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Abraham K. Korman
Wollman Distinguished Professor of Management
Abraham_Korman@baruch.cuny.edu
Education:
BA Brooklyn College 1956 MA University of Illinois 1960 PhD University of Minnesota 1962
Areas of Expertise:
Leadership, Work Motivation, Alienation in the Work Setting
Selected Publications:
"Self-Enhancement and Self-Protection: Towards a Theory of Work Motivation." In Work Motivation in the Context of a Globalizing Economy, edited by M. Erez, U. Kleinbeck, and H. Thierry, pp. 121-30. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001.Evolving Practices in Human Resource Management: Responses to a Changing World of Work (edited with Allen Kraut). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999.
"Motivation, Commitment and the 'New Contracts' Between Employers and Employees." In Evolving Practices in Human Resource Management: Responses to a Changing World of Work, edited by A. Kraut and A. Korman, pp. 23-40. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999.
The Outsiders: Jews and Corporate America. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington-Heath, 1988.
Career Success/Personal Failure (with Rhoda W. Korman). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.:Prentice-Hall, 1980. (Japanese language version published in 1981.)
Professional Activities:
Consulting, IBM, American Airlines, Fairchild Industries, Amstar Industries, Beatrice Foods, Brookside Wineries, Rexham Industries, New York Daily News, Unilever, New York City Personnel Department, American Institutes for Research.
Awards, Honors, etc.:
Nominated for George R. Terry Book Award for Outstanding Book of the Year in Management (for The Outsiders: Jews and Corporate America), 1989.Nominated for Outstanding Book of the Year by Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in the United States (for The Outsiders: Jews and Corporate America), 1989.