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Robert S. Rubin

Academic Degrees

  • PhD, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Saint Louis University
  • MA, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
  • BA, Psychology, Indiana University

Biography

Dr. Rubin is an award-winning teacher and scholar specializing in the areas of organizational behavior and human resource management. His current research examines leadership assessment and development, organizational citizenship behavior and graduate management education. He has been published in numerous books and leading academic journals including the Academy of Management JournalJournal of Applied PsychologyPersonnel PsychologyJournal of ManagementJournal of Business EthicsBusiness Ethics QuarterlyJournal of Organizational BehaviorThe Leadership Quarterly and Academy of Management Learning & Education.  

He has co-authored two textbooks (McGraw Hill) Managing Organizational Behavior: What Great Managers Know and Do and Organizational Behavior: Real Solutions to Real Challenges. Professor Rubin is a former Associate Editor for the Academy of Management Learning & Education journal and former program director of DePaul's Doctorate in Business Administration. 

Rubin's research has been profiled in national publications including BusinessWeekThe Wall Street JournalThe Chicago TribuneThe Financial Times and the Chronicle of Higher Education. In addition to his academic work, Rubin provides human capital and organization development consulting to a variety of industries serving such clients as Discover Financial Services, Nitel, Molson Coors, Walgreens, and numerous others. His consulting work spans areas such as human capital management, human resources, leadership assessment and development, managerial coaching and organization development.​

Research Areas

Leadership assessment and development, organizational citizenship behavior, graduate management education. ​