Dr. Grant is
an
award-winning
researcher
and teacher
on the
faculty at
The Wharton
School at
the
University
of
Pennsylvania.
Education
He earned
his Ph.D.
from the
University
of Michigan
in
organizational
psychology
and his B.A.
from Harvard
University
magna cum
laude with
highest
honors in
psychology
and Phi Beta
Kappa
honors.
Research
Dr.
Grant's
research
focuses on
work
motivation,
job design,
prosocial
helping and
giving
behaviors,
initiative
and
proactive
behaviors,
and employee
well-being,
with an
emphasis on
when and how
"making a
difference
makes a
difference".
His articles
have been
published in
a wide range
of leading
management
and
psychology
journals,
including
Academy of
Management
Review,
Academy
of
Management
Journal,
Journal of
Personality
and Social
Psychology, Organization
Science,
Journal of
Applied
Psychology, Organizational
Behavior and
Human
Decision
Processes, and
Research
in
Organizational
Behavior.
His studies
have been
covered by
USA Today,
US News &
World
Report,
Yahoo!, and
the
Financial
Times. His
research has
earned
awards from
the NSF,
APA, SIOP,
and AAPSS,
and he
serves on
six
editorial
boards,
including
AMR,
AMJ, and
JAP.
Teaching and
Consulting
Dr. Grant
has taught
executive
education
and
consulted
for a
variety of
clients,
including
Borders
Group,
Time-Warner
Cable, Medco, Duke
Energy,
Grant
Thornton,
the American
Financial
Services
Association,
the North
Carolina
National
Guard, the
Make-A-Wish
Foundation,
and the U.S.
Air Force,
Army, and
Navy.
As a
professor at
UNC’s
Kenan-Flagler
Business
School, Dr.
Grant earned
the Tanner
Award for
Excellence
in
Undergraduate
Teaching and
the Weatherspoon
Award for
Excellence
in
Undergraduate
Teaching,
and was
named an MBA
Teaching
All-Star.
He also
designed a
new hands-on
experiential
learning
class based
on
The
Apprentice
in which
MBA students
raised over
$33,000 in
48 hours for
the
Make-A-Wish
Foundation
while
developing
leadership,
motivation,
and
influence
skills.
Additional
Before
graduate
school, Dr.
Grant worked
at Let’s Go
Publications,
where he set
numerous
company
records for
advertising
sales. In
his position
as the
Director of
Let’s Go
Advertising
Sales, he
earned the
Manager of
the Year
award for
leadership,
commitment,
and business
acumen. He
also
supervised
the hiring
of over 300
employees
and served
as Director
of Marketing
and Business
Development.
He is
a former
All-State
and
All-American
springboard
diver and
has
performed
for over a
decade as a
professional
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