Mary Uhl-Bien
Professor
BNSF Railway Endowed Professor of Leadership
BNSF Railway Endowed Professor of Leadership
Management and Leadership Department
Education
- PhD, University of Cincinnati
- MBA, University of Cincinnati
- BBA, University of Cincinnati
Areas of Expertise/Research
- Complexity Leadership
- Relational Leadership
- Followership
- Leader-Follower Relationships
Selected Publications
- Uhl-Bien, M., Carsten, M., Huang, L. & Maslyn, J. (2022). What do managers value in the leader-member exchange (LMX) relationship? Manager-LMX (MLMX) as a new construct in LMX theory. Journal of Business Research, 148, 225-240.
- Uhl-Bien, M. (2021). Complexity leadership and followership: Changed leadership in a changed world. Journal of Change Management, 21(2), 144-162.
- Uhl-Bien, M. (2021). Complexity and COVID-19: Leadership and followership in a complex world. Journal of Management Studies, 58(5), 1400-1404.
- Uhl-Bien, M., Riggio, R., Lowe, K., & Carsten, M. (2014). Followership theory: A review and research agenda. The Leadership Quarterly, 25(1), 83-104.
- Fairhurst, G., & Uhl-Bien, M. (2012). Organizational Discourse Analysis (ODA): Examining leadership as a relational process. The Leadership Quarterly, 23(6), 1043-1062.
Honors and Awards
- 2023 Eminent Leadership Scholar Award, Academy of Management Network of Leadership Scholars
- 2023 Honorary Doctorate in Economics and Business Administration (dr.merc.h.c), Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
- 2020 Decennial Influential Article Award Finalist (Social Construction of Followership, LQ, 2010)
- 2019 #6 Most Influential Leadership Scholar, 1990-2017 (LQ Zhou & Li, 2019)
- 2019 Nominated for EMBA Outstanding Leadership Development Award, Texas Christian Univ. (TCU)
- 2018 Poets & Quants 2nd Annual List of Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors
- 2017 Top Published Paper Sloan Management Review (How to Catalyze Innovation in Your Organization, Arena, Cross, Sims, Uhl-Bien)
- 2017 Fellow, International Leadership Association (ILA)
- 2017 Nominated for EMBA Faculty of Excellence Award, Texas Christian Univ. (TCU)
- 2017 Nominated for EMBA Faculty Outstanding Leadership Development Award, Texas Christian Univ. (TCU)
- 2017 Decennial Influential Article Award (Complexity Leadership Theory, LQ, 2007)
- 2017 Decennial Influential Article Award (LMX Theory, LQ, 1995)
- 2017 HRPS Walker Prize, People + Strategy (2016) (Paper that best advances state-of-art thinking or practices in human resources), Complexity Leadership Theory
- 2017 Emerald Citations of Excellence (Followership Theory, LQ, 2014)
- 2017 Nominated for EMBA Faculty Award of Excellence Award, Texas Christian Univ. (TCU)
- 2017 Nominated for EMBA Faculty and Outstanding Leadership Development Award, Texas Christian Univ. (TCU)
- 2016 Best Overall Doctoral Student Paper Award, Southern Management Association
- 2016 Best Doctoral Student Paper OB Award, Southern Management Association
- 2015 Best Paper Award ENT/INNOV Track, Southern Management Association
- 2015 Nominated by students to speak in TCU Last Lecture Series
- 2014 European Group and Org Studies (EGOS) Max Boisot Paper Award
- 2013 Best Conference Paper Award, Southern Management Association
- 2013 Best Paper Award OB Track, Southern Management Association
- 2013 Outstanding Leadership Book Award Finalist, University of San Diego/ILA (Advancing Relational Leadership Research)
- 2013 Mortar Board’s Professor of the Month Award
- 2013 Nominated by students for UNL College of Bus. Admin. Teaching Award
- 2013 Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Bus. Admin. Summer Research Award
- 2012 Best Paper Award Finalist, The Leadership Quarterly (Org. Discourse Analysis: Leadership as Relational Process)
- 2012 Elected to OB Division Leadership Track, Academy of Management
- 2012 Nominated by students for UNL College of Bus. Admin. Teaching Award
- 2012 Elsevier Most Cited Paper Recognition (2007-2012)
- 2012 Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Bus. Admin. Summer Research Award
- 2011 Nominated by students for UNL College of Bus. Admin. Teaching Award
- 2011 Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Bus. Admin. Summer Research Award
- 2009 Best Paper Award OB Track, Southern Management Association
- 2008 Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln Parents Association Certificate of Recognition for Contribution to Students
- 2007 Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln Parents Association Certificate of Recognition for Contribution to Students
- 2007 Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln Seacrest Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching, Research and Outreach
- 2007 Best Reviewer Award, The Leadership Quarterly (The “Bernie”)
- 2003 Univ. of Central Florida Carl H. Galloway Faculty Performance Incentive Award for Undergraduate Teaching
- 2001 Best Paper Award, The Leadership Quarterly (Leadership in Complex Organizations)
- 2001 Univ. of Central Florida Research Incentive Award
- 2001 Univ. of Central Florida Teaching Incentive Award
- 2000 Univ. of Central Florida College of Business Performance Incentive Award
- 1999 Inducted as Honorary Member of Alpha Kappa Psi, Univ. of Central Florida
- 1998 Univ. of Central Florida Carl H. Galloway Faculty Performance Incentive Award for Exemplary Research
- 1997 Univ. of Central Florida Carl H. Galloway Faculty Performance Incentive Award
- 1995 Univ. of Alaska Anchorage Nominated by students for Teacher of the Year Award
- 1994 Univ. of Alaska Anchorage School of Business Outstanding Research Award