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Overview

Francis J. Flynn is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences and psychology, with significant contributions to sociology and political science, social psychology, and organizational behavior and human resource management. The scientist's work also overlaps with cognitive neuroscience and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

The main topics covered in Flynn's research include job satisfaction and organizational behavior, social and intergroup psychology, emotions and moral behavior, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, emotional intelligence and performance, opinion dynamics and social influence, and the intersection of COVID-19 and mental health.

Flynn has published articles in several notable academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Academy of Management Journal
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • American Psychologist
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
  • Personality and Individual Differences

Selected recent papers by Flynn include:

  • "Better to give than reciprocate? Status and reciprocity in prosocial exchange." (2021), Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • "Communication Miscalibration: The Price Leaders Pay for Not Sharing Enough" (2022), Academy of Management Journal

Flynn has collaborated with several researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Shilaan Alzahawi
  • Kevin M. Kniffin
  • Jayanth Narayanan
  • Frederik Anseel
  • John Antonakis

Their publications contribute to a better understanding of complex social dynamics in workplace settings, focusing on emotional regulation, social expectations, communication, and prosocial behavior. This work addresses both theoretical and practical aspects of organizational behavior and social psychology, particularly within the context of contemporary challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Best Publications

  • The Influence of Demographic Heterogeneity on the Emergence and Consequences of Cooperative Norms in Work Teams

    Jennifer A. Chatman;Francis J. Flynn

  • COVID-19 and the workplace: Implications, issues, and insights for future research and action.

    Kevin M. Kniffin;Jayanth Narayanan;Frederik Anseel;John Antonakis

  • Helping one's way to the top: self-monitors achieve status by helping others and knowing who helps whom.

    Francis J. Flynn;Ray E. Reagans;Emily Tara Amanatullah;Daniel R. Ames

  • Identity Orientations And Forms Of Social Exchange In Organizations

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  • What breaks a leader: the curvilinear relation between assertiveness and leadership.

    Daniel R. Ames;Francis J. Flynn

  • Are Two Narcissists Better Than One? The Link Between Narcissism, Perceived Creativity, and Creative Performance

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  • Personality and organizational culture as determinants of influence.

    Cameron Anderson;Sandra E. Spataro;Francis J. Flynn

  • Having an open mind: the impact of openness to experience on interracial attitudes and impression formation.

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  • Getting to Know You: The Influence of Personality on Impressions and Performance of Demographically Different People in Organizations

    Francis J. Flynn;Jennifer A. Chatman;Sandra E. Spataro

  • If you need help, just ask: underestimating compliance with direct requests for help.

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  • It’s the Thought That Counts: On Perceiving How Helpers Decide to Lend a Hand

    Daniel R. Ames;Francis J. Flynn;Elke U. Weber

  • Money can’t buy love: Asymmetric beliefs about gift price and feelings of appreciation

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  • Who's with Me? False Consensus, Brokerage, and Ethical Decision Making in Organizations

    Francis J. Flynn;Scott S. Wiltermuth

  • Give them what they want: The benefits of explicitness in gift exchange

    Francesca Gino;Francis J. Flynn

  • “Why didn’t you just ask?” Underestimating the discomfort of help-seeking

    Vanessa K. Bohns;Francis J. Flynn

  • Structure, Identity, and Solidarity: A Comparative Field Study of Generalized and Direct Exchange

    Robb Willer;Francis J. Flynn;Sonya Zak

  • Leadership style and regulatory mode: Value from fit?

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  • It's different to give than to receive: predictors of givers' and receivers' reactions to favor exchange.

    Francis J. Flynn;Joel Brockner

  • Power, Moral Clarity, and Punishment in the Workplace

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  • Do you two know each other? Transitivity, homophily, and the need for (network) closure.

    Francis J. Flynn;Ray E. Reagans;Lucia Guillory

  • When feeling bad leads to feeling good: guilt-proneness and affective organizational commitment.

    Francis J. Flynn;Rebecca L. Schaumberg

  • What's good for the goose may not be as good for the gander: the benefits of self-monitoring for men and women in task groups and dyadic conflicts.

    Francis J. Flynn;Daniel R. Ames

  • Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown: the link between guilt proneness and leadership.

    Rebecca L. Schaumberg;Francis J. Flynn

  • Guilt by Design: Structuring Organizations to Elicit Guilt as an Affective Reaction to Failure

    Vanessa K. Bohns;Francis J. Flynn

  • Psyched Up or Psyched Out? The Influence of Coactor Status on Individual Performance

    Francis J. Flynn;Emily T. Amanatullah

  • Self-reliance: A Gender Perspective on its Relationship to Communality and Leadership Evaluations

    Rebecca L. Schaumberg;Francis J. Flynn

  • Clarifying the link between job satisfaction and absenteeism: The role of guilt proneness.

    Rebecca L. Schaumberg;Francis J. Flynn

  • Once Bitten, Twice Shy: The Effect of a Past Refusal on Expectations of Future Compliance

    Daniel A. Newark;Francis J. Flynn;Vanessa K. Bohns

  • 9 The Case for Behavioral Decision Research in Organizational Behavior

    Don A. Moore;Francis J. Flynn

  • The Gifts We Keep on Giving Documenting and Destigmatizing the Regifting Taboo

    Gabrielle S. Adams;Francis J. Flynn;Michael Irwin Norton

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel R. Ames
Daniel R. Ames Columbia University
Evangelia Demerouti
Evangelia Demerouti Eindhoven University of Technology
Brett Q. Ford
Brett Q. Ford University of Toronto
Cort W. Rudolph
Cort W. Rudolph Wayne State University
Peter Bamberger
Peter Bamberger Tel Aviv University
Michele J. Gelfand
Michele J. Gelfand Stanford University
Arnold B. Bakker
Arnold B. Bakker Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jason D. Shaw
Jason D. Shaw Nanyang Technological University
Gary Johns
Gary Johns Concordia University
Connie R. Wanberg
Connie R. Wanberg University of Minnesota

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