David Welsh

David Welsh

Lincoln Center Affiliated Faculty, Lincoln Center Applied Ethics
Associate Professor, W. P. Carey Management and Entrepreneurship
  • davidwelsh@asu.edu
  • 480-727-7344
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  • BA 367I Tempe, AZ 85287
  • Mail code: 4006
    Campus: Tempe
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The Southwest is familiar territory to David Welsh, who earned degrees at the University of Southern Utah, the University of Utah, and the University of Arizona. He comes to the W. P. Carey School of Business after teaching business ethics, leadership, and organizational behavior at the University of Washington, where he was recognized for his excellence in the classroom. 

Professor Welsh's research focuses primarily on issues related to unethical behavior in the workplace and has been published in scholarly journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. His research has also been featured in mainstream media outlets, including Bloomberg Businessweek, Fortune, The Huffington Post, BBC News, and Psychology Today. 

Education
  • Ph.D. Management, University of Arizona 2014
  • J.D. University of Utah 2010
  • B.S. Management, Southern Utah University 2007
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Google Scholar URL
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3hvOc5oAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Interests
  • Behavioral ethics
  • Ethical decision making
  • The dark side of performance goals
  • Self-regulation and unethicality
Publications
  • Bush, J.T., Welsh, D.T., Baer, M.D., & Waldman, D., (in press). Discouraging unethicality or encouraging ethicality? Unravelling the differential effects of prevention- and promotion-focused ethical leadership. Personnel Psychology.
  • Thiel, C.E., Bonner, J.,  Bush, J.T., & Welsh, D.T. (in press). Rationalize or reappraise? How envy and cognitive reappraisal shape unethical contagion. Personnel Psychology.
  • Mai, K.M., Ellis, A.P.J., & Welsh, D.T. (in press). How perpetrator gender influences reactions to premeditated versus impulsive unethical behavior: A role congruity approach. Journal of Business Ethics.
  • Welsh, D.T., Baer, M., & Sessions, H. (2020). Hot pursuit: The affective consequences of organization-set versus self-set goals on emotional exhaustion and citizenship behavior. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105, 166-185.
  • Fehr, R., Welsh, D.T., Yam, K.C., Baer, M., Wei, W., & Vaulont, M. (2019). The role of moral decoupling in the causes and consequences of unethical pro-organizational behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 153, 27-40.
  • Welsh, D.T., Bush, J.T., Thiel, C., & Bonner, J. (2019). Reconceptualizing goal setting’s dark side: The ethical consequences of learning versus outcome goals. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 150, 14-27.
  • Thiel, C.E., Hardy, J., Peterson, D., Welsh, D.T. & Bonner, J. (2018). Too many sheep in the flock? Span of control attenuates the influence of ethical leadership. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103, 1324-1334.
  • Baer, M., Matta, F., Kim, J., Welsh, D.T., & Garud, N. (2018). It’s not you, it’s them: Social influences on trust propensity and trust dynamics. Personnel Psychology, 71, 423-455.
  • Welsh, D.T., Mai, K.M., Ellis, A.P.J., & Christian, M.S. (2018). Overcoming the effects of sleep deprivation on unethical behavior: An extension of integrated self-control theory. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 76, 142-154.
  • Motro, D., Ordóñez, L.D., Pittarello, A., & Welsh, D.T. (2018). Investigating the effects of anger and guilt on unethical behavior: A dual-process approach. Journal of Business Ethics, 152, 133-148.
  • Welsh, D.T., Ordóñez, L.D., Snyder, D.G., & Christian, M.S. (2015). The slippery slope: How small ethical transgressions pave the way for larger future transgressions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100, 114-127.
  • Ordóñez, L.D., & Welsh, D.T. (2015). Immoral goals: How goal setting may lead to unethical behavior. Current Opinion in Psychology 6, 93-96.
  • Mai, K.M., Ellis, A.P.J., & Welsh, D.T., (2015). The gray side of creativity: Exploring the role of activation in the link between creative personality and unethical behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 60, 76-85.
  • Welsh, D.T., Ellis, A.P.J., Christian, M.S., & Mai, K.M. (2014). Building a self-regulatory model of sleep deprivation and deception: The role of caffeine and social influence. Journal of Applied Psychology, 99, 1268-1277.
  • Welsh, D.T. & Ordóñez, L.D. (2014). Conscience without cognition: The effects of subconscious priming on ethical behavior. Academy of Management Journal, 57, 723-742.
  • Welsh, D.T. & Ordóñez, L.D. (2014). The dark side of consecutive high performance goals: Linking goal setting, depletion, and unethical behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 123, 79-89. 
  • Podsakoff, N.P., Whiting, S.W., Welsh, D.T., & Mai, K.M. (2013). Surveying for artifacts: The susceptibility of the OCB-performance evaluation relationship to common rater, item, and measurement context effects. Journal of Applied Psychology, 98, 863-874.
Courses
2022 Fall
Course Number Course Title
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
MGT 792 Research
2022 Summer
Course Number Course Title
MGT 792 Research
MGT 792 Research
2022 Spring
Course Number Course Title
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
MGT 792 Research
MGT 799 Dissertation
2021 Fall
Course Number Course Title
MGT 792 Research
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
2021 Summer
Course Number Course Title
MGT 792 Research
MGT 792 Research
2021 Spring
Course Number Course Title
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
MGT 792 Research
MGT 799 Dissertation
2020 Fall
Course Number Course Title
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
MGT 792 Research
2020 Summer
Course Number Course Title
MGT 792 Research
MGT 792 Research
2020 Spring
Course Number Course Title
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
MGT 791 Seminar
MGT 792 Research
MGT 799 Dissertation
2019 Fall
Course Number Course Title
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
MGT 792 Research
2019 Summer
Course Number Course Title
MGT 792 Research
MGT 792 Research
2019 Spring
Course Number Course Title
MGT 799 Dissertation
MGT 792 Research
2018 Fall
Course Number Course Title
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
MGT 792 Research
2018 Summer
Course Number Course Title
MGT 792 Research
MGT 792 Research
2018 Spring
Course Number Course Title
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
MGT 791 Seminar
MGT 792 Research
MGT 799 Dissertation
2017 Fall
Course Number Course Title
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
LES 582 Ethical Issues for Managers
MGT 792 Research
Work History

Arizona State University: 2015-present. Previous appointments: University of Washington

Expertise Areas
Corporate Scandals
Ethical Decision Making
Organizational Behavior
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