Andrew Wefald, Ph.D., ACC

My research interests are primarily in leadership and psychology, with a focus on quantitative research methods. Specific interests include developing meaningful leadership projects for students and creating coaching cultures in the classroom and in the workplace.

• Coaching
• Leadership coaching
• Leadership education and development
• Personality and job attitudes

Grant awards

• Civic Engagement Fellow, K-State's Center for Engagement and Community Development, 2019-2020
• International Research and Exchange reciprocal grant to provide leadership training to teachers in Tanzania, 2020

• Rost Award for Outstanding Faculty/Staff, Staley School Ambassadors, 2017

• International Coach Federation, member
• International Leadership Association, member

• On the Faculty Senate
• Member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee
• Assessment coordinator for the Staley School
• Assessment coordinator LeadComm program

• Wefald, A. J., Benavides, M., & Mestrovich Seay, A. (2022). Learning from leadership capstone projects. Journal of Leadership Education, 21(3). DOI:10.12806/V21/I3/R3 https://www.emerald.com/jole/article/21/3/1/1273345/LEARNING-FROM-LEADERSHIP-CAPSTONE-PROJECTS
• Wefald, A. J. (2022). Coaching, listening, and leadership. Journal of Leadership Studies, 15(4). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jls.21793
• Wefald, A. J., Hornung, M., & Burkhart, T. (2021). Coaching and mentoring in a capstone leadership development program. Journal of Leadership Education, 20(3). DOI: 10.12806/V20/I3/A1 https://www.emerald.com/jole/article/20/3/1/1273871
• Rubin, L. M., Dringenberg, E. A., Lane, J. J., & Wefald, A. J. (2019). Faculty Beliefs about the Nature of Intelligence. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 19(4).
• Wefald, A. J., Smith, M. R., Gopalan, N., & Downey, R. G. (2017). Workplace Vigor as a Distinct Positive Organizational Behavior Construct: Evaluating the Construct Validity of the Shirom-Melamed Vigor Measure (SMVM). Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 29(4),197-220.
• Mencl, J., Wefald, A. J., & van Ittersum, K. (2016). The Effects of Interpersonal Skills and Work Engagement on Transformational Leadership and the Well-Being of Leaders. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 37(5), 635-657.
• Wefald, A. J., Mills, M. J., Smith, M. R., & Downey, R. G. (2013). Vigorous Groups? An Examination of Vigor at the Dimension Level and its Relationship to Work Attitudes in Teams. Psychology Research, 3(6), 330-344.

• Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology, Kansas State University
• M.B.A. in marketing, Kansas State University
• B.S. in history, Iowa State University
• Associate Certified Coach, International Coach Federation