Bank of America Professor · WashU Olin

Andrew Knight

I study leadership, teamwork, and people analytics at Washington University in St. Louis. I serve as founding Executive Director of the George and Carol Bauer Leaders Academy and Senior Advisor to the Chancellor for Leadership. My research and teaching address how groups form, function, and perform in organizational settings.

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Organizational Behavior Leadership Team Dynamics People Analytics Dyadic Methods
Andrew Knight, Bank of America Professor at Washington University in St. Louis
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Research
roundRobinR: Manipulate and Analyze Round Robin Dyadic Data
Knight, A. P.
Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN)CRAN ↗
R packagemethods
2026
zoomGroupStats
Knight, A. P.
Web application for analyzing Zoom meeting communication and group dynamicszoomgroupstats.org ↗
web app
SRM_R: A Web-Based Shiny App for Social Relations Analyses
Wong, M. N., Kenny, D. A., & Knight, A. P.
Organizational Research Methods, 27, 114–139PDF ↗
methodssoftware
2024
Addressing Performance Tensions in Multiteam Systems
Ziegert, J. C., Knight, A. P., Resick, C. J., & Graham, K. A.
Academy of Management Journal, 65, 158–185PDF ↗
AMJteams
2022
Publishing Impactful Research in AMJ: Winners of the 2020 and 2021 Impact Awards
Umphress, E. E., Greer, L. L., Muir (Zapata), C. P., & Knight, A. P.
Academy of Management Journal, 64, 1648–1653PDF ↗
AMJ
2021
Start-Up Teams: A Multidimensional Conceptualization, Integrative Review, and Future Research Agenda
Knight, A. P., Greer, L. L., & de Jong, B.
Academy of Management Annals, 14, 231–266PDF ↗
AMAteams
2020
On the Relation Between Felt Trust and Actual Trust: Examining Leader Trust Meta-Accuracy
Campagna, R. L., Dirks, K. T., Knight, A. P., Crossley, C., & Robinson, S. L.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 105, 994–1012PDF ↗
JAPleadership
2020
On the Emergence of Collective Psychological Ownership in New Creative Teams
Gray, S. M., Knight, A. P., & Baer, M.
Organization Science, 31, 141–164PDF ↗
Org Sciteams
2020
Dyadic Data Analysis
Knight, A. P., & Humphrey, S. E.
In Humphrey & LeBreton (Eds.), The Handbook for Multilevel Theory, Measurement, and Analysis. APA.PDF ↗
methodsbook chapter
2019
Organizational Affective Tone: A Meso Perspective on Origins and Effects
Knight, A. P., Menges, J. I., & Bruch, H.
Academy of Management Journal, 61, 191–219PDF ↗
AMJaffect
2018
Innovations in Unobtrusive Methods
Knight, A. P.
In Bryman & Buchanan (Eds.), Unconventional Methodology in Organization and Management Research. Oxford University Press.PDF ↗
methodsbook chapter
2018
Resources and Relationships in Entrepreneurship: An Exchange Theory of Entrepreneur–Investor Relationships
Huang, L., & Knight, A. P.
Academy of Management Review, 42, 80–102PDF ↗
AMRteams
2017
Using Recurrence Analysis to Examine Group Dynamics
Knight, A. P., Kennedy, D. M., & McComb, S. A.
Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 20, 223–241PDF ↗
methodsteams
2016
Positive Is Usually Good, Negative Is Not Always Bad: The Effects of Group Affect on Social Integration and Task Performance
Knight, A. P., & Eisenkraft, N.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 100, 1214–1227PDF ↗
JAPaffect
2015
Group Affect
Barsade, S. G., & Knight, A. P.
Annual Review of Organizational Behavior and Organizational Psychology, 2, 21–46PDF ↗
AROPPaffect
2015
Who Defers to Whom and Why? Dyadic Deference and Team Effectiveness
Joshi, A., & Knight, A. P.
Academy of Management Journal, 58, 59–84PDF ↗
AMJteams
2015
Mood at the Midpoint: Affect and Change in Exploratory Search over Time in Teams That Face a Deadline
Knight, A. P.
Organization Science, 26, 99–118PDF ↗
Org Sciaffect
2015
Get Up, Stand Up: The Effects of a Non-Sedentary Workspace on Information Elaboration and Group Performance
Knight, A. P., & Baer, M.
Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, 910–917PDF ↗
teams
2014
When Team Members' Values Differ: The Moderating Effects of Team Leadership
Klein, K. J., Knight, A. P., Ziegert, J. C., Lim, B. C., & Saltz, J. L.
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 114, 25–36PDF ↗
teamsleadership
2011
Dynamic Delegation: Shared, Hierarchical, and Deindividualized Leadership in Extreme Action Teams
Klein, K. J., Ziegert, J. C., Knight, A. P., & Xiao, Y.
Administrative Science Quarterly, 51, 590–621PDF ↗
ASQleadership
2006
Innovation Implementation: Overcoming the Challenge
Klein, K. J., & Knight, A. P.
Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14, 243–246PDF ↗
teams
2005
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Bauer Leaders Academy

As founding Executive Director of the George and Carol Bauer Leaders Academy, I lead Washington University's strategic initiatives in leadership development — bringing together academic rigor, coaching, and experiential learning to develop leaders at every career stage.

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Integrative Leadership Development Programs
Cohort-based programs weaving together academic content, individual coaching, and experiential learning to develop leaders holistically.
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Action Learning
Structured experiential exercises — including group decision-making challenges and team-based fieldwork — that develop leadership by doing.
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Innovations in Development
Cutting-edge simulation-based learning experiences, including VR scenarios and digital platforms, that push the frontier of leadership pedagogy.
Visit leadersacademy.wustl.edu ↗
Code
R package
roundRobinR
Utilities for processing and analyzing dyadic data collected using a round-robin design, where each person in a group rates every other person. Implements the Social Relations Model (SRM) via multilevel modeling in R, estimating group, actor, partner, and relationship variance components along with generalized and dyadic reciprocity correlations.
CRAN ↗ pdSRM.R (legacy)
2026
Shiny app
SRM_R
A web-based Shiny application for Social Relations Model analyses, developed with David A. Kenny and Michael N. Wong. Provides an accessible, user-friendly interface for researchers unfamiliar with the SRM command-line workflow.
Launch app ↗
2024
web app
zoomGroupStats
Tools for analyzing the communication and dynamics of groups meeting via Zoom. Processes data from Zoom meeting transcripts and interaction logs to generate behavioral metrics for use in research and applied group analytics.
zoomgroupstats.org ↗