Faculty & Staff Directory

iconiconiconNameWilliam BeckerImageWilliam BeckerFirstnameWilliamLastnameBeckerOffice Phone817-257-7567
EmailW.becker@tcu.edu
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Position:Assistant ProfessorDepartment:Management, Entrepreneurship and LeadershipOffice:Dan Rogers 362Role:FacultyEducation
  • PhD, Management, University of Arizona
  • MA, Economics, University of Connecticut
  • BS, United States Naval Academy
Areas of Expertise / Research
  • Emotions (neuroscience)
  • Organizational entry and exit
  • Group processes
Work Experience
  • United States Navy, Submarine Officer
  • Duke Engineering & Services, Project Engineer
  • Hopkinton High School, Physics Instructor
Courses Taught
  • Interpersonal Leadership
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Negotiation
  • Business Statistics
Key Publications
  • Becker, W. J., Cropanzano, R., & Sanfey, A. (in press). Organizational neuroscience: Taking organizational theory inside the neural black box. Journal of Management.
  • Becker, W. J., & Cropanzano, R. (2011). Dynamic aspects of voluntary turnover: An integrated approach to curvilinearity in the performance-turnover relationship. Journal of Applied Psychology.
  • Becker, W. J., Connolly, T., & Slaughter, J. E. (2010). The effect of job offer timing on job acceptance, performance, and turnover. Personnel Psychology, 63, 223-241.
  • Becker, W. J., & Cropanzano, R. (2010). Organizational neuroscience: Prospects and promise of an emerging discipline. Journal of Organizational Behavior.
  • Cropanzano, R, Becker, W. J., & Feldman, J. (in press). Affect and negotiation. In B. M. Goldman, & D. L. Shapiro (Eds.), The psychology of negotiations in the 21st century. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Awards / Recognition
  • Deans Award for Teaching Excellence, University of Arizona
  • Deans Award for Research Excellence, University of Arizona
International Experience
  • Staff officer with NATO submarine command, Naples, Italy
  • Consulting engineer for CocaCola in France and Italy
Consulting
  • Everest Fuel