Fred Luthans

Fred Luthans
Born June 28, 1939
Clinton, Iowa, U.S.
Alma mater University of Iowa
Occupation Academic
Employer University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Fred Luthans (born June 28, 1939 in Clinton, Iowa) is a management professor specializing in organizational behavior. He is the emeritus University and George Holmes Distinguished Professor of Management at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Education

Luthans graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.A. in mathematics in 1961. He obtained an MBA in 1962, and a Ph.D. in management and social psychology in 1965, also from Iowa. Henry Albers and Max Wortman were his academic advisers at Iowa. He enrolled in post-doctoral seminars in management at Columbia University while serving in the United States Army stationed at the United States Military Academy.

Academic career

After serving as an Army captain who taught psychology and leadership at the United States Military Academy from 1965–1967, Luthans joined the faculty of the Department of Management at the University of Nebraska, where he remained for his entire academic career. In 1986, he was elected president of the Academy of Management.[1] In 1997 he received the Distinguished Management Educator Award. In 2017 he received the Academy's Organizational Behavior Lifetime Achievement Award.

Research

As a scholar of management, Luthans applied behavioral science for the purpose of managing human behavior in organizations. His book Organizational Behavior is widely used.

Luthans’ research applies ideas associated with positive reinforcement and behavior modification to improving employee performance. A meta-analysis mainly consisting of studies he conducted indicated a strong relationship between "organizational behavior modification" and improved employee performance in both manufacturing and service organizations.

In the 1980s, Luthans conducted observational, qualitative research on what managers do in their day-to-day activities. His research showed the importance of playing the game (e.g., networking and politicking) in order to get ahead in organizations.

In the 1990s, with globalization taking the forefront in the management field, Luthans’s research took on an international focus and resulted in his 1991 book (co-authored with Richard Hodgetts and, in later editions, Jonathan Doh) International Management. Luthans previous work in both behavioral management and managerial activities were tested in other cultures, mainly Asia and Eastern Europe. His meta-analysis with Alex Stajkovic revealed a relationship between self-efficacy and work-related performance.

Luthans and his colleagues conducted research on positive psychological capital, or PsyCap, a construct comprising the psychological resources of hope, efficacy, resiliency, and optimism. The research by Luthans and colleagues suggested that PsyCap is more closely related to both performance and satisfaction than is each of the individual components. They advanced the idea that PsyCap can be improved with training.

Selected bibliography

  • Luthans, F. (1973). Organizational behavior. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-125930-9
  • Luthans, Fred and Todd I. Stewart (July 1978). "The Reality or Illusion of a General Contingency Theory of Management: A Response to the Longenecker and Pringle Critique". The Academy of Management Review. Academy of Management. 3 (3): 683–687. doi:10.2307/257560. JSTOR 257560.
  • Luthans, F. (1988). Successful vs. effective real managers. Academy of Management Executive, 2, 127-132.
  • Luthans, F. (2002). The need for and meaning of positive organizational behavior. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 6, 695-706.
  • Luthans, F., Avey, J., Avolio, B., & Peterson, S. (2010). The development and resulting performance impact of positive psychological capital. Human resource Development Quarterly, 21, 41-67.
  • Luthans, F., Avolio, B., Avey, J., & Norman, S. (2007).Positive psychological capital: Measurement and relationship with performance and satisfaction. Personnel Psychology, 60, 541-572.
  • Luthans, F., & Davis, T. (1980). A social learning approach to organizational behavior. Academy of Management Review, 7, 281-290.
  • Luthans, F., & Hodgetts, R.M. (1991). International management. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-338119-5
  • Luthans, F., Hodgetts, R.M., & Rosenkrantz, S. (1988). Real managers. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger. ISBN 0-88730-345-5
  • Luthans, F., & Kreitner, R. (1975). Organizational behavior modification. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman.
  • Luthans, F., & Youssef, C.M. (2007). Emerging positive organizational behavior. Journal of Management, 33, 321-349.
  • Luthans, F., Youssef, C.M., & Avolio, B.J. (2007, 2015). Psychological capital. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-518752-0
  • Luthans, F., & Youssef-Morgan (2017). Psychological capital: An evidence-based positive approach. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 4, 17.1-17.28.
  • Stajkovic, A., & Luthans, F. (1997). A meta-analysis of the effects of organizational behavior modification on task performance. Academy of Management Journal, 40, 1122-1149.
  • Stajkovic, A., & Luthans, F. (1998). Self-efficacy and work-related performance: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 124, 240-261.

References

Preceded by
Kathryn M. (Kay) Bartol		 President of the

Academy of Management
1986

Succeeded by
Richard M. (Rick) Steers
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