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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration

Overview

Bradley E. Wright is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within psychology and social sciences, with a particular focus on social psychology, health, clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and intersections with sociology and political science.

The primary topics of Wright's work include religion, spirituality, and psychology; child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development; psychological well-being and life satisfaction; death anxiety and social exclusion; religion and society interactions; sleep and related disorders; and maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum.

Wright has published research in various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
  • Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
  • Scientific Reports
  • Parenting

Their recent scholarly papers include the following:

  • "Do Daily Spiritual Experiences Moderate the Effect of Stressors on Psychological Well-being? A Smartphone-based Experience Sampling Study of Depressive Symptoms and Flourishing" (2020, International Journal for the Psychology of Religion)
  • "See You Sunday? Effects of Attending a Specific Weekend Religious Service on Emotional Well-Being: A State/Trait Analysis of the SoulPulse Study" (2024, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion)
  • "Improving emotional availability in Australian mother-toddler dyads via the Tuning in to Toddlers parenting program" (2025, Scientific Reports)
  • "Patterns of Emotional Availability in a Community Sample of Australian Mother-Toddler Dyads: Associations with Emotion Socialization Behaviors" (2025, Parenting)

Wright's work frequently involves collaboration with other scholars. Their notable coauthors include Blake Victor Kent, Christopher G. Ellison, Christiane E. Kehoe, Karli Treyvaud, and Sophie S. Havighurst.

Among professional recognitions, Wright has been acknowledged as a Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration.

Best Publications

  • Pulling the Levers: Transformational Leadership, Public Service Motivation, and Mission Valence

    Bradley E. Wright;Donald P. Moynihan;Sanjay K. Pandey

  • Public-Sector Work Motivation: A Review of the Current Literature and a Revised Conceptual Model

    Bradley E. Wright

  • Investigating the Structure and Meaning of Public Service Motivation across Populations: Developing an International Instrument and Addressing Issues of Measurement Invariance

    Sangmook Kim;Wouter Vandenabeele;Wouter Vandenabeele;Bradley E. Wright;Lotte Bøgh Andersen

  • Job Satisfaction In The Public Sector: The Role of the Work Environment

    Bradley E. Wright;Brian S. Davis

  • Public Service and Motivation: Does Mission Matter?

    Bradley E. Wright

  • Public Service Motivation and the Assumption of Person—Organization Fit: Testing the Mediating Effect of Value Congruence

    Bradley E. Wright;Sanjay K. Pandey

  • The Role of Work Context in Work Motivation: A Public Sector Application of Goal and Social Cognitive Theories

    Bradley E. Wright

  • Setting the Table: How Transformational Leadership Fosters Performance Information Use

    Donald P. Moynihan;Sanjay K. Pandey;Bradley E. Wright

  • The Effects of Public Service Motivation on Job Choice Decisions: Disentangling the Contributions of Person-Organization Fit and Person-Job Fit

    Robert K. Christensen;Bradley E. Wright

  • Public Service Motivation and Interpersonal Citizenship Behavior in Public Organizations: Testing a Preliminary Model

    Sanjay K. Pandey;Bradley E. Wright;Donald P. Moynihan

  • Transformational Leadership in the Public Sector: Does Structure Matter?

    Bradley E. Wright;Sanjay K. Pandey

  • Unanswered Questions about Public Service Motivation: Designing Research to Address Key Issues of Emergence and Effects

    Bradley E. Wright;Adam M. Grant

  • Does Ethical Leadership Matter in Government? Effects on Organizational Commitment, Absenteeism, and Willingness to Report Ethical Problems

    Shahidul Hassan;Bradley E. Wright;Gary Yukl

  • Connecting the Dots in Public Management: Political Environment, Organizational Goal Ambiguity, and the Public Manager's Role Ambiguity

    Sanjay K. Pandey;Bradley E. Wright

  • Participation’s Influence on Job Satisfaction The Importance of Job Characteristics

    Bradley E. Wright;Soonhee Kim

  • Measuring Public Service Motivation: Exploring the Equivalence of Existing Global Measures

    Bradley E. Wright;Robert K. Christensen;Sanjay K. Pandey

  • Performance Regimes Amidst Governance Complexity

    Donald P. Moynihan;Sergio Fernandez;Soonhee Kim;Kelly M. LeRoux

  • Public Service Motivation: A Test of the Job Attraction–Selection–Attrition Model

    Bradley E. Wright;Robert K. Christensen

  • Understanding Affective Organizational Commitment The Importance of Institutional Context

    Edmund C. Stazyk;Sanjay K. Pandey;Bradley E. Wright

  • Motivated to Adapt? The Role of Public Service Motivation as Employees Face Organizational Change

    Bradley E. Wright;Robert K. Christensen;Kimberley Roussin Isett

  • DOES A PUBLIC SERVICE ETHIC ENCOURAGE ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR? PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATION, ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AND THE WILLINGNESS TO REPORT ETHICAL PROBLEMS

    Bradley E. Wright;Shahidul Hassan;Jongsoo Park

  • Public Organizations and Mission Valence: When Does Mission Matter?

    Bradley E. Wright;Sanjay K. Pandey

  • Prosocial Values and Performance Management Theory: Linking Perceived Social Impact and Performance Information Use

    Donald P. Moynihan;Sanjay K. Pandey;Bradley E. Wright

  • Job Choice and Performance: Revisiting Core Assumptions about Public Service Motivation

    Bradley E. Wright;Shahidul Hassan;Robert K. Christensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald P. Moynihan
Donald P. Moynihan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sergio Fernandez
Sergio Fernandez Indiana University
James L. Perry
James L. Perry Indiana University
Kaifeng Yang
Kaifeng Yang Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kelly LeRoux
Kelly LeRoux University of Illinois at Chicago
Adam M. Grant
Adam M. Grant University of Pennsylvania
Gary Yukl
Gary Yukl University at Albany, State University of New York

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