Denise Breaux Soignet

I am an experienced researcher, teacher, author, management consultant, and center director. My work centers on helping current and future business leaders learn to tackle some of the most pressing interpersonal challenges—and some of the most exciting human opportunities—in today’s workplace.

Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Research Expertise

Management of Technology and Innovation

Strategy and Management

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Applied Psychology

Finance

Management Science and Operations Research

Sociology and Political Science

Business and International Management

Industrial relations

About

I've spent over a decade researching, writing, consulting, and teaching about interpersonal relationships, human interactions, and people-problems in organizations. My early academic work centered on work stress, organizational politics, and dysfunctional leadership, and through the years I've broadened my focus to explore a wider range of human issues in the workplace. My passion for understanding and repairing interpersonal issues led to my current role as Director of the Tyson Center for Faith-Friendly Workplaces, a center dedicated to increasing religious tolerance, interfaith understanding, and acceptance of religious diversity in the workplace.

Publications

It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Hurt: An Interactional Framing Theory of Work Social Sexual Behavior

Academy of Management Review / Mar 04, 2021

Rawski, S. L., O’Leary-Kelly, A. M., & Breaux-Soignet, D. (2021). It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Hurt: An Interactional Framing Theory of Work Social Sexual Behavior. Academy of Management Review. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2019.0316

Fear and silence in the workplace

Voice and Whistleblowing in Organizations

Kish-Gephart, J. J., & Breaux-Soignet, D. M. (n.d.). Fear and silence in the workplace. Voice and Whistleblowing in Organizations, 92–110. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781005927.00011

Abusive Supervision as Political Activity: Distinguishing Impulsive and Strategic Expressions of Downward Hostility

Politics in Organizations / Apr 27, 2012

Humor or sexual harassment?:The frame analysis of workplace socio-sexual behavior

Academy of Management Proceedings / Jan 01, 2014

Breaux-Soignet, D. M., Rawski, S. L., & O’Leary-Kelly, A. (2014). Humor or sexual harassment?:The frame analysis of workplace socio-sexual behavior. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014(1), 17514. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2014.17514abstract

Abusive supervision, intentions to quit, and employees’ workplace deviance: A power/dependence analysis

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes / Jul 01, 2009

Tepper, B. J., Carr, J. C., Breaux, D. M., Geider, S., Hu, C., & Hua, W. (2009). Abusive supervision, intentions to quit, and employees’ workplace deviance: A power/dependence analysis. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 109(2), 156–167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2009.03.004

Politics as a Moderator of the Accountability—Job Satisfaction Relationship: Evidence Across Three Studies

Journal of Management / Feb 05, 2008

Breaux, D. M., Munyon, T. P., Hochwarter, W. A., & Ferris, G. R. (2008). Politics as a Moderator of the Accountability—Job Satisfaction Relationship: Evidence Across Three Studies. Journal of Management, 35(2), 307–326. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206308318621

Mood crossover and relational reciprocity

Career Development International / Sep 18, 2009

Munyon, T. P., Breaux, D. M., Rogers, L. M., Perrewé, P. L., & Hochwarter, W. A. (2009). Mood crossover and relational reciprocity. Career Development International, 14(5), 408–427. https://doi.org/10.1108/13620430910989825

Time to Try a Little Tenderness? The Detrimental Effects of Accountability When Coupled With Abusive Supervision

Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies / Jun 30, 2008

Breaux, D. M., Perrewé, P. L., Hall, A. T., Frink, D. D., & Hochwarter, W. A. (2008). Time to Try a Little Tenderness? The Detrimental Effects of Accountability When Coupled With Abusive Supervision. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 15(2), 111–122. https://doi.org/10.1177/1548051808321787

The family and HRM in North America: how demographic and social changes are shifting the way work–family issues are managed by organizations and employees

The International Journal of Human Resource Management / Aug 01, 2008

Meurs, J. A., Breaux, D. M., & Perrewé, P. L. (2008). The family and HRM in North America: how demographic and social changes are shifting the way work–family issues are managed by organizations and employees. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 19(8), 1455–1471. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585190802200215

Education

Florida State University

Ph.D., Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Nicholls State University

M.B.A.

Thibodaux, Louisiana, United States of America

Nicholls State University

B.S., Human Resource Management

Thibodaux, Louisiana, United States of America

Experience

University of Arkansas

Director - Tyson Center for Faith-Friendly Workplaces (current) / 2019 — Present

University of Arkansas

Clinical Associate Professor of Management (current) / 2020 — Present

University of Arkansas

Clinical Assistant Professor of Management / 2016 — 2019

Assistant Professor of Management / 2010 — 2015

McGraw Hill

Subject Matter Expert & Digital Content Designer / 2016 — Present

Develop interactive digital learning content and assessment items for best-selling textbooks in the Management discipline. Oversee the work of teams of subject matter experts and digital content designers.

Author / 2020 — Present

Author college-level textbooks in McGraw Hill's Management discipline.

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