Specialties

Positions Held

At the University of Washington since 2008
Distinguished Visiting Professor Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane,

Australia (2000-2003)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Professor of Management (2001-2008)
Director, Gallup Leadership Institute (2003-2008)

Director of Doctoral Program in Leadership (2003-2008)

Clifton Chair in Leadership (2001-2008)

Senior Research Scientist

Binghamton University, State University of New York

Co-Director of Global Center for Leadership Studies (2000-2001)

Director of Global Center for Leadership Studies (1998-2000)

Co-Director Eisenhower Leadership Development Project (1993-1996)

Director of Doctoral Programs (1993-1994)

Co-Director of the Kellogg Leadership Program (1990-1994)

Director of Graduate Programs (1990-1993)

Associate Director of the Center for Cognitive and Psycholinguistics Sciences (1988-1992)

Selected Publications

• "Estimating the return on leadership development," with J.B. Avery and D. Quisenberry, The Leadership Quarterly, forthcoming.
  
  
• "100 years of leadership intervention research," with S. Hannah, R. Reichard, A. Chan and F. Walumbwa, The Leadership Quarterly, forthcoming.
  
  
• "Moderating role of follower characteristics with transformational leadership and follower work engagement," with W. Zhu and F. Walumbwa, The Leadership Quarterly,forthcoming.
  
  
• "Transformational leadership, organizational commitment, and follower performance: The role of means efficacy and identification with the unit," with F.O. Walumbwa and W. Zhu, Personnel Psychology, forthcoming.
  
  
• "Practicing authentic leadership," with T.S. Wernsing, in Lopez, S. J. (ed.), Positive psychology: Exploring the best in people, Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Company, forthcoming.
  
  
• "Early life experiences and environmental factors as determinants of leadership emergence: The role of parental influence and rule breaking behavior," with M. Rotundo and F.O. Walumbwa, The Leadership Quarterly, forthcoming.
  
  
• "Integration of leadership theory, research and practice: What’s next?" with F.O. Walumbwa and T. Webber, Annual Review of Psychology, forthcoming.
  
  
• "The dawning of a new era for genuine leadership development," with A. Chan, in Hodgkinson, G. & Ford, K. (eds.), International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 23, forthcoming.
  
  
• "Psychological ownership: Theoretical extensions, measurement and relation to work outcomes," with J.B. Avey, C.D. Crossley and F. Luthans, Journal of Organizational Behavior, forthcoming.
  
  
• "The mediating role of psychological capital in the supportive organizational climate: Employee performance relationship," with F. Luthans, S.M Norman and J.B. Avey, Journal of Organizational Behavior, forthcoming.
  
  
• "Investing and developing positive organizational behavior. The emergence of psychological capital," with F.L. Luthans and C. Youssef, in Cooper, C.L., & Nelson, D. (eds.), Positive organizational behavior: Accentuating the positive at work, Thousand Oaks, CA., forthcoming.
  
  
• "Authentic leadership: Development and validation of a theory-based measure," with F.O. Walumbwa, W.L. Gardner, T.S. Wernsing and S.J. Peterson, Journal of Management, Vol. 34, 2008, pp. 89-126.
  
  
• "Positive psychological capital: Measurement and relationship with performance and satisfaction," with F. Luthans, J.B. Avey and S.M. Norman, Personnel Psychology, Vol. 60, 2007, pp. 541-572.
  
  
• "Promoting more integrative strategies for leadership theory building," American Psychologist, Vol. 62, 2007, pp. 25-33.
  
  
• "Understanding the developmental and genetic determinants of leadership among females," with R.D. Arvey, Z. Zhang and R. Kruger, Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 92, 2007, pp. 693-706.
  
  

Current Research

Examining how to accelerate positive forms of leadership

Selected Consulting Experience

Focusing on strategic leadership transformation and organization change

Honors and Awards

Named a Fellow of the American Psychological Society (2009)
Named a Fellow of the Academy of Management (2009)
Fellow of the

American Psychological Association

Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology

Gerontological Society

SUNY-Binghampton Award fpr Distinguished Scholarly Research (2000)
Appointed to Chief of Defense Advisory Council, Singapore (2002)
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence (2001)
Corning Innovation and Research Award (1988, 1998)
Nominated Fellow, Five-year Kellogg

Leadership Studies Project

Academic Service

Past Associate Editor, Human Resource Management Journal
Past Board Member for the Psychology and Aging Journal
Board Member for:
Academy of Management Journal

Leadership Quarterly

Journal of Applied Psychology

Journal of Organizational Behavior
Editorial Reviewer for:

Experimental Aging Research

Personnel Psychology

Administrative Science Quarterly

Journal of Gerontology

Applied Psychology: An International Review

Academy of Management Review

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Special Editor for International Journal of Public Administration
Consulting Editor: Iatrogenics Handbook, R. Morgan Canadian National Institute of Sciences
U.S. Department of Education
Editor, The Applied Gerontologist (1985 1986)