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Robert Chico
Ph.D. Student

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT

Management & Organization

FACULTY COLLABORATORS

Christopher M. Barnes, Elijah Wee, Ryan Fehr, Scott J. Reynolds

Education

  • University of Washington MSBA (2025)
  • Arizona State University MS (2022)
  • Aurora University MBA (2020)
  • Knox College BA (2015)

Working Papers

Fehr, R., Heng, Y. T., Boncoeur, O. D., Kong, D. T., & Chico, R. J. [Institutionalization of work-specific solitude]. 1st round R&R at Academy of Management Review.

Rhee, Y. W., Reynolds, S. J., Dang, C., & Chico, R. J. [Moral feedback]. 1st round R&R at Journal of Applied Psychology.

Lv, B., Xiao, J., Men, C., Chico, R. J., & Fehr, R. [Abusive supervision, immoral judgment, and whistleblowing] (Writing; targeted for Academy of Management Journal).

Chico, R. J. & Fehr, R. [Family rhetoric] (Main Study Data Collection; targeted for Academy of Management Journal).

Aurora, S. R. & Chico, R. J. [Peer coaching and humility development] (Data Analysis; targeted for Personnel Psychology).

Robert Chico

Research Interests

My research interests are on developmental relationships (e.g., mentorship, sponsorship), ethics, and rhetoric and discourse.

Publications

Chico, R. J., Thomas, S. R., Wagadia, T., & Aurora, S. R. (2025). Mentoring: An evidence-based approach to leader development. In D. M. Rosch, S. J. Allen, and D. M. Jenkins (Eds.), Moving the needle: What we know (and don’t know) about developing leaders. Emerald Group Publishing.

Trinh, M. P., Chico, R. J., Reed, R. M. (2023). How fun overcame fear: The gamification of a graduate-level statistics course. Journal of Management Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629231181120