
William Gardner
Paul Whitfield Horn Professor; Jerry S. Rawls Chair in Leadership; Director, Institute for Leadership Research
Management
Room Number: E334
Research Expertise
- Authentic leadership
- Impression management
- Attribution theory
Education
- DBA, Florida State University
- MBA, Florida State University
About
William (Bill) Gardner is the Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor, the Jerry
S. Rawls Chair in Leadership. and the Director of the Institute for Leadership Research
in the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University. Additionally, he serves
as an Associate Editor for The Leadership Quarterly. He is a dedicated teacher whose
courses include leadership, business ethics, organizational behavior, research methods,
group dynamics, and management history within the undergraduate, masters, working
professionals, and doctoral programs, and he has extensive experience delivering leadership
development programs. Gardner's research focuses on leadership and leadership development,
business ethics, and social influence processes within organizations. Best known for
his research into authentic leadership and its development, he has published extensively
in peer-reviewed journals such as the Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management
Journal, Group & Organization Management, The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Management,
Journal of Management Studies, and the Journal of Organizational Behavior. Extremely
active in the Southern Management Association, Gardner served as the President from
2006-2007.
In 2011, Professor Gardner received the Distinguished Doctoral Alumni Award from the
College of Business at Florida State University. The Rawls College of Business recognized
his research contributions in 2013 with the Outstanding Researcher Award and in 2014
with the Distinguished Faculty Research Award. In 2015, Texas Tech recognized him
as an “Integrated Scholar” for his synergistic contributions to the teaching, research,
and service missions of the university. In 2017 he was recognized for his extensive
contributors to the Southern Management Association through the “James G. (Jerry)
Hunt Sustained Outstanding Service Award.” In 2017 and 2019 he was named to Clarivate
Analytics’ Highly Cited Researchers List. Most recently, he was named a Paul Whitfield
Horn Professor, Texas Tech’s highest academic honor, in March of 2020.
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