Bret Bradley

Professor Bradley teaches courses on negotiations, leadership, and teamwork at the undergraduate and MBA levels. He also consults with organizations and conducts executive development workshops. Professor Bradley’s research intersects the areas of small group dynamics, team performance, leadership, and ethics. He studies workplace issues such as conflict management, problem employees, entrepreneurial team dynamics, expertise maximization, workplace deviance, multiteam systems, and emotion regulation. He is on the editorial board of Small Group Research, and has published in the premiere journals in management.

Accomplishments/Awards:

Junior Faculty Research Fellowship, Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma (2011, 2012, 2013).

Dean’s Outstanding Scholarship Recognition Award for “Personality and leadership composition in top management teams: Implications for organizational effectiveness,” Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma (2014).

Research Support Program Award for “Bad apple teammates in professional sports: Implications for managers and organizations,” Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma (2013).

Dean’s Outstanding Scholarship Recognition Award for “Ready to rumble: How team personality composition and task conflict interact to improve performance,” Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma (2013).

Bruce Magoon Master Teacher Award, Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma (2012). 

Ethics Teaching Fellowship Award, Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma (2012).

Hurley Roberson Award for Teaching Excellence, Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma (2010). 

Small Research Grant, Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Oklahoma (2009). 

Finalist, American Psychological Association Division 49 (Group Psychology and Psychotherapy) Dissertation award for “The bad apple spoils the bunch: How a disagreeable person damages team performance and what can be done about it” (2009). 

Graduate College Summer Fellowship, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa (2008). 

Mary Tenopyr Graduate Student Scholarship, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2007). 

National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (2007).

Degrees Earned:

PhD - University of Iowa (organizational behavior and human resources)
MAcc - Brigham Young University (taxation)

Publications:

Colbert, A. E., Barrick, M. R., & Bradley, B. H. (2014). Personality and leadership composition in top management teams: Implications for organizational performance. Personnel Psychology, 67, 351-387. 

Klotz, A. C., Hmieleski, K. M., Bradley, B. H., L. W., Busenitz, K. (2014). New venture teams: A review of the literature and roadmap for future research. Journal of Management, 40, 226-255.

Bradley, B. H., Baur, J. E., Banford, C. G., & Postlethwaite, B. E. (2013). Team players and collective performance: How agreeableness impacts team performance over time. Small Group Research. 44, 680-711. 

Bradley, B. H., Klotz, A. C., Postlethwaite, B. E., & Brown, K. G. (2013). Ready to rumble: How team personality composition and task conflict interact to improve performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 98, 385-392

Bradley, B. H., Postlethwaite, B. E., Klotz, A. C., Hamdani, M. R., & Brown, K. G. (2012). Reaping the benefits of conflict in teams: The critical role of team psychological safety climate. Journal of Applied Psychology, 97, 151-158.

Colbert, A. E., Kristof-Brown, A., Bradley, B. H., & Barrick, M. R. (2008). CEO transformational leadership: The role of goal importance congruence in top management teams. Academy of Management Journal, 51, 81-96. 

Barrick, M. R., Bradley, B. H, Kristof-Brown, A., & Colbert, A. E. (2007). The moderating role of top management team interdependence: Implications for real teams and working groups. Academy of Management Journal, 50, 544-557.