Jennifer Mueller

Jennifer Mueller is an associate professor of management in the University of San Diego School of Business, where she teaches organizational behavior and leadership classes at both the undergraduate and MBA levels. Mueller’s research examines the costs and benefits of collaboration in teams, as well as the biases people have against creative ideas and creative people.

She has published several articles in top management journals including: Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology and Psychological Science. Mueller is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Psychology as well as Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. She has held positions at several business schools including Yale School of Management and the Stern School of Business at NYU, and she was an assistant professor in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania for seven years before joining USD in 2012.

Selected Publications

• Mueller, J. (2017) Creative Change: Why we resist it...how to embrace it, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
• Shelby Rosette, A., Mueller, J., Lebel, D. (2015) Why men do not ask for directions: Help seeking and perceptions of leadership competence, Leadership Quarterly, 26, 749-762.
• Mueller, J. (2014) Managers Reject Ideas Customers Want, Harvard Business Review, July 0.
• Mueller, J., Wakslak, C., Krishnan, V. (2014) Construing Creativity: The how and why of recognizing creative ideas, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
• Melwani, S., Mueller, J., Overbeck, J. (2012) Looking down: The influence of contempt and compassion on leadership perceptions, Journal of Applied Psychology, 97(6), 1171-1185.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Brandeis University (1996 — 2001)
• Bachelor’s Degree Southern Methodist University (1990 — 1994)

Companies

• Associate Professor University of San Diego School of Business (2012)
• Assistant Professor The Wharton School (2005 — 2012)
• Visiting Assistant Professor NYU Stern School of Business (2003 — 2005)
• Lecturer Yale School of Management (2001 — 2003)
• Research Associate Harvard Business School (1997 — 2001)