Radford University
Benjamin Biermeier-Hanson
Faculty Fellow, Accreditation Support/Assistant Professor
Management, Dept of
- Address:
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Kyle Hall 376
PO Box 6954 - Email:
- bbiermeierhan@radford.edu
Biography
I am an Assistant Professor of Management at Radford University, where I teach primarily
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management related classes. Prior to joining
the Department of Management, I was an Associate Professor and area coordinator for
the Industrial-Organizational Psychology program here at Radford University.
My research interests are varied, often focusing on leadership and organizational
culture. I have published in journals including the Journal of Business & Psychology,
Work, Aging, & Retirement, Group & Organization Management, and the Leadership & Organization
Development Journal. I am currently an editorial board member for the Journal of Vocational
Behavior and review on an ad-hoc basis for a variety of other journals related to
Organizational Behavior and Human Resources.
Education
Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
M.A. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
B.A. in Psychology, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN
M.A. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
B.A. in Psychology, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN
Recent Research and Engagement
Jackson, T. (2025, March, 21). Returning to the Workplace: Pros, Cons, & Tips for
Success. WDBJ. https://www.wdbj7.com/2025/03/21/returning-workplace-pros-cons-tips-success/
McConnell, S. (2023, October, 27). Dragons and Creatives. With Good Reason. With Good Reason Radio. https://www.withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/dragons-and-creatives/
McConnell, S. (2023, October, 27). Dragons and Creatives. With Good Reason. With Good Reason Radio. https://www.withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/dragons-and-creatives/
Courses Taught
MGNT 322 – Organizational Behavior
MGNT 375 – Staffing & Performance Management
MGNT 436 – Managing Cultural Diversity
MGNT 621 – Organizational Behavior
MGNT 375 – Staffing & Performance Management
MGNT 436 – Managing Cultural Diversity
MGNT 621 – Organizational Behavior
Publications - Journals
Thrasher, G. R., Hammond, M. M., & Biermeier-Hanson, B. (2025). (In)Congruence in
Claims and Grants and Multi-Domain Leader Identity: A Response Surface Modeling Test
of Multi-Domain Leader Identity Construction Theory. Journal of Leadership & Organizational
Studies. Advance Online Publication.
Steidle, S., & Biermeier-Hanson, B. (2025). Changemaker Challenge: Proposition Crafting and Canvas Mapping. Management Teaching Review. Advance Online Publication.
Thrasher, G., Biermeier-Hanson, B, & Hammond, M. (2024). A Commentary on Miron et al. (2024). Resolving Identity Conflicts Through Identity Integration and Expansion. Group & Organization Management. Advance Online Publication
Thomas, B., & Biermeier-Hanson, B. (2024). A Commentary on Santuzzi et al., 2024: Managing Uncertainty for Disability Disclosures. Group and Organization Management. Advance Online Publication
Coyle, P. T., & Biermeier-Hanson, B. (2023). Do congruent perceptions of an ethical leader and one's supervisor impact job-related outcomes? Testing mechanisms and boundaries. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 44 (3), 371-391
Biermeier-Hanson, B., Wynne, K.T., Thrasher, G., & Lyons, J. (2021): Modeling the Joint Effect of Leader and Follower Authenticity on Work and Non-Work Outcomes. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary & Applied, 155 (2), 140-164
Thrasher, G., Dickson, M., Biermeier-Hanson, B, & Najor-Durack, A. (2020). Social Identity Theory and Leader-Member Exchange: Individual, Dyadic, and Situational Factors Affecting the Relationship between Leader-Member Exchange and Job Performance. Organization Management Journal, 17 (3), 133-152
Huang, J., Liao, C., Li, Y, Liu, M., & Biermeier-Hanson, B. (2020). Just What You Need: The Complementary Effect of Leader Proactive Personality and Team Need for Approval. Journal of Business and Psychology. 35 (4), 421–434
Thrasher, G., Biermeier-Hanson, B., & Dickson, M. (2020). Getting Old at the Top: The Role of Agentic and Communal Orientations in the Relationship Between Age and Follower Perceptions of Leadership Behaviors and Outcomes. Work, Aging, & Retirement. 6 (1), 46-58
Biermeier-Hanson, B., & Coyle, P. (2019). Investigating Leader Role Congruity and Counterproductive Work Behavior. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary & Applied, 153(8), 820-842
Nieminen, L., Biermeier-Hanson, B., Roebuck, A, & Denison, D. (2019). A Study of the Hierarchical Culture Gaps within Unionized Utilities Companies. Organization Management Journal, 16 (1), 27-41
Roebuck, A., Thomas, A. Biermeier-Hanson, B. (2019). Organizational culture mitigates lower ratings of female supervisors. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 26(4), 454-464.
Biermeier-Hanson, B., & Nieminen, L. (2018). Leveraging Cultural Context for Leader Development. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science & Practice, 11(4), 653-656
Marchiondo, L., Biermeier-Hanson, B., Kabat-Farr, D., & Krenn, D. (2018). Target Meaning-Making of Workplace Incivility Based on Perceived Personality Similarity with Perpetrators. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary & Applied, 152(7), 474-496
Zabel, K., Biermeier-Hanson, B., Baltes, B., Early, B., & Shepard, A. (2017). Generational Differences in Work Ethic: Fact or Fiction? Journal of Business and Psychology, 32(3), 301-315
Biermeier-Hanson, B. (2015). What about the rest of us? The importance of organizational culture in nepotistic environments. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science & Practice, 8(1), 27-31.
Nieminen, L., Biermeier-Hanson, B., & Denison, D. (2013). Aligning leadership and organizational culture: The leader-culture fit framework for coaching organizational leaders, Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 65(3), 177-198.
Steidle, S., & Biermeier-Hanson, B. (2025). Changemaker Challenge: Proposition Crafting and Canvas Mapping. Management Teaching Review. Advance Online Publication.
Thrasher, G., Biermeier-Hanson, B, & Hammond, M. (2024). A Commentary on Miron et al. (2024). Resolving Identity Conflicts Through Identity Integration and Expansion. Group & Organization Management. Advance Online Publication
Thomas, B., & Biermeier-Hanson, B. (2024). A Commentary on Santuzzi et al., 2024: Managing Uncertainty for Disability Disclosures. Group and Organization Management. Advance Online Publication
Coyle, P. T., & Biermeier-Hanson, B. (2023). Do congruent perceptions of an ethical leader and one's supervisor impact job-related outcomes? Testing mechanisms and boundaries. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 44 (3), 371-391
Biermeier-Hanson, B., Wynne, K.T., Thrasher, G., & Lyons, J. (2021): Modeling the Joint Effect of Leader and Follower Authenticity on Work and Non-Work Outcomes. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary & Applied, 155 (2), 140-164
Thrasher, G., Dickson, M., Biermeier-Hanson, B, & Najor-Durack, A. (2020). Social Identity Theory and Leader-Member Exchange: Individual, Dyadic, and Situational Factors Affecting the Relationship between Leader-Member Exchange and Job Performance. Organization Management Journal, 17 (3), 133-152
Huang, J., Liao, C., Li, Y, Liu, M., & Biermeier-Hanson, B. (2020). Just What You Need: The Complementary Effect of Leader Proactive Personality and Team Need for Approval. Journal of Business and Psychology. 35 (4), 421–434
Thrasher, G., Biermeier-Hanson, B., & Dickson, M. (2020). Getting Old at the Top: The Role of Agentic and Communal Orientations in the Relationship Between Age and Follower Perceptions of Leadership Behaviors and Outcomes. Work, Aging, & Retirement. 6 (1), 46-58
Biermeier-Hanson, B., & Coyle, P. (2019). Investigating Leader Role Congruity and Counterproductive Work Behavior. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary & Applied, 153(8), 820-842
Nieminen, L., Biermeier-Hanson, B., Roebuck, A, & Denison, D. (2019). A Study of the Hierarchical Culture Gaps within Unionized Utilities Companies. Organization Management Journal, 16 (1), 27-41
Roebuck, A., Thomas, A. Biermeier-Hanson, B. (2019). Organizational culture mitigates lower ratings of female supervisors. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 26(4), 454-464.
Biermeier-Hanson, B., & Nieminen, L. (2018). Leveraging Cultural Context for Leader Development. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science & Practice, 11(4), 653-656
Marchiondo, L., Biermeier-Hanson, B., Kabat-Farr, D., & Krenn, D. (2018). Target Meaning-Making of Workplace Incivility Based on Perceived Personality Similarity with Perpetrators. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary & Applied, 152(7), 474-496
Zabel, K., Biermeier-Hanson, B., Baltes, B., Early, B., & Shepard, A. (2017). Generational Differences in Work Ethic: Fact or Fiction? Journal of Business and Psychology, 32(3), 301-315
Biermeier-Hanson, B. (2015). What about the rest of us? The importance of organizational culture in nepotistic environments. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science & Practice, 8(1), 27-31.
Nieminen, L., Biermeier-Hanson, B., & Denison, D. (2013). Aligning leadership and organizational culture: The leader-culture fit framework for coaching organizational leaders, Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 65(3), 177-198.
Publications - Chapters
Nieminen, L. R., Denison, D. R., Biermeier-Hanson, B., & Heinz-Oehler, K. (2022).
Organizational Culture and Coaching. In International Handbook of Evidence-Based Coaching (pp.
691-701). Springer, Cham.
Biermeier-Hanson, B., & Christensen, M. Nepotism. (2016). In Rogelberg, S., Shockley, K., & Tonidandel, S. (Eds.) The Encyclopedia of Industrial-Organizational Psychology (2nd eds). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Nieminen, L., Denison, D., Biermeier-Hanson, B., Heinz-Oehler, K. (2016). Organizational Culture and Coaching. In Handbuch Schlüsselkonzepte im Coaching (pp. 1-11). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
Biermeier-Hanson, B., Liu, M., & Dickson, M. (2015). Alternate views of global leadership: Applying global leadership perspectives to leading global teams. In R. Griffith & J. Wildman (Eds.) Leading Global Teams: Translating the Multidisciplinary Science to Practice (pp. 195-223). New York, NY: Springer.
Dickson, M., & Biermeier-Hanson, B. (2014). Leadership. In M. Vodosek & D. Den Hartog (Eds.) Wiley Encyclopedia of Management (3rd edition). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Dickson, M., Nieminen, L., & Biermeier-Hanson, B. (2012). Nepotism and organizational homogeneity: How the ASA process is accelerated by nonmerit-based decision making. In R. G. Jones (Ed.) Nepotism in organizations (pp. 93-128). New York: Routledge.
Biermeier-Hanson, B., & Christensen, M. Nepotism. (2016). In Rogelberg, S., Shockley, K., & Tonidandel, S. (Eds.) The Encyclopedia of Industrial-Organizational Psychology (2nd eds). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Nieminen, L., Denison, D., Biermeier-Hanson, B., Heinz-Oehler, K. (2016). Organizational Culture and Coaching. In Handbuch Schlüsselkonzepte im Coaching (pp. 1-11). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
Biermeier-Hanson, B., Liu, M., & Dickson, M. (2015). Alternate views of global leadership: Applying global leadership perspectives to leading global teams. In R. Griffith & J. Wildman (Eds.) Leading Global Teams: Translating the Multidisciplinary Science to Practice (pp. 195-223). New York, NY: Springer.
Dickson, M., & Biermeier-Hanson, B. (2014). Leadership. In M. Vodosek & D. Den Hartog (Eds.) Wiley Encyclopedia of Management (3rd edition). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Dickson, M., Nieminen, L., & Biermeier-Hanson, B. (2012). Nepotism and organizational homogeneity: How the ASA process is accelerated by nonmerit-based decision making. In R. G. Jones (Ed.) Nepotism in organizations (pp. 93-128). New York: Routledge.
Honors and Awards
- Editors Commendation – Journal of Business and Psychology for Huang et al. (2021)
- Editors Commendation – Journal of Business and Psychology for Zabel et al. (2018)
- Heberlein Teaching Award for University-Wide Excellence in Graduate Teaching Wayne State University (2013)
- Excellence in Graduate Teaching– Wayne State Psychology Department (2013)
- Rumble Research Fellowship – Wayne State University Graduate School (2012-2013)
- Rumble Research Fellowship – Wayne State University Graduate School (2009-2010)