Rate My Professor Russell Hassan

Hassan's research focuses on public management, examining how leadership and workplace perceptions affect the motivation, performance, and well-being of frontline government employees, especially in law enforcement. He studies social identity, relational dynamics, and their impacts on underrepresented groups' workplace experiences and careers in public organizations. Additionally, he researches racial and ethnic disparities in policing and evidence-based reforms. His influential publications appear in premier journals like Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, and Public Management Review. Key works include "Does the Influence of Empowering Leadership Trickle Down in Public Organizations? Evidence from Law Enforcement Organizations" (JPART, 2018, Carlo Masini Award winner), "The Behavioral Public Administration Movement: A Critical Reflection" (PAR, 2020), and "How Empowering Leadership Reduces Employee Silence in Public Organizations" (Public Administration, 2019). Awards include two Review of Public Personnel Administration Best Article Awards (2017, 2022), Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award (OSU, 2021), and multiple Academy of Management honors. He is co-editor of the International Public Management Journal, serves on editorial boards of JPART and Public Management Review, chaired the Academy of Management's Public and Nonprofit Division (2019-2020), and holds various committee roles at Ohio State University, including senate service.