Research

Character Strengths (e.g., Integrity, Bravery)

Palanski, M. E., Cullen, K. L., Gentry, W. A., & Nichols, C. M. (2015). Virtuous leadership: Exploring the effects of leader courage and behavioral integrity on leader performance and image. Journal of Business Ethics, 132, 297-310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2317-2

Gentry, W. A., Cullen, K. L., Sosik, J. J., Chun, J. U., Leupold, C. R., & Tonidandel, S. (2013). Integrity’s place among the character strengths of middle-level managers and top-level executives. The Leadership Quarterly, 24, 395-404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.11.009

Gentry, W. A., Cullen, K. L., & Altman, D. G. (2012). The irony of integrity: A study of the character strengths of leaders. [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://insights.ccl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IronyOfIntegrity.pdf

Sosik, J. J., Gentry, W. A., & Chun, J. U. (2012). The value of virtue in the upper echelons: A multisource examination of executive character strengths and performance. The Leadership Quarterly, 23, 367-382. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.08.010
***Top 5 Paper of 2012 for The Leadership Quarterly***

Cross-Cultural (Global) Leadership Research

Cullen, K. L., Gentry, W. A., & Yammarino, F. J. (2015). Biased self-perception tendencies: Self-enhancement/self-diminishment and leader derailment in individualistic and collectivistic cultures. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 64, 161-207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apps.12026

Gentry, W. A., Eckert, R., Munusamy, V. P., Stawiski, S. A., & Martin, J. (2014). The needs of participants in leadership development programs: A qualitative and quantitative, cross-country investigation. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 21, 83-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1548051813483832

Gentry, W. A., Eckert, R. H., Stawiski, S. A., & Zhao, S. (2013). The challenges leaders face around the world: More similar than different. [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://insights.ccl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ChallengesLeadersFace.pdf

Gentry, W. A., Manning, L., Wolf, A. K., Hernez-Broome, G., & Allen, L. W. (2013). What coaches believe are best practices for coaching: A qualitative study of interviews from coaches residing in Asia and Europe. Journal of Leadership Studies, 7(2), 18-31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jls.2128

Gentry, W. A., Patterson, A., Stawiski, S. A., Gilmore, D. C., & Sparks, T. E. (2013). A 30-country multilevel test of cultural convergence or divergence of three managerial skillsets. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 65, 17-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0032617
***Elliott Jaques Memorial Publication Award for Best Article for 2013***

Gentry, W. A., Stawiski, S. A., Eckert, R. H., & Ruderman, M. N. (2013). Crafting your career: Cultural variations in career relevant relationships. [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://www.ccl.org/leadership/pdf/research/craftingYourCareer.pdf

Zhao, S., & Gentry, W. A. (2013). A leadership gap analysis for Chinese leaders from a 360-degree survey. [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://www.ccl.org/leadership/pdf/research/LeadershipGapChineseLeaders.pdf

Deal, J. J., Stawiski, S. A., Graves, L. M., Gentry, W. A., Ruderman, M. N., & Weber, T. J. (2012). Perceptions of authority and leadership: A cross-national, cross-generational investigation. In E. Ng, S. Lyons, & L. Schweizter (Eds.), Managing the new workforce: International perspectives on the millennial generation (pp. 281-306). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Gentry, W. A., & Eckert, R. H. (2012). Integrating implicit leadership theories and fit into the development of global leaders: A 360-degree approach. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 5, 224-227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-9434.2012.01434.x

Gentry, W. A., & Sparks, T. E. (2012). A convergence/divergence perspective of leadership competencies managers believe are most important for success in organizations: A cross-cultural multilevel analysis of 40 countries. Journal of Business and Psychology, 27, 15-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10869-011-9212-y

Stawiski, S., Gentry, W. A., Santana, L., & Dinwoodie, D. (2012). Developing leaders in Latin America: Understanding managerial derailment. [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://www.ccl.org/leadership/pdf/research/DevelopingLeadersLatinAmerica.pdf

Sadri, G., Weber, T. J., & Gentry, W. A. (2011). Empathic emotion and leadership performance: An empirical analysis across 38 countries. The Leadership Quarterly, 22, 818-830. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.07.005

Eckert, R., Ekelund, B. Z., Gentry, W. A., & Dawson, J. F. (2010). “I don’t see me like you see me, but is that a problem?”: Cultural influences on rating discrepancy in 360-degree feedback instruments. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 19, 259-278. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13594320802678414

Gentry, W. A., Booysen, L., Hannum, K. H., & Weber, T. J. (2010). Leadership responses to a conflict of gender-based tension: A comparison of responses between men and women in the US and South Africa. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 10, 285-301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1470595810384588

Gentry, W. A., Yip, J., & Hannum, K. M. (2010). Self-observer rating discrepancies of managers in Asia: A study of derailment characteristics and behaviors in Southern and Confucian Asia. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 18, 237-250. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2389.2010.00507.x

Gentry, W. A., Weber, T. J., & Sadri, G. (2008). Examining career-related mentoring and managerial performance across cultures: A multilevel analysis. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 72, 241-253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2007.10.014

Gentry, W. A., Hannum, K. M., Ekelund, B. Z., & de Jong, A. (2007). A study of the discrepancy between self- and observer-ratings on managerial derailment characteristics of European managers. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 16, 295-325. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13594320701394188

Derailment

Martin, J., & Gentry, W. A. (2011). Derailment signs across generations: More in common than expected. The Psychologist-Manager Journal, 14, 177-195. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10887156.2011.595973

Gentry, W. A. (2010). Derailment: How successful leaders avoid it. In E. Biech (Ed.), The ASTD leadership handbook (pp. 311-324). Alexandria, VA: ASTD Press.

Gentry, W. A., & Chappelow, C. T. (2009). Managerial derailment: Weaknesses that can be fixed. In R. B. Kaiser (Ed.), The perils of accentuating the positives (pp. 97-113). Tulsa, OK: HoganPress.

Gentry, W. A., Katz, R. B., & McFeeters, B. (2009). The continual need for improvement t avoid derailment: A study of college and university administrators. Higher Education Research and Development, 28, 335-348. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07294360902839925

Gentry, W. A., & Shanock, L. R. (2008). Views of managerial derailment from above and below: The importance of a good relationship with upper management and putting people at ease. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38, 2469-2494. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00400.x

Gentry, W. A., Mondore, S. P., & Cox, B. D. (2007). An exploratory study of managerial derailment characteristics and personality preferences. Journal of Management Development, 26, 857-873. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02621710710819348

Developing Others (e.g., coaching, mentoring)

Gentry, W. A. (2015). Mentoring for leadership development. In D. D. Riddle, E. R. Hoole, & E. C. D. Gullette (Eds.), The Center for Creative Leadership handbook of coaching in organizations (pp. 347-382). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Allen, L. W., Manning, L., Francis, T. E., & Gentry, W. A. (2012). The coach’s view: Coach and coachee characteristics add up to successful coaching engagements. [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://www.ccl.org/leadership/pdf/research/CoachsViewCharacteristics.pdf

Allen, L. W., Manning, L., Francis, T. E., & Gentry, W. A. (2011). The coach’s view: Best practices for successful coaching engagements. [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://www.ccl.org/leadership/pdf/research/TheCoachsView.pdf

Gentry, W. A., Wolf, A. K., Manning, L., Hernez-Broome, G., & Allen, L. W. (2011). Coach and client characteristics that Asian and European coaches believe are needed for effective coaching engagements. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching, 9(2), 56-79. Retrieved from http://www.emccouncil.org/gr/el/journal/journal_library/view/31

Gentry, W. A., & Sosik, J. J. (2010). Developmental relationships and managerial promotability in organizations: A multisource study. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 77, 266-278. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2010.04.010

Empathy

Gentry, W. A., Clark, M. A., Young, S. F., Cullen, K. L., & Zimmerman, L. (2015). How displaying empathic concern may differentially predict career derailment potential for women and men leaders in Australia. The Leadership Quarterly, 26, 641-653. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2015.05.003

Gentry, W. A., Weber, T. J., & Sadri, G. (2010). Empathy in the workplace: A tool for effective leadership. [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://insights.ccl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/EmpathyInTheWorkplace.pdf

First-Time Managers and New Leaders

Gentry, W. A., & Walsh, R. J. (2015). Mentoring first-time managers: Proven strategies HR leaders can use [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://media.ccl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Mentoring-First-Time-Managers.pdf

Gentry, W. A. (2014). “It’s not about me. It’s me & you.” How being dumped can help first-time managers [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://insights.ccl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/NotAboutMe.pdf

Gentry, W. A., Logan, P., & Tonidandel, S. (2014). Understanding the leadership challenges of first-time managers: Strengthening your leadership pipeline [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://insights.ccl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/UnderstandingLeadershipChallenges.pdf

Gender and Leadership

Clerkin, C., Crumbacher, C. A., Fernando, F., & Gentry, W. A. (2015a). Bossy: What’s gender got to do with it? [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://insights.ccl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Bossy2.pdf

Clerkin, C., Crumbacher, C. A., Fernando, F., & Gentry, W. A. (2015b). How to be the boss without being the b-word (bossy) [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://insights.ccl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/HowToBeBoss.pdf

Leslie, J. B., & Gentry, W. A. (2012). Women and political savvy: How to build and embrace a fundamental leadership skill. [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership.http://www.ccl.org/leadership/pdf/research/WomenPoliticalSavvy.pdf

Generations (e.g., baby boomers, gen x, millennials)

Stawiski, S. A., Gentry, W. A., & Baranik, L. E. (2015). Can managers of every generation have it all? Examining the relationship between work-life balance and promotability for Baby Boomers and Generation X. In S. G. Baugh & S. E. Sullivan (Eds.), Research in careers: Vol. 3. Striving for Balance (pp. 47-71). Charlotte, NC: Information Age.

Deal, J. J., Stawiski, S., Graves, L., Gentry, W. A., Weber, T. J., & Ruderman, M. R. (2013). Motivation at work: Which matters more, generation or managerial level? Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 65, 1-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0032693

Deal, J. J., Stawiski, S. A., Gentry, W. A., & Cullen, K. L. (2013). What makes a leader effective? U.S. Boomers, Xers, and Millennials weigh in. [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://insights.ccl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/WhatMakesLeaderEffectiveUS.pdf

Deal, J. J., Stawiski, S. A., Hanley-Browne, R., Gentry, W. A., & Cullen, K. L. (2013). What makes a leader effective? Generations in the U.K. weigh in. [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://www.ccl.org/leadership/pdf/research/WhatMakesLeaderEffectiveUK.pdf

Deal, J. J., Stawiski, S. A., Rweyongoza, S., Cullen, K. L., & Gentry, W. A. (2013). What makes a leader effective? Generations in South Africa weigh in. [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://insights.ccl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/WhatMakesLeaderEffectiveSA.pdf

Gentry, W. A., Griggs, T. L., Deal, J. J., Mondore, S. P., & Cox, B. D. (2011). A comparison of generational differences in endorsement of leadership practices with actual leadership skill level. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 63, 39-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0023015

Gentry, W. A., Griggs, T. L., Deal, J. J., & Mondore, S. P. (2009). Generational differences in attitudes, beliefs, and preferences about development and learning at work. In S. G. Baugh & S. E. Sullivan (Eds.), Research in careers: Vol. 1. Maintaining focus, energy, and options over the life span (pp. 51-73). Charlotte, NC: Information Age.

Methodological/Measurement papers

Gentry, W. A., & Martineau, J. W. (2010). Hierarchical linear modeling as an example for measuring change over time in a leadership development evaluation context. The Leadership Quarterly, 21, 645-656. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.06.007

Shanock, L. R., Baran, B. E., Gentry, W. A., Pattison, S. C., & Heggestad, E. D. (2010). Polynomial regression with response surface analysis: A powerful approach for examining moderation and overcoming limitations of difference scores. Journal of Business and Psychology, 25, 543-554. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10869-010-9183-4

Motivation

Graves, L. M., Cullen-Lester, K. L., Ruderman, M. N., Gentry, W. A., & Lester, H. F. (2016). Motivating your managers: What’s the right strategy? [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC:Center for Creative Leadership. http://media.ccl.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Motivating-Your-Managers.pdf

Graves, L. M., Cullen, K. L., Lester, H. F., Ruderman, M. N., & Gentry, W. A. (2015). Managerial motivational profiles: Composition, antecedents, and consequences. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 87, 32-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2014.12.002

Multisource (i.e., 360-degree) Research

Hoffman, B. J., Lance, C. E., Bynum, B. H., & Gentry, W. A. (2010). Rater source effects are alive and well after all. Personnel Psychology, 63, 119-151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6570.2009.01164.x

Lance, C. E., Hoffman, B. J., Gentry, W. A., & Baranik, L. E. (2008). Rater source factors represent important subcomponents of the criterion construct space, not rater bias. Human Resource Management Review, 18, 223-232. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2008.03.002

Nonverbal Communication

Gentry, W. A., & Duke, M. P. (2009). A historical perspective on nonverbal communication in debates: Implications for elections and leadership. Journal of Leadership Studies, 2(4), 36-47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jls.20079

Gentry, W. A., Harris, L. S., & Nowicki, S., Jr. (2007). Recognition of emotion in facial expressions and resident advisor effectiveness. The Journal of College and University Student Housing, 34(2), 61-69.

Gentry, W. A., & Kuhnert. K. W. (2005). A first look at the role of receptive nonverbal communication in leadership assessment. In N. Huber & M. Walker (Eds.), Emergent models of global leadership (pp. 80-98). College Park, MD: The James McGregor Burns Academy of Leadership.

Political Skill/Savvy

Gentry, W. A., Leslie, J. B., Gilmore, D. C., Ellen, B. P. III, Ferris, G. R., & Treadway, D. C. (2013). Personality and political skill as distal and proximal predictors of leadership evaluations. Career Development International, 18, 569-588. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CDI-08-2013-0097

Gentry, W. A., Gilmore, D. C., Shuffler, M. L., & Leslie, J. B. (2012). Political skill as an indicator of promotability among multiple rater sources. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 33, 89-104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/job.740

Others

Gentry, W. A., Deal, J. J., Ruderman, M. R., Cullen, K. L., Greenhalgh, A. M., & Maxwell, C. (2014). Leadership is in the eye of the beholder: How images of leadership that people have differ across the organization [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://insights.ccl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/LeadershipEyeOfBeholder.pdf

Gentry, W. A., Cullen, K. L., Deal, J. J., & Stawiski, S. A. (2013). Absence of support makes the heart wander: Why people want to leave (or stay with) their organization. [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://insights.ccl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/AbsenceOfSupport.pdf

Gentry, W. A., Deal, J. J., Stawiski, S., & Ruderman, M. (2012). Are leaders born or made?: Perspectives from the executive suite. [White Paper]. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership. http://insights.ccl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/AreLeadersBornOrMade.pdf

Zinko, R., & Gentry, W. A., Hall, A., & Grant, G. L. (2012). Reputational change among managers. Journal of Managerial Issues, 24, 9-26. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/43488120

Brunell, A. B., Gentry, W. A., Campbell, W. K., Hoffman, B. J., Kuhnert, K. W., & DeMarree, K. G. (2008). Leader emergence: The case of the narcissistic leader. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1663-1676. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167208324101

Gentry, W. A., Harris, L. S., Baker, B. A., & Leslie, J. B. (2008). Managerial skills: What has changed since the late 1980s. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 29, 167-181. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01437730810852506

Sparks, T. E., & Gentry, W. A. (2008). Leadership competencies: An exploratory study of what is important now and what has changed since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Journal of Leadership Studies, 2(2), 22-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jls.20059

Gentry, W. A., Kuhnert, K. W., Mondore, S. P., & Page, E. E. (2007). The influence of supervisory-support climate and unemployment rate on part-time employee retention: A multilevel analysis. Journal of Management Development, 26, 1005-1022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02621710710833432

Gentry, W. A., & Leslie, J. B. (2007). Competencies for leadership development: What’s hot and what’s not when assessing leadership – Implications for organization development. Organization Development Journal, 25(1), 37-46.

Lance, C. E., Foster, M. R., Nemeth, Y. M., Gentry, W. A., & Drollinger, S. M. (2007). Extending the nomological network of assessment center construct validity: Prediction of cross-situationally consistent and specific aspects of assessment center performance. Human Performance, 20, 345-362. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08959280701522031

Gentry, W. A., Kuhnert, K. W., Johnson, R. M., & Cox, B. D. (2006). Even a weekend works: The value of a weekend-long orientation program on first-year college students. Journal of College Orientation and Transition, 14(1), 26-38.

Gentry, W. A. (2006). Human resource officer’s opinions of their own companies and “The Big Three”: A qualitative study profiling businesses in a southeastern city. Organization Development Journal, 24(2), 33-42.

Lance, C. E., Foster, M. R., Gentry, W. A., & Thoresen, J. D. (2004). Assessor cognitive processes in an operational assessment center. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89, 22-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.89.1.22

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