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Jean-Nicolas Reyt

Title: 
Associate Professor, Organizational Behaviour
Jean-Nicolas Reyt
Contact Information
Phone: 
514-398-5038
Email address: 
jean-nicolas.reyt [at] mcgill.ca
Alternate email address: 
linda.foster [at] mcgill.ca
Address: 

Bronfman Building [Map]
1001 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
H3A 1G5

Degree(s): 

Ph.D., Management, Paris-Dauphine University, France
M.Sc., Management (Grande Ecole), ESSEC, France
M.Sc., International Business, Sciences Po, France
B.A., Economics & English, Paris-West University, France

Area(s): 
Organizational Behaviour
Link(s): 
Office: 
319
Biography: 

Jean-Nicolas Reyt is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour (OB) at Â鶹AV in the Desautels Faculty of Management. He received a PhD in Management from Paris-Dauphine University. Prior to joining Desautels, he was a visiting scholar at New York University. He teaches OB classes at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels. 

Professor Reyt's research focuses on the relationship between the distances people consider (e.g. when working remotely) and important work outcomes including creativity, exploratory learning, and interpersonal influence. His research has been published in top management journals, such as the Academy of Management Journal, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and the Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior.

Professor Reyt also founded Distances in Organizations, a research network focused on the relationships between distance and important work outcomes. 

Courses: 

ORGB 705 Seminar in Behavioural Science 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

ORGB 633 Managerial Negotiations 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

ORGB 325 Negotiations and Conflict Res. 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

MGCR 222 Intro to Org Behaviour 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

ORGB 705 Seminar in Behavioural Science 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

Curriculum vitae: 
PDF icon jean-nicolasreyt_cv_2021.pdf
Group: 
Faculty
Tenured & Tenure Track
Research areas: 
Construal Levels
Creativity
Learning
Social Hierarchies
Workplace Conflict
Taught previously at: 

New York University
University of Luxembourg

Selected publications: 

Scholarly Publications

Reyt, J.N., Treister, D., Altman, D., Rafaeli, A. (2021), The Medium Massages Perceptions: Personal (vs. Public)  displays of information reduce crowding perceptions and outsider mistreatment of frontline staff, Accepted for publication by Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.

Wiesenfeld, B. M., Reyt, J.N., Brockner, J. (2017). Construal level theory in organizational research. Invited Paper: Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior.

Reyt, J. N., Wiesenfeld, B. M., Trope, Y. (2016). Big Picture is Better: The Social Implications of Construal Level for Advice Taking. Organizational Behavior and Human Decisions Processes.

Reyt, J.N., Wiesenfeld, B.M. (2015). Seeing the forest for the Trees: Exploratory Learning, Mobile Technology, and Knowledge Workers' Role Integration Behaviors. Academy of Management Journal.

Awards, honours, and fellowships: 

Awards

2021: Professor of the Year, Â鶹AV's Management Undergraduate Society

2013: Finalist, Organization/Informs Dissertation Proposal Competition.

Fellowships

2009: 2013: Research Fellowship, Center for Research in Economics and Management, University of Luxembourg.

Grants

2015 - 2016: Insights Development Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada. 

2011 & 2012: International Research Grant, Dauphine Doctoral Program in Management, Paris-Dauphine University. 

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