B. Ariel Blair
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Contact
Email: bblair@weber.edu
Office: Wattis Business Building, Room 261
About
B. Ariel Blair joined the faculty at Weber State’s Goddard School of Business and Economics as an Assistant Professor in 2023. Ariel earned a PhD in organizational behavior from Claremont Graduate University, an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, and a bachelor's degree from Brown University.
Prior to returning to graduate school, Ariel spent more than 25 years working with corporate and not-for-profit organizations. Her career included leadership roles in the printer businesses at Hewlett-Packard in the United States and in Europe. She has worked in a wide range of industries including banking, healthcare, paper manufacturing and technology development.
Ariel’s research interests include organizational change with a particular focus on effectively engaging a global workforce. Her current research focuses on cross-cultural influences on employee voice, the impact of gender and race on leadership, and the colonization of leadership and followership theory.
Education
PhD, Organizational Behavior, Claremont Graduate University
MBA, Amos Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
BA, Development Studies, Brown University