Christopher Porter

Areas of Expertise

Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Entry, Team composition and dynamics, Training and Development

Academic Degrees

• PhD, Michigan State University, 2001
• MS, Michigan State University, 1996
• BA, Morehouse College, 1991

Professional Experience

• Associate Professor of Management, Texas A&M University
• Assistant Professor of Management, Texas A&M University
• Instructor of Management, Michigan State University
• Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency
• National Juvenile Detention Association, East Lansing, MI

Awards, Honors & Certificates

• Mays Research Fellow
• Montague – Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar
• Associate Editor for the Journal of Management
• Associate Editor for the Africa Journal of Management

Selected Publications

• Porter, Christopher O. L. H., Douglas A. Franklin, Brian W. Swider, Race Chien-Feng Yu (2016), "An exploration of the interactive effects of leader trait goal orientation and goal content in teams," The Leadership Quarterly, 27(1), 34-50.
• N. Li, B. L. Kirkman & C. O. L. H. Porter (2014), "Toward a model of work team altruism," Academy of Management Review," 39(4): 541-565.
• M. C. Triana, C. O. L. H. Porter, S. W. DeGrassi & M. E. Bergman (2013), "We’re all in this together…except for you: The effects of workload, performance feedback, and racial distance on helping behavior in teams," Journal of Organizational Behavior, 34(8): 1124-1144.
• C. O. L. H. Porter, J. W. Webb & C. I. Gogus (2010), "When goal orientations collide: Effects of learning and performance orientation on team adaptability in response to workload imbalance," Journal of Applied Psychology, 95(5): 935-943.
• C. O. L. H. Porter (2008), "A multi-level, multi-conceptualization perspective of goal orientation in teams," Work group learning: Understanding, improving, and assessing how groups learn in organizations, V. I. Sessa & M. London (Eds.), pp.149-173, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates/Taylor and Francis Group, New York, NY.