John Antonakis

John Antonakis is Professor of Organisational Behaviour in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He is known to be a very entertaining and intellectually stimulating speaker, and frequently consults and provides talks, trainings and workshops to private and public organisations on leadership and strategic human resources issues.

Professor Antonakis has made many contributions to the study of leadership, with discoveries published in various top scientific journals (e.g., Science, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology) and practice-oriented journals (e.g., Harvard Business Review, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and The Psychologist). He also diffuses many of his findings on social media and YouTube, and has written three highly regarded textbooks on leadership (with a fourth on the way).

Qualifications and achievements

• Bachelor of Science, Johnson & Wales University, Providence, USA
• Masters of Business Administration, Johnson & Wales University, Providence, USA
• Doctorate in Applied Management and Decision Sciences, Walden University, Minnesota, USA
• Post-doctoral associate, Yale University, New Haven, USA
• Fellowships: Association for Psychological Science, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Society for Organizational Behavior

Expertise and research interests

• Charisma
• Power
• Leadership
• Personality