Peter Harms – Owner & Founder

Dr. Peter Harms received his Ph.D. in Personality & Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2008). He is currently an Assistant Professor of Management at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Business Administration. His research focuses on the assessment and development of personality, leadership, and psychological well-being. His work has appeared in such outlets as Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Leadership Quarterly, Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Human Resource Management Review as well as popular media outlets such as CNN, Scientific American, and the BBC. Dr. Harms has been invited to speak to audiences around the world and was selected as one of the “100 Knowledge Leaders of Tomorrow” by the St. Gallen Symposium. More recently, Dr. Harms has served as the lead evaluator of the U.S. Army’s Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness (CSF2), a program designed to enhance soldier resilience and well-being.

Selected Publications

Harms, P.D., Spain, S., & Hannah, S. (2011). Leader development and the dark side of personality. The Leadership Quarterly, 22, 495-509.

Wood, D., Harms, P.D., & Vazire, S. (2010). Perceiver effects as projective tests: What your general perceptions of others says about you. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 174-190.

Roberts, B.W., P.D. Harms, Caspi, A., & Moffitt, T. (2007). Can we predict the counterproductive employee? Evidence from a 23-year longitudinal study. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 1427-1436.

Harms, P. D., Roberts, B. W, & Winter, D. (2006). Becoming the Harvard man: Person-environment fit, personality development, and academic success. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 851-865.