Christopher G. Myers, PhD

Christopher Myers is an Associate Professor of Management & Organization and the founding Faculty Director of the Center for Innovative Leadership at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. He also holds a joint appointment in Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His research and teaching focus on individual learning, leadership development, and innovation, with particular attention to how people learn vicariously and share knowledge in health care organizations and other knowledge-intensive work environments.

He has received a variety of awards and honors for his research and teaching, including being named by Poets & Quants as one of the top 40 business school professors under 40 world-wide. Prior to joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins University, Chris was an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Business School and received his PhD in management and organizations from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Follow him on Twitter @ChrisGMyers.

Education

• Ph. D, Business Administration (Management & Organizations), University of Michigan
• BS, Business Administration, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Research

Selected publications

• Mayo, A.T., Myers, C.G., Bucuvalas, J.C., Feng, S., & Juliano, C.E. 2023. Supporting robust teamwork — Bridging technology and organizational science. New England Journal of Medicine, 388(22): 2019-2021.
• Myers, C.G., Polsky, D., & Desai, S. 2022. The growing role of Chief Medical Officers in major corporations. JAMA Health Forum, 3(7): e222194.
• Myers, C.G. 2022. Storytelling as a tool for vicarious learning among air medical transport crews. Administrative Science Quarterly, 67(2): 378-422.
• Nurmohamed, S., Kundro, T., & Myers, C.G. 2021. Against the odds: Developing underdog versus favorite narratives to offset prior experiences of discrimination. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 167: 206-221.
• Spreitzer, G.S., Myers, C.G., Kopelman, S., & Mayer, D.M. 2021. The conceptual and empirical value of a positive lens: An invitation to organizational scholars to develop novel research questions. Academy of Management Perspectives, 35(3): 517-534.
• Mayo, A.T., Myers, C.G., & Sutcliffe, K.M. 2021. Organizational science and health care. Academy of Management Annals, 15(2): 537-576.
• Myers, C.G. 2021. Performance benefits of reciprocal vicarious learning in teams. Academy of Management Journal, 64(3): 926-947.
• Quinn, R.W., Myers, C.G., Kopelman, S., & Simmons, S. 2021. How did you do that? Exploring the motivation to learn from others' exceptional success. Academy of Management Discoveries, 7(1): 15-39.
• Helzer, E.G., Myers, C.G., Fahim, C., Sutcliffe, K.M., & Abernathy, J.H. 2020. Gender bias in collaborative medical decision-making: Emergent evidence. Academic Medicine, 95(10): 1524–1528.
• Myers, C.G., Sateia, H.F., & Desai, S.V. 2018. Association between team learning behavior and reduced burnout among medicine residents. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 33(12): 2037–2039.
• Myers, C.G. 2018. Coactive vicarious learning: Toward a relational theory of vicarious learning in organizations. Academy of Management Review, 43(4): 610–634.
• Myers, C.G., Kudsi, O.Y., & Ghaferi, A.A. 2018. Social media as a platform for surgical learning: Use and engagement patterns among robotic surgeons. Annals of Surgery, 267(2): 233–235.

Teaching

MBA Courses

• Leadership Development Expedition: Belize and Norway

Executive Education

• Foundations of Leadership & Management
• The Academy for Health Care Leadership & Management

Honors and distinctions

• Associate Editor, Academy of Management Discoveries
• Editorial Board Member: Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Learning & Education, and Group & Organization Management
• 40 Best Business School Professors Under 40 (Poets and Quants), 2022
• Research Advisory Board Member, Center for Positive Organizations, 2019 – 2022
• Elected Representative-at-Large, Academy of Management MOC Division, 2018 – 2021
• Dean’s Award for Faculty Excellence (Johns Hopkins Carey Business School), 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
• Alumni Graduation Speaker (UM Ross School of Business PhD Celebration), 2018
• Visiting Education Overseas Expert (National Healthcare Group, Singapore), 2017
• Best Dissertation-based Paper Award (Academy of Management MOC Division), 2016
• Making Connections Award (Academy of Management OB Division), 2011
• Phi Beta Kappa Society (Alpha of North Carolina Chapter)
• Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society (Alpha of North Carolina Chapter)

In the media

• Google, GE and others have a chief medical officer. Should you? (11/2/2022). HR Dive.
• Exceptional Success Stories Motivate Workers to Learn (8/25/2020). AOM Insights.
• Don’t Just Learn From Failure; Learn From Your Successes (5/10/2019). The Wall Street Journal.
• Take Your Ego Back to School, Surgeons Told (1/20/19). The Sunday Times.
• Feeling Stressed at Work? Try Learning Something New (12/11/18). CNBC.
• Why Business Training for Physicians Can Improve Patient Care (11/30/18). American Association for Physician Leadership.
• What's The Best Way To Transfer Knowledge? (You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching) (9/8/15). Forbes.