Rate My Professor Kyle Ehrhardt

Kyle P. Ehrhardt is an Associate Professor of Management in the CU Denver Business School, joining the faculty in August 2014 upon completing his PhD in Management Science, specializing in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business. He earned an MS in Sport Management from Illinois State University and a BA in Communication and Physical Education from Hanover College. Before pursuing his doctorate, Ehrhardt spent several years in the sport management industry, employed by a US-based national governing organization.

Ehrhardt's research focuses on the intersection of workplace relationships and issues of diversity and discrimination, examining how these experiences shape employees' attitudes toward their work and workplace. His publications appear in leading journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, and Journal of Business & Psychology. Key works include Ragins, B.R., & Ehrhardt, K. (2021). Gaining perspective: The impact of close cross-race friendships on diversity training and education. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106, 856-881; Ehrhardt, K., & Ensher, E. (2021). Perceiving a calling, living a calling, and calling outcomes: How mentoring matters. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 68, 168-181; Ehrhardt, K., & Ragins, B.R. (2019). Relational attachment at work: A complementary fit perspective on the role of relationships in organizational life. Academy of Management Journal, 62, 248-282; Ehrhardt, K., & Sharif, M.M. (2019). Career implications for high-quality work relationships: An SCCT test. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 34, 474-490; and Yip, J., Ehrhardt, K., Black, H., & Walker, D. (2018). Attachment theory at work: A review and directions for future research. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 39, 185-198. Ehrhardt has earned the CU Denver One Year MBA Teaching Award (2020), CU Denver Business School Faculty Teaching Award (2019), and Faculty Research Award (2018), along with multiple Academy of Management awards such as Best Overall Paper Award Finalist (2017), Saroj Parasuraman Top Publication Award (2013), and Dorothy Harlow Best Paper Award (2012). He serves on the editorial boards of Personnel Psychology, Human Relations, and the Journal of Business & Psychology.