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BearingPoint Professor of Management & Professor of Psychology

Professor Vroom is an authority on the psychological analysis of behavior in organizations, particularly on leadership and decision making. His 1964 book, Work and Motivation, is regarded as landmark in that field, and his books dealing with leadership, Leadership and Decision Making and The New Leadership, are widely cited as breakthroughs in the study of organizational behavior. A native of Canada, Professor Vroom has consulted to over 50 major corporations, including Bell Labs, GTE, American Express, and General Electric.

Achievements and Honors
Distinguished Scholarly Contribution Award from Academy of Management, 2004 
2004 Literati Award - Best article in 2003
Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award, Society of Industrial and OrganizationalPsychology, 1998
Fellow, American Psychological Association
Fellow, American Psychological Society
Fellow, The Academy of Management
Excellence in Teaching Award from the Yale SOM Alumni Association, 1994
President, Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 1980-1981
James McKeen Cattell Award, American Psychological Association, 1970
Fulbright Lecturer in United Kingdom, 1967-1968
McKinsey Foundation Research Design Competition Winner, 1967
Ford Foundation Faculty Fellowship, 1961-1962
Ford Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Competition Winner, 1958-1959

Editorships
Editorial Board:
Journal of Conflict Resolution

Books
Work and Motivation, Revised Edition, Jossey-Bass Classics, 1995

Management and Motivation (with E. Deci), Penguin Books, Second Edition, 1992

The New Leadership: Managing Participation in Organizations(with A. Jago), Prentice Hall, 1988; German Edition, 1991; Spanish Edition, 1991; Korean Edition, 1994

Some Personality Determinants of the Effects of Participation, Prentice Hall, 1960, Reprinted 1987, Garland Publishing Company

Leadership and Decision Making (with P. Yetton), University of Pittsburgh Press, 1973

Recent Book Chapters
"Teaching the Managers of Tomorrow" in R. Sternberg, ed., Career Paths in Psychology, APA Books, 2nd Edition, 2006

"Normative Models of Decision Making and Leadership," in S. Rogelberg, ed., Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Sage, 2006

"On the Origins of Expectancy Theory," in K. Smith and M. Hitt, Great Minds in Management: The Process of Theory Development. Oxford University Press, 239-258, 2005

"Decision Making: The Vroom/Yetton/Jago Models," in G. Goethals, G. Sorenson, and J.M. Burns, The Encyclopedia of Leadership, McGraw-Hill, Vol. 1, 322-325, 2004

Situational Factors in Leadership, in Chowdry S, ed., Organizations 21C:, Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 2003

Leadership Style: Managing the Decision Making Process, in Rimar S., ed., The Yale Management Guide for Physicians, Wiley, 2001

Selected Articles
"On the Synergy Between Research and Teaching," Journal of Management Education, Vol. 31, 365-375, 2007

"The Role of the Situation in Leadership"  (with A.G. Jago), American Psychologist, Vol. 62, No. 1, 17-24, 2007

"Educating Managers in Decision Making and Leadership," Management Decision, Vol. 41, No. 10, 968-978, 2003

"The Person Versus the Situation in Leadership," Leadership Quarterly, Vol. 13, 301-323, 2002

"Leadership and the Decision Making Process," Organizational Dynamics, Vol. 28, 82-94, 2000

Education
PhD University of Michigan, 1958
MPs.Sc. McGill University, 1955
B.Sc. McGill University, 1953