Edwin Locke

Primary Research Areas

• Organizational Behavior
• Human Resources Management

Selected Publications

Locke, E. A. (1991) The motivation sequence, the motivation hub and the motivation core.Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes, 50, 288-299.

Judge, T. A. & Locke, E.A. (1993) Effect of dysfunctional thought processes on subjective well-being and job satisfaction. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 475-490.

Scully, J., Kirkpatrick S. & Locke, E. A. (1995) Locus of knowledge as a determinant of the effects of participation on performance, affect and perceptions. Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes, 61, 276-288.

Baum, J. R., Locke, E. & Kirkpatrick, S. (1998) A longitudinal study of the relation of vision and vision communication to venture growth in entrepreneurial firms. Journal of Applied Psychology, 83, 43-54.

Locke, E. A. (2000) Motivation by goal setting. In R. Golembiewski (Ed.) Handbook of organizational behavior. New York: Marcel Dekker.

Honors and Awards

• Fellow, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (American Psychological Association); Fellow, Academy of Management; Fellow, American Psychological Society
• Ranked 2nd in scholarship among 576 management faculty from 32 leading business schools (1989).
• Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, 1993.
• Career Achievement Award, Academy of Management (Human Resources Division), 1997.
• Included in A. Bedeian (Ed.) "Management Laureates" Vol. 2, JAI Press, 1993.
• Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Business and Management Alumni Association, 1980.
• Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Award, University of Maryland, College Park, 1983-84.
• Distinguished Teacher Award-Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences, 1985.
• Top 15% of Teachers, College of Business & Management (several times).
• Krowe Teaching Award for teaching excellence, MBA Program, 1992
• Krowe Teaching Award for teaching innovation, MBA Program, 1996

Consulting Work

• Wakefern Foods
• U. S. Civil Service Commission
• Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association
• Defense Intelligence Agency
• International Personnel Management Association
• Inhilco, Inc.
• Blue Shield of Maryland
• U.S. Post Office
• Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
• U.S. Red Cross
• IBM
• Kodak
• Washington Gas Light Co
• National Retail Merchants Association
• McDonnell Douglas
• Douglas Aircraft
• Westinghouse Corp.
• Marriott Corp.
• Pet Foods, Inc.
• Army Research Institute