Rate My Professor Amy Bartels

Amy Bartels is an Associate Professor of Management in the College of Business at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a position she has held since her promotion in 2024, following her initial appointment as Assistant Professor in 2018. Prior to her current role, she served as a Research Assistant and Instructor in the Department of Management at Arizona State University from 2013 to 2018. Earlier in her career, Bartels worked as Senior Assistant Director of Admissions at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 2010 to 2013. She holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University (2018), a Juris Doctorate with distinction (2010), a Master of Arts in Higher Educational Administration and Leadership (2010), and a Bachelor of Arts in History with minors in Education and Economics (2007), all from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Bartels' academic interests center on leadership and team dynamics across multiple levels of analysis, as well as the effects of stress, emotions, and well-being in organizational settings. Her scholarship has appeared in premier outlets including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Journal, Personnel Psychology, and PLOS One. Notable publications include "Stopping surface acting spillover: A transactional theory of stress perspective" (Journal of Applied Psychology, 2022, with Lennard, Scott, & Peterson); "With a frown or a smile: How leader affective states spark the leader-follower reciprocal exchange process" (Personnel Psychology, 2022, with Nahrgang et al.); "Understanding well-being at work: Development and validation of the eudaimonic workplace well-being scale" (PLOS One, 2019, with Peterson & Reina); "Do the hustle! Empowerment from side-hustles and its effects on full-time work performance" (Academy of Management Journal, 2021, with Sessions et al.); and "Shared team experiences and team effectiveness: Unpacking the contingent effects of entrained rhythms and task characteristics" (Academy of Management Journal, 2018, with Luciano et al.). Bartels has co-authored articles for Harvard Business Review and regularly presents her research at major conferences such as the Academy of Management Annual Meeting. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in organizational behavior, including MNGT 960, GRBA 814, and MNGT 360.