Peter Harms

Professor of Management at the University of Alabama

Research Expertise

Sociology and Political Science

Social Psychology

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Applied Psychology

Marketing

About

Dr. Peter Harms’ research focuses on the assessment and development of personality, leadership and psychological well-being. He has published more than 90 peer-reviewed articles in such outlets as Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Review, Leadership Quarterly, Human Resource Management Review, Journal of Business Ethics and the Journal of Organizational Behavior. This work has also been featured in popular media outlets such as CNN, Scientific American, Forbes and the BBC. Harms has been invited to speak to audiences around the world and was selected by the St. Gallen symposium as one of the “100 Knowledge Leaders of Tomorrow” in 2011. He was also awarded the President’s Faculty Research Award for the University of Alabama in 2018. He is engaged in research partnerships with the U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of Labor and NASA.

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Publications

Much ado about grit: A meta-analytic synthesis of the grit literature.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

2017

Authoritarianism

Overcoming Bad Leadership in Organizations

2022

A psychometric investigation of harmonious and obsessive work passion

Journal of Organizational Behavior

2022

CEO narcissism, top management team transactive memory systems, and firm performance: an upper echelons perspective on CEO admiration and rivalry narcissism

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

2021

Speaking up to the “emotional vampire”: A conservation of resources perspective

Journal of Business Research

2018

Why Are Extraverts More Satisfied? Personality, Social Experiences, and Subjective Well–Being in College

European Journal of Personality

2017

Stress, Well-Being, and the Dark Side of Leadership

Research in Occupational Stress and Well-being

2016

Education

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Ph.D., Psychology / 2008

Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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