Rate My Professor Jonathan Westover

Jonathan H. Westover, Ph.D., is a professor and chair of Organizational Leadership in the Woodbury School of Business at Utah Valley University. He also serves as Academic Director of the UVU Center for Social Impact and the UVU SIMLab, and Faculty Fellow for Ethics in Public Life in the Center for the Study of Ethics. Westover earned his Ph.D. in Sociology with emphases in International Political Economy and Work and Organizations from the University of Utah, Master of Public Administration with emphases in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management from Brigham Young University, and Bachelor of Science in Sociology from Brigham Young University. As a Fulbright Scholar to Belarus in 2012 and Senior Fulbright Scholar to Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia in 2018, he has received numerous awards for teaching, research, and community service, including the Silver Signal Award in 2023 for his Human Capital Innovations (HCI) podcast, which attracts over 150,000 monthly listeners and features insights on leadership, talent management, and organizational development.

Westover is recognized as the number one global thought leader and influencer in HR, Innovation, and Future of Work by Thinkers360, ranked in the top 30 worldwide for Management and Organizational Culture by Global Gurus, and the 16th ranked scholar globally for job satisfaction research by ScholarGPS. An award-winning Amazon number one best-selling author, he has published widely in academic journals, books, and practitioner outlets on topics including job satisfaction, workplace engagement, leadership, human resource management, and the future of work. He regularly teaches as visiting faculty in international graduate business programs, serves on nonprofit boards and association committees, and contributes editorially to advance organizational leadership and human capital practices. His scholarship and thought leadership significantly impact the academic and professional fields of management and organizational behavior.