Associate Professor & Adjunct Faculty Coordinator
Department of Management

Andrew Bennett

757-683-3581
Thurmond Negotiations Lab

2062 CONSTANT HALL
NORFOLK, 23529

Dr. Bennett focuses on employee well-being, negotiations, and improving management research and education. His research has been published in multiple top scholarly journals and has been profiled in outlets like the Washington Post, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and the BBC. He has worked on projects for multiple Forbes Global 2000 companies, the US Army, and national non-profits as both a researcher and consultant.

Ph.D. in Business, Virginia Commonwealth University, (2015)

M.A. in Organizational Leadership, Gonzaga University, (2008)

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University, (2004)

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Bennett, A. A., Dunn, A. and Woznyj, H. "Adapting OER for Principles of Management" $11,000. State. June 2020 -
Bennett, A. A. "Negotiation and Team Resources Institute Teaching Grant" $5,000. Private. September 2018 - December 2018
Bennett, A. A. "Open Educational Resources Mini-Grant" $1,000. 凹凸视频. January 2017 - December 2017

Expertise

Management
Burnout & employee engagement, Evidence-based management
Stress
Employee recovery from work stress, Employee well-being
Management
Negotiations; Managerial skills development

Articles

Bennett, A. A., Lanivich, S. E.., Lyons, L. M.. and Zhou, F. (2025). An effort-recovery model for entrepreneurial work demands: The role of recovery experiences. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship.
Bennett, A. A., Epler, R. T.., Thomas, V. L.. and Jalil, D. (2025). Exploring coworker perceptions of and reactions to quiet quitting. Human Resource Management.
Geiger, M. K.. and Bennett, A. A. (2024). Beyond the Native-Nonnative Speaker Dichotomy: Broadening How We Study Nonnative English Speakers in the AI-powered Workplace. Group & Organization Management.
Williams, C. E.., Thomas, J. Shumski., Bennett, A. A., Banks, G. C.., Toth, A., Dunn, A. M.., McBride, A. and Gooty, J. (2024). The role of discrete emotions in job satisfaction: A meta鈥恆nalysis. Journal of Organizational Behavior 45 (1) , pp. 97-116.
Bennett, A. A., Lanivich, S., Moeini Gharagozloo, M. and Akbulut, Y. (2021). Appraisals matter: Relationships between entrepreneurs' stress appraisals and venture-based outcomes. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 27 (4) , pp. 970-988.
Bennett, A. A., Lo, K. D., Pervez, A., Nelson, T. A., Mullane, K., Farrell, M., Wilson, S., Decker, M. W. and Tarr, E. K. (2021). Exploring business doctoral students attitudes, training, and use of classroom experiential learning activities. International Journal of Management Education 19 (2) , pp. 100493.
Bennett, A. A., Campion, E., Keener, K. and Keener, S. (2021). Videoconference fatigue? Exploring changes in fatigue after videoconference meetings during COVID-19. Journal of Applied Psychology 106 (3) , pp. 330-344.
Pervez, A., Brady, L., Mullane, K., Lo, K. D.., Bennett, A. A. and Nelson, T. A.. (2021). An empirical investigation of mental illness, impostor syndrome, and social support in management doctoral programs. Journal of Management Education 45 (1) , pp. 126鈥158.
Bennett, A. A., Gabriel, A. S. and Calderwood, C. (2020). Examining the interplay of micro-break durations and activities for employee outcomes 鈥 A mixed-methods investigation. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 25 (2) , pp. 126-142.
Bennett, A. A., Bakker, A. B. and Field, J. G. (2018). Recovery from work-related effort: A meta-analysis. Journal of Organizational Behavior 39 (3) , pp. 262鈥275.
Bennett, A. A., Gabriel, A. S., Calderwood, C., Dahling, J. J. and Trougakos, J. P. (2016). Better together? Examining profiles of employee recovery experiences. Journal of Applied Psychology 101 (12) , pp. 1635-1654.

Presentations

Bennett, A. A. and Skinner, J. (December 17, 2015). The science of employee engagement and how to apply it to your organization .
  • 2022: Creativity and Innovation in Teaching Award, Southern Management Association
  • 2022: Haislip Rohrer Fellow (2022-2025), Strome College of Business
  • 2022: Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professor, Poets&Quants
  • 2022: Outstanding Research Award, 凹凸视频 Strome College of Business
  • 2022: Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Management Education
  • 2022: Outstanding Service Award, 凹凸视频 Strome College of Business
  • 2021: Invited to serve on the Editorial Review Board, Journal of Management
  • 2021: Associate Editor, Group & Organization Management
  • 2021: Best Paper Award, Management Teaching Review
  • 2020: Invited to serve on the Editorial Review Board, Group & Organization Management
  • 2020: New Educator Award, Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society
  • 2019: E.V. Williams Fellow (2019-2021), Strome College of Business
  • 2019: Outstanding Teaching Award, 凹凸视频 Strome College of Business
  • 2019: Game Day Professor (Men's Tennis), 凹凸视频 - Athletic Academic Advising
  • 2018: Game Day Professor (Men's Golf), 凹凸视频 - Athletic Academic Advising
  • 2018: Early Educator Institute scholarship, Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society
  • 2018: Invited to serve on the Editorial Review Board, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
  • 2016: Human Resources Division Showcase Symposium, Academy of Management
  • 2015: Student Travel Award, SIOP (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology)
  • 2014: VCU School of Business Honors Scholarship, Phi Kappa Phi

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