification (APC) program
EQUIS re-accreditation panel (2018)
Chair of New Opportunities Committee (2015 – 2019)
On hiring committees for lecturer, senior lecturer, and associate professor positions (7 hires)
Associate Head of School, School of Management (from 2015–2017, with sabbatical in 2016)
Chair of Learning & Teaching Committee (from 2015–2017, with sabbatical in 2016)
Director of Studies at the Australian Graduate School of Management (2013 - 2015)

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION

Chair of the Society of Organisational Behaviour Australia (2020 – current)
Editorial Board 2011-2015 – Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Ad Hoc Reviewer – Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Industry and Innovation, Journal of Informetrics, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics Quarterly, Human Resource Management, and Human Resource Management Review.

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