I study groups, leadership, ethics, and moral judgment. After spending a long time (28 years) at Virginia Commonwealth University, I moved down the street to the University of Richmond, where I teach in an undergraduate program that focuses on leadership and ethics.
Forsyth, D. R., & O’Boyle, E. H., Jr. (In press). Ethics position theory and unethical work behavior: Implications for well-being. In R. A. Giacalone & M. D. Promislo (Eds.), Handbook of unethical work behavior: Implications for well-being. New York: M.E.Sharpe.
Forsyth, D. R. (in press). Social influence and group behavior. In I. B. Weiner (Ed. in-Chief) Handbook of psychology (Vol. 5, H. Tennen & J. Suls, Eds.). New York: Wiley.
O’Boyle, E. H., Jr., Forsyth, D. R., Banks, G., & McDaniel, M. (in press). A meta-analysis of the dark triad and work outcomes: A social exchange perspective. Journal of Applied Psychology.
Forsyth, D. R. (2011). Groups and change: A multilevel perspective. In R. Conyne (Ed.), Oxford handbook of group counseling (pp. 19-35). New York: Oxford University Press.
Forsyth, D. R. (2011). Group dynamics. In R. L. Miller, E. Balcetis, S. R. Burns, D. B. Daniel, B. K. Saville, & W. D. Woody (Eds.), Promoting student engagement (Vol. 2, pp. 28-32). Washington: Society for the Teaching of Psychology.
O’Boyle, E. H., Jr., Forsyth, D.R., & O’Boyle, A. S. (2011). Bad apples or bad barrels: An examination of group- and organizational-level effects in the study of counterproductive work behavior. Group & Organizational Management, 36, 39-69.
Burnette, J. L., Forsyth, D. R., & Pollack, J. M. (2011). Leadership in extreme contexts: A groupthink analysis of the May 1996 Mount Everest disaster. Journal of Leadership Studies, 4, 29-40.
Forsyth, D. R., & O’Boyle, E. H. (2011). Rules, standards, and ethics: Relativism predicts cross-national differences in the codification of moral standards. International Business Review, 20, 353–361.
Forsyth, D. R., & Hoyt, C. L. (2011). (Eds.), For the greater good of all: Perspectives on individualism, society, and leadership. New York: Palgrave.
Ciulla, J. B., & Forsyth, D. R. (2011). Leadership ethics. In A. Bryman, D. Collinson, K. Grint, B. Jackson, & M. Uhl-Bien (Eds.), Handbook of leadership (pp. 229-241). London: Sage.
unusual group behavior, social media, fan violence