D. CHRISTOPHER KAYES
Associate Professor, Management
The George Washington University School of Business
2201 G Street, NW, Funger Hall
Washington, DC 20052
Phone: 202-994-4795 ● Email:
DEGREES
Ph.D. 2001 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Organizational Behavior
M.B.A. 1995 Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
B.A. 1989 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Political Science and Religious Studies
ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS AND POSITIONS HELD
2013-present Chair, Department of Management
2007-present Associate Professor, Management (with tenure)
School of Business
The George Washington University
2006-present Faculty Affiliate, Sigur Center for Asian Studies
The George Washington University
2005-present Senior Fellow, College of Professional Studies
Center for Excellence in Public Leadership
The George Washington University
2009-2010 Dean’s Research Professor, School of Business
The George Washington University
2006-2010 Visiting International Professor of Management
Zagreb School of Economics and Management
2006-2008 Visiting Professor, Business School
The University of Hull
2005-2009 Faculty, The William Davidson Institute
The University of Michigan
2003-2004 Visiting International Professor, Organizational Behavior
Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration
2002-2007 Assistant Professor, Management
School of Business
The George Washington University
2000-2002 Assistant Professor, Human and Organization Studies
Executive Leadership Program
Human Resource Development Program
GW-Singapore Institute of Management
The George Washington University
1999-2000 Visiting Lecturer, Organizational Behavior
College of Business
Butler University
1996-2000 Teaching Assistant and Instructor
Weatherhead School of Management
Case Western Reserve University
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2012 Outstanding Faculty Member Award, Executive MBA Program, GWU
2011 Summer Research Grant, School of Business, GWU
Peter B. Vail Professor of the Year Award, Nominee for Doctoral Education, GWU
2010-2011 Dean’s Research Scholar, GWU
2009-2010 Dean’s Research Scholar, GWU
2008 Peter B. Vail Professor of the Year Award, Nominee for Doctoral Education, GWU
2007 Peter B. Vail Professor of the Year Award, Nominee for Doctoral Education, GWU
2006 Most significant contribution to the practice of management in 2005, Academy of Management, Organizational Behavior Division
2005 Most Downloaded Paper, Human Relations
Summer Research Award, School of Business, GWU
2004 Best Paper, Human Relations
Best Paper Finalist, Academy of Management Learning and Education
Summer Research Award, School of Business, GWU
2003 New Educator Award, Organizational Behavior Teaching Society
Summer Research Award, School of Business, GWU
PUBLICATIONS
A. REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
1. Kayes, D. C., Allen, N., & Self, N. (2013). Integrating Learning, Leadership, and Crisis in Management Education: Lessons From Army Officers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Journal of Management Education 37, 180-202
2. Ameli, P., & Kayes, D. C. (2011). Triple-loop learning in a cross-sector partnership: The DC Central Kitchen partnership. The Learning Organization, 18, 175-188.
3. Yamazaki, Y., & Kayes, D. C. (2010). Learning and work satisfaction in Asia: A comparative study of Japanese, Chinese and Malaysian managers. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 21, 2271-2289.
4. Yamazaki, Y., & Kayes, D. C. (2007). Expatriate learning: Exploring how Japanese managers adapt in the United States. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 18, 1373-1395.
5. Kayes, D. C., Stirling, D., & Neilsen, T. (2007). Building organizational integrity. Business Horizons, 50(1), 61-70.
Reprinted in Social Impacts of Business eJournal, The Aspen Institute, July 12, 2007.
Reprinted in Dansk Indkobs og Logistik Forum. Access at: http://www.dilf.dk/
6. Kayes, D. C. (2006). From climbing stairs to riding waves: An overlapping waves approach to critical thinking in groups. Small Group Research, 37, 612-630.
7. Kayes, D. C. (2006). Organizational corruption as theodicy. Journal of Business Ethics, 67, 51-62.
8. Kayes, A. B., Kayes, D. C., & Yamazaki, Y. (2006). Transferring knowledge across cultures: A learning competencies approach. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 18(4), 87-100.
9. Kayes, D. C., Kayes, A. B., & Yamazaki, Y. (2005). Essential competencies for cross-cultural knowledge absorption. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 20, 578-589.
Reprinted in G. Fink & N. Holden (Eds.), Absorption and application of management knowledge. Bradford, England: Emerald Group Publishing.
10. Kayes, D. C. (2005). Internal validity and reliability of Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory version 3 (1999). Journal of Business and Psychology, 20, 249-257.
11. Kayes, D. C. (2005). The destructive pursuit of idealized goals. Organizational Dynamics, 34, 391-401.
Awarded the most significant contribution to the practice of management in the field of organizational behavior, Organizational Behavior Division, Academy of Management. First time awarded, 2005.
12. Kayes, A. B., Kayes, D. C., & Kolb, D. A. (2005). Experiential learning in teams. Simulation & Gaming, 36, 330-354.
13. Kayes, A. B., Kayes, D. C., & Kolb, D. A. (2005). Developing teams using Kolb’s team learning experience. Simulation & Gaming, 36, 355-363.
14. Bailey, J., Sass, M., Swiercz, P. M., Seal, C., & Kayes. D. C. (2005). Teaching with and through teams. Student-written, instructor-facilitated case writing and the signatory code. Journal of Management Education, 29(1), 39-59.
15. Kayes, D. C. (2004). The 1996 Mt. Everest climbing disaster: The breakdown of learning in teams. Human Relations, 57, 1236-1284.
Awarded best paper by editors, 2004
Most downloaded article, 2005
16. Yamazaki, Y., & Kayes, D. C. (2004). An experiential approach to cross-cultural learning: A review and integration of success factors in expatriate adaptation. Academy of Management Learning Education, 3, 354-379.
Lead article, December 2004
17. Kayes, D. C., & Kayes, A. B. (2003). Management development ‘through the looking glass’: Management education gone awry. Journal of Management Education, 27, 694-710.
18. Kayes, D. C. (2003). Proximal team learning: Lessons from United Flight 93 on 9/11. Organizational Dynamics, 32, 80-92.
19. Kayes, D. C. (2002). Experiential learning and its critics: Preserving the role of experience in management learning and education. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 1, 137-149.
Nominated for Best Paper, AMLE, 2002-2003
Lead article, December 2002
First accepted peer-reviewed article for journal
20. Kayes, D. C. (2002). Dilemma at 29,000 feet: An exercise in ethical decision-making based on the 1996 Mt. Everest disaster. Journal of Management Education, 26, 307-321.
21. Druskat, V. U., & Kayes, D. C. (2000). Learning versus performance in short term project teams. Small Group Research, 31, 328-353.
B. BOOKS
- Elsbach, K., Kayes, A. B., & Kayes, D. C. (under contract). Contemporary organizational behavior in action. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson-Prentice Hall. Manuscript due January 2013.
- Kayes, D. C. (under contract). Continuity: The breakdown and rebuilding of learning in organizations. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Manuscript due December 2012.
- Kayes, D. C., & Kayes, A. B. (2011). The learning advantage: The six practices of learning directed leadership. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave-Macmillan.
- Kayes, D. C. (2006). Destructive goal pursuit: The Mt. Everest disaster. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Abstracted in: GetAbstracts
Reviews:
Burnette, J. L., Pollack, J. M. (2007). PsycCRITIQUE—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 52(28), Article 17.
Megginson, D. (2007). Management Learning Journal, 38, 635-636.
Translated: Kayes, D. C. (2008). O desafio da lideranca: Aprendendo com o desastre no Monte Everest (Trans. C. Cortes de Barros e Azevedo). Sao Paulo, Brazil: Editora Novo Conceito.
C. BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Allen, N., & Kayes, D. C. (2011). Leadership development in dynamic and hazardous environments: Company Commander learning through combat. In A. McKee & M. Eraut (Eds.), Learning trajectories, innovation and identity for professional development (Innovation and Change in Professional Education Series, Vol. 7, pp. 93-112). New York, NY: Springer.
2. Kayes, D. C. (2009). Exploring performance versus learning in teams: A situation approach. In P. Kamur & P. Ramsey (Eds.), Learning and performance matter (pp. 137-156). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company.
3. Kayes, D. C. (2007). Institutional barriers to experiential learning. In M. Reynolds & R. Vince (Eds.), Experiential learning and management education (pp. 417-431). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
4. Kayes, D. C., & Kayes, A. B. (2006). Learning style composition in teams: Implications for assessment. In R. Sims & E. Sims (Eds.), Learning styles and learning: A key to meeting the accountability demands in education (pp. 129-141). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
5. Kayes, D. C. (2004). The limits and consequences of experience-absent reflection: Implications for learning and organizing. In M. Reynolds & R. Vince (Eds.), Organizing reflection (pp. 65-80). London, UK: Ashgate Publishing.
6. Kayes, D. C. (2002). Conversational learning in organization and human resource development. In A. Baker, P. Jensen, & D. Kolb (Eds.), Conversational learning: An experiential approach to knowledge creation (pp. 193-206). Westport, CT: Quorum Books.
7. Kolb, A., Baker, A., Jensen, P., & Kayes, D. C. (2002). The practice of conversational learning in higher education. In A. Baker, P. Jensen, & D. Kolb (Eds.), Conversational learning: An experiential approach to knowledge creation (pp. 207-222). Westport, CT: Quorum Books.
8. Druskat, V. U., & Kayes, D. C. (1999). The antecedents of team competence: Toward a fine-grained model of self-managing team effectiveness. In M. Neale & E. Mannix (Eds.), Research on groups and teams (Vol. 2, pp. 201-231). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
D. Encyclopedia Entries
- Kayes, A. B., & Kayes, D. C. (2007). Learning. In J. Bailey & S. Clegg (Eds.), International encyclopedia of organization studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Kayes, D. C., & Raelin, J. (2007). Goal setting. In J. Bailey & S. Clegg (Eds.), International encyclopedia of organization studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Kayes, D. C., & Burnett, G. (2007). Team learning. In J. Bailey & S. Clegg (Eds.), International encyclopedia of organization studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Kayes, D. C. (2007). Lacanian psychoanalysis. In J. Bailey & S. Clegg (Eds.), International encyclopedia of organization studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Bailey, J., & Kayes, D. C. (2005). Learning, individual. In N. Nicholson, P. G. Audia, & M. M. Pillutla (Eds.), The Blackwell encyclopedia of management (2nd ed., Vol. XI, pp. 213-215). London, UK: Blackwell.
- Kayes, D. C. (2002). Sociological issues in human resource development. In M. Marquardt (Ed.), Human resources management [Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of UNESCO]. Oxford, UK: EOLSS Publishers.
E. instructional MATERIALS
1. Kayes, A. B., & Kayes, D. C. (2011). Team leadership questionnaire: Leader edition. Improving team learning through learning. Charleston, SC: CreateSpace.
2. Kayes, A. B., Kayes, D. C., Kolb, A., & Kolb, D. A. (2005). Team learning experience: Facilitator’s guide. Boston, MA: The Hay Group.
3. Kayes, A. B., Kayes, D. C., Kolb, A., & Kolb, D. A. (2004). Team learning experience. Boston, MA: The Hay Group.
4. Kayes, D. C. (2004). The changing nature of contemporary work. In M. Brim, D. Estell, T. E. Leahey, & M. Satchwell (Eds.), STAC: A sequential writing program for high school advanced placement. Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa Press.
F. BOOK REVIEWS
1. Knott, M. J., & Kayes, D. C. (2010). Book review: Catalytic conversations: Organizational communication and innovation. Management Learning, 41, 609.
2. Kayes, D. C. (2003). Book review: Interpreting the maternal organization. Management Learning, 34, 410-412.
3. Kayes, D. C. (2002). Comparative review of the books: Effective learning and teaching in business and management and Lecturing: Case studies, experiences and practice. Management Learning, 33, 389-413.
G. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1. Kayes, D. C. (2001). The fractured figure eight: Exploring the relationship between social and personal knowledge. In M. Crossan & F. Olivera (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th Annual Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management Conference, London, ON, Canada.
H. WORKING PAPERS
- Tsay, C. H. H., & Kayes, D. C. (2010). Cross-cultural adaptation as reconstructing identity: A Taiwanese company operating in China.
- Kayes, D. C. (2010). Goal setting as a source of organizational vulnerability.
- Yamazaki, Y., & Kayes, D. C. (2010). Expatriate adaptation in multi-national companies: The role of learning and experience.
- Tsay, C. H. H. (2012). Learning and adaptability in graduate management programs.
- Yoon, J., Choi, X., & Kayes, D. C. (2012). Peer and supervisor support in individual and team learning: A multilevel analysis.
- Yoon, J., Choi, X., Kayes, D. C. (2012) Peer and supervisor support in team learning: Predicting financial performance in teams.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
A. ReferEed Presentations
1. Kayes, D. C., & Yoon, J. (2013). The Air France Flight 447 disaster: The breakdown of learning in ad hoc teams. Paper presented at the International Conference on Organizational Learning, Knowledge, and Capabilities. April, Washington, D.C.
2. Kayes, D. C., Allen, N., & Self, N. (2012). Learning, leadership, and crisis in management education: Learning from Army officers. Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Management Education and Development Division, Boston, MA.
3. Kayes, D. C., Knott, M., & Kayes, A. B. (2012). Team leadership self-assessment exercise. Paper presented at the Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, St. Catharines, ON.
4. Knott, M. J., Kayes, A. B., & Kayes, D. C. (2011). Team learning self-assessment exercise. Paper presented at the Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.
5. Tsay, C. H. H., & Kayes, D. C. (2010). Emotionally intelligent norms and their relationship to team learning and performance. Paper presented at the Academy of Management meeting, Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division, Montreal, Canada.
6. Kayes, D. C., et al. (2009). Multidimensional teaching perspectives. Promoting sustainable business. Presented at the Academy of Management Conference, preconference workshop, Chicago, IL.
7. Yamazaki, Y., & Kayes, D. C. (2009). Learning and work satisfaction in Japanese, Chinese, and Malaysian managers. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Division of International Management, Chicago, IL.
8. Kayes, D. C., et al. (2009). Struggling to balance teaching and research? Seven OBTS award winners speak frankly about this issue. Presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Divisions of Management Education and Development, preconference workshop, Chicago, IL.
9. Allen, N., & Kayes, D. C. (2009). Leader development in dynamic and hazardous environments: Company commanders in combat. Presented at the American Educational Research Association meeting, San Diego, CA.
10. Yamazaki, Y., Kayes, A. B., & Kayes, D. C. (2008). Learning style and cross-cultural leadership. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim, CA.