Mike Baer’s research focuses on the areas of trust, fairness and impression management.

Currently, professor Baer is exploring alternative perspectives on trust in the workplace, including some drawbacks of both trusting others and being trusted. His research has appeared in several top management journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. As the assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship in the W. P. Carey School of Business, Baer’s research and consulting has included work with a variety of organizations from the U.S. and abroad, including the transportation industry in England; accounting in Ireland; manufacturing in China and Australia; R&D and public utilities in India; healthcare, food, and education in the U.S.; and multiple governmental agencies.