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Associate Professor of Management
Kathryn Ostermeier
Dr. Kathryn Ostermeier is an Associate Professor of Management at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. She started at Bryant in August 2018 after receiving her Ph.D. in Management (Organizational Behavior) in May 2018 from the University of North Texas under the supervision of Dr. Danielle Cooper. Before starting her doctoral studies, Ostermeier received her BBA in Business Honors from the Mays School of Business at Texas A&M University and her MBA from the University of Texas at Tyler. While completing her MBA, she worked as a third-party recruiter (headhunter) in the finance and accounting industry.
As a behavioral scientist and organizational behavioral scholar, she is interested in how an individual’s self-view and the expression of this self-view affects individual, team, and organizational outcomes. To this end, Ostermeier's research has focused on identity, authenticity, and belonging, as well as on work meaningfulness and employee wellbeing. Her research been presented at national conferences and has appeared in several premier academic journals, including the Academy of Management Annals, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, and the Journal of Applied Psychology. Her paper at the Academy of Management Annals was nominated for the 2020 "Best Paper" award. In 2021, Ostermeier received the College of Business Faculty Excellence Award for Research and Publication (2020-2021).
At the undergraduate level, Ostermeier teaches MGT 200 (Principles of Management), MGT 463 (Power and Influence), MGT 464 (Employment Relations) and MGT 480 (Leadership Seminar). At the graduate level, Ostermeier also teaches in the full-time MBA program in the MBA Practicum. She is currently serves on both the IDEA Leadership Team and on the university's Rank & Appointment committee. Professionally, Ostermeier reviews for numerous journals and is on the editorial board for the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science and the Journal of Comparative International Management. Ostermeier also conducts training and development workshops on authenticity and leadership.
Ostermeier lives in Barrington, RI with her husband Matt (who is an architect), and their two boys, Jack (8) and Jude (6).
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