Jonathan (Jon) Evans
Jon Evans is an Assistant Professor at UBC Sauder School of Business and Academic Director of the Montalbano Centre for Responsible Leadership Development. His research examines how people interpret specific leader behaviours, including humour, anger, curiosity, and responses to sexism, and how these interpretations shape leadership evaluations, employee voice, inclusion, and exploration. He also studies how employees coordinate the rhythms of work and life to sustain health, wellbeing, and performance. Through his teaching and leadership development initiatives, he connects rigorous research with practical approaches. His work has appeared in leading academic journals and Harvard Business Review and has been featured in major media outlets. Before academia, Jon served as a Civil Engineer Corps officer in the United States Navy and managed international capital projects for ExxonMobil. He loves to fill his life with meaningful service to others and enjoys mountain biking on North Vancouver's trails, especially in the rain.
Selected Publications
- Huang, B., & Evans, J.B. (2026) Confront in public, validate in private: Effective male allyship responses to sexist remarks. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
- Evans, J.B., & Schilke, O. (2024) The Power to Reward vs. the Power to Punish: The Influence of Power Framing on Individual-Level Exploration. Organization Science., 35(1), 346-363.
- Evans, J.B. (2023) Humor and gender. Current Opinion in Psychology, 54, 101719.
- Evans, J.B., Slaughter, J.E., & Ganster, M.L.(2023) Sins of commission and omission: The implications of an active-passive categorization of counterproductive work behavior. Journal of Business Ethics, 187(1), 97-117.
- Motro, D, Evans, J.B., Ellis, A.P.J., & Benson, L. (2022) Race and reactions to women's expressions of anger at work: Examining the effects of the 'angry Black woman' stereotype. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107, 142-152.