Lyndon Garrett

Assistant Professor of Management

Lyndon joined MBS in 2024 after completing his PhD in Management and Organizations at the University of Michigan in 2017, and then working as an Assistant Professor at Boston College for 7 years.

His research interests centre on the challenges of rehumanising work and workplace relationships in the modern world of work. He explores how organisations can create conditions and practices that promote meaningful human connection, and how human connection enhances work meaning and performance.

Lyndon’s research involves using interviews and ethnographic methods to explore unique contexts - including sports teams, theatre casts, historical interpreters, police officers, and coworking spaces - to gain insights on how to promote human connection in groups and teams. He has co-authored articles in several leading management journals, including Organization Science, Organization Studies, Journal of Organizational Behaviour, Harvard Business Review, and Sloan Management Review.

Lyndon has taught courses in organisational behaviour, leadership, high performing teams, and business and society. At MBS, he currently teaches managing people and human capital.

Outside of MBS, Lyndon has enjoyed leading student groups on international excursions and faith formation trips, consulting with various sports teams, and working in construction.

Publications

Garrett, L. E. (2024). Acting authentically: Using play to cultivate authentic interrelating in role performance. Journal of Organizational Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2815

Garrett, L.E., Gardner, J., & Sciarappa, S. (2023). Moving beyond team structure: Musings about a psychological sense of team. Group & Organization Management. https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011231213107

Spreitzer, G.M., Bacevice, P.A., Hendricks, H., & Garrett, L.E. (2020). Community in the New World of Work: Implications for Organizational Development and Thriving. In D. A. Noumair & A.B. Shani (Eds.), Research in Organizational Change and Development, vol. 28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/S0897-301620200000028003

Cameron, L.D., Garrett, L.E., & Spreitzer, G.M. (2019). Alternative Work Arrangements. Oxford Bibliographies in Management. https://doi.org/10.1093/OBO/9780199846740-0155

Garrett, L.E., Spreitzer, G.M., & Bacevice, P.A. (2017). Co-constructing a sense of community at work: The emergence of community in coworking spaces. Organization Studies, 38(6): 821-842. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840616685354

Spreitzer, G.M., Cameron, L., & Garrett, L.E. (2017). Alternative Work Arrangements: Two Images of the New World of Work. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 4: 473-499. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-032516-113332

LeBaron, C., Christianson, M.K., Garrett, L.E., & Ilan, R. (2016). Coordinating flexible performance during everyday work: An ethnomethodological study of handoff routines. Organization Science, 27(3):514-534. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2015.1043

Spreitzer, G.M., Garrett, L.E., & Bacevice, P.A. (2015). Should your Company Embrace Coworking? MIT Sloan Management Review, 57(1): 27-29. https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/should-your-company-embrace-coworking/

Spreitzer, G.M., Bacevice, P.A., & Garrett, L.E. (2015). Why People Thrive in Coworking Spaces. Harvard Business Review, 93(9): 28-30. https://hbr.org/2015/05/why-people-thrive-in-coworking-spaces