Associate Professor Will Felps
Associate Professor
- PhD in Management & Organizational Behavior, 2007;ÌýFoster School of Business, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- B.A. Marketing, 2002; McCombs School of Business, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
Business School
School of Management and Governance
Will Felps teaches and conducts research on a wide range of management-related topics. His research areas include: human resource management, leadership & motivation, team effectiveness, career management, measuring expertise, business ethics, and meta-science.
Will currently teaches Leadership to MBA students and teaches Foundations of Business Research to junior scholars.Ìý
E-mail
Location
534C, Lvl 5
UNSW Business Bldg, School of Management & Governance
College Rd, Kensington NSW 2052
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
- 2019ÌýÌýÌý Dean’s Research Fellowship (8 in Business School)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý equivalent to ~$120,000AU
- 2016ÌýÌýÌý Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project DP150104081ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý $173,596AUÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý
- “(When) should organisations employ over/underqualified individuals?â€
- 2010ÌýÌýÌý EUR fellowship from Erasmus University ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý €200,000
- 2007ÌýÌýÌý National Science Foundation Research Grant ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý $10,000US
- 2006ÌýÌýÌý Grant from the Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate EthicsÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý $20,000US
- 2021Ìý Ìý UNSW Exemplary Teaching Practice Award (finalist)
- 2021ÌýÌý ÌýSupervisor of the Year (nominee)
- 2021ÌýÌý ÌýBusiness School’s Excellence Award for ‘Values in Action’ for Virtual Class developmentÌý(team)
- 2020Ìý Ìý Excellence in Reviewing Award (from Human Resource Management Review)
- 2018Ìý Ìý UNSW Business School Research Achievement Award (1 per school)
- 2013Ìý Ìý Best Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Conference
- 2013Ìý Ìý Hired by UNSW under auspices of Vice-Chancellor’s Strategic Priorities Fund for recruiting talent
Will's prior research has investigated a diverse range of topics, such as the negative effects of bad apple teammates, the contagion of quitting in organisations, how stakeholder cultures impact performance, the consequences of one’s moral identity, how institutional factors reinforce the IQ-job performance relationship, and why overqualified employees can't get hired. Will has also collaboratedÌýon a number of articles which use science mapping to review various fields, including human resources, careers, teams, adaptiveÌýperformance, organisational behaviour, and management. Will's research has been published in academic outletsÌýsuch as the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Journal of Vocational Behaviour, Human Resource Management Review, and Journal of Applied Psychology.ÌýÌý
ENGAGEMENT/SERVICE AT UNSW
- Speaker: AGSM Operational Risk Symposium (Oct)
- Member of PULSE reference group for Business School Staff Surveys (2021 - current)
- Workload Committee for School of Management & Governance (Chair) (2020)
- Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Division.Ìý
- Data analyst for the 2019 UNSW Respect Survey: Worked with co-DVC Leisa Sargent to interpret survey results and prepare reports for variety of UNSW units and stakeholders (2019)
- Member of the Inclusive Leadership Program design group (for all UNSW leadership)
- Leader of Research Network: Behavioural Insights for Business & Policy (2019 – 2020)
- Organiser of Behavioural Insights for HR Professionals workshop (Dec 2019)
- Coordinator for Organisational Behaviour Brown-Bag Group (2020 – current)
- Serving on two BCom Review Committees: HR Curriculum Panel & Leadership PLO (2020)
- Summative Peer Review of Teaching Reviewer (2019 – current)
- Expert Reviewer for UNSW Business’ Peer Support of Teaching program (2018 – current)
- Mentor in the Early Career Academic (ECA) program (2019 – current)
- Mentor for the PhD Teaching Fellows program (2020 – current)
- Junior faculty buddy in School of Management (2019 – current)
- Presenter: HDR Orientation Sessions (2017 – 2020)
- Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI) Advisory Board Officer & Chair (2019 – 2020)
- AHRI accreditation for HR majors in the UG BCom and Econ programs
- Set up Articulation pathway from AHRI’s Practising Certification (APC) programÌý
- EQUIS re-accreditation panel (2018)
- Chair of New Opportunities Committee (2015 – 2019)
- On hiring committees for lecturer, senior lecturer, and associate professor positions (7 hires)
- Associate Head of School, School of Management (from 2015–2017, with sabbatical in 2016)
- Chair of Learning & Teaching Committee (from 2015–2017, with sabbatical in 2016)
- Director of Studies at the Australian Graduate School of Management (2013 - 2015)Ìý
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SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
- Chair of the Society of Organisational Behaviour Australia (2020 – current)
- Editorial Board 2011-2015 – Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
- Ad Hoc Reviewer – Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Industry and Innovation, Journal of Informetrics, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics Quarterly, Human Resource Management, and Human Resource Management Review.
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MEDIA MENTIONS
- . AOM Insights. 16th Nov 2021.
- (Frederik Anseel & Will Felps). BusinessThink. 29th September 2021.
- (Christine Ro). BBC Worklife. 17th September 2021.
- (Juliet Bourke & Will Felps). Business Think, July 2020
- . AGSM’s The Business Of…Leadership podcast series. September 2020.
- Featured in Hastings, R., & Meyer, E. (2020). No rules rules: Netflix and the culture of reinvention. VIRGIN books.
- ; BusINess Australia, 2020
- ; Business Think, May 2020
- ; Business Think, March 2020
- . The Culture Code, Coyle, 2018
- ; Ladders, November 2019
- ; Michael Hyatt & Co, April 2018
- . Best Practice; ABC National Radio, 2017
- ; Business Think, March, 2017
- ; South China Morning Post, May 2017
- ; Deloitte​, March 2015​
- ; Foster School of Business, University of Washington,ÌýJanuary 2014
- ; [] This American Life,Ìý​December 2008
- ; Access News​,ÌýDecember 2014
- , Wall Street Journal,ÌýOctober, 2011
- ; Knowledge @ Wharton / Forbes,ÌýNov 10,Ìý2011
- Does IQ Predict Performance at Work? CNN,ÌýFeb 28,2011Ìý
- ; Wall Street Journal. Oct 2011
- -Chief Learning Officer, Mar 2011
- Hoher IQ ist nicht gleich hohe Leistung -Frankfurter Allgemeine, February 22, 2011
- Intelligence Not the Solution -IEDP, February 4, 2011
- -HBR Blog, August 8, 2010Ìý
- -Fast Company, September 1, 2010
My Research Supervision
- (Dissertation on strategic decision making)
- (Dissertation onÌýadaptive performance)
- (Dissertation on management ethics)
My Teaching
- (Facilitator in Charge)
- (coordinator and instructor)