Laura Rees
Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior
University of Missouri-Kansas City,
Bloch School of Management
My research examines primary, sometimes unconscious, influences on our cognitive processing, decision-making, interactions, and relationships. Specifically, I study (1) the antecedents and consequences of complex emotion-influenced experiences at work—including ambivalence and authenticity—for both individuals and groups, and (2) voice habit, which proposes an automatic perspective of voice behavior. I investigate outcomes based on these processes across levels, including decision accuracy and performance, cooperation, interpersonal perceptions and interactions, negotiation, collective emotion recognition and transformational leadership effectiveness, and citizenship behaviors, including voice. My teaching includes courses on negotiations, organizational behavior, and leadership.
I received my Ph.D. in Business Administration (Management and Organizations area) from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, and my undergraduate degree in Economics from Harvard University. I was a post-doctoral research fellow at Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management and am currently an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Missouri-Kansas City's Bloch School of Management.
University of Missouri-Kansas City,
Bloch School of Management
My research examines primary, sometimes unconscious, influences on our cognitive processing, decision-making, interactions, and relationships. Specifically, I study (1) the antecedents and consequences of complex emotion-influenced experiences at work—including ambivalence and authenticity—for both individuals and groups, and (2) voice habit, which proposes an automatic perspective of voice behavior. I investigate outcomes based on these processes across levels, including decision accuracy and performance, cooperation, interpersonal perceptions and interactions, negotiation, collective emotion recognition and transformational leadership effectiveness, and citizenship behaviors, including voice. My teaching includes courses on negotiations, organizational behavior, and leadership.
I received my Ph.D. in Business Administration (Management and Organizations area) from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, and my undergraduate degree in Economics from Harvard University. I was a post-doctoral research fellow at Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management and am currently an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Missouri-Kansas City's Bloch School of Management.
