Gary Latham
Professor of Organizational Behaviour and HR Management at Rotman School of Management
Schools
- Rotman School of Management
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Biography
Rotman School of Management
Bio
Gary Latham is a former President of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology (SIOP), and President of Work and Organizational Psychology, a division of the International Association of Applied Psychology. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, Academy of Management, CPA, National Academy of Human Resources, SIOP, and the Royal Society of Canada. He is the only recipient of both awards: Distinguished Contributions to Science and to Practice from SIOP.
Degrees:
- PhD, University of Akron
- MS, Georgia Tech
- BA, Dalhousie University
Academic Positions
1990-present Secretary of State Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Rotman School of Management; University of Toronto. Cross appointment in the Graduate Faculty in the Centre for Industrial Relations, the Department of Psychology and the Faculty of Nursing
1983-1990 Ford Motor Research Professor; Business School, University of Washington (Chair of Management Department, 1986-1989)
Honors and Awards
2010 Practice-Relevant Scholarship Award; Academy of Management
2010 Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources
2009-2010 James McKeen Cattell Award for Lifetime of Outstanding Contributions to Applied Psychological Research; Association for Psychological Science
2008-2011 Deputy Dean of Fellows; Academy of Management
2008 Thomas A Mahoney Mentoring Award; Academy of Management
2008 Harry and Miriam Levinson Award for Exceptional Contribution to Consulting Organizational Psychology; American Psychological Foundation
2007 Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Organizational Behavior Division, Academy of Management
2006 Recipient of the Michael R. Losey Human Resource Research Award from the Society for Human Resource Management
2006 Fellow of the International Association of Applied Psychology (First Cohort)
2004 Heneman Award for Career Achievement; Human Resource Research from the Human Resource Division of the Academy of Management
2004 Recipient of the Distinguished Scholar/Practitioner Award from the Academy of Management
2002 Recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award from the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology of the American Psychological Association; (First person to have received both the award for science and the Distinguished Proessional Contributions Award 1998)
2000 President of the Canadian Psychological Association
1999 President-elect of the Canadian Psychological Association
1998 Recipient of the Distinguished Professional Contributions Award from the Society of Industrial Organizational Psychology of the American Psychological Association
1997 First recipient of the Distinguished Contributions to the Industrial-Organizational Psychology in Canada Award from the Canadian Psychological Association
Listed in Who''s Who in the West; Listed in Community Leaders of America, American Biographic Institute
1996 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
1992 Fellow of the American Psychological Society
Nov 1991 Visiting Distinguished Scientist; University of Amsterdam
Dec 1989 Visiting Distinguished Scientist; Taiwan
1988 Recipient of ''Outstanding Publication in Organizational Behavior in 1988'' from the Academy of Management
1987 Fellow of the Academy of Management
1986-1990 Ford Motor Company Professor of Management and Organization; University of Washington
1985 Recipient of the Burlington Northern Foundation Distinguished Scholar Award; University of Washington
1983 Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association
1979 Fellow of the American Psychological Association; Fellow of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Videos
What is evidence-based practice? Interview with Prof. Gary P. Latham.
Why did you become an i-o psychologist? Interview with Prof. Gary P. Latham.
Gary P. Latham: Resiliency - Overcoming 90% Rejection Rates
Gary P. Latham: Lesson Learned #1 - How Do You Win by Putting Other People Down? You Don’t.
Gary P. Latham: On the Marriage Between Locke and Latham
Should i-o psychology be licensed? Interview with Prof. Gary P. Latham.
Gary P. Latham: On the Importance of Mentors
Gary P. Latham: The Three Secrets to Gary’s Success
Gary P. Latham: Gary’s Soapbox: This Is the Scandal of Our Field
What burning issues will i-o psychologists face in the 2020s? Interview with Prof. Gary P. Latham.
Gary P. Latham: What Does It Take to Be a Good Mentee?
Gary P. Latham: Advice for Every Stage of Your Graduate Career
IAAP Membership Benefits - Gary Latham
Read about executive education
Books
New Developments in Goal Setting and Task Performance; E. Locke; Routledge. New York.; 2013
Work motivation: History, theory, research and practice; Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; Issue: 2nd Ed.; 2012
Work motivation and performance management prescriptions; with Greenbaum, R.L. & Bardes, M.; In C. Cooper & R. Burke (Eds.), The Peak Performing Organization. London: Routledge; 2009; Pages: 33-49
Becoming the Evidenced-based Manager: Making the science of management work for you; Davies-Black - SHRM; 2009
Employee motivation; with E. A. Locke; In C.L. Cooper & J. Barling (Eds.), Handbook of Organizational Behavior. Los Angeles: Sage; 2008; Pages: 318-333
The influence of organizational politics on performance appraisal; with S. D. Russo, S.; In C. Cooper and S. Cartwright (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Psychology (pp.388-410). Oxford University Press. Oxford University Press. Oxford, UK; 2008; Pages: 388-410
The study of employee motivation in the 20th Century.; with M. Budworth; In L. Koppes (Ed.) The Science and Practice of Industrial-Organizational Psychology: The first hundred years. Lawrence Erlbaum: Mahwah, NJ; 2007; Pages: 353-381
Advances in the science of performance appraisal: Implications for practice; with S. Mann; In G.P. Hodgkinson & J.K. Ford (Eds.), International Journal of Organizational and Industrial Psychology; Issue: 21; 2006; Pages: 295-337
How can training be used to foster organizational justice.; with D. Skarlicki; In J. Greenberg & J. Colquitt (Eds). Handbook of Organizational Justice. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; 2005; Pages: 499-522
Leadership in the private sector: Yesterday versus tomorrow. In C. Cooper (Ed.), The Twenty-first Century Manager; with C.D. McCauley; Oxford University Press; 2005; Pages: 204-228
Goal setting theory: Theory by induction; with E.A. Locke; In K. Smith & M. Hitt (Eds.), Great minds in management: The process of theory development; 2005; Pages: 128-150
The high performance cycle: Standing the test of time; with Locke, E.A. & Fassina, N.E.; In S. Sonnentag (Ed.), The psychological management of individual performance. A handbook in the psychology of management in organizations. Chichester: Wiley; 2002; Pages: 201-228
Increasing re-employment through training in verbal self-guidance; with Z. Millman; In M. Erez, U. Kleinbeck, & H.K. Thierry (Eds.), Work motivation in the context of a globalizing economy; 2001; Pages: 87-97
Motivating performance through goals.; In E.A. Locke (Ed.) Handbook of principles of organizational behavior. Oxford: Blackwell.; 2000
A Research Agenda for the Situational Interview; The Employment Interview: Theory Research and Practice. R.W. Eder and M.M. Harris (Eds.) Sage Publications Inc; 1999
A Legally Defensible Interview for Selecting the Best; with C. Sue-Chan; Fair Employment Strategies, R.S. Barrett (Ed), New York: Quorum Books; 1996; Pages: 134-143
Skills for managerial success: Theory, experience, and practice; with L.W. Mealiea; Chicago: Irwin; 1996
A Theory of Goal Setting and Task Performance; with E.A. Locke; Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall; 1990
Goal Setting: A motivational technique that works; with E.A, Locke; Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall; 1984
Papers
- New Developments in Goal Setting and Task Performance; E. Locke; Routledge. New York.; 2013
- Work motivation: History, theory, research and practice; Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; Issue: 2nd Ed.; 2012
- Work motivation and performance management prescriptions; with Greenbaum, R.L. & Bardes, M.; In C. Cooper & R. Burke (Eds.), The Peak Performing Organization. London: Routledge; 2009; Pages: 33-49
- Becoming the Evidenced-based Manager: Making the science of management work for you; Davies-Black - SHRM; 2009
- Employee motivation; with E. A. Locke; In C.L. Cooper & J. Barling (Eds.), Handbook of Organizational Behavior. Los Angeles: Sage; 2008; Pages: 318-333
- The influence of organizational politics on performance appraisal; with S. D. Russo, S.; In C. Cooper and S. Cartwright (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Psychology (pp.388-410). Oxford University Press. Oxford University Press. Oxford, UK; 2008; Pages: 388-410
- The study of employee motivation in the 20th Century.; with M. Budworth; In L. Koppes (Ed.) The Science and Practice of Industrial-Organizational Psychology: The first hundred years. Lawrence Erlbaum: Mahwah, NJ; 2007; Pages: 353-381
- Advances in the science of performance appraisal: Implications for practice; with S. Mann; In G.P. Hodgkinson & J.K. Ford (Eds.), International Journal of Organizational and Industrial Psychology; Issue: 21; 2006; Pages: 295-337
- How can training be used to foster organizational justice.; with D. Skarlicki; In J. Greenberg & J. Colquitt (Eds). Handbook of Organizational Justice. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; 2005; Pages: 499-522
- Leadership in the private sector: Yesterday versus tomorrow. In C. Cooper (Ed.), The Twenty-first Century Manager; with C.D. McCauley; Oxford University Press; 2005; Pages: 204-228
- Goal setting theory: Theory by induction; with E.A. Locke; In K. Smith & M. Hitt (Eds.), Great minds in management: The process of theory development; 2005; Pages: 128-150
- The high performance cycle: Standing the test of time; with Locke, E.A. & Fassina, N.E.; In S. Sonnentag (Ed.), The psychological management of individual performance. A handbook in the psychology of management in organizations. Chichester: Wiley; 2002; Pages: 201-228
- Increasing re-employment through training in verbal self-guidance; with Z. Millman; In M. Erez, U. Kleinbeck, & H.K. Thierry (Eds.), Work motivation in the context of a globalizing economy; 2001; Pages: 87-97
- Motivating performance through goals.; In E.A. Locke (Ed.) Handbook of principles of organizational behavior. Oxford: Blackwell.; 2000
- A Research Agenda for the Situational Interview; The Employment Interview: Theory Research and Practice. R.W. Eder and M.M. Harris (Eds.) Sage Publications Inc; 1999
- A Legally Defensible Interview for Selecting the Best; with C. Sue-Chan; Fair Employment Strategies, R.S. Barrett (Ed), New York: Quorum Books; 1996; Pages: 134-143
- Skills for managerial success: Theory, experience, and practice; with L.W. Mealiea; Chicago: Irwin; 1996
- A Theory of Goal Setting and Task Performance; with E.A. Locke; Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall; 1990
- Goal Setting: A motivational technique that works; with E.A, Locke; Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall; 1984
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