Shawn McClean

Shawn McClain

Assistant Professor of Management

McCasland Foundation Professor of American Free Enterprise

About McClean

Shawn McClean is an assistant professor and McCasland Foundation Professor of American Free Enterprise in the Division of Management and International Business at the University of Oklahoma, specializing in organizational behavior and human resource management. McClean earned a Ph.D. in organizational behavior and human resource management from Texas A&M University. He also earned a Bachelor of Arts in business administration and a Master of Business Administration from Washington State University. Before joining Price College, he was a faculty member at the University of Wyoming.

McClean’s research focuses on leadership, the work/non-work interface, and factors that drive employees to engage in unethical behavior. His work has been published in leading management journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, and Academy of Management Annals. In addition, his work has appeared in practitioner outlets such as the Harvard Business Review. McClean teaches organizational behavior and human resource topics at the undergraduate and MBA levels and research methods at the doctoral level for Price College. He also serves as the Ph.D. program coordinator for the Division of Management and International Business.

Research Areas:

Leadership
The work/non-work interface
Behavioral ethics

Education

Ph.D. in organizational behavior and human resource management, Texas A&M University, 2020
Master of Business Administration, Washington State University, 2014
Bachelor of Arts in business administration, Washington State University, 2012

Recent Publications

Klotz, A. C., McClean, S. T., and Tang, P. M. (2023). A little nature in the office boosts morale and productivity. Harvard Business Review.

Tang, P. M., Klotz, A. C., McClean, S. T., Wang, Y., Song, Z., and Ng, C. T. S. (In press). Who needs nature? The influence of employee speciesism on nature-based need satisfaction and subsequent work behavior. Journal of Applied Psychology.

Tang, P. M., Klotz, A. C., McClean, S. T., and Lee, R. X. R. (In press). From natural to novel: The cognition-broadening effects of contact with nature at work on creativity. Journal of Management.

Klotz, A. C., McClean, S. T., Yim, J., Koopman, J., and Tang, P. M. (2023). Getting outdoors after the workday: The affective and cognitive effects of evening nature contact. Journal of Management, 49(7), 2254–2287.

Tang, P. M., Koopman, J., McClean, S. T., Zhang, J., Li, C. H., De Cremer, D., Lu, Y., and Ng, C. T. S. (2022). When conscientious employees meet intelligent machines: An integrative approach inspired by complementarity theory and role theory. Academy of Management Journal, 65(3), 1019–1054.

View more of McClean's publications

Klotz, A. C., McClean, S. T., and Tang, P. M. (2023). A little nature in the office boosts morale and productivity. Harvard Business Review.
Tang, P. M., Klotz, A. C., McClean, S. T., Wang, Y., Song, Z., and Ng, C. T. S. (In press). Who needs nature? The influence of employee speciesism on nature-based need satisfaction and subsequent work behavior. Journal of Applied Psychology.
Tang, P. M., Klotz, A. C., McClean, S. T., and Lee, R. X. R. (In press). From natural to novel: The cognition-broadening effects of contact with nature at work on creativity. Journal of Management.
Klotz, A. C., McClean, S. T., Yim, J., Koopman, J., and Tang, P. M. (2023). Getting outdoors after the workday: The affective and cognitive effects of evening nature contact. Journal of Management, 49(7), 2254–2287.
Tang, P. M., Koopman, J., McClean, S. T., Zhang, J., Li, C. H., De Cremer, D., Lu, Y., and Ng, C. T. S. (2022). When conscientious employees meet intelligent machines: An integrative approach inspired by complementarity theory and role theory. Academy of Management Journal, 65(3), 1019–1054.
McClean, S. T., Yim, J., Courtright, S. H., and Dunford, B. (2021). Transformed by the family: An episodic, attachment theory perspective on family-work enrichment and transformational leadership. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106(12), 1848–1866.
McClean, S. T., Courtright, S. H., Yim, J., and Smith, T. A. (2021). Making nice or faking nice? Exploring supervisors’ two-faced response to their own abusive behavior. Personnel Psychology, 74(4), 693–719.
McClean, S. T., Koopman, J., Yim, J., and Klotz, A. (2021). Stumbling out of the gate: The energy-based implications of morning routine disruption. Personnel Psychology, 74(3), 411–448.
McClean, S. T., Courtright, S. H., Smith, T. A., and Yim, J. (2021). Stop making excuses for toxic bosses. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2021/01/stop-making-excuses-for-toxic-bosses
Yoon, S., McClean, S. T., Chawla, N., Kim, J., Koopman, J., Rosen, C. C., Trougakos, J., and McCarthy, J. (2021). Working through an ‘infodemic’: The impact of COVID-19 news consumption on employee uncertainty and work behaviors. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106(4), 501–517.
McClean, S. T., Barnes, C. M., Courtright, S. H., and Johnson, R. E. (2019). Resetting the clock on dynamic leader behaviors: A conceptual integration and agenda for future research. Academy of Management Annals, 13(2), 479–508

About OU's Price College of Business

The University of Oklahoma Michael F. Price College of Business has experienced significant growth over the past five years, becoming OU’s second-largest college with over 5,800 students. The college offers highly ranked undergraduate, master’s, executive and doctoral programs across six academic divisions. More information is available at price.ou.edu