Joan F. Brett is an Associate Professor of Management & Entrepreneurship at the W. P. Carey School of Business. In 2015-2017, she served as Associate Dean of Graduate Programs where she was responsible for all graduate programs offered by the school, including master’s degrees in business administration, management, accountancy, taxation, information management, real estate development, and business analytics. From 2004 to 2012, she served as associate vice-provost and was responsible for graduate strategic planning and management, including professional development programs for doctoral students, chairs, and directors.
Professor Brett has consulted with many organizations on a range of issues from leadership development, feedback, and performance management to organizational change and structure. She has advised leaders in small businesses as well as large Fortune 500 companies and at all levels of management. As a thought partner, she assists executives in exploring ways for their leaders and associates to embrace organizational transitions, overcome resistance to change, and develop the skills needed for adaptive leadership.
Professor Brett’s research on motivation and performance issues has been published in leading academic journals and highlighted in The Wall Street Journal and the Harvard Business Review. Her recent research is on the advice-seeking behavior of upper echelon leaders. She serves on the editorial review boards of theJournal of Management and Group & Organization Management.
Education
Ph.D. Industrial/Organizational Psychology, New York University 1992
Brett, J.F. & Luciano, M. Utilizing Culture to Lead Innovation in Health Care Organizations Harvard Business Review Online. Fall 2018.
Brett, J.F., Uhl-Bien, M., Huang, L., & Carsten, M.K. (2016). Goal Orientation and Employee Resistance at Work: Implications for Manager Emotional Exhaustion with the Employee. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 89, 611-633.
Walker, A. G., Atwater, L. E., Dominick, P. G., Smither, J., Brett, J. F., Reilly, R. R. (2010). Personality and Multisource Feedback Improvement: A Longitudinal Investigation. Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management, 11, 175-204. (Awarded outstanding manuscript published in Volume 11).
Smither, J., Brett, J., & Atwater, L. (2008). What do leaders recall about multi-source feedback? Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 14, 202-218.
Atwater, L. E., Brett, J. F. & Cherise Charles, A. C. (2007). Multi-Source Feedback: Lessons Learned and Implications for Practice. Human Resource Management, 46, 285-307.
Atwater, L. E. & Brett, J. F. (2006). Feedback format: Does it influence managers’ reactions to feedback. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 79, 517-532.
Atwater, L. E. & Brett, J. (2006). 360-degree feedback to managers: Does it result in changes in employee attitudes? Group and Organization Management, 31, 578-600.
Research Activity
Webber,Andrew Neil*, Allison,Maria Teresa, Brett,Joan F, Shangraw Jr,Ralph Frederick. Science Foundation Arizona Graduate Research Fellowships at Arizona State University (2008). SFAz(8/1/2008 - 8/14/2011).
