He received his Ph.D. from the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on two areas. First, he examines individual and team proactive behaviors, such as speaking up and taking charge, and shows when and how these behaviors can either benefit or harm individual and team performance. Second, he also explores the impact of pro-other unethical behaviors, such as engaging in unethical acts to help ones' coworkers and organization. His work appears in such journals as the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Leadership Quarterly, and the Harvard Business Review.