Robert C. Liden

Robert C. Liden (Ph.D., University of Cincinnati; postdoctoral research, University of Washington, Seattle) is Professor of Management at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he is the coordinator of the OB/HR doctoral program. He has served as a visiting professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Université Toulouse 1, France, Université Paris-Dauphine, France, and the University of Melbourne, Australia. He currently holds a part-time position at the University of Leeds Business School. Professor Liden is a fellow of both the Academy of Management and of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). His research focuses on interpersonal processes as they relate to such topics as leadership, groups, and career progression. He won awards for the best article published in the Academy of Management Journal during 2001 (with Scott Seibert and Maria Kraimer), the best article published in Human Resource Management during 2001 (with Sandy Wayne and Maria Kraimer), the best organizational behavior article published in any journal during 2005 by the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management (with Ray Sparrowe), the best article published in 2012 by the Journal of Management, and in 2018 and 2024 was awarded the Leadership Quarterly Decennial Article Influence Award for the most influential paper published in Leadership Quarterly during 2008 and 2014, respectively. In 2014 he won the HR Division of the Academy of Management's Mahoney Mentoring Award and in 2024 was awarded the OB Division's Mentoring Award. In 2024 he also won the International Leadership Association Lifetime Achievement Award. He has over 125 publications, which have been cited over 80,000 times according to Google Scholar. Professor Liden is currently serving on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Scientific Reports, and Personnel Psychology. He previously served on the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, and Human Relations editorial boards. He was the 1999 Program Chair and 2000-01 Division Chair for the Academy of Management's OB Division.

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