Tuck Pescosolido

Team dynamics, team leadership, emotions in organizations, emergent leadership

Professor Pescosolido joined the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire in 2002 as an assistant professor of Management and Organizational Behavior. He earned his A.B. in Psychology from Harvard College, and his Ph. D. in Organizational Behavior from Case Western Reserve University. Prior to receiving his doctorate he worked in the Quality Assurance department of a biotechnology firm, implemented a Total Quality Management (TQM) program at a small manufacturing firm, conducted an Appreciative Inquiry initiative with a county human services organization, and created programs in leadership development, team building, and organizational change management for a national professional services firm. He has also enjoyed working with several organizations from a variety of different industries to design and deliver outdoor experiential education experiences to help them with issues regarding teamwork, change, and leadership.

Here at UNH, Professor Pescosolido tells his students that the human resources of the firm are the only truly sustainable source of competitive advantage. Consequently his courses focus on maximizing the productivity and sustainability of those resources, through the use of teams, effective leadership, and the understanding of how individual motivations and actions effect group processes.

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Published Articles:

"Group Efficacy and Group Effectiveness", Small Group Research

"The Impact of Emergent Leader Emotionally Comptent Behavior on Team Trust, Communication, Engagement, and Effectiveness" (with Vanessa Urch Druskat), in Research on Emotion in Organizations, V.2: Individual and Organizational Perspectives on Emotional Management and Display, C. Hartel, W. Zerbe and N. Ashkanasy