Joel Koopman

Joel Koopman is the Benton Cocanougher Chair in Business at the Mays Business School. Prior to joining Mays, he was on the faculty at the University of Cincinnati for 3 years. He received his Ph.D. in Management from Michigan State University, and earned a B.S. and M.A. from the University of Florida. His research interests include prosocial behavior, organizational justice, motivational processes, and research methodology. His research has been published in outlets such as Academy of Management Journal (AMJ), Academy of Management Review (AMR), Journal of Applied Psychology (JAP), Journal of Management (JOM), Personnel Psychology (PPsych), and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (OBHDP). He has won multiple awards from Academy of Management’s HR Division (Early Career Achievement Award and David P. Lepak Service Award) along with the 2022 SIOP Distinguished Early Career Contributions award. He has also won “best reviewer” awards from several of the above-mentioned journals (JAP, PPsych, AMR, and OBHDP). He currently serves on the Leadership Committee for the HR Division of the Academy of Management.