Amanda Patel, Ph.D.

Dr. Amanda Patel is an assistant professor of management. Her research focuses on employee health and well‑being, with an emphasis on workplace energy and daily health behaviors such as exercise and nutrition. Her work has been published in the Journal of Applied Psychology and the Journal of Management. She has presented her research at national conferences, including the Academy of Management Annual Meeting and the Southern Management Association Annual Conference.

Dr. Patel teaches courses in organizational behavior and human resource management. She is an active member of the Academy of Management and the Society for Human Resource Management.

Education and Experience

University of Missouri – Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business

PhD in Management

Concentration: Organizational Behavior / Human Resource Management

Support area: Research Methods and Statistics; Psychology

Dissertation: The Effects of Exercise on Organizational and Personal Outcomes: A Resource Perspective

Fort Hays State University

College of Business and Entrepreneurship - Master of Business Administration

College of Health and Behavioral Sciences - Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

Areas of Expertise

Employee health and well being
Human resource management
Organizational behavior

Research

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Levesque, L. L., & Patel, A. S. (Accepted, October 2025). Putting the “Fun” in Functional Conflict. Management Teaching Review.

Patel, A. S., Webber, S. S., & Detjen, J. (Accepted, September 2025). AI-Enabled Interview Synthesis and Analysis in the Classroom. Management Teaching Review.

Patel, A. S., Steele, C. R., & Beaver, G. (2025). Sharing Insights or Blowing Smoke: The Case for Descriptive Patient Representatives on CHC Boards. Health Care Management Review.

Patel, A. S., Moake, T. M. (2023). Health Behavior Profiles: A Person-Centered Approach to Employee Health. The Social Science Journal. doi: 10.1080/03623319.2023.2178441

Watkins, T., Patel, A. S., & Antoine, G. (2022). You are what you eat: Employee food choices influence coworker perceptions and behaviors. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107(9), 1459-1478. doi: 10.1037/apl0000579

Moake, T. R., & Patel, A. S. (2021). A cross-stressor adaptation perspective on challenge stressors, dietary behavior, and exercise of college students. The Social Science Journal. doi: 10.1080/03623319.2020.1867948

Calderwood, C., ten Brummelhuis, L. L., Patel, A. S., Watkins, T., Calderwood, C., Gabriel, A. S., & Rosen, C. C. (2021). Employee physical activity: A multi-disciplinary integrative review. Journal of Management, 47(1), 144-170. doi: 10.1177/0149206320940413

Patel, A. S., Moake, T. R., & Oh, N. (2017). Employee engagement for an increasingly educated workforce: The impact of a competitive team climate. Journal of Personnel Psychology.