Professor of Public Administration and Policy

Curriculum Vitae

Bradley E. Wright specializes in organizational behavior. Dr. Wright’s research focuses on how employee attitudes and behavior are influenced by an interaction between the characteristics of employees and their organizational work environment. Much of his most recent research has focused on public service motivation, employee engagement, and leadership. His work has been published in the top public administration and management journals, including Administration & Society, American Review of Public Administration, International Public Management Journal, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, and Public Administration Review. Dr. Wright is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and the former editor of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Prior to joining the University of Georgia, he was on the faculty at Georgia State University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and he held several positions in public higher education administration in both Michigan and New York.

Education
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  • Ph.D., University at Albany (SUNY), Public Administration
  • Master of Public Administration, Western Michigan University, Public Administration
  • B.A., Hope College, History and Political Science
Areas of Expertise
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  • Organizational Behavior
  • Human Resource Management
Honors, Awards, and Achievements
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  • Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration, 2015-present
  • William A. Owens Creative Research Award, University of Georgia, 2023
  • Distinguished Alumnus in Public Administration, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany SUNY, 2020
  • Western Michigan University College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Achievement Award, 2014
  • MPA Professor of the Year: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2005 & 2006; University of Georgia 2016 & 2019
Affiliations
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  • Academy of Management
  • American Society for Public Administration
  • Public Management Research Association
  • National Academy of Public Administration
Selected Publications
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Bashir, M., Wright, B. E., & Hassan, S. (2023). “The interactive influence of public service motivation, perceived reward equity, and prosocial impact on employee engagement: a panel study in Pakistan”. Public Management Review, 25(7), 1213-1237.  https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2021.2013069

Wright B.E., Hassan, S, Baker, D., & Teaford, K. (2023).  “Work engagement, burnout, and the motivation to serve among law enforcement officers during the COVID-19 pandemic and community protests in the United States”. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paac078

Wright, B.E. (2023).  :Behavioral Public Administration: Recognizing, Celebrating and Reflecting on Research Trends”.  in Zhixia Chen (ed.), Frontier Research in Behavioral Public Administration, pp. 17-24. Springer Nature.

Tavares, G. M., Sobral, F., & Wright, B. E. (2021). “Commitment to Public Values, Charismatic Leadership Attributions, and Employee Turnover in Street-level Bureaucracies”. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 31(3), 542-560.

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