Research Fellowships in Positive Leadership
On behalf of the Sam and Bonnie Rechter Family Trust, we awarded grants to people who became Fellows in Positive Leadership from 2020 through 2025. Beginning in Fall 2025, the fellowships will continue under the name of Fellows in Positive Leadership. Fellows, use these grants to research topics related to positive leadership. Please see the researchers who are currently awarded and those who have participated and the summaries. of their research below. If you are interested in funding these fellowships, please contact us at CPL@louisville.edu
- 2026
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
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Investigating the Lived Experiences of Servant Leaders Navigating the Tension Between Serving Others and Maintaining Their Own Well-Being
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Everyday Micro-Behaviors of Positive Leaders: How Small Acts of Gratitude, Empathy, and Recognition Foster Daily Thriving at Work
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Pause and Recognize Countervailing Forces: Do Positive Leadership Practices Help Leaders Distinguish Between Inaction and Amotivation?
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Perceived Leader Stability in Personality and Behavior: Mechanisms and Outcomes
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Developing and Validating Measures of Distinct Types of Supportive Leader Communications and Their Benefits for Followers and Organizations
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Gratitude as Social Information: How Leader and Follower Gratitude Expressions Influence First-Level Supervisors’ Work Experiences
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Examining the Impact of an Eight-Week Mental Toughness (MT) Intervention on MT and Employee Engagement among Healthcare Leaders at UofL Health.
Andreas Stamatis, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Health and Sport Sciences
University of LouisvilleMental Performance Specialist
UofL Health
Spencer A. Cavan
Ph.D. Candidate, Educational Leadership and Organizational Development (ELOD), Specializing in Sport Administration
University of LouisvilleProject:
“Be Curious, Not Judgmental”: How Leader Curiosity Improves Work Outcomes and Wellbeing for Neurodivergent Employees
Tanya Alaaldin
PhD candidate in Employment Relations and Human Resources, Department of Management
London School of Economics
Caleb Phillips
PhD student in Organisational Behaviour, Department of Management
London School of Economics
Ellie Stillwell, PhD
Assistant Professor of Management
London School of Economics
Anders Thomassen
MSc graduate in Human Resources and Organisations with distinction
London School of EconomicsProject:
Consequences of Positive Leadership Communication on Reducing Partisan Animosity and Building High Quality Connections
Yejin Park
PhD Candidate in Management and Organizations
NYU, Stern School of Business
James Chu
Assistant Professor
Columbia University, Department of SociologyProject:
An Examination of Positive Leadership and Workplace Neurodiversity
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Enhancing Positive Leadership through a Compassion-Focused Intervention
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Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Catalysts and Ramifications of Sustainable Leadership
Jochen Reb
Professor, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, Founding Director of the Mindfulness Initiative
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
Yixin Tian
Ph.D. Candidate, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management UniversityProject:
Leader Emotional Accountability: The Consequences of Leaders Taking Accountability for their Emotions on Team Member Well-being and Effectiveness
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Employee Reproductive Challenges: The Impact of Supervisor Compassion Employee Well-Being and Compassion Intentions and on Supervisor’s Leadership Effectiveness
Angela Grotto
Associate Professor of Management
Management Department, Feliciano School of Business, Montclair State University
Reut Livne-Tarandach
Louis F. Capalbo Chair of Business Administration, Associate Professor of Management
O’Malley School of Business, Manhattan College
Carolyn Winslow
Research and Evaluation Specialist
University of MichiganProject:
How do daily micro-interventions change leadership stereotypes for women and people of color?
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Can an intervention increase people’s courage?
Moran Anisman-Razin
Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
University of Limerick in IrelandVisiting Research Scholar
Behavioral Science and Policy CenterSocial Science Research Institute
Duke University
Sim B. Sitkin
Professor of Management and Public Policy, Faculty Director – Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics, and Director – Behavioral Science and Policy Center
Duke UniversityProject:
How is positive leadership enacted in international sports for youth?
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How do different types of gratitude expression elicit employees’ felt appreciation and prosocial risk-taking?
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Does multicultural leadership facilitate racial-neutral algorithm construction?
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DEI Strategies: Profiles in Leadership
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Anchor Relationship®
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Allyship
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Development of a Student Based Positive Leadership Instructional Resource
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Developing a Scale of Leader Inclusivity
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A Leader-centric Examination of the Effects of Motivating Followers via Pep Talks
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Family Businesses as Sources of Positive Leadership in Our Communities
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Locklear, L.R., Taylor, S.G., & Ambrose, M.L. (2023). An Awareness Intervention to Increase Supervisor Appreciation Expressions. Academy of Management Proceedings.
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Trust-Centered Ethical Leadership Scale
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Developing the Compassionate Coaching by Leader Index (CCLI)
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Structured Ethical Reflection Tool
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Assessing Leader Quality in Human Service Organizations
