Stephen J. Sauer

Biography

Stephen Sauer is a dedicated scholar and educator whose research and teaching interests revolve around leadership, team dynamics, entrepreneurship, and diversity in management. His work has been published in a number of academic journals including Leadership Quarterly, Organization Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Human Resource Management. His research has also been featured in a variety of mainstream media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Forbes.com, and USA Today, among others.

Sauer’s teaching experience includes courses in leadership, strategy, negotiations, and organizational behavior at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and he has extensive experience leading executive education workshops and seminars for a number of major corporations. He is also an entrepreneur in residence at Cornell’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement and Rev: Ithaca Startup Works and is a member of the teaching team for the NSF Innovation Corps national program.

Sauer earned his PhD in management, along with an MBA and a master’s in business and policy administration, all from Cornell University. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Before transitioning to academia, he gained valuable experience as an organizational change consultant and plant manager, following seven years of service as an armored cavalry officer in the US Army.

Education

PhD Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, 2008
MS Cornell University, 2007
MBA Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, 2001
BS Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1991

Research

• Wang, Shirley; Sauer, Stephen; Schryver, Thomas. "The Benefits of Early Diverse and Late Shared Task Cognition"Small Group Research. 50.3 (2019): 408-439
• Proell, Chad; Sauer, Stephen; Rodgers, Matthew. "Credit Where Credit is Due: A Field Survey of the Interactive Effects of Credit Expectations and Leaders' Credit Allocation on Employee Turnover"Human Resource Management. 55.2 (2016): 341–355
• Yong, Kevyn; Sauer, Stephen; Mannix, Elizabeth. "Conflict and Creativity in Interdisciplinary Teams"Small Group Research. 45.3 (2014): 266-289
• Spataro, Sandra; Pettit, Nathan; Sauer, Stephen; Lount, Robert. "Interactions Among Same-Status Peers: Effects of Behavioral Style and Status Level"Small Group Research. 45.3 (2014): 314-336
• Rodgers, Matthew; Sauer, Stephen; Proell, Chad. "The lion's share: The impact of credit expectations and credit allocations on commitment to leaders"Leadership Quarterly. 24.1 (2013): 80-93
• Sauer, Stephen; Desmond, Scott; Heintzelman, Martin. "Beyond the playing field: the role of athletic participation in early career success"Personnel Review. 42.6 (2013): 644-661
• Sauer, Stephen. "Taking the reins: The effects of new leader status and leadership style on team performance"Journal of Applied Psychology. 96.3 (2011): 574-587
• Sauer, Stephen; Thomas-Hunt, Melissa; Morris, Patrick. "Too Good to Be True? The Unintended Signaling Effects of Educational Prestige on External Expectations of Team Performance"Organization Science. 21.5 (2010): 1108-1120
• Cabrera, Susan; Sauer, Stephen; Thomas-Hunt, Melissa. "The Evolving Manager Stereotype: The Effects of Industry Gender Typing on Performance Expectations for Leaders and Their Teams"Psychology of Women Quarterly. 33.4 (2009): 419-428
• Mannix, Elizabeth; Sauer, Stephen. "Status and Power in Organizational Group Research: Acknowledging the Pervasiveness of Hierarchy"Advances in Group Processes: Social Psychology of the Workplace, Ed. S. Thye, Ed. E. Lawler. JAI Press. 23 (2006): 149-182