KENNETH J. HARRIS
PERSONAL
University Address: School of Business
Indiana University Southeast
4201 Grant Line Road
New Albany, Indiana 47150
Phone: (812) 941-
Email Address: kennyjharris@hotmail.com
Home Address : 72 Arbor Place
New Albany, IN 47129
(850) 294-0516
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
Ph.D, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
College of Business, Department of Management
GPA – 3.97
Graduation Date – August 7, 2004.
(Dissertation successfully defended on June 23, 2004)
Primary Area: Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management
Support Area: Social Psychology
Dissertation Title
An Examination of Antecedents and Outcomes of the Different Dimensions of Leader-
Member Exchange
Dissertation Committee Dr. K. Micki Kacmar (Chairperson)
Dr. Gerald Ferris
Dr. Chuck Kacmar
Dr. Pamela Perrewé
Masters of Accounting
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. May, 1999.
McIntyre School of Commerce, Master’s in Science. Concentration in Taxation.
Bachelors of Accounting
University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA. May, 1998.
McIntyre School of Commerce, Bachelor’s in Science. Concentration in Accounting.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Indiana University Southeast, College of Business, New Albany, IN
(Summer 2005 – Present). Assistant Professor in Management with responsibilities for
Introduction to Management, Entrepreneurship, Organizational Change and
Development, and Strategic Management classes.
Assistant Professor, Bradley University, Department of Management, Peoria, IL
(Summer 2004 – Summer 2005). Assistant Professor in Management with
responsibilities for Introduction to Human Resource Management and Advanced Human
Resource Management.
Teaching Assistant with full course responsibility, Florida State University,
Department of Management, Tallahassee, FL (Summer 2002, Summer 2003-Summer
2004).
Graduate Research Assistant, Florida State University, Department of Management,
Tallahassee, FL (Fall 2001-Summer 2003).
Deloitte & Touche, Various Cities (1999-2001). Served as a corporate, individual, and
international tax consultant. Worked on jobs in Richmond, VA, Chicago, IL, Memphis,
TN, and Saudi Arabia. Responsibilities included tax form preparation, expatriate tax
consultation, and calculation of research and development tax credit for energy
companies.
Teaching Assistant with full course responsibility, University of Virginia, Department
of Accounting, Charlottesville, VA (1998-1999).
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Valle, M., Harris, K. J., & Andrews, M. (2004). An examination of tenure in negative
organizational environments. Journal of Management Research, 4, 113-119.
Harris, K. J., (2004). The Interactive Effects of Perceptions of Politics and Leader
Member Exchange on Job Satisfaction. Journal of Behavioral and Applied
Management, 5, 188-203.
Harris, K. J., James, M. L., & Boonthanom, R. (2005). Perceptions of Organizational
Politics and Cooperation as Moderators of the Relationship Between Stress and
Intent to Turnover. Journal of Managerial Issues, 17, 26-42.
Harris, K. J., Kacmar, K. M., & Witt, L. A. (2005). The Curvilinear Relationship
Between Relationship Quality and Turnover Intentions. Journal of
Organizational Behavior, 26, 363-378.
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Harris, K. J., & Kacmar, K. M. (In Press). An Investigation of Supervisor
Constructs as Buffers on the Perceptions of Politics – Strain Relationship.
Journal of Organizational and Occupational Psychology.
Harris, K. J., & Kacmar, K. M. (In Press). Too Much of a Good Thing? The Curvilinear
Effect of Leader-Member Exchange on Stress. Journal of Social Psychology.
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
Harris, K. J., & Boonthanom, R. (Revise and Resubmit). The red queen in organizational
behavior. Under review at the Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management.
Harris, K. J., Andrews, M., & Kacmar, K. M. (2nd Revise and Resubmit). An
investigation of the three-way interaction between perceptions of politics,
distributive justice, and procedural justice on turnover intentions and job
satisfaction. Under review at the Journal of Applied Psychology.
Harris, K. J., Kacmar, K. M., & Carlson, D. (Revise and Resubmit). Multiple Tenure
Measures as Moderators of the LMX-Promotability Relationship. Under review
at the Group and Organization Management.
Brouer, R., & Harris, K. J. (Under Review). Dispositional and situational moderators of
the leader-member exchange-work tension relationship. Under review at the
Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
Kacmar, K. M., Harris, K. J., & Nagy, B. (Under Review). Further validation of the
Bolino and Turnley impression management scale. Under review at the Journal
of Applied Psychology.
Harris, K. J., Kacmar, K. M., & Zivnuska, S. (Under Review). The impact of political
skill on the effectiveness of employee intimidation and exemplification. Under
review at the Journal of Applied Psychology.
Harris, K. J., Harris, R. B., & Harvey, P. (Under Review). A test of competing models
for the relationships between politics, organizational support, and outcomes.
Under review at the Journal of Social Psychology.
Harris, K. J., Zivnuska, S., & Kacmar, K. M. (Under Review). An investigation of
abusive supervision as a predictor of performance and the meaning of work as a
moderator of the relationship. Under review at Leadership Quarterly.
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WORKS IN PROGRESS
Harris, R. B., Harris, K. J., & Paradice, D. (In progress). An examination of the effects of
escalation of commitment behaviors among individuals and groups.
Harris, R. B., Paradice, D., & Harris, K. J. (In progress). An investigation of the
computer mediated communication of emotions.
Kacmar, K. M., Harris, K. J., & Carlson, D. (In progress). An investigation into the
antecedents of LMX agreement.
Harris, K. J., Kacmar, K. M., & Gavin, M. (In progress). Leader-member exchange as a
mediator of abusive supervision-outcome relationships.
Harris, K. J., & Kacmar, K. M. (In progress). Dimensionality of the measure of leader-
member exchange in organizational settings.
Harvey, P., Harris, K. J., & Harris, R. B. (In progress). An examination of justification
and its impact on ethical intentions and beliefs.
Harris, K. J., Harris, R. B., & Harvey, P. (In progress). An examination of the impact of
the supervisor on the relationship between job strains and turnover intentions.
CONFERENCE PAPER PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS – REFEREED
Harris, K. J. (2003). The red queen in organizational behavior. Presented at the Society
for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists Meeting in Orlando, FL, in April
2003.
Voorhees, C. M., Harris, K. J., & Badr, R. E. (2003). Customer attributions for online
service failures. Presented at the Academy of Marketing Meeting in Chicago, IL,
in August 2003.
Harris, K. J., & James, M. L. (2003). Perceptions of Organizational Politics and
Cooperation as Moderators of the Relationship Between Stress and Intent to
Turnover. Presented at the Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management
Meeting in Tampa, FL, in October 2003.
Harris, K. J., & Kacmar, K. M. (2003). An Investigation of Supervisor Constructs as
Buffers on the Perceptions of Politics – Strain Relationship. Presented at the
Southern Management Association Meeting in Clearwater Beach, FL, in
November 2003.
Harris, K. J., & Kacmar, K. M. (2003). Too Much of a Good Thing? The Curvilinear
Effect of Leader-Member Exchange on Stress. Presented at the Southern
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Management Association Meeting in Clearwater Beach, FL, in November 2003.
Winner of “Best Student Paper in the Human Resources Track” and “Outstanding
Doctoral Student Paper – All Tracks.”
Harris, K. J., Kacmar, K. M., & Witt, L. A. (2004). The Curvilinear Relationship
Between Relationship Quality and Turnover Intentions. Accepted at the Society
for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Meeting in Chicago, IL, April 2004.
Harris, K. J., Andrews, M., & Kacmar, K. M. (2004). An investigation of the three-way
interaction between perceptions of politics, distributive justice, and procedural
justice on turnover intentions and job satisfaction. Accepted at the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology Meeting in Chicago, IL, April 2004.
Harris, K. J., Kacmar, K. M., & Carlson, D. (2004). Multiple Tenure Measures as
Moderators of the LMX-Promotability Relationship. Accepted at the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology Meeting in Chicago, IL, April 2004.
Witt, L. A., Burke, L., Kacmar, K. M., & Harris, K. J. (2004). When Does Personality
Matter? – Testing Mischel's Argument Using rwgj. Accepted at the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology Meeting in Chicago, IL, April 2004.
Harris, K. J., & Royle, T. (2004). Perceptions of Politics as a Mediator Between
Procedural Justice and Individual Outcome Variables. Presented at the Southwest
Academy of Management Meeting in Orlando, FL, March 2004.
Harris, K. J., & Kacmar, K. M. (2004). A test of competing models for the relationships
between politics, organizational support, and outcomes. Presented at the
Southwest Academy of Management Meeting in Orlando, FL, March 2004.
Harris, K. J., & Kacmar, K. M. (2004). What You Don't Know Can't Hurt You: The
Interactive Relationship between Leader-Member Exchange and Perceptions of
Politics on Job Satisfaction. Presented at the Southwest Academy of Management
Meeting in Orlando, FL, March 2004.
Harris, K. J., & Valle, M. (2004). How long will they put up with it? An examination of
the effect of time spent in negative organizational environments. Presented at the
Society for Advancement of Management Meeting in Baltimore, MD, May 2004.
Harris, K. J., Carlson, D., Kacmar, K. M., & Zivnuska, S. (2004). An investigation into
the antecedents of LMX agreement. Presented at the Academy of Management
Meeting in New Orleans, August 2004.
Harris, K. J., Brouer, R., & Zivnuska, S. (2004). Supervisor power as a moderator of the
relationship between leader-member exchange and performance ratings.
Presented at the Academy of Management Meeting in New Orleans, August 2004.
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Boonthanom, R., & Harris, K. J. (2004). An investigation of computer mediated
communication of emotions. Presented at the Academy of Management Meeting
in New Orleans, August 2004.
Harris, K. J., Kacmar, K. M., Boonthanom, R. (2005). Leader-member exchange as a
mediator of abusive supervision-outcome relationships. Presented at Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology meeting in Los Angeles, CA, in April
2005.
Harris, K. J., Kacmar, K. M., Zivnuska, S., & Boonthanom, R. (2005). The impact of
political skill on the effectiveness of employee intimidation and exemplification.
Accepted to the Academy of Management Meetings in August 2005 in Hawaii.
Brouer, R., & Harris, K. J. (2005). Dispositional and situational moderators of the
leader-member exchange-work tension relationship. Accepted to the Academy of
Management Meetings in August 2005 in Hawaii.
Kacmar, K. M., Harris, K. J., & Nagy, B. (2005). Further validation of the Bolino and
Turnley impression management scale. Accepted to the Academy of
Management Meetings in August 2005 in Hawaii.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Harris, K. J., & Kacmar, K. M. (2003). New Directions for Research on Political
Perceptions: Suggestions and an Illustrative Example. For “Research in
Management.” In Research in Management, Volume 3.
Harris, K. J., & Kacmar, K. M. (In progress). Perceptions of Organizational Politics as a
Source of Work Stress. For “Handbook of Work Stress”
HONORS/AWARDS
College of Business Doctoral Student Teaching Award – Spring 2004. Based on student
evaluations of student teachers.
Harris, K. J., & Kacmar, K. M. (2003). Too Much of a Good Thing? The Curvilinear
Effect of Leader-Member Exchange on Stress. Presented at the Southern
Management Association Meeting in Clearwater Beach, FL, in November 2003.
Winner of “Best Student Paper in the Human Resources Track” and
“Outstanding Doctoral Student Paper – All Tracks.”
Excellence in Teaching - Spring 1999 – awarded by the University of Virginia. Based on
student evaluations of instructors.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Doctoral Consortium for new doctoral students, Southern Management Association, New
Orleans, November 2001.
Program for Instructional Excellence (PIE) New Student Teacher Workshops, Florida
State University, August 2001.
SERVICE
Journal Reviewer, Academy of Management Review (2002), special issue on the history
of motivation.
Conference Reviewer, Academy of Management Meeting (2003, 2004)
Southern Management Association Meeting (2003, 2004)
Southwest Academy of Management Meeting (2004)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Southern Management Association (SMA), 2001-Present
Academy of Management, 2002-Present
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologist (SIOP), 2002-Present
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