Ariel Blair

Research Summary

Dr. Blair’s overall research interests include organizational change with a particular focus on effectively engaging a diverse or global workforce. Her current research focuses on cross-cultural influences on employee voice, and exploring epistemic colonization of leadership and followership theory.

Education

• B.A. , Development Studies, Brown University
• MBA, General Management, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
• Ph.D., Organizational Behavior, Claremont Graduate University. Project: Cultural Influences on Followership and Follower Dissent

Publications

• B. Ariel Blair & Wendy Fox-Kirk (2021). The Colonization of Cross-Cultural Leadership and Followership Research. Routledge. Discipline based - refereed, Accepted, 03/26/2021.
• Blair, B. A. & Bligh, M. C. (2018). Looking for leadership in all the wrong places: The impact of culture on proactive followership and follower dissent. United Kingdom : Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Vol. 74, 129-143. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 03/2018.
• Blair, B. A. (2016). Followers alert a leader. (pp. 23-30). Emerald Group Publishing. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 11/2016.
• Ariel Blair & Bill Jensen (2005). Listen to your inner voice. (pp. 33-36). Harper Business. Practice - other, Published, 05/2005.

Honors & Awards

• Marcus Garvey Black Star Excellence Award. University of Utah Black Faculty and Staff Association, 03/26/2021