Roger C. Mayer

Roger C. Mayer is a Professor of Leadership in the Department of Management, Innovation & Entrepreneurship at NC State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management from Purdue University. His research focuses on organizational trust, leadership, and decision-making, with interdisciplinary applications to societal issues like government trust, police-public relations, and technology ethics. He has served on editorial boards of top journals including Academy of Management Review and Journal of Trust Research.

Key highlights include a landmark trust theory (with Schoorman & Davis) honored with the Best of the Second Decade Award (2006), a $1.28M grant on global trust dynamics (2013), and media features in Forbes, Psychology Today, and Fast Company. His work bridges academia and practice, advising firms across industries and addressing trust challenges in AI, law enforcement, and corporate governance.

• Education: Ph.D., Purdue University (1989)
• Grants: NSF-funded Lab for Analytic Sciences collaborations, multi-university trust studies
• Labs/Teams: Active contributor to NC State’s Laboratory for Analytic Sciences
• Awards: Influential Article Award (2004), Outstanding Teacher (1994)

His research emphasizes trust’s role in innovation, leadership effectiveness, and organizational resilience, with recent work on autonomous technologies and dual-perspective police-public trust frameworks.