Curriculum Vitae: Yair Berson Department of Management and Organizations Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, on Sabbatical from the University of Haifa, Israel Email: y-berson@kellogg.northwestern.edu Phone : 847-467-4027 Education PHD in Management 1999 School of Management, SUNY at Binghamton (Center for Leadership Studies) MA in Industrial/Organizational Psychology 1995 University of Haifa, Israel BA in Psychology and Sociology 1992 University of Haifa, Israel Academic Ranks 9/09 9/10 10/08 Northwestern U Kellogg School of Management University of Haifa Education Visiting Associate Prof. Senior Lecturer (tenured) 10/04-10/08 University of Haifa Education Lecturer 9/00-9/04 Polytechnic Institute of NYU Department of Management 9/99-6/00 New York University (NYU) -Stern School of Business Assistant Prof. (tenure track) Adjunct professor Book Sosik, J.J., Jung, D., Berson, Y., Dionne, S., & Jaussi, K. (2004). The dream weavers: Strategy focused leadership in technology- driven organizations. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing. Refereed Articles 1. Berson Y., Avolio, B. J., Shamir, B., & Popper, M. (2001). The relationship between vision-strength, leadership style and context. The Leadership Quarterly, 12, 1-21. 2. Bar Haim, Y., Aviezer, O., Berson, Y., Sagi, A. (2002). Personal space and attachment. Attachment and Human Development Journal, 4, 68-83.
3. Berson, Y., Avolio, B. J., & Kahai, S. (2003). Level specification: Using triangulation in a grounded theory approach to construct building. In, F. J. Yammarino, & F. Dansereau (Eds.) Annual Review: Multi-level issues in organizational behavior and strategy (Vol. II) (pp 85-112). Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science (electronic index). 4. Berson, Y., Avolio, B. J., & Kahai, S. (2003). Going Deeper to A Grounded theory approach: From Verification to Abstraction and Discovery. In, F. J. Yammarino, & F. Dansereau (Eds.) Annual Review: Multi-level issues in organizational behavior and strategy (Vol. II) (pp 143-151). Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science (electronic index). 5. Bass, B. M., Avolio, B. J., Jung, D., & Berson, Y. (2003). Predicting unit performance by assessing transformational and transactional leadership. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88 (2), 207-218. 6. Berson, Y., & Avolio, B. J. (2004). Transformational leadership and the dissemination of organizational goals: A case study of a telecommunication firm. The Leadership Quarterly, 15 (5), 625-646. 7. Sosik, J.J., Jung, D., Berson, Y., Dionne, S., & Jaussi, K. (2005). Making All The Right Connections: The Strategic Leadership of Top Executives in High-Tech Organizations. Organizational Dynamics, 34, 47-61. 8. Berson, Y., & Linton, J. D. (2005). An examination of the relationships between leadership style, quality, and employee satisfaction in R&D environments. R&D Management Journal, 31, 31-60. 9. Berson, Y., & Linton, J. D. (2006). Leadership style and quality climate perceptions: Contrasting project versus process environments. International Journal of Technology Management, 33 (1), 92-110. 10. Berson, Y., Dan, O., & Yammarino, F. J. (2006). Attachment style and individual differences in leadership perceptions and emergence. Journal of Social Psychology, 146 (1), 165-182. 11. Berson, Y., Nemanich, L. A., Waldman, D. A., Galvin, B., & Keller, R. T. (2006). Leadership and Organizational Learning: A Multiple Levels Perspective. The Leadership Quarterly, 17, 577-594. 12. Berson, Y., & Sosik, J. J. (2007). The relationship between self other rating agreement and influence tactics and organizational processes. Group and Organization Management, 32, 675-698. 13. Berson, Y., Oreg, S., & Dvir, T. (2008). CEO values, organizational culture and firm outcomes. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 29, 615-633. 14. Waldman, D. A., Berson, Y., Keller, R. T. (2009). Leadership and organizational learning. The Leadership Quarterly, 30, 1-3.
Chapters and Proceedings 1. Dvir, T., & Berson, Y. 2001. Leadership, motivation, and performance evaluation. In G. Salvendy (Ed.), Handbook of Industrial engineering (3rd Edition, pp 841-867). New York, NY: Wiley. 2. Avolio B. J., Sosik, J. J., Jung, D. I., & Berson, Y. (2003). Leadership models, methods and applications: Small steps and giant leaps. Handbook of psychology, Vol. 12, (pp. 277-308). New York, NY: Wiley. 3. Berson, Y., Erez, M., & Adler, S. (2004) Reflections of organizational identity and national culture on managerial roles in a multinational corporation. Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings. (IM: Q1-Q6). 4. Berson, Y., Oreg, S., & Dvir, T. (2005). CEO leadership, organizational culture and entrepreneurial outcomes. Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings. (BPS: FF1-FF6). 5. Oreg, S. & Berson, Y 1. (2009). Leaders characteristics and behaviors and employees resistance to organizational change. Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings Under Review Luria G. & Berson, Y. Motivation to lead as a predictor of individual outcomes: Task performance, leadership emergence, and leadership role occupancy. Second R&R Journal of Applied Psychology Berson, Y., Da as. R., & Waldman, D. A. Hierarchical and shared visionary leadership in relation to organizational learning and customer satisfaction. R& R Academy of Management Journal Berson, Y. Examination of vision content of principals and its relationships with school organizational culture. R&R - Educational Administration Quarterly Oreg, S. & Berson, Y. (2009). Leaders characteristics and behaviors and employees resistance to organizational change. R&R Personnel Psychology Waldman, D. A., Berson, Y. & Pearce, C. L. Getting Everybody on the Same Page: Alternative Leadership Processes in the Realization of Shared Vision. Journal of Applied Psychology Active Participation in Scholarly Conferences 1. Oreg, S. & Berson, Y. Leaders characteristics and behaviors and employees resistance to organizational change. (2009). Paper to be presented in the annual meeting of the Academy of Management. Chicago, IL. 1 Equal contribution
2. Dwyer, P. C., Bono, J. E., Snyder, M., Nov, O., & Berson, Y. (2009, February). Pathways to volunteer satisfaction and service: Differential effects of motivation and leadership. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL. 3. Berson, Y., Da as, R., & Waldman, D. (2008). A longitudinal study of the effects of principal visionary leadership on organizational learning and parents satisfaction. Paper presented at the Israel Strategy Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel. 4. Berson, Y., Da as, R., & Waldman, D. (2008). Hierarchical and shared leadership in relation to organizational learning and customer satisfaction. Paper presented in the annual meeting of the Academy of Management. Anaheim, CA. 5. Berson, Y., Oreg, S. (2008). Symposium co-chair. The motivation to lead and leaders motivation. Academy of Management. Anaheim, CA. 6. Oreg, S. & Berson, Y. (2008) Employees reaction to organizational change: The role of leader values and behaviors. Paper presented in the annual meeting of the Academy of Management. Anaheim, CA. 7. Luria G. & Berson, Y. (2008). The motivation to lead: Implications for stress and individual performance. Paper presented in the annual meeting of the Academy of Management. Anaheim, CA. 8. Berson, Y. & Sosik, J.J. (2007). The effects of humor on the relationship between leader influence and individual outcomes. Paper presented in the annual meeting of the Academy of Management. Philadelphia, PA. 9. Oreg. S., & Berson, Y. (2007). Symposium co-chair. Values in Management. Academy of Management. Philadelphia, PA. 10. Berson, Y. (2007). Symposium Discussant: Good relationships, positive outcomes: Attachment theory, trust, and leadership at work. Academy of Management. Philadelphia, PA. 11. Dvir, T., & Berson, Y. Leadership, group affective state, and performance in basketball teams: A longitudinal field study. To be presented at the Gallup Leadership Summit (2006). Washington D.C. October 2006. 12. Showcase Symposium Co-Chair (with David A. Waldman): Leadership and organizational learning. Academy of Management annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, August 2006. 13. Symposium Co-Chair (with Shaul Oreg): Leader characteristics across contexts: Implications for leadership outcomes. Academy of Management annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, August 2006. 14. Berson, Y., & Sosik, J.J. Humor, leadership, and organizational learning: A multiple source examination. To be presented at the Academy of Management
annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, August 2006. 15. Oreg, S., & Berson, Y. Predicting leader emergence with personality and context: The big-five across levels of stressful and ambiguous contexts. To be presented at the Academy of Management annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, August 2006. 16. Berson, Y. & Waldman, D. A. The effect of visionary leadership on group identification: A social identification approach. To be presented at The 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens, Greece, July 2006. 17. Oreg, S, & Berson, Y. A conceptual framework for the moderating effect of context on the personality-leadership relationship. To be presented at The 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens, Greece, July 2006. 18. Berson, Y., Oreg, S., & Dvir, T. CEO leadership, organizational culture and entrepreneurial outcomes. Paper Presented as part of a symposium at the Academy of Management annual meeting, Honolulu, HI, August 2005. 19. Berson, Y. Wrzesniewski, A. Leadership and Work Orientation as Drivers of Team Performance and Innovation. Paper Presented as part of a symposium at the Academy of Management annual meeting, Honolulu, HI, August 2005. 20. Waldman, D., Berson, Y., & Pierce, C. In Pursuit of Shared Vision and Organizational Change: The Roles of Follower Participation and Authentic Leadership. Paper Presented as part of a symposium at the Academy of Management annual meeting, Honolulu, HI, August 2005. 21. Berson, Y., Dionne, S. D., Jaussi, K. S. Intellectual Stimulation of Senior Executives: Triangulated Evidence from the U.S. and Israel. Paper Presented as part of a symposium at the Academy of Management annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, August 2004. 22. Berson, Y., Erez, M., & Adler, S. Reflections of organizational identity and national culture on managerial roles in a multinational corporation. Academy of Management annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, August 2004. 23. Berson, Y. & Dvir, T. CEO leadership and performance in context. IMD Strategic Leadership Meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 2004. 24. Berson, Y., & Dvir, T. CEO leadership, organizational culture and entrepreneurial outcomes. Gallup Leadership Summit. Omaha, NE: June 2004. 25. Berson, Y., & Sosik, J. J. The Power of Persuasion: Self-Other Rating Agreement on Charismatic Leadership, Influence Tactics and Performance. Paper Presented at the annual meetings of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL April 2004. 26. Erez, M., Berson, Y. (2004). Global Identity, and global values in MNCs. Presentation at the International Conference of Psychology, Beijing, China, August 2004.
27. Berson, Y., & Linton, J. D. Leadership style and quality climate perceptions: Contrasting project versus process environments. Paper presented at the Academy of Management annual meeting, Seattle, WA, 2003. 28. Avolio, B. J., Jung, D., & Berson, Y. Effects of transformational leadership on team performance in a near combat situation: A moderating role of individual perceptual agreement of leadership in teams. Paper presented at the Academy of Management annual meeting, Seattle, WA 2003. 29. Linton, J. D., & Berson, Y. An examination of the relationships between leadership style, quality, and employee satisfaction In R&D environments. Presentation at 2003 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Albany, NY. 30. Berson, Y., Erez, M., & Adler, S. 2002. 360-degree feedback on managerial performance across cultures. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto, Canada. April 2002. 31. Berson, Y., Erez, M., & Adler, S. Evaluating Performance Across Cultures using a 360-Degree Appraisal System. International Conference of Applied Psychology, Singapore, July 2002. 32. Berson, Y. Avolio, B. J. The Contribution of Triangulating Qualitative, Quantitative and Unobtrusive Methods to the measurement of charismatic/transformational Leadership. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, Ca. April 2001. 33. Bass, B. M., Avolio, B. J., Jung, D., & Berson, Y. Predicting Platoon Readiness and Performance from Leadership in Home Station. Paper presented at the Academy of Management annual meeting, Washington, 2001. 34. Berson, Y. Avolio, B. J. An exploration of critical links between transformational and strategic Leadership. Paper Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA. April 2000. 35. Avolio, B. J., Bass, B. M., & Berson, Y. Team leadership and its Impact on Platoon Readiness and Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) Performance. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA. April 2000. 36. Berson, Y., & Avolio, B. J. The utility of triangulating multiple methods for the examination of the level(s) of analysis of leadership constructs.. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA. April 1999. 37. Berson Y., & Yammarino, F.J. 1998. Followership, leadership and attachment styles: A developmental approach. Paper presented at the 14 th Annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX. April 1998.
38. Avolio, B.J., & Berson, Y. Leaders born or made revisited. Symposium at the 14 th Annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX. April 1998. 39. Dinger, S. L., Berson, Y., & Kennedy, C. Levels of analysis and diversity research: The missing link to strong theory, measurement and analysis.. Paper presented at the Academy of Management annual meeting, San Diego, 1998. 40. Sosik, J. J., Potosky, D. M., Jung, D. I., & Berson, Y. Do you see what I see: Leadership styles, public self-awareness, and manager performance.. Paper presented at the Academy of Management annual meeting, San Diego, 1998. 41. Berson, Y., Avolio, B.J., Shamir, B., & Popper, M. The relationship between leadership style and vision content. Paper presented at the 13 th Annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, St. Louis, MO. April 1997. Colloquium Talks and other Invited Addresses 1. School leadership: Theoretical ideas and empirical findings. Harvard Graduate School of Education. Boston, MA, April 2010. 2. Hierarchical school and shared visionary leadership in relation to organizational learning and customer satisfaction. Department of Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, April 2010. 3. Hierarchical school and shared visionary leadership in relation to organizational learning and customer satisfaction. Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. December 2009. 4. Hierarchical and shared visionary leadership: theoretical ideas and initial findings. School of Business, Hebrew University. June 2008 5. Organizations as Reflections of their Leaders: Results from Studies of CEOs and School Principals. School of Business, Bar Ilan University. March 2008 6. Leadership, learning, and knowledge transfer: Invited talk. University of California, Riverside. October 2007. 7. CEO values and implications for performance. Peter Drucker School of Business, Claremont Graduate Center. October 2007. 8. CEO charisma and values. Faculty of Management, Tel Aviv University. November 2006. 9. Leadership, affective states, and team performance. University of Haifa, Center for the Study of Organizations. November 2006. 10. Visionary leadership and identification. Invited talk. School of Education, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ. October 2006.
11. CEO and strategic leadership. Invited talk. School of Global Management and Leadership, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ. October 2006. 12. Towards a theory of strategic leadership in schools: Findings from a study of CEOs and school principals. Faculty of Education, University of Haifa. January 2006. 13. Managerial roles in MNC. Bar Ilan University Department of Psychology. January 2006. 14. Organizational culture as a mediator between CEO Values and organizational performance. Hebrew University Business School. May 2005 15. Leadership and individuals work orientation as predictors of team performance. Technion. April 2005 16. Work orientation and leadership as predictors of team innovation and performance. Bar Ilan University School of Business. March 2005 17. Global Values in MNC Culture and their Manifestation in Managerial Roles. Center for the Study of Organizations and Human Resource Management. University of Haifa. January 2005. 18. CEO leadership and performance in context. IMD. Lausanne, Switzerland August 2004. 19. CEO leadership and entrepreneurial outcomes. Technion, Israel Institute of technology. Haifa, Israel. January 2004. 20. Managing Organizational Identity: The Case of a Multinational Company. Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley, PA. September 2003. 21. Organizational identity at MNC. Polytechnic University Departmental Seminar. April 2003. 22. Transformational and strategic leadership. Ben Gurion University, Israel. January 2003. 23. High tech leadership. The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. December 2002. 24. Transformational leadership and the dissemination of organizational goals. Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. Haifa, Israel. January 2002. Scholarships, Awards, Research Grants, etc. 2008 $133,200 Yad Hanadiv (2-3 years sole PI) 2008 NIS 157,000 Gertner Institute (2 years with Dana Yagil and Gil Luria) 2007 NIS 190,000 ISF- Israel Science Foundation (2 years with Shaul Oreg) 2007 Faculty best lecturer award
2006 NIS 9000 University of Haifa award for very good grade on ISF proposal 2004 NIS 8000 University of Haifa Research Authority. 2004 Polytechnic Othmer Fellow "selected promising young faculty" 2004 Finalist for the Caroline Dexter Award of the Academy of Management 2003 Construction Industry Institute. Co PI on a $160,000 grant to study leadership in the construction industry. 2003 Ness Technologies ($2,500) to study team leadership- Principal Investigator 2001 Tel Aviv University: A $30,000 grant to study high technology leadership in Israeli high tech firms (with Taly Dvir). 1999 Research Foundation of SUNY: Excellence in Research Award 1998 Research Foundation of SUNY: Dissertation Year Fellowship Award ($8,500) 1997 Academy of Management National Meeting: Boston, MA: Best Student Paper Award in Research Methodology Teaching USA (Polytechnic Institute of NYU): Title Year Type/Level Instructor Rating Leadership 2004-9 MBA & 4.75/5 MSM Organizational Behavior 2000-2004 MSM 4.6/5 Organizational Behavior course 2000-2004 B.A 4.75/5 Israel - University of Haifa & NYU-Poly Extension Title Year Type/Level Instructor Rating Strategic Leadership Seminar 2006-9 M.A 6.3/7 Leadership Seminar 2006-8 B.A 4.9/5 Organizational Behavior course 2006-9 B.A 4.4/5 Organizational Behavior course 2005 B.A 4.5/5 Leadership Seminar 2005 B.A 4.2/5 Negotiation (NYU-Poly) 2000-9 MSM 4.5/5 Supervision of graduate students: PHD student, 3 completed MA theses, and 6 theses in progress Service University of Haifa Faculty Teaching Committee (2007-) Faculty colloquium coordinator (2006-7)
Member of the Faculty of Education continuing education advisory board (2006-9) Polytechnic Institute of NYU (Polytechnic University New York) Graduate Curriculum Standards Committee member (2002-4) Business Process Team member (2003-4) Departmental Faculty Recruiting Committee (2003-4) Departmental PhD committee (2002-4) Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the University Editor of special issue for The Leadership Quarterly on leadership and organizational learning Editorial Board membership: The Leadership Quarterly (2005-) Israel Science Foundation evaluation committee Ad-hoc reviewer: OBHDP, LQ, JBR, APIR, Human Relations