Faculty Profile

Virginie Kidwell

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Management
College
College of Business
Associate Professor
Management
College of Business

    

Education

PhD, University of Kentucky, 2013.
Major: Business Administration - Management
Degree Specialization: Organizational Behavior
Dissertation Title: The Heart of Social Networks: The Ripple Effect of Emotional Abilities in Relational Well-Being
MS, University of Kentucky, 2007.
Major: Economics
BS, Virginia-Tech, 2001.
Major: Finance

Current Scheduled Teaching*

MGMT 6950.002, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2024
MGMT 4150.501, Power, Influence and Politics in Organizations, Spring 2024 Syllabus

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching*

MGMT 6950.722, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2023
MGMT 5120.002, Managing Organizational Design and Change, Fall 8W2 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5120.002, Managing Organizational Design and Change, Summer 5W2 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5140.002, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Summer 5W1 2023 SPOT
MGMT 6020.730, Research Proposal Seminar, Summer 10W 2023
MGMT 5140.002, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Spring 8W2 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5140.801, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Spring 3W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 4150.501, Power, Influence and Politics in Organizations, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5120.002, Managing Organizational Design and Change, Fall 8W2 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 6100.001, Seminar in Organizational Behavior, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 6950.739, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 5W1 2022
MGMT 5120.001, Managing Organizational Design and Change, Summer 5W2 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 6900.730, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2022
MGMT 6950.001, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2022
MGMT 5140.004, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Spring 8W2 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5140.801, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Spring 3W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 4150.501, Power, Influence and Politics in Organizations, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 6950.722, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021
MGMT 5140.001, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Fall 8W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5140.001, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Fall 8W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5140.026, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Fall 8W1 2021 Syllabus
MGMT 5140.026, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Fall 8W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5120.001, Managing Organizational Design and Change, Summer 5W2 2021 SPOT
MGMT 5120.026, Managing Organizational Design and Change, Summer 5W2 2021 SPOT
MGMT 6900.001, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2021 Syllabus
MGMT 6940.728, Individual Research, Spring 2021
MGMT 5140.001, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Spring 8W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5140.026, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Spring 8W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5140.801, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Spring 3W1 2021 SPOT
MGMT 5140.826, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Spring 3W1 2021
MGMT 4150.001, Power, Influence and Politics in Organizations, Spring 2021 SPOT
MGMT 6940.723, Individual Research, Fall 2020
MGMT 5140.001, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Fall 8W2 2020 SPOT
MGMT 5140.026, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Fall 8W2 2020 SPOT
MGMT 6100.001, Seminar in Organizational Behavior, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5120.001, Managing Organizational Design and Change, Summer 5W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5120.026, Managing Organizational Design and Change, Summer 5W2 2020 Syllabus
MGMT 5140.001, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Summer 5W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 4980.001, Experimental Course, Spring 2020 Syllabus
MGMT 5140.001, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Spring 8W2 2020 Syllabus
MGMT 5140.026, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Spring 8W2 2020 Syllabus
MGMT 5140.801, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Spring 3W1 2020 Syllabus
MGMT 5140.001, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Fall 8W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5140.001, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Fall 8W2 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5140.026, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Fall 8W2 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5140.080, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Fall 8W2 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5140.080, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Fall 8W1 2019 SPOT
MGMT 5120.001, Managing Organizational Design and Change, Summer 5W2 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5120.080, Managing Organizational Design and Change, Summer 5W2 2019 SPOT
MGMT 6900.722, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2019
MGMT 5660.001, International Management, Spring 8W2 2019 SPOT
MGMT 5660.080, International Management, Spring 8W2 2019 SPOT
MGMT 5140.001, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Spring 8W1 2019 SPOT
MGMT 5140.080, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Spring 8W1 2019 SPOT
MGMT 5140.444, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Spring 3W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 6900.723, Special Problems, Spring 2019
MGMT 5660.001, International Management, Fall 8W2 2018 SPOT
MGMT 5660.080, International Management, Fall 8W2 2018 SPOT
MGMT 5140.001, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Fall 8W2 2018 SPOT
MGMT 5140.026, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Fall 8W2 2018 SPOT
MGMT 5140.080, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Fall 8W2 2018 SPOT
MGMT 6900.723, Special Problems, Fall 2018
MGMT 5660.001, International Management, Summer 5W1 2018 SPOT
MGMT 5660.080, International Management, Summer 5W1 2018 SPOT
MGMT 6900.722, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2018
MGMT 5660.001, International Management, Spring 8W2 2018 SPOT
MGMT 5660.026, International Management, Spring 8W2 2018 SPOT
MGMT 5660.080, International Management, Spring 8W2 2018 SPOT
MGMT 5660.086, International Management, Spring 8W2 2018 SPOT
MGMT 3720.006, Organizational Behavior, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
MGMT 5660.001, International Management, Fall 8W1 2017 SPOT
MGMT 5660.080, International Management, Fall 8W1 2017 SPOT
MGMT 5660.086, International Management, Fall 8W1 2017 SPOT
MGMT 5140.001, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Fall 8W2 2017 SPOT
MGMT 5140.080, Organizational Behavior and Analysis, Fall 8W2 2017 SPOT
MGMT 3720.003, Organizational Behavior, Summer 5W2 2017 Syllabus SPOT

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Publications

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter
Mehra, A., Borgatti, S., Soltis, S., Flyod, T., Ofem, B., Halgin, D., Lopez-Kidwell, V. (2014). Imaginary worlds: Using visual network scales to capture perceptions of social networks. Research in the Sociology of Organizations: Contemporary Perspectives on Organizational Social Networks. 40, . Emerald Group Publishing Ltd..
Borgatti, S., Lopez-Kidwell, V. (2011). Network Theory. Handbook of Social Network Analysis. London: Sage.
Conference Proceeding
Piplani, R., Grosser, T., Kidwell, V. N., Dineen, B., Borgatti, S. (2022). Effect of Team Co-membership Change on Change in Interpersonal Affect in the Workplace. Best Paper Proceedings, Organizational Behavior Division, . Academy of Management Annual Conference.
Antwiler, B., Kidwell, V. N., Annamalai, D. C. (2022). Perception Asymmetry of Affect: How Do You Think We Feel?. Proceeding, . Academy of Management Annual Conference.
Kidwell, V. N. (2022). The Cost of Emotional Intelligence iThe Workplace: Providing Others with Emotional Resources to One’s Own Detriment. (Sunbelt conference proceeding), . INSA.
Jordan, S. L., Boulamatsi, A., Vaziri, H., Annamalai, D. C., Kidwell, V., Hancock, J. I. (2022). To mask or not to mask? Examining the daily antecedents and consequences of mask-wearing decisions at work.
Anzollitto, P., Annamalai, D. C., Kidwell, V., Hancock, J. I. (2021). Embedding Roles & Social Identities during Socialization: An Intrapersonal Network Perspective.
Kidwell, V., Antwiler, B. L., Annamalai, D. C. (2021). Taking Stock of Group Affective Tone, Emotional Climate, and Emotional Culture in Organizations..
Annamalai, D. C., Kidwell, V., Anzollitto, P., Struckell, B. (2021). Who's the Leader Anyway? Paradox Theory and Shared Leadership in Teams.
Journal Article
Kidwell, B., Kidwell, V., Blocker, C., Mas, E. (2020). Birds of a feather feel together: Emotional ability similarity in consumer interactions. Journal of Consumer Research.
Okeke, N. L., Webel, A. R., Bosworth, H. B., Aifah, A., Bloomfield, G. S., Choi, E. W., Gonzales, S., Hale, S., Hileman, C. O., Lopez-Kidwell, V., Muiruri, C., Oakes, M., Schexnayder, J., Smith, V., Vedanthan, R., Longenecker, C. T., Kidwell, V. N. (2019). Rationale and design of a nurse-led intervention to extend the HIV treatment cascade for cardiovascular disease prevention trial (EXTRA-CVD). Other. 216, 91-101. Elsevier BV. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.07.005
Hasford, J., Kidwell, B. L., Kidwell, V. N. (2018). Happy Wife, Happy Life: Food Choices in Romantic Relationships. Journal of Consumer Research.
Grosser, T., Obstfeld, D., Choi, E., Woehler, M., Labianca,, Labianca, G., Borgatti, S. (2018). A sociopolitical perspective on employee innovativeness and performance: The role of political skill and network structure. Organization Science. 29(4), 547-753.
Kidwell, V. N., Niven, K., Labianca, G. (2018). Predicting workplace relationship dynamics using a relational model of affect.. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 39(4), 1129-1141. na
Smith, J., Halgin, D., Lopez-Kidwell, V., Labianca, G., Brass, D., Borgatti, S. (2014). Power in politically charged networks. Other. 36, 162-176. https://www.journals.elsevier.com/social-networks/
Lopez-Kidwell, V., Grosser, T., Dineen, B., Borgatti, S., (2013). What matters when: A multi-stage examination of factors contributing to job search effort.. Academy of Management Journal. 56(6), 1655-1678.
Sterling, C., Lopez-Kidwell, v., Labianca, G., Moon, H. (2013). Managing sequential task portfolios in the face of temporal atypicality and task complexity.. Human Performance. 26(4), 327-351.
Grosser, T., Lopez-Kidwell, V., Labianca, G. (2012). A social network analysis of positive and negative gossip in organizational life. Group & Organization Management. 35(2), 177-214.
Grosser, T., Lopez-Kidwell, V., Labianca, G., Ellwardt, L. (2012). Hearing it through the grapevine: Positive and negative workplace gossip. Organizational Dynamics. 41(1), 52-61.

Awarded Grants

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Contract
Kidwell, V. N. (Supporting), Choi, E. (Supporting), "NIH/NHLBI U01HL142099:A Nurse-led intervention to extend the HIV treatment cascade for cardiovascular disease prevention”, Funded by National Institutes of Health," Sponsored by Case Western University/National Institutes of Health, International, $96000 Funded. (September 2018August 2022).
Fellowship
Kidwell, V. N. (Co-Principal), Drader, N. (Co-Principal), "An Examination of Positive Leadership and Workplace Neurodiversity," Sponsored by Sam and Bonnie Rechter Fellowship College of Business Center for Positive Leadership, University of Louisville., State, $5000 Funded. (20242024).
Grant - Research
Jordan, S. L. (Principal), Vaziri, H. (Co-Principal), Annamalai, D. C. (Co-Principal), Kidwell, V. N. (Co-Principal), Hancock, J. I. (Co-Principal), Boulamatsi, A. (Co-Principal), "To mask or not to mask? Examining the daily antecedents and consequences of mask-wearing decisions at work," Sponsored by Division of Research and Innovation, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2022 – Present).
Kidwell, V., "The cost of emotional intelligence in the workplace: Providing others with emotional resources to one’s own detriment," Sponsored by G. Brint Ryan College of Business, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (June 2021 – Present).
Kidwell, V. N., "Lending a Hand: An Application of Social Network Analysis on Employee Resilience in Organizations.," Sponsored by UNT College of Business, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (20232023).
Kidwell, V. N., "Developing Smart Networks for Newcomers in their first year on the job.," Sponsored by The People Center, Department of Management, G. Brint Ryan College of Business, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (20222022).
Kidwell, V. N., "To thrive or to give up? Mindsets for coping with to goal setbacks,," Sponsored by G. Brint Ryan College of Business, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (July 2022September 2022).
Kidwell, V., "Avoiding tradeoffs and improving performance: An examination of the social worlds of individuals with higher emotional abilities," Sponsored by G. Brint Ryan College of Business, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (June 2020August 2020).
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    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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