Dr. Adams was R.J. Reynolds Industries professor in the School of Business Administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He was best known for his pioneering work in equity theory, the fair distribution of things people value. His work made it possible to predict behavior in employee-employer relationships. Other researchers broadly, applied the theory to family and teacher-student relationships and to protest movements.
In recent years, he had focused his research on organizational boundary roles.
Adams, also a research professor in the UNC-CH Department of Psychology, joined the faculty in 1967. He had taught at Stanford and Columbia universities and had been a research psychologist with General Electric Co.
He received his doctorate in psychology from UNC-CH in 1957. His undergraduate degree was from the University of Mississippi. He served in the Navy in World War II and was deputy director of the Army's attitude research branch in Europe from 1949 to 1953.
Dr. Adams was R.J. Reynolds Industries professor in the School of Business Administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He was best known for his pioneering work in equity theory, the fair distribution of things people value. His work made it possible to predict behavior in employee-employer relationships. Other researchers broadly, applied the theory to family and teacher-student relationships and to protest movements.
In recent years, he had focused his research on organizational boundary roles.
Adams, also a research professor in the UNC-CH Department of Psychology, joined the faculty in 1967. He had taught at Stanford and Columbia universities and had been a research psychologist with General Electric Co.
He received his doctorate in psychology from UNC-CH in 1957. His undergraduate degree was from the University of Mississippi. He served in the Navy in World War II and was deputy director of the Army's attitude research branch in Europe from 1949 to 1953.
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