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Jennifer Nahrgang

Department Executive Officer, Director of Pre-PhD Initiatives, Henry B. Tippie Excellence Chair, and Professor

Introduction

Jennifer D. Nahrgang is the Henry B. Tippie Excellence Chair and Department Executive Officer of Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Iowa. Before her career in academia, Jennifer spent 5 years working for ExxonMobil Corporation. At Tippie, she currently teaches topics related to leadership, team development, and negotiations. Jennifer has worked with clients such as the Mayo Clinic, HNI Corporation, PayPal, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, US Veterans Administration, and numerous small businesses. Jennifer enjoys working with students, executives and organizations to help them discover ways of developing their talent to effectively lead in the current and future world of work.


In the area of research, Jennifer focuses on leadership processes and leadership development, team dynamics and effectiveness, employee voice and engagement, and the future world of work. She has published numerous articles in top-tier management journals and her research has been featured on Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, and CNBC.

Current Positions

  • Director of Pre-PhD Initiatives, Management and Entrepreneurship
  • Henry B. Tippie Excellence Chair, Management and Entrepreneurship
  • Professor, Management and Entrepreneurship
  • Department Executive Officer, Management and Entrepreneurship

Education

  • PhD, Michigan State University
  • MBA, Oklahoma State University-Main Campus
  • BS in Accounting, Oklahoma State University-Main Campus

Research Interests

  • Leadership
  • Teams
  • Employee Engagement
  • Gig Economy
  • Future World of Work

Selected Awards & Honors

  • M.L. Huit Award - University of Iowa, 2023
  • Fellow - Society for Organizational and Industrial Psychology (SIOP), 2023
  • Network of Leadership Scholars Mid-Career Standout Scholar Award - Academy of Management, 2022

Selected Publications

  • Sessions, H., Baer, M. D., Nahrgang, J. D., & Pychalu, S. (2023). From Free Pastures to Penned in: The Within-Person Effects of Psychological Reactance on Side-Hustlers’ Hostility and Initiative in Full-time Work. Journal of Applied Psychology. 108 (12) pp. 1979-1997.
  • Bartels, A. L., Nahrgang, J. D., Sessions, H., Wilson, K. S., Wu, L., & Law-Penrose, J. C. (2022). With a frown or a smile: How leader affective states spark the leader-follower reciprocal exchange process. Personnel Psychology. 75 pp. 147-177.
  • Chiu, C., Nahrgang, J. D., Bartram, A., Wang, J., & Tesluk, P. E. (2021). Informal Leadership Comes at a Cost. Harvard Business Review Online.
  • Newton, D. W., Chamberlin, M., Maupin, C. K., Nahrgang, J. D., & Carter, D. R. (2022). Voice as a signal of human and social capital in team assembly decisions. Journal of Management. 48 (8) pp. 2255-2285.
  • Sessions, H., Nahrgang, J. D., Baer, M. D., & Welsh, D. T. (2022). From zero to hero and back to zero: The consequences of status inconsistency between the work roles of multiple jobholders. Journal of Applied Psychology. 107 (8) pp. 1369-1384.
  • Sessions, H., Nahrgang, J. D., Vaulont, M., Williams, R., & Bartels, A. L. (2021). Do the hustle! Empowerment from side-hustles and its effects on full-time work performance. Academy of Management Journal. 64 (1) pp. 235-264.
  • Zhang, C., Nahrgang, J. D., Ashford, S. J., & DeRue, D. S. (2020). Why Capable People are Reluctant to Lead. Harvard Business Review Online.
  • Nahrgang, J. D., Sessions, H., Vaulont, M. J., & Bartels, A. L. (2020). Make Your Side Hustle Work. Harvard Business Review Online.
  • Vaulont, M. J., Nahrgang, J. D., Luciano, M. M., D'Innocenzo, L., & Lofgren, C. T. (2021). The room where it happens: The impact of core and non-core roles on surgical team performance. Journal of Applied Psychology. 106 (11) pp. 1767-1783.
  • Luciano, M. M., Nahrgang, J. D., & Shropshire, C. (2020). Strategic leadership systems: Viewing top management teams and boards of directors from a multiteam systems perspective. Academy of Management Review. 45 (3) pp. 675--701.

Selected Presentations

  • "The Balancing Act of Modern Work: How to Manage Side-Hustles and Full-Time Work," Guest/Invited Speaker at Global HR Forum, Korea, Republic of, October 2024.

Employment History

  • Director, Graduate Studies, Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Iowa, 2021 - 2024
  • Lloyd J. and Thelma W. Palmer Professor, Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Iowa, 2020 - 2024

Editorial & Review Activities

  • Associate Editor, Academy of Management Review - Special Issue: Special Topic Forum - Artificial Intelligence in Management, October 2024.
  • Editorial Board Member, Personnel Psychology, January 2023.
  • Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Review, January 2020.
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Applied Psychology, January 2014.
  • Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Journal, January 2011.
  • Editorial Board Member, Leadership Quarterly, January 2015.