Tuck Pescosolido

Before entering academia, Professor Pescosolido helped set up the Quality Assurance program for an R&D pharmaceutical firm, facilitated the TQM process for a 250 person manufacturing organization, and spent 5 years designing and delivering training sessions for a global management consulting organization. He has designed and led multiple team-building and leadership development training sessions as an independent consultant and facilitator and has spoken to a wide variety of audiences on topics of leadership and effective teaming. His teaching and research activities focus on team design, team building, and the development of effective leaders in organizations.

Education

• Ph.D., Organizational Behavior, Case Western Reserve University
• B.A., Psychology, Harvard University

Research Interests

• Leadership
• Leadership Development
• Management Education
• Organizational Development/Capacity Building
• Organizational Theory and Behavior

Courses Taught

• ADMN 575: Behavior in Organizations
• ADMN 912: Managing Self & Leading Others
• MGT 713: Leadership Assessmnt & Develp

Selected Publications

• Harvey, P., Harris, K. J., Kacmar, K. M., Buckless, A., & Pescosolido, A. T. (2014). The Impact of Political Skill on Employees’ Perceptions of Ethical Leadership. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 21(1), 5-16. doi:10.1177/1548051813483834
• Pescosolido, A. T., & Saavedra, R. (2012). Cohesion and Sports Teams. Small Group Research, 43(6), 744-758. doi:10.1177/1046496412465020
• Pescosolido, A. T., Kalargyrou, V., & Kalagiros, E. A. (2012). Leadership skills in management education. Academy of Educational Leadership, 16(1), 39-63.
• Romero, E., & Pescosolido, A. (2008). Humor and group effectiveness. Human Relations, 61(3), 395-418. doi:10.1177/0018726708088999
• Pescosolido, A. T. (2005). Managing emotion: A new role for emergent group leaders. In Unknown Book (pp. 317-334). Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
• Pescosolido, A. T. (2003). Group Efficacy And Group Effectiveness. Small Group Research, 34(1), 20-42. doi:10.1177/1046496402239576
• Pescosolido, A. T. (2002). Emergent leaders as managers of group emotion. The Leadership Quarterly, 13(5), 583-599. doi:10.1016/s1048-9843(02)00145-5
• Wolff, S. B., Pescosolido, A. T., & Druskat, V. U. (2002). Emotional intelligence as the basis of leadership emergence in self-managing teams. The Leadership Quarterly, 13(5), 505-522. doi:10.1016/s1048-9843(02)00141-8
• Druskat, V. U., & Pescosolido, A. T. (2002). The Content of Effective Teamwork Mental Models in Self-Managing Teams: Ownership, Learning and Heedful Interrelating. Human Relations, 55(3), 283-314. doi:10.1177/0018726702553001
• Pescosolido, A. T. (2001). Informal Leaders and the Development of Group Efficacy. Small Group Research, 32(1), 74-93. doi:10.1177/104649640103200104