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Aleksander Ellis

Associate Professor

• M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
  

Current Courses

• MGMT 310D, Leadership and Management Skill Development
• MGMT 556, Teams and Leadership in Organizations

Areas of Expertise/Research

• Emergent Cognitions and Action Processes in Teams
• Unethical Behavior in Groups
• Stress Management
• Staffing, training, and other HR Issues

Publications and Working Papers

Recent Publications

Pearsall, M.J., Ellis, A.P.J., & Bell, B.S. (In press). Building the infrastructure: The effects of role idetification behaviors on team cognition development and performance. Journal of Applied Psychology.

Pearsall, M.J., Christian, M.S., & Ellis, A.P.J. (In press). Motivating interdependent teams: Individual rewards, shared rewards, or something in between? Journal of Applied Psychology.

Pearsall, M.J., Ellis, A.P.J., & Stein, J. (2009) Coping with challenge and hindrance stressors in teams: Behavioral, cognitive, and affective outcomes. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 109, (1), 18-28.

Pearsall, M.J., Ellis, A.P.J., & Evans, J. (2008). Unlocking the effects of gender faultlines on team creativity: Is activation the key? Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(1), 225-234.

Ellis, A.P.J., Porter, C.O.L.H., & Wolverton, S.A. (2008). Learning to work together: An examination of transactive memory system development in teams. In V.I. Sessa & M. London (Eds.), Work group learning: Undeertsanding, improving, and assessing how groups learn in organizations (pp. 91 - 115). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis.

Pearsall, M.J., Ellis, A.P.J., & Bell, B.S. (2008). Slippage in the system: Examining the effects of errors in transactive memory behavior on team effectiveness. Academy of Management Best Paper Award.

Ellis, A.P.J. (2006). System breakdown: The role of mental models and transactive memory in the relationship between acute stress and team performance. Academy of Management Journal, 49(3), 576-589.

Pearsall, M.J., & Ellis, A.P.J. (2006). The effects of critical team member assertiveness on team performance and satisfaction. Journal of Management, 32(4), 575-594.

Ellis, A.P.J., Humphrey, S.E., Conlon, D.E., & Tinsley, C.H. (2006). Improving customer reactions to brokered ultimatums: The benefits of prior experience and explanations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36(9), 2293-2324.

Ellis, A.P.J., Ilgen, D.R., & Hollenbeck, J.R. (2006). The effects of team leader race on performance evaluations: An attributional perspective. Small Group Research, 37(3), 295-322.

Ellis, A.P.J., Bell, B.S., Ployhart, R.E, Hollenbeck, J.R., & Ilgen, D.R. (2005). An evaluation of generic teamwork skills training with action teams: Effects on cognitive and skill-based outcomes. Personnel Psychology, 58 (3), 641-672.

Moon, H., Hollenbeck, J.R., West, B., Humphrey, S.E., Ilgen, D.R., Ellis, A.P.J., & Porter, C.O.L.H. (2004). Asymmetrical adaptability: Dynamic team structures as one-way streets. Academy of Management Journal, 47 (5), 681-696.

Humphrey, S.E., Ellis, A.P.J., Conlon, D.E. & Tinsley, C.H. (2004). Customer reactions to brokered ultimatums: Integrating negotiation and justice theory. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89 (3), 466-482.

Ellis, A.P.J, & Ryan, A.M. (2003). Race and cognitive-ability test performance: The mediating effects of test preparation, test-taking strategy use, and self-efficacy. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33 (12), 2607-2629.

Ellis, A.P.J., Hollenbeck, J.R., Ilgen, D.R., Porter, C.O.L.H., West, B.J., & Moon, H. (2003). Team learning: Collectively connecting the dots. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88 (5), 821-835.

Porter, C.O.L.H., Hollenbeck, J.R., Ilgen, D.R., Ellis, A.P.J., West, B.J., & Moon, H.K. (2003). Towards understanding backing up behaviors in work teams: The role of personality and the legitimacy of need for backing up others. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88, 391-403.

Ellis, A.P.J., West, B.J., Ryan, A.M., & Deshon, R.P. (2002). The use of impression management tactics in structured interviews: A function of question type? Journal of Applied Psychology, 87 (6), 1200-1208.

Professional Associations

• American Psychological Association
• Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• The Academy of Management

Editorships

• Journal of Management, Editorial Board
• Journal of Applied Psychology, Editorial Board
• Personnel Psychology, Ad-hoc Reviewer
• Academy of Management, Ad-hoc Reviewer
• Academy of Management Review, Ad-hoc Reviewer
• Organizational Behavior and Human Decision, Ad-hoc Reviewer

 

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