Professor of Organisational Behaviour
BSc, MSc (Giessen University), PhD (Aston University)
Research interests
Creativity and innovation in teams; team processes and dynamics.
Subject group: Organisational Behaviour
Professional experience
Andreas cooperated with, or consulted for, various public and private organisations in the health care, pharmaceutical, and financial sectors, focusing on team-working effectiveness, the stimulation of creativity and innovation, self-management training, and leadership development. He has led or contributed to executive education programs in many organisations, including TomTom, Australian National University, UNICEF, Commercial Bank Qatar, Ministry for Internal Affairs United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi Police Force, the Indian Administration Service, Dell, and Barclays, among others. Andreas is a trained psychologist who specialised in Industrial and Organisational Psychology, holds a PhD in management, and is a certified client-centred counsellor (occupational and clinical settings). He serves on the editorial board of the Academy of Management Journal, is a Consulting Editor at the Journal of Applied Psychology, and previously was Associate Editor for Applied Psychology: an International Review.
Previous appointments
Prior to joining Cambridge Judge Business School, Andreas was Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Instituto de Empresa Business School, and a post-doctoral research fellow at Aston Business School.
Awards & honours
- Cambridge Judge Business School Teaching Award, 2017
- Best Competitive Paper Award (Division Organizational Behavior), Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Orlando: Venkataramani, V., Richter, A. W., & Clarke, R. (2013). Creative benefits from influential leaders? The importance of leader social network ties for employee creativity, 2013
- Best Conference Paper Award, 7th Annual INGRoup Conference, Atlanta, GA: Wilhelm, H., Richter, A. W., & Semrau, T. When does creative failure turn into creative effort? The moderating effect of team psychological safety and transactive memory system, 2013
- Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award Winner (Division Leadership & Organization Development), 2007
- “Aston Key Studies 2007” (PhD Award), Aston Business School, Aston University, UK, 2007
- Best Student Paper Award Division Conflict Management, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans: Richter, A., van Dick, R., & West, M. A. (2004). The relationship between group and organizational identification and effective intergroup relations, 2004
Selected publications
Here are a selection of Andreas Richter’s publications. Please see the “Selected publications” tab above for a more comprehensive list.
Clarke, R.*, Richter, A.W.* and Kilduff, M. (2022) “One tie to capture advice and friendship: leader multiplex centrality effects on team performance change.” Journal of Applied Psychology (*equal authorship) (DOI: 10.1037/apl0000979) (published online Oct 2021)
Tang, S., Richter, A.W. and Nadkarni, S. (2020) “Subjective time in organizations: conceptual clarification, integration, and implications for future research.” Journal of Organizational Behavior, 41(2): 210-234 (DOI: 10.1002/job.2421)
Wilhelm, H., Richter, A.W.* and Semrau, T.* (2019) “Employee learning from failure: a team-as-resource perspective.” Organization Science, 30(4): 694-714 (*equal authorship) (DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2018.1255) (short version published in Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings 2014)
González-Gómez, H.V. and Richter, A.W. (2015) “Turning shame into creativity: the importance of exposure to creative team environments.” Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 126: 142-161 (DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2014.09.004)
Richter, A.W., Hirst, G., van Knippenberg, D. and Baer, M. (2012) “Creative self-efficacy and individual creativity in team contexts: cross-level interactions with team informational resources.” Journal of Applied Psychology, 97(6): 1282-1290 (DOI: 10.1037/a0029359)
Richter, A.W., West, M.A., van Dick, R. and Dawson, J.F. (2006) “Boundary spanners’ identification, intergroup contact and effective intergroup relations.” Academy of Management Journal, 49(6): 1252-1269 (short version published in Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings 2004)
Journal articles
West, M.A., Hirst, G., Richter, A. and Shipton, H. (2004) “12 steps to heaven: successfully managing change through developing innovative teams.” European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 13(2): 269-299
West, M.A., Brodbeck, F.C. and Richter, A.W. (2004) “Does the “romance of teams” exist? The effectiveness of teams in experimental and field settings (Commentary).” Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 77(4): 467-473
Hirst, G., Mann, L., Bain, P., Pirola-Merlo, A. and Richter, A. (2004) “Learning to lead: the development and testing of a model of leadership learning.” The Leadership Quarterly, 15(3): 311-327
Richter, A.W., Scully, J. and West, M.A. (2005) “Intergroup conflict and intergroup effectiveness in organizations: theory and scale development.” European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 14(2): 177-203
Richter, A.W., West, M.A., van Dick, R. and Dawson, J.F. (2006) “Boundary spanners’ identification, intergroup contact and effective intergroup relations.” Academy of Management Journal, 49(6): 1252-1269 (short version published in Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings 2004)
Dawson, J.F. and Richter, A.W. (2006) “Probing three-way interactions in moderated multiple regression analysis: development and application of a slope difference test.” Journal of Applied Psychology, 91(4): 917-926
Richter, A.W., Dawson, J.F. and West, M.A. (2011) “The effectiveness of teams in organizations: a meta-analysis.” International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22(13): 2749-2769 (DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.573971)
Richter, A.W., Hirst, G., van Knippenberg, D. and Baer, M. (2012) “Creative self-efficacy and individual creativity in team contexts: cross-level interactions with team informational resources.” Journal of Applied Psychology, 97(6): 1282–1290 (DOI: 10.1037/a0029359)
Venkataramani, V., Richter, A.W. and Clarke, R. (2014) “Creative benefits from well-connected leaders: leader social network ties as facilitators of employee radical creativity.” Journal of Applied Psychology, 99(5): 966-375 (DOI: 10.1037/a0037088) (short version published in Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings 2013)
González-Gómez, H.V. and Richter, A.W. (2015) “Turning shame into creativity: the importance of exposure to creative team environments.” Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 126: 142-161 (DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2014.09.004)
Wilhelm, H., Richter, A.W.* and Semrau, T.* (2019) “Employee learning from failure: a team-as-resource perspective.” Organization Science, 30(4): 694-714 (*equal authorship) (DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2018.1255) (short version published in Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings 2014)
Tang, S., Richter, A.W. and Nadkarni, S. (2020) “Subjective time in organizations: conceptual clarification, integration, and implications for future research.” Journal of Organizational Behavior, 41(2): 210-234 (DOI: 10.1002/job.2421)
Clarke, R.*, Richter, A.W.* and Kilduff, M. (2022) “One tie to capture advice and friendship: leader multiplex centrality effects on team performance change.” Journal of Applied Psychology, 107(6): 968-986 (*equal authorship) (DOI: 10.1037/apl0000979)
