K-STATE College of Business Administration
Dr. Thomas Wright
Dr. Thomas Wright
Dr. Thomas A. Wright
Professor
Jon Wefald Leadership Chair in Business Administration
Elected Fellow, Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Department of Management
Character-based leadership and health and well-being
215 Calvin Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS  66506
Phone:
(785) 532-5672
Fax:
(785) 532-1339
Office Hours
By Appointment
Education
Ph.D., 1984, University of California, Berkeley
MS, San Francisco State University
BA, Stonehill College

Areas of Teaching
Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Business Ethics, Positive Organizational Behavior

Areas of Research
Enhancing employee health and well-being, optimizing employee performance, developing effective employee recruitment and retention strategies, character formation and development, sample size and power analysis

Published In
Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Psychometrika, Journal of Management, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Management Inquiry, Human Resource Management Review, Organizational Dynamics, Academy of Management Executive, Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, Group and Organization Management, among others

Research in Progress
Employee health, well-being and betterment, character development and formation, employee selection and retention