James Avey

Professor

Background:
         

Dr. James Avey was born in Leavenworth Washington and grew up in southern Oregon and Eastern Washington. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Research at Central Washington University’s College of Business. The son of a U.S. Forester and a Nurse, he worked at The Boeing Company and earned a Ph.D. in 2007 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He grew up in the mountains. He is not good at golf, sales, auto-repair, social media or exercise. He is good at wilderness survival, smoking brisket and publishing academic papers. He loves God, his wife, his four kids and his friends in his small town of Ellensburg. He has traveled all over the world to dozens of countries, delivered babies, performed weddings, buried loved ones, worked at a Fortune 100 firm, harvested wild game, broken bones, built fences, reconciled broken relationships, been robbed in Rome, milked cows, gone cliff jumping, rolled a car, been surrounded by Orcas, snorkeled in Fiji, been broke, canoed the Mississippi, built tree houses and built orphanages.

When he is asked to speak publicly or work as a consultant, it is usually on the topics of leadership,
positive psychology or his research where he has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers. He is one
of the most prolifically cited scientists in his field. His work has appeared in top scientific outlets
including Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics and Personnel Psychology as well as
popular news outlets such as the Wall Street Journal.

 

Courses Taught: 
  • HRM 381: Management of Human Resources
  • HRM 445: Organizational Staffing
  • HRM 486: Problems in Human Resource Management
  • MGT 386: Principles of Organizational Behavior
  • MGT 478: Leadership Capstone
  • MGT 489: Strategic Management
Areas of Expertise:
  • Leadership
  • Positive Psychology
  • Human Resource Management
Research Interest:
  • Dr. James Avey research interests are in leadership selection and development emerged from his work experience in airplane systems engineering at The Boeing Company.
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