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Richard E. Kopelman
Professor of Management
646-312-3629
Richard_Kopelman@baruch.cuny.edu
Education:
BS University of Pennsylvania Economics 1965 MBA Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania 1967 DBA Harvard Business School, Harvard University 1974
Areas of Expertise:
Work Motivation, Productivity, Human Resource Management, Organizational Performance
Selected Publications:
“A Recognition and Reward Initiative to Improve Service Excellence: A Quasi-Experimental Field Study in a Public Higher Education Institution,” (with Naomi Gardberg and Ann Brandwein) Public Personnel Management, in press, 26 pp.
“Douglas McGregor’s Theory X and Y: Toward a Construct Valid Measure,” (with David J. Prottas and Anne L. Davis) Journal of Managerial Issues, 20, 255-271, 2008
“Work-Family Programs: Factors Affecting Employee Knowledge and Accuracy,” (with David J. Prottas, Cynthia A. Thompson, and Eileen W. Jahn) Personnel Review, 36, 163-189, 2007
“A Multilevel Examination of Work-Life Practices: Is More Always Better?” (with David J. Prottas, Cynthia A. Thompson, and Eileen W. Jahn) Journal of Managerial Issues, 18, 232-253, 2006
"A Demonstration of the Anchoring Effect," (with Anne L. Davis) Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2, 203-206, 2004
"The Study of Values: Construction of the Fourth Edition," (with Janet L. Rovenpor and Mingwei Guan) Journal of Vocational Behavior, 62, 203-220, 2003
"Is There a Preferred Rating Format? A Non-Psychometric Perspective," (with Aharon Tziner) Applied Psychology: An International Review, 51, 479-503, 2002.
"Rationale and Construct Validity Evidence for the Job Search Behavior Index: Because Intentions (and New Year's Resolutions) Often Come to Naught," (with Janet Rovenpor and Roger E. Millsap) Journal of Vocational Behavior, 40, 269-87, 1992
Managing Productivity in Organizations. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1986.
"A Model of Work, Family, and Interrole Conflict: A Construct Validation Study," (with Jeffrey H. Greenhaus and Thomas F. Connolly) Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 32, 198-215, 1983
Academic Activities:
Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, Journal of Psychology, National Productivity Review, Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, Perceptions, Journal of Organizational Excellence
Academic Director (and Co-Director), Baruch Executive Master of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations (MSILR) Program, 1994-present
Member, Program Steering Committee, Baruch/Mt. Sinai MBA in Health Care Administration, 1996-present
Area Coordinator, PhD Program in Business, Organizational Behavior and Policy Studies, 1988-96.
Academic Co-Director and Joint Committee Member, Baruch/Cornell MSILR Program, 1979-97.
Professional Activities:
Consultant and Trainer, Center for Advanced Study in Education (CASE), CUNY Graduate Center, 1995-2005.
Consultant, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, 1996-99.
Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President, President, Metropolitan New York Association for Applied Psychology (METRO), 1986-89.
Director, Applied Photonics Corporation, 1986-89.
Director, Nassau Symphony Orchestra, 1984-85.
Awards, Honors, etc.:
President's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Research, Baruch College, 2005
President's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Baruch College, 1987
City University Award for Overall Excellence in Research, Service and Teaching, 1999
Teaching Excellence Award, School of Business and Public Administration, Baruch College, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993
Lifetime Achievement Award, American Compensation Association, 2000
Listed in Who's Who in America, 1984-85 through 2008.