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Kim Cameron

William Russell Kelly Professor of Management and Organizations at Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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  • IESE Business School
  • Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Stephen M. Ross School of Business

Professor Cameron is the William Russell Kelly Professor of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business as well as Professor of Higher Education in the School of Education, both at the University of Michigan. Past assignments include serving as Associate Dean of Executive Education for the Ross School, serving as Dean and Albert J. Weatherhead Professor of Management in the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, and Associate Dean and Ford Motor Company/Richard E. Cook Professor in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. He has also served as a department chair at the University of Michigan, and served on the faculties of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Ricks College. He organized and directed the Organizational Studies Division of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems in Boulder, Colorado.

Dr. Cameron helped co-found the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship at the University of Michigan, which in 2012 was awarded the Research Center Impact Award by the Academy of Management.

Dr. Cameron’s past research on organizational virtuousness, downsizing, effectiveness, quality culture, and the development of leadership excellence has been published in more than 120 academic articles and 15 scholarly books. He was recently recognized as being among the top 10 scholars in the organizational sciences whose work has been most frequently downloaded from Google. His current research focuses on the virtuousness of and in organizations, and their relationships to organizational success.

Dr. Cameron received BS and MS degrees from Brigham Young University and MA and PhD degrees from Yale University. He served on the National Research Council, was president of Bay Asset Funding Corporation, and was a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar. He is a graduate of Leadership Cleveland, Class of 2000 and a recipient of the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society’s Outstanding Educator Award. He currently consults with a variety of business, government, and educational organizations in North America, South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Education

  • PhD Yale University 1978
  • MA Yale University 1976
  • MS Brigham Young University 1971
  • BS Brigham Young University 1970

Professional Honors, Awards, and Positions

  • 1980, 1983 - 1986, Selected Faculty member, Academy of Management
  • 1990, 1991, 1997 Doctoral Consortia and Junior Faculty Workshops
  • 1984 Fulbright Distinguished Scholar, Brazil
  • 1985 – 1991 Program Chair, Division Chair, Organization and Management Theory Division, Academy of Management
  • 1986 – 1991 Institutional Leadership Advisory Committee, National Center for Postsecondary Governance and Finance
  • 1990 Fellow, Chinese National Higher Education Commission
  • 1990 Visiting Scholar, USSR National Academy of Sciences
  • 1992 David L. Bradford Outstanding Educator Award, Organizational Behavior Teaching Society
  • 1994 – 1997 Member, National Research Council
  • 1999 – 2000 Graduate, Leadership Cleveland, Class of 2000
  • 2003 Elected Fellow, Academy of Management
  • 2005 – 2008 Academy of Management Ethics Committee and Adjudicator
  • 2005 – 2009 Board of Governors, Organizational Behavior Teaching Society
  • 2007 – Present Steering Committee, International Positive Psychology Association
  • 2010 Trailblazer Award, Organizational and Management Theory Division, Academy of Management
  • 2010 Selected, Wheatley Fellow, Wheatley Institution, Brigham Young University
  • 2011 Awarded, Research Center Impact Award, Academy of Management
  • 2015-2016 Teaching Impact Award, Executive Education, Ross School of Business
  • 2016 Values-Driven Leadership Award, Center for Values-Driven Leadership, Benedictine University
  • 2016 NOVUS and United Nations Lifetime Achievement Award, Sustainable Development

Videos

Courses Taught

The Positive Leader: Deep Change and Organizational Transformation


Stephen M. Ross School of Business


Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States


Jun 23

Practicing Positive Leadership


Stephen M. Ross School of Business


Online


Becoming a Positive Leader to Accelerate Positive Change


IESE Business School


Online


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Books

Applying Positive Organisational Scholarship to Produce Extraordinary Performance AuthorsCameron, K. and Kelly, J. Published Date2016 Source New York: Springer Pages: 207-218 Positive Psychology Interventions in Practice Proctor, C.

Positive change: What the field of POS offers OD practitioners. AuthorsCameron, K.S. and Bright, D. Published Date2015 Source San Francisco: Jossey Bass Pages: 397-410 Practicing Organizational Development, 4th edition Rothwell, W.J., Sullivan, R.L., Stavros, J. M., and Sullivan, A.

Activate Virtuousness AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2014 Source San Francisco: Berrett Koehler Pages: 79-89 How to Be a Positive Leader Dutton, J.E. and Spreitzer, G.M.

Advances in positive organizational scholarship AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2013 Source Bingley, UK: Emerald Pages: 23-44 Advances on Positive Organizational Psychology Bakker, A.B.

The competing values framework AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2013 Source Sage Encyclopedia of Management Theory Eric Kessler

Organizational effectiveness AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2013 Source Sage Encyclopedia of Management Theory Eric Kessler

Positive organizational scholarship AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2013 Source London: Sage Pages: 591-594 Handbook of Management Theory Eric Kessler

An introduction to happiness in organizations AuthorsArran Caza and Kim Cameron Published Date2013 Source Oxford University Press Oxford Handbook of Happiness Amanda Conley, Susan David, Ilona Boniwell

Virtuousness as a source of happiness in organizations AuthorsKim Cameron and Arran Caza Published Date2013 Source Oxford University Press Oxford Handbook of Happiness Amanda Conley, Susan David, Ilona Boniwell

Cinq cles pour prosperer em periode de crise AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2013 Source Brussels: de Boeck Pages: 369-378 Psychologie Positive en Envirvironment Professionnel Martin-Krumm, C., Tarquinio, C., and Shaar, M.J

A path forward: Assessing progress and exploring core questions for the future of positive organizational scholarship AuthorsGretchen Spreitzer and Kim Cameron Published Date2011 Source Oxford University Press Pages: 1034-1048 Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship Kim Cameron and Gretchen Spreitzer

What is positive about positive organizational scholarship? AuthorsKim Cameron and Gretchen Spreitzer Published Date2011 Source Oxford University Press Pages: 1-16 Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship Kim Cameron and Gretchen Spreitzer

The effects of virtuous leadership on organizational performance AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2010 Source Sage Applied Positive Psychology Stewart Donaldson

Introduction to organizational effectiveness AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2010 Source Edward Elgar Pages: 13-28 Organizational Effectiveness Kim Cameron

Virtuousness in organizations AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2010 Source Oxford University Press Pages: 231-243 Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship Kim Cameron and Gretchen Spreitzer

Positive organizational change: What the field of positive organizational scholarship offers OD practitioners AuthorsDavid Bright & Kim Cameron Published Date2009 Source Jossey Bass Practicing Organizational Development William J. Rothwell, Roland L. Sullivan, Jacqueline M. Stavros, Arielle Sullivan

Competing Values Leadership AuthorsKim Cameron, Robert Quinn, Jeff DeGraff, Anjan Thakor Published Date2014 Source Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar

Positive Leadership - Revised Edition AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2013 Source Berrett Koehler 9781576756027

Practicing Positive Leadership AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2013 Source Berrett Koehler

Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship AuthorsKim Cameron and Gretchen Spreitzer Published Date2012 Source Oxford University Press 9780199734610

Developing Management Skills AuthorsDavid Whetten and Kim Cameron Published Date2011 Source Prentice Hall 9780136121008

Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture AuthorsKim Cameron and Robert Quinn Published Date2011 Source Jossey Bass 9780470650264

Organizational Effectiveness AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2010 Source Edward Elgar 9781848441903

Papers

  • Applying Positive Organisational Scholarship to Produce Extraordinary Performance AuthorsCameron, K. and Kelly, J. Published Date2016 Source New York: Springer Pages: 207-218 Positive Psychology Interventions in Practice Proctor, C.
  • Positive change: What the field of POS offers OD practitioners. AuthorsCameron, K.S. and Bright, D. Published Date2015 Source San Francisco: Jossey Bass Pages: 397-410 Practicing Organizational Development, 4th edition Rothwell, W.J., Sullivan, R.L., Stavros, J. M., and Sullivan, A.
  • Activate Virtuousness AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2014 Source San Francisco: Berrett Koehler Pages: 79-89 How to Be a Positive Leader Dutton, J.E. and Spreitzer, G.M.
  • Advances in positive organizational scholarship AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2013 Source Bingley, UK: Emerald Pages: 23-44 Advances on Positive Organizational Psychology Bakker, A.B.
  • The competing values framework AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2013 Source Sage Encyclopedia of Management Theory Eric Kessler
  • Organizational effectiveness AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2013 Source Sage Encyclopedia of Management Theory Eric Kessler
  • Positive organizational scholarship AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2013 Source London: Sage Pages: 591-594 Handbook of Management Theory Eric Kessler
  • An introduction to happiness in organizations AuthorsArran Caza and Kim Cameron Published Date2013 Source Oxford University Press Oxford Handbook of Happiness Amanda Conley, Susan David, Ilona Boniwell
  • Virtuousness as a source of happiness in organizations AuthorsKim Cameron and Arran Caza Published Date2013 Source Oxford University Press Oxford Handbook of Happiness Amanda Conley, Susan David, Ilona Boniwell
  • Cinq cles pour prosperer em periode de crise AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2013 Source Brussels: de Boeck Pages: 369-378 Psychologie Positive en Envirvironment Professionnel Martin-Krumm, C., Tarquinio, C., and Shaar, M.J
  • A path forward: Assessing progress and exploring core questions for the future of positive organizational scholarship AuthorsGretchen Spreitzer and Kim Cameron Published Date2011 Source Oxford University Press Pages: 1034-1048 Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship Kim Cameron and Gretchen Spreitzer
  • What is positive about positive organizational scholarship? AuthorsKim Cameron and Gretchen Spreitzer Published Date2011 Source Oxford University Press Pages: 1-16 Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship Kim Cameron and Gretchen Spreitzer
  • The effects of virtuous leadership on organizational performance AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2010 Source Sage Applied Positive Psychology Stewart Donaldson
  • Introduction to organizational effectiveness AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2010 Source Edward Elgar Pages: 13-28 Organizational Effectiveness Kim Cameron
  • Virtuousness in organizations AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2010 Source Oxford University Press Pages: 231-243 Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship Kim Cameron and Gretchen Spreitzer
  • Positive organizational change: What the field of positive organizational scholarship offers OD practitioners AuthorsDavid Bright & Kim Cameron Published Date2009 Source Jossey Bass Practicing Organizational Development William J. Rothwell, Roland L. Sullivan, Jacqueline M. Stavros, Arielle Sullivan
  • Competing Values Leadership AuthorsKim Cameron, Robert Quinn, Jeff DeGraff, Anjan Thakor Published Date2014 Source Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar
  • Positive Leadership - Revised Edition AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2013 Source Berrett Koehler 9781576756027
  • Practicing Positive Leadership AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2013 Source Berrett Koehler
  • Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship AuthorsKim Cameron and Gretchen Spreitzer Published Date2012 Source Oxford University Press 9780199734610
  • Developing Management Skills AuthorsDavid Whetten and Kim Cameron Published Date2011 Source Prentice Hall 9780136121008
  • Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture AuthorsKim Cameron and Robert Quinn Published Date2011 Source Jossey Bass 9780470650264
  • Organizational Effectiveness AuthorsKim Cameron Published Date2010 Source Edward Elgar 9781848441903

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