Scott Lester, Ph.D.

Scott W. Lester is a Professor of Management at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. He received his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina.  He teaches in the areas of human resource management, leadership, and organizational behavior.  Scott facilitates multiple workshops in the Supervisory Management Series for UW - Eau Claire Continuing Education and has years of private sector management training and leadership development experience.  His current research interests include imposter phenomenon, abusive supervision, mentoring, dyadic trust, managing a multi-generational workforce, psychological contracts and work-life balance.  Scott has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles.  His research has appeared in a variety of well-respected journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, and Journal of Organizational Behavior. Scott’s research has been cited close to 10,000 times (Google Scholar). Scott has been on faculty at University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire for over 25 years and has received numerous honors including the UW–Eau Claire Excellence in Scholarship Award in 2010, the Chuck Tomkovick Management and Marketing Teaching Excellence Award in 2013, the UW-Eau Claire College of Business Coaching Award in 2016, the UW-Eau Claire Excellence in Service Learning as a Faculty Mentor Award in 2018, and the 2021 Beta Gamma Sigma Outstanding Professor Award. Scott was recently named the 2024-2025 Nancy Quinn Senior University Faculty Fellow.