Biography

Kevin Kniffin leads two active streams of research that focus on Teams and Leadership. Through studies of athletic and scientific teams, Kniffin has developed two lines of investigation that utilize data from popular and important model domains. More generally, Kniffin has studied the relevance of leadership across a variety of organizational contexts. He has contributed original research to publications including American Psychologist, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, and The Leadership Quarterly. Kniffin's research to study academic career paths has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and his work has been featured by outlets including Harvard Business Review and The New York Times.

In the classroom, Kniffin enjoys "meeting students where they are" by engaging students' experiences in the pursuit of studying evidence-based principles of individual and organizational behavior. Kniffin employs an interdisciplinary approach to both Organizational Behavior (AEM 3245/6245) and Leadership and Management in Sports (AEM 3320/6325).

Selected Publications

• Kniffin, Kevin; Hanks, Andrew. "The Trade-offs of Teamwork Among STEM Doctoral Graduates" American Psychologist. 73.4 (2018): 420-432
• Kniffin, Kevin; Reeves-Ellington, Richard; Wilson, David. "When Everyone Wins? Exploring Employee and Customer Preferences for No-Haggle Pricing" Frontiers in Psychology. (2018)
• Kniffin, Kevin; Palacio, Dylan. "Trash-Talking and Trolling" Human Nature. 29.3 (2018): 353-369
• Kniffin, Kevin; Scalise Sugiyama, M. "Toward a Natural History of Team Sports" Human Nature. 29.3 (2018): 211-218
• Kniffin, Kevin; Hanks, Andrew. "Antecedents and Near-term Consequences for Interdisciplinary Dissertators" Scientometrics. 111.3 (2017): 1225-1250
• Kniffin, Kevin; Thomas, Howley; Cole, Bardreau. "Putting Muscle into Sports Analytics: Strength, Conditioning, and Ice Hockey Performance" Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 31.12 (2017): 3253–3259
• Kniffin, Kevin; Hanks, A. "Early Career PhD Salaries: The industry premium and interdisciplinary debate" Applied Economics Letters. 21.18 (2014): 1277-1282
• Kniffin, Kevin; Mihalek, Vince. "Within-Series Momentum in Hockey: No Returns for Running up the score" Economics Letters. 122.3 (2014): 400-402
• Kniffin, Kevin; Wilson, D. "Evolutionary Perspectives on Workplace Gossip: How and Why Gossip Can Be Good" Group and Organization Management. 35 (2010): 150-176
• Kniffin, Kevin. "Evolutionary Perspectives on Salary Dispersion within Firms" Journal of Bioeconomics. 11 (2009): 23-42

Recent Courses

• AEM 4700 - Dyson Leadership Development Program
• AEM 4970 - Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management
• AEM 3320/AEM 6325 - Leadership and Management in Sports
• AEM 3245/AEM 6245 - Organizational Behavior
• AEM 4980 - Supervised Teaching Experience
• AEM 4990 - Undergraduate Research

Academic Degrees

• PhD State University of New York at Binghamton, 2002
• MA State University of New York at Binghamton, 1998
• BA Lehigh University, 1995

In the News

• August 30, 2016 Upbeat Music Can Make Employees More Cooperative
• May 03, 2016 Why Employees Need to Break Bread Together
• March 14, 2016 How Playing Sports, Even Poorly, Can Make You More Successful in Business