Bill Daniels Chair of Business Ethics

 

Dr. Chase Thiel                                               

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.

Biography

Chase Thiel is the Rile Chair of Leadership, a Full Professor, and the Chairperson of the Management & Marketing Department at the University of Wyoming. His expertise lies within the areas of organizational leadership, human capital development, and business ethics. Dr. Thiel holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology (with a minor in Quantitative Psychology) from the University of Oklahoma and a B.S. in Psychology from Idaho State University. Additionally, he is a Senior Certified Professional through the Society of Human Resource Management.

As a contributing faculty member in the Center for Principle-Based Leadership and Ethics—a center he co-founded—Dr. Thiel has created UW’s Leadership Academy, developed the College of Business’ leadership curriculum, and co-developed the Cowboy Leadership Experience for executives. Previously, he led the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative program at UW as the Bill Daniels Chair of Business Ethics.

Dr. Thiel’s primary research examines unethical behavior in the workplace, focusing on understanding its causes through a behavioral lens, expanding definitions and measurements, identifying practices to encourage ethical behavior, and exploring the role of ethical leadership. His research has been published in leading journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Harvard Business Review, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Leadership Quarterly, and Journal of Business Ethics. He has received several accolades, including seven COB research awards, the prestigious McMurry Fellowship in 2021, and recognition from the Academy of Management for excellence in research, notably receiving the Organizational Behavior Division’s Outstanding Practical Implications for Management award in 2021.

An award-winning educator, Dr. Thiel teaches undergraduate and MBA courses on organizational behavior, leadership, human resource management, talent acquisition, and ethics. In recognition of his teaching excellence, he received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the COB in 2021 and the MBA Teaching Excellence Award in 2020.

Most importantly, Dr. Thiel is the proud father of four wonderful children.