J. Keith Murnighan

John Keith Murnighan was an American social scientist and author. He was the Harold H. Hines Jr. Distinguished Professor of Risk Management at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, where he taught from 1996 to 2016. His areas of expertise included: leadership, negotiations, ethics, individual and group decision-making, group dynamics, teams, psychology, auctions, diversity, and trust.
Murnighan earned his Ph.D. and MS degrees in social psychology and a BS in psychology from Purdue University. Prior to joining Kellogg, he taught at the University of Illinois and the University of British Columbia. He also earned an MFA in photography from the University of Illinois.
He was the father to five children: Jack Murnighan, Erik Murnighan, Kate Keegan-Cook, Annie Murnighan and William Murnighan. His first marriage to Marilyn Becker ended in divorce. He married Elizabeth Keegan in 1991 in Urbana, Illinois.
Murnighan's research has been published in many different academic journals, primarily in organizational behavior, psychology, and economics. He has published seven books, most recently Do Nothing! How to Stop Overmanaging and Become a Great Leader, released in June 2012 by Portfolio/Penguin.

Selected publications

1991. The Dynamics of Bargaining Games
1992. Bargaining Games: A New Approach to Strategic Thinking in Negotiations
1993. Social Psychology in Organizations: Advances in Theory and Research
2002. The Art of High-Stakes Decision-Making: Tough Calls in a Speed-Driven World
2006. Social Psychology and Economics
2010. Social Psychology and Organizations.
2012. ''Do Nothing! How to Stop Overmanaging and Become a Great Leader''