John Fossum

Education

BA 1961
Economics St. Olaf College

MA 1968
Industrial Relations Univ. of Minnesota

PhD 1975
Labor and Industrial Relations Michigan State Univ.

Selected Works

• "New Dimensions in the Design and Delivery of Corporate Training Programs," New Development of Worker Training: A Legacy for the 1990s, Industrial Relations Research Association, 1990
• "Labor Relations: Research and Practice in Transition," Journal of Management, 1987
• "Modeling the Skills Obsolescence Process: A Psychological/Economic Integration," Academy of Management Review, 1986
• "The Effects of Individual and Contextual Attributes on the Sizes of Recommended Salary Increases," Personnel Psychology, 1985
• Labor Relations: Development, Structure, Process, 9th edition, McGrawHillIrwin, 2006
• Employee and Labor Relations, with J. Mattson (eds.), Bureau of National Affairs, 1990
• Personnel/Human Resource Management, 4th edition, with H. Heneman, D. Schwab and L. Dyer, Richard D. Irwin, 1989

Current Activities

Current Research

The implementation and effects of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

Editorial Appointments

Editorial board, Journal of Labor Research

Scholarly Service

• Chair, Personnel/Human Resources Division, Academy of Management, 19811982; Consulting Editor, Academy of Management Journal, 198790; Executive Committee, LERA, 199395.
• Fulbright lecturer, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland, 20012002

Education

• MA University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management (1965 — 1967)
• MA University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (1965 — 1967)
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) St. Olaf College (1957 — 1961)

Companies

• Visiting Professor MODUL University Vienna (2008 — 2014)
• Lecturer University of Minnesota (2008 — 2013)
• Associate Dean of Faculty and Research Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota (2005 — 2007)
• Professor Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota (1983 — 2005)
• Assistant and Associate Professor University of Michigan (1974 — 1983)
• Instructor University of Wyoming (1972 — 1974)
• Manager of Personnel Research Control Data Corporation (1966 — 1969)

Skills

• Employee Benefits
• Deferred Compensation
• Recruiting

Other

Strategy, Human Resources, Personnel Management, Labor Relations