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Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Bellairs

Assistant Professor of Management

Department of Management

Thomas Bellairs
Contact Information

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Education

PhD, University of Alabama, 2016

M.B.A. University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, 2009

B.S. The United States Air Force Academy, USAF Academy, CO, 2003

Professional Experience

Space Acquisitions in the GPS & Weather satellite programs.

Deputy Division Chief for Remote Sensing RSW

Program manager in GPS & RS

Source Selection Evaluation Board Chair

Honors & Awards
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
  • Member of Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS); Leading honor society for business and management education
  • President of Basketball for the International Military Sports Council, chaired basketball events at 7th military world games in Wuhan, China 2019.  Over 12,000 athletes participated from 140 countries, and millions of fans.
  • Level 3 Program Management Certified; Top level management & leadership responsibilities
  • Team USA Gold medal, 2004
  • Gold medal in All Armed Forces Tournament, 2011
  • Awarded Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, and Joint Service Commendation Medal for Outstanding performance
  • Awarded NATO Meritorious Service Medal; commended for providing remarkable service to NATO, Resolute Support, Afghanistan
  • Volunteer Income Tax Assistant (VITA) certified, 17 years – IRS-certified volunteers provide free basic income tax return preparation for elderly, poor, and veterans.
  • Driver, Presidential Motorcade, USAFA graduation 2012
Research and Scholarly Interests

OCBs, Future Work Self (FWS), Job Crafting, and topics related to what people do at work and why.

Publications

Leon, M. R., Osburn, H. K., & Bellairs, T. (2018). Processing War: Similarities and Differences in PTSD Antecedents and Outcomes between Military and Civilian War Survivors. In Occupational Stress and Well-Being in Military Contexts (pp. 1-22). Emerald Publishing Limited.

Halbesleben, J. R. B., Bellairs, T. (2016). What are the motives for employees to exhibit citizenship behavior? a review of prosocial and instrumental predictors of OCB. The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Citizenship Behavior.

Halbesleben, J. R. B., & Bellairs, T. (2015). Employee well-being and safety behaviors: The mediating role of safety workarounds. In T. Probst, S. Clarke, F. Guldenmund, & J. Passmore (Eds.), Wiley-Blackwell handbook of the psychology of occupational safety and workplace health.

Leon, M., Bellairs, T., & Halbesleben, J. R. (2015). The impact of regulatory focus on employee turnover and performance throughout a merger. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2015, No. 1, p. 17834). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.

Bellairs, T., Halbesleben, J. R. B., & Leon, M. (2014).  A multilevel model of strategic human resource implications of employee furloughs. Research in Personnel and Human Resources, 32, 99-146.