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Affiliation: University of New Hampshire |
| Email: Vanessa.Druskat@unh.edu |
Vanessa Urch Druskat, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Management at the Whittemore School of Business & Economics at the University of New Hampshire. She joined the Whittemore School faculty as an Associate Professor in 2003 after spending eight years on the faculty of the Department of Organizational Behavior at Case Western Reserve University. Her award winning research examines how teams and leaders effectively manage complex interpersonal and coordination challenges in cross-functional, cross-cultural and self-managing work environments – which often involves aspects of emotional intelligence. It has appeared in prestigious journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Harvard Business Review, Human Relations, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Leadership Quarterly, Sloan Management Review, and Small Group Research. She recently edited the book Linking Emotional Intelligence and Performance at Work (Lawrence Erlbaum, 2006)and is an Associate Editor of the interdisciplinary journal Small Group Research. Professor Druskat is also a sought after consultant and speaker on who conducts seminars around the world for organizational leaders and teams in organizations ranging from Fortune 100 companies to public schools.
Articles
Wolff, S. B., Pescosolido, A. T., & Druskat, V. U. (2002). Emotional intelligence as the basis of leadership emergence in self-managing teams. Leadership Quarterly, 13(5), 505-522.
Druskat, V. U., & Wolff, S. B. (2001). Building the emotional intelligence of groups. Harvard Business Review, 79(3), 81-90.
Book Chapters
Druskat, V. U., & Wolff, S. B. (forthcoming). Group-level emotional intelligence. In N.M. Ashkanasy & C.L. Cooper (Eds.), Research companion to emotion in organizations. London: Edward Elgar.
Druskat, V. U., & Pescosolido, A. T. (2006). The impact of emergent leader emotionally competent behavior on team trust, communication, engagement, and effectiveness. In W. J. Zerbe, N. Ashkanasy, and C. Hartel (Eds.) Research on Emotions in Organizations, Volume 2: Individual and organizational perspectives on emotion management and display (pp. 25-55). Oxford, UK: Elsevier JAI.
Druskat, V. U., & Wolff, S. B. (2007). The effect of confronting members who break norms on team effectiveness. In L. Thompson, and K. Behfar (Eds.) Conflict in organizational teams. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press.
Druskat, V. U., & Druskat, P. D. (2006). Applying emotional intelligence in project management. In S. Pryke and H. Smyth (Eds.) The management of complex projects: A relationship approach (pp.78-96). Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
Wolff, S. B., Druskat, V. U., Koman, E. S. & Messer, T. E., (2006). The link between group emotional competence and group effectiveness. In V.U. Druskat, F. Sala, and G. Mount (Eds.) Linking emotional intelligence and performance at work: Current research evidence with individuals and groups (pp. 223-242). Mahwah, NJ: LEA.
Druskat, V. U., & Wolff, S. B. (2001). Group emotional competence and its influence on group effectiveness. In Cary Cherniss and Daniel Goleman (Eds.), The emotionally intelligent workplace (pp. 132-155). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

