Chase Thiel

Bio

Chase Thiel, Ph.D., is the Rile Chair of Leadership and Senior Associate Dean at the University of Wyoming. Dr. Thiel is a principle-based, systems-minded leader who finds deep satisfaction in working with faculty, staff, and students to help them realize their collective potential through deeper purpose. 

 

Dr. Thiel is proud to have founded the Center for Principle-Based Leadership and Ethics; launched experiential programs for new stakeholder groups through the Leadership Academy and Cowboy Leadership Experience; led modernization efforts for the College of Business’ performance management and tenure and promotion systems; and helped cultivate a culture of belonging over his administrative roles at the University of Wyoming. The latter has played an important role in strengthening hiring and recruitment across the college of Business.

 

As a management scholar, Dr. Thiel examines the ethical and broader social challenges facing organizations, with a focus on producing applied research that readily translates into practice. His work has been published in leading empirical journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, and Personnel Psychology. He is especially proud of his practitioner-focused contributions to Harvard Business Review, as well as the broader media engagement surrounding his research. Dr. Thiel’s teaching aligns with this work, and he has been recognized with teaching awards at both the undergraduate and MBA levels.

 

Most importantly, he is the joyful—and occasionally tired—father of four children.

 

Education

Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
M.S., University of Oklahoma
B.S., Idaho State University

 

Teaching Interests

Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Management
Organizational Staffing
Business Ethics

 

Research Interests

Unethical Workplace Behavior, Ethical Leadership, Effective Human Resource Practices

 

Areas of Expertise

Self-Regulation at Work
Ethical Decision Making
Ethical Leadership
Emotion Helping 

 

Selected Publications

Thiel, C. E. Bonner, J., Bush, J. T., Welsh, D., & Pati, R. (in press) Rationalize or reappraise? Cognitive reappraisal attenuates the effect of observed unethicality on moral disengagement. Personnel Psychology.

Thiel, C. E., Harvey, J., Courtright, S., & Bradley, B. (2019). What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger: How teams rebound from early-stage relationship conflict. Journal of Management, 45, 1623-1659.

Welsh, D., Bush, J., 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., & Bonner, J. (2018) Too many sheep in the flock? Span of control attenuates ethical leadership. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103, 1324-1334.

Griffith, J., Connelly, S., Thiel, C. E. & Johnson, G. (2015). How outstanding leaders lead with affect: An examination of charismatic, ideological, and pragmatic leaders. Leadership Quarterly, 26, 502-517.

Thiel, C. E., Connelly, S., & Griffith, J. A. (2012). Leadership and emotion management for complex tasks: Different emotions, different strategies. Leadership Quarterly, 23, 517-533.

Thiel, C. E., Bagdasarov, Z., Harkrider, L., Johnson, J., & Mumford, M. D. (2012). Leader ethical decision making in organizations: Strategies for sensemaking.  Journal of Business Ethics, 107, 49-64.