Michael Christian

Sarah Graham Kenan Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at Kenan-Flagler Business School

Schools

  • Kenan-Flagler Business School

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Biography

Kenan-Flagler Business School

 

Mike Christian is an award-winning teacher and researcher. Poets & Quants named him a "Best 40 Under 40 Professor" and the Association for Psychological Science  honored him as a "Rising Star."

His research focuses on understanding the mind-body connection at work. He examines how somatic states such as sleep, pain and sickness affect energy, work engagement and self-control at work. He studies how these factors dynamically relate to unethical behavior as well as desirable work performance.

Dr. Christian has examined:

His teaching interests include leadership coaching, leading effective teams and organizational change at UNC Kenan-Flagler.

Dr. Christian has an ongoing interest in human resource management. He has worked with organizations, including the Tucson Police Department and the South Central Public Health Training Center, on issues concerning employee selection, promotion and training. He is also an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Administrative Science Quarterly, The Academy of Management Journal, The Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Personnel Psychology and The Journal of Management have published his research.

He has received research grants from the National Science Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation.

Dr. Christian received his PhD in management from the University of Arizona, his master’s degree in industrial and organizational psychology from Tulane University and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

 

 

Areas of Expertise

  • work engagement
  • health and safety
  • teamwork
  • workplace issues
  • leadership
  • ethics
  • performance
  • creativity
  • human resources
  • organizational behavior
  • mindfulness

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