Stephen P. Robbins
Ph.D., University of Arizona
Stephen P. Robbins is professor emeritus of management at San Diego State University and the world’s best-selling textbook author in the areas of both management and organizational behavior. His books are used at more than a thousand U.S. colleges and universities, have been translated into nineteen languages, and have adapted editions for Canada, Australia, South Africa, and India. Dr. Robbins is also the author of the best-selling books The Truth About Managing People, 2nd ed. (Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 2008) and Decide & Conquer (Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 2004).
In his “other life,” Dr. Robbins actively participates in masters’ track competitions. Since turning fifty in 1993, he’s won eighteen national championships; twelve world titles; and set numerous U.S. and world age-group records at 60, 100, 200, and 400 meters. In 2005, Dr. Robbins was elected into the USA Masters’ Track & Field Hall of Fame.
Timothy A. Judge
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Timothy A. Judge is currently the Franklin D. Schurz Professor of Management at the Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame; and Visiting Professor, Division of Psychology & Language Sciences, University College London. He has held academic positions at the University of Florida, University of Iowa, Cornell University, Charles University in the Czech Republic, Comenius University in Slovakia, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Judge’s primary research interests are in (1) personality, moods, and emotions; (2) job attitudes; (3) leadership and influence behaviors; and (4) careers (person–organization fit, career success). Dr. Judge published more than 150 articles in these and other major topics in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal and the Journal of Applied Psychology. He is a fellow of several organizations, including the American Psychological Association and the Academy of Management. Among the many professional acknowledgments of his work, most recently Dr. Judge was awarded the Academy of Management Human Resources Division’s Scholarly Achievement Award for 2014. Dr. Judge is a co-author of Organizational Behavior, 16th ed., with Stephen P. Robbins, and Staffing Organizations, 8th ed., with Herbert G. Heneman III. At Notre Dame, Judge teaches undergraduate and MBA classes in management skills, organizational behavior, leadership, and staffing. He is married and has three children—a daughter who is a health care social worker, a daughter who is currently studying abroad, and a son in middle school.
Katherine E. Breward
Ph.D., Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University
Katherine E. Breward worked for over fourteen years in the Kitchener/Waterloo high tech sector before returning to academe, complementing her extensive academic understanding of workplace dynamics with applied professional experience. Dr. Breward is currently at the University of Winnipeg, where her primary research interests include non-conscious prejudice, workplace discrimination, disability accommodation, and best practices in diversity management. Dr. Breward’s work has appeared in the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies; the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health; the British Journal of Management; Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: An International Journal; and the Case Research Journal. Her award winning teaching cases are know