John B. and Lillian E. Neff College of Business and Innovation

Dr. Courtney Williams earned her Ph.D. in Organizational Science and M.S. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of North Carolina at  Charlotte. She also has a B.S. in both Psychology and Health Services Administration from the University of Central Florida.

Before pursuing a career in academia, Dr. Williams worked in administration for multiple local and national healthcare organizations. During her time in healthcare administration, some of her responsibilities included designing, facilitating and evaluating training around the physician-patient relationship. Additionally, she has provided consulting on managing healthcare employee reactions to organizational change.

Her research interests focus on leadership, workplace relationships and the experience and management of emotion in the workplace. Her work also focuses on ethics and methods in scientific research. Dr. Williams has published in journals such as The Leadership Quarterly and Organizational Research Methods.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Doctor of Philosophy, Organizational Science (2020)

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Master of Arts, Industrial/Organizational Psychology (2019)

University of Central Florida
Bachelor of Science, Psychology (2014)

University of Central Florida
Bachelor of Science, Health Services Administration (2014)

 

• At The University of Toledo, Dr. Williams teaches courses about Human Resource Management, Leading Strategic Improvements, as well as building effective efforts in human resource management for Planning, Recruitment, and Selection of employees.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

• A meta-analytic review of authentic and transformational leadership: A test for redundancy, The Leadership Quarterly, 2016

• A meta-analytic review and future research agenda of charismatic leadership, The Leadership Quarterly, 2017

• Construct redundancy in leader behaviors: A review and agenda for the future, The Leadership Quarterly, 2018

• Meta-analysis as a multi-level model, Organizational Research Methods, 2019

• Authorship policies at R1 and R2 universities: A review of missed and future opportunities, Science and Engineering Ethics, 2020