Chester (Chet) Spell, PhD

CHESTER S. SPELL  (Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology) is a professor of management at Rutgers University School of Business, Camden. Previous positions were at the University of Waikato in New Zealand and Washington State University. His major interests include the relationship between employment, behavioral health and well-being in organizations. Past research has focused on organizational justice as it affects employee mental health, the history and adoption of employee substance abuse programs, and relationships between social connections in work groups and health. Running through this research is a keen interest in how individual-level performance and well-being on the job is shaped by the community and organizational-level factors. Representative publications can be seen in the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology and the Journal of Management. He serves on several editorial boards and is the Associate Editor of the journal Organizational Psychology Review.