Lindy Greer

Professor for Management and Organizations
Michael R. and Mary Kay Hallman Fellow

Education
PhD Soc Org Psy Leiden University 2008
BS Economics University of Pennsylvania 2004
Biography

Lindred (Lindy) Greer is a Professor for Management & Organizations at Ross and the Faculty Director of the Sanger Leadership Center. Her research focuses on how to design and lead high-performing teams. 

Lindy has published in management and psychology research outlets such as Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, Science, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. She has received awards for her research from the Academy of Management  and American Psychological Association. She is Deputy Editor at Organization Science, has served as an Associate/Senior Editor at the Academy of Management Journal and Organization Science, on the boards of six of the top management and psychology journals, and on the boards of professional associations such as the International Association of Conflict Management and the Conflict Management Division of the Academy of Management.  

 Within her work with Michigan Ross Executive Education, she designs and runs c-suite and senior leadership development programs for some of the world’s most influential companies. Dr. Greer has received numerous awards for her teaching and real-world impact on companies, including the Michigan Ross Executive Education Impact Award, Top 40 under 40 Business School Professors from Poets & Quants, and Top 30 Management Thinkers to Watch from Thinkers50 Radar.  Example companies she has supported include Amazon, Carhartt, Ernst & Young, Exxon Mobil, General Motors, Google, KPMG, Life Time Fitness, the National Football League, Oracle, Sequoia Capital, United States Office of National Intelligence, Toyota, and Wabash.

Lindy received her B.S. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and her Ph.D. in social and organizational psychology from Leiden University in the Netherlands. She joined the team at Ross in 2019.

 

Latest Faculty News & Research
Responding to the emotions of others at work: A review and integrative theoretical framework for the effects of emotion-response strategies on work-related outcomes
Authors
Bradley, C.M, Greer, L.L., Trinh, E., & Sanchez-Burks, J.
Published Date
2023
Authors
Bradley, C.M, Greer, L.L., Trinh, E., & Sanchez-Burks, J.
Source
Academy of Management Annals
Volume
in
Pages
press
COVID-10 and the Workplace: Implications, Issues, and Insights for Future Research and Action
Authors
Kniffen, K.M, Narayanan, J.,...Ashford, S. P., ...Greer, L. L., ...& Van Vugt, M.
Published Date
2021
Authors
Kniffen, K.M, Narayanan, J.,...Ashford, S. P., ...Greer, L. L., ...& Van Vugt, M.
Source
American Psychologist
Volume
76
Issue
1
Pages
63-77
Authors
De Dreu, C.K.W., Greer, L.L., Handgraaf, M.J., van Kleef, G.A., & Shalvi, S.
Published Date
2011
Authors
De Dreu, C.K.W., Greer, L.L., Handgraaf, M.J., van Kleef, G.A., & Shalvi, S.
Source
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Volume
108
Issue
4
Pages
1262-1266
The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Team Dynamics, Teamwork, and Collaborative Working
Authors
Greer, L.L. & Dannals, J.
Published Date
2017
Authors
Greer, L.L. & Dannals, J.
Source
Somerset, NY: Wiley Blackwell
Pages
317-344
Conflict in teams
R. Rico, E. Salas, & N. Ashkanasy
Handbook of Research in Conflict Management
Authors
Greer, L.L.
Published Date
2014
Authors
Greer, L.L.
Source
Cheltenham, UK: Edward Edgar Publishing.
Pages
93-108
Power and conflict in teams
N. M. Ashkanasy, O. B. Ayoko, & K. A. Jehn
The Oxford Handbook of Diversity and Work
Authors
Jehn, K.A. & Greer, L.L.
Published Date
2012
Authors
Jehn, K.A. & Greer, L.L.
Source
New York, NY: Oxford University Press
Pages
179-191
Diversity as disagreement: The role of intra-group conflict
Q. M. Roberson
Diversity at Work
Authors
Jehn, K.A., Greer, L.L., & Rupert, J.
Published Date
2008
Authors
Jehn, K.A., Greer, L.L., & Rupert, J.
Source
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Pages
166-219
Diversity and conflict
A. Brief