Christopher P Neck, PH.D.

Dr. Christopher P. Neck is currently a Professor of Management at Arizona State University, where he held the title "University Master Teacher." From 1994 to 2009, he was part of the Pamplin College of Business faculty at Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in Management from Arizona State University and his M.B.A. from Louisiana State University. Neck is author and/or coauthor of thirty books including Self-Leadership: The Definitive Guide to Personal Excellence (1 st Edition, 2017, Sage...See more

Dr. Christopher P. Neck is currently a Professor of Management at Arizona State University, where he held the title "University Master Teacher." From 1994 to 2009, he was part of the Pamplin College of Business faculty at Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in Management from Arizona State University and his M.B.A. from Louisiana State University. Neck is author and/or coauthor of thirty books including Self-Leadership: The Definitive Guide to Personal Excellence (1 st Edition, 2017, Sage Publishers; 2 nd Edition, 2019); Get a Kick Out of Life: Expect the Best of Your Body, Mind, and Soul at Any Age (2017, Clovercroft Publishing); Fit To Lead The Proven 8-week Solution for Shaping Up Your Body, Your Mind, and Your Career (2004, St. Martin s Press; 2012, Carpenter's Sons Publishing); Mastering Self-Leadership: Empowering Yourself for Personal Excellence, 6 th edition (2013, Pearson); The Wisdom of Solomon at Work (2001, Berrett-Koehler); For Team Members Only: Making Your Workplace Team Productive and Hassle-Free (1997, Amacom Books); and Medicine for the Mind: Healing Words to Help You Soar, 4 th Edition (Wiley, 2012). Neck is also the coauthor of the principles of management textbook, Management: A Balanced Approach to the 21 st Century (Wiley: 2013, Wiley: 2017-2 nd Edition, Sage: 2021-3 rd Edition); an introductory to entrepreneurship textbook, Entrepreneurship, (Sage, 2017; 2 nd edition, 2020; 3 rd edition, 2023); an introductory to organizational behavior textbook, Organizational Behavior (1 st Edition-Sage, 2017; 2 nd Edition-Sage, 2019; 3 rd Edition-Sage, 2023), and an Introduction to Business textbook ( Introduction to Business , Sage, 2022). In total, his textbooks have been adopted by 800 colleges/universities and used by over 120,000 students. Dr. Neck's research specialties include employee/executive fitness, self-leadership, leadership, group decision-making processes, and self-managing teams. He has over 150 publications in the form of books, chapters, and articles in various journals. Some of the outlets in which Neck's work has appeared include The Journal of Applied Psychology , Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, The Journal of Organizational Behavior, The Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, The Journal of Managerial Psychology, Executive Excellence, Human Relations, Human Resource Development Quarterly, Journal of Leadership Studies, Educational Leadership , and The Commercial Law Journal. Dr. Neck is the Deputy Editor of the journal, the Journal of Leadership and Management . Due to Neck's expertise in management, he has been cited in numerous national publications including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Houston Chronicle, and the Chicago Tribune. Dr. Neck was recently voted as a semi-finalist (out of 140 nominations) for the prestigious international 2020 Baylor University Cherry Award for Great Teaching. He finished in the top six of all nominations. Neck was also the recipient of the 2007 Business Week Favorite Professor Award". He is featured on www.businessweek.com as one of the approximately twenty professors from across the world receiving this award. Dr. Neck has taught over 80,000 students during his career in higher education. Neck currently teaches a mega section of Management Principles to approximately 900 students at Arizona State University. Neck was the recipient of the 2024 and 2020 John... See less