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Michael William Morris
Alma materUniversity of Michigan Ph.D., 1993
Brown University B.A., 1986
Scientific career
FieldsSocial psychology, Organizational behavior
InstitutionsColumbia University 2001–present
Stanford University 1992–2002
Websitebusiness.columbia.edu/faculty/people/michael-morris
michaelwmorris.com

Michael William Morris is a professor at Columbia University. He teaches primarily at its Graduate School of Business, where he founded its Leadership Lab.[1] Additionally, Morris is affiliated with the Psychology Department and the Committee on Global Thought.[2][3]

Early life and education

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Morris was born in New York City in 1964. His family moved to Liberty NY, where he attended school. Morris started college at University of Rochester to focus on distance running.[4] After a term at the London School of Economics, he transferred to Brown University and completed degrees in English literature and in cognitive science.[5]

He pursued graduate education in psychology at the University of Michigan, where research on cultural psychology was coalescing.[6]

Academic career

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Morris began as a professor at Stanford University in 1993, in the Graduate School of Business.[7] He served as a visiting professor in 1995 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and in 2000 at The University of Hong Kong. In 2001. He started at Columbia University as a full professor and in 2006 earned the Chavkin-Chang Chair of Leadership.[8][9]

Morris has served as an associate editor at Psychological Review and special-issue editor at Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.[10] He is currently a consulting editor at Management and Organization Review,[11] and also at Journal of International Business Studies.[12]

Morris has authored hundreds of scientific papers, which have accumulated over 30,000 citations by fellow scholars.[13] In addition to his academic papers, Morris has written for Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Time, and other outlets.[14][15] He is often interviewed in the media on topics relevant to his research.[16][17] His 2024 book, Tribal: How the Cultural Instincts that Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together, was well reviewed.[18][19][20][21]

Awards

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  • 1993, Outstanding Dissertation Award, Society of Experimental Social Psychology.[22]
  • 1996, Hillel Einhorn Award to the best paper by a young investigator, Society for Judgment and Decision Making.[23]
  • 1999, Ascendant Scholar Award, Western Academy of Management.[24]
  • 2001, Otto Klineberg Intercultural & International Relations Award, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.[25]
  • 2005 Misumi Award for Best Contribution to Asian Social Psychology, Asian Association of Social Psychology.[26]
  • 2021 Responsible Research in Management Award, Academy of Management Fellows.[27]
  • 2023, Outstanding Contribution to Cultural Psychology Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology.[28]
  • 2025, Distinguished Scholarly Contribution Award, International Association for Chinese Management Research.[29]

Books

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  • 2022, Morris appears in the videobook of Cialdini’s classic Influence, LIT.[30]
  • 2024, Morris, Michael. Tribal: How the Cultural Instincts That Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together, Penguin. ISBN 978-0-7352-1809-3[31]

Teaching

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At Columbia Business School, Morris teaches the core class, Lead: People, Teams, and Organizations.[32] He also teaches the electives Managerial Negotiations[33] and The Leader’s Voice.[34] He has been recognized with the school's Innovation in the Classroom award.[35]

References

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  1. ^ "About". Columbia Business School. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "Department of Psychology". Columbia University. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "Global Thought". Columbia University.
  4. ^ "All-Time Rochester NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country Performances" (PDF). University of Rochester. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  5. ^ "Michael W. Morris's CV" (PDF). Columbia Business School. September 2023.
  6. ^ "New York State Forensic League". www.nysfl.org. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  7. ^ "Organizational Justice in the Global Economy: How Justice Perceptions are Influenced by Culture and Ethnicity". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  8. ^ "Michael W. Morris" (PDF). Columbia Business School. September 2023.
  9. ^ "About Page, Michael W. Morris". Columbia Business School.
  10. ^ "About". Columbia Business School. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  11. ^ "Editorial board". Cambridge Core.
  12. ^ "About / Editorial Board | Journal of International Business Studies | palgrave". www.palgrave.com.
  13. ^ "Michael W. Morris". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  14. ^ Morris, Michael W. (2012-10-17). "Metacognition: The Skill Every Global Leader Needs". Harvard Business Review. ISSN 0017-8012. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  15. ^ "The Latest On Handling Job Stress". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  16. ^ Lu, J. G., Nisbett, R. E., & Morris, M. W. (2022). The surprising underperformance of East Asians in US law and business schools: The liability of low assertiveness and the ameliorative potential of online classrooms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(13).
  17. ^ "CNN Money With Maggie Lake". grabien.com. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  18. ^ Szalai, Jennifer (16 October 2024). "Why Us vs. Them Is Not Such a Bad Way to See the World". The New York Times.
  19. ^ Heffernan, Margaret (2024-11-13). "Tribal — can our cultural instincts power positive change?". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  20. ^ Scharfenberg, David (2024-11-28). "Why you'll never convince your Trumpy cousin that he's wrong". BostonGlobe.com.
  21. ^ Graphics, FT Interactive. "Year 2024 (list) - Best business books". FT Business book of the year award. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  22. ^ "SESP". www.sesp.org. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  23. ^ "Society for Judgment and Decision Making". sjdm.org. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  24. ^ "Ascendant Scholars". wamonline. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  25. ^ "Otto Klineberg Intercultural & International Relations Award Winners". The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.
  26. ^ "Asian Association of Social Psychology | » Misumi Award". asiansocialpsych.org. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  27. ^ "2021 "Responsible Research in Management" Winners Announcement". RRBM network. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  28. ^ "Cultural Psychology Award". Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
  29. ^ "2025 IACMR Distinguished Scholarly Contribution Award Winner". December 2024.
  30. ^ "Influence". litvideobooks.com. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  31. ^ Morris, Michael (2024). Tribal: How the Cultural Instincts That Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together. Penguin. ISBN 9780735218093.
  32. ^ "Lead: People, Teams, Organizations | Courses". courses.business.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  33. ^ "Managerial Negotiations". Columbia Business School.
  34. ^ "The Leader's Voice: Communication Skills for Leading Organizations". Columbia Business School.
  35. ^ "About". Columbia Business School.
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