David Welsh

David Welsh is a Professor in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University's W. P. Carey School of Business, specializing in workplace ethics, unethical behavior, and organizational dynamics. His research has been published in top-tier journals and featured in mainstream media.

• Ph.D. in Management (University of Arizona, 2014)
• J.D. (University of Utah, 2010)
• B.S. in Management (Southern Utah University, 2007)

His research focuses on behavioral ethics, ethical decision-making, and self-regulation, examining how performance goals, leadership styles, and social influences affect workplace morality. Recent work explores prosocial behaviors like voice and organizational citizenship alongside unethical transgressions.

Welsh's articles reveal trends linking ethical leadership to dual outcomes of organizational effectiveness and unintended deviance, goal-setting to depletion and unethicality, and social dynamics to peer-driven moral behavior. His studies often employ field experiments and experience sampling methodology.

• Ascendant Scholar award (Western Academy of Management, 2019)
• W. P. Carey Dean's Mid-Career Research award (2022)
• Outstanding Practical Implications for Management Paper award (2021)
• Professional MBA Faculty Excellence award (2022)

At ASU, Welsh mentors doctoral students, serves on PhD committees, and manages the Management Department Behavioral Lab. He is an Associate Editor at Personnel Psychology and teaches graduate courses on research, ethics, and dissertation advising.