I started at the University of Minnesota, Duluth in 2018 after completing my Ph.D. in Management with an emphasis in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.
My research seeks to understand how people impact business performance. My research focuses on three areas: the impact of executives, the effects of compensation, and how human capital (the combination of an individual's knowledge, skills, attributes, and other characteristics) is developed and combines together between multiple Individuals.
Prior to pursuing a Ph.D. I served as the VP of Organizational Effectiveness at Conservice. Before Conservice I held various leadership positions at Bell Helicopter Textron including Director of HR Strategy, Senior HR Business Partner, Director of Continuous Improvement, and Six Sigma Master Black Belt.
I have a Master's Degree in Organizational Behavior from Brigham Young University and a Bachelors of Arts in Management and Human Resources from Utah State University.
I rejuvenate through spending time in the outdoors with family and friends. I particularly enjoy mountaineering and am constantly training to improve my conditioning and skills. Most years I venture to the Tetons.
Education
- 2018, Ph.D. in Management & Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, University of ;South Carolina
- 1997, Master's in Organizational Behavior, Brigham Young University
- 1995, Bachelors of Arts in Management and Human Resources, Utah State University.
Research Interests
- The impact of executives
- The effects of compensation
- The emergence of human capital
- Executive narcissism
This faculty member is interested in working with students on research.
Publications
- Cragun, O. R., Kautz, J., & Xiu, L., (2021). The effects of pay perceptions and pay transparency on personal pay disclosure. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021 (1), 15139-15145.
- Nyberg, A. J., Cragun. O. R., & Schepker, D. J. (2021) Chief Executive Officer Succession and Board Decision Making: Review and Suggestions for Advancing Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Human Resources Management, and Organizational Behavior Research. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 8(1): 173-198
- Cragun O. R., Olsen K. J., Wright P. M. (2020) Making CEO narcissism research great: A review and meta-analysis of CEO narcissism. Journal of Management, 46(6):908-936.
- Nyberg, A. J., Maltarich, M. A., Abdulsalam, D., Essman, S., Cragun, O. R. (2018). Collective Pay: A Cross-Disciplinary, Cross-Level Theoretical and Empirical Integration and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Management, 44(6): 2433-2472.
- Nyberg, A. J., Maltarich, M. A., Abdulsalam, D., Essman, S., Cragun, O. R. (2018). Collective Pay: A Cross-Disciplinary, Cross-Level Theoretical and Empirical Integration and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Management, 44(6): 2433-2472.
- Cragun, O. R., Nyberg, A. J., & Wright, P. M. (2016). CEO Succession: What we know and where to go. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 3(3): 222–264.
- Ployhart, R. E., & Cragun, O. R. (2017). Collective human capital complementarities. In D. Collings, K. Mellahi, & W. F. Cascio (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Talent Management. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Nyberg, A. J., Schepker, D. J., Wright, P. M, & Cragun, O. R. (2017). Succession planning: Talent management’s forgotten but critical tool. In D. Collings, K. Mellahi, & W. F. Cascio (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Talent Management. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Ployhart, R. E., & Cragun, O. R. (2017). Multilevel modeling: Theory and practice. In. S. Rogelberg (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Human Resource Management (MGTS 3801)
- Business Negotiations (MGTS 4475)
- Training and Development (MGTS 4841)
- Strategic Human Resource Management (MGTS 4871)
- Executive Leadership (MBA 8995)