BIO

MARIE MITCHELL is the the Edward M. O’Herron Scholar and Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Mitchell joins the UNC faculty from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia, where she was the I. W. Cousins Professor of Business Ethics. Her research studies behavioral ethics in the workplace, inclusion and exclusion dynamics at work, and destructive and conflictive work behavior and relationships. Her work has identified and explained the consequences of varied forms of destructive work behaviors, such as abusive supervision, exclusion, workplace cheating, and coworker undermining. The goal of her research is to explain how factors and relational dynamics within organizations promote dysfunctional, exclusionary, and unethical behavior as well as how organizations and leaders can enhance functional, inclusive, and ethical behavior in organizations. Her extensive body of research has been published in top journals, including research has appeared in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Personnel Psychology, among others. Dr. Mitchell sits on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Personnel Psychology, and is a former Associate Editor of Personnel Psychology. Dr. Mitchell teaches courses in ethics, leadership, negotiation, organizational behavior, and human resources, and at all levels of curriculum (undergraduate, MBA, and doctorate). Prior to entering higher education, Dr. Mitchell worked in human resource management and consulting. She earned her PhD from the University of Central Florida, her MA in human resource management from Rollins College, and her BA in political science from George Mason University.