Biography
Deanna Geddes is a Professor as well as former Associate Dean for Fox and STHM Graduate Programs and former Chair of the Department of Human Resource Management in the Fox School of Business at Temple University. Her doctorate degree is from Purdue University in the fields of organizational communication and industrial psychology. She teaches at all levels in academe including undergraduate and graduate programs (i.e., MBA, MS, PhD, and EDBA). Her motto as an instructor is to “help students think new thoughts in ways that enhance their professional and personal lives.”
Dr. Geddes is recognized as a pioneer in information technology use in the classroom and the recipient of several teaching honors including the Fox Undergraduate Teaching Award, the Musser Award for Leadership in Teaching, and Teacher of the Year for both full-time and part-time MBA programs. She has served as a management consultant to government, financial, pharmaceutical, insurance, and retail corporations.
Dr. Geddes’s award-winning research on anger has been featured on CNN, BBC, ABC World News Tonight and several major media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, New York and Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and the BBC. Her conceptual work and empirical studies appear in various prestigious academic journals including Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Perspectives, UPenn’s Journal of Business Law, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Relations, Journal of Business Ethics, Aggressive Behavior and Management Communication Quarterly, among others. Her research interests focus on emotion at work, particularly workplace anger, and performance feedback practices.
Research Interests
- Workplace Emotion
- Performance Appraisal
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
HRM 3503 | Communicating in Organizations | Undergraduate |
HRM 5111 | Influential Organizational Communication | Graduate |
Selected Publications
Featured
Geddes, D. & Callister, R. (2007). Crossing the line(s): A dual threshold model of anger in organizations. Academy of Management Review, 32(3), 721-746. doi: 10.5465/AMR.2007.25275495.
Recent
Geddes, D. & Lindebaum, D. (2020). Unpacking the ‘why’ behind strategic emotion expression at work: A narrative review and proposed taxonomy. European Management Journal, 38(5), 708-722. doi: 10.1016/j.emj.2020.02.006.
Geddes, D., Callister, R.R., & Gibson, D.E. (2020). A Message in the Madness: Functions of Workplace Anger in Organizational Life. Academy of Management Perspectives, 34(1), 28-47. doi: 10.5465/amp.2016.0158.