James R. Bailey

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James Russell Bailey
Nationality United States
Occupation(s)Academic, researcher, author
Years active1991-present
Board member ofCenter for Social Leadership (2012-present), [1] Universal Strategic Consulting Services (2012-present)
Academic background
EducationB.A. (Eastern Illinois University, 1985. Bailey), M.A. (WashU, 1988), Ph.D. (WashU, 1991)
Alma mater Washington University in St. Louis
Thesis Individual and situational determinants of decision making: the role of need for cognition and response mode.  (1991)
Doctoral advisor Walter Nord, Richard deCharms, Jane Loevinger, Michael Strube
Website lessonsonleadership.org/about-james-bailey/

James Russell Bailey is an American business scholar who is a professor of management and Hochberg Professorial Fellow of Leadership Development at George Washington University and Fellow in the Centre of Management Development at London Business School. [2] He co-founded the Academy of Management Learning and Education and was its editor-in-chief. [3] He is founder and Managing Editor of Lessons on Leadership, an online magazine. Bailey is known for his work on effective leadership, organizational change, and business ethics and education. [4] Bailey is a member of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations. [5] He was among the first scholars to write on remote working and its effects on the economy and on American urban life and downtown, arguing that humans aren't predisposed to work from home. [6] Bailey also wrote on the resistance of the labor force to return to office, [7] [8] and on the Covid-19 pandemic and its social, economic, mental, and emotional ramifications. [9]

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Biography

Bailey was born to Buck and Mary Bailey. [10] He completed a B.A. at Eastern Illinois University in 1984. Bailey earned a M.A. (1988) and Ph.D. (1991) at Washington University in St. Louis. [4] He was received the award for excellence in teaching. [10] His dissertation was titled Individual and situational determinants of decision making: the role of need for cognition and response mode. Bailey's doctoral advisor was Michael Strube. [10] [11]

From 1988 to 1991, Bailey worked as an instructor at Washington University, St. Louis. From 1991 to 1999, Bailey worked at Rutgers University, first as Assistant Professor (1991-1997), and then as Associate Dean (1997-1999). He was a Fellow at the Center for Management Development at London Business School from 2006 to 2011. Bailey was an Associate Professor at GWU's School of Business from 1999 to 2004, and has been a Full Professor since 2004 and a GWU's Fellow at the Institute of Public Policy since 2021. He was Chair of the department of management at GWU from 2008 to 2011. [11] [ non-primary source needed ] He is a member of the executive advisory board of the Center for Social Leadership. [1]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

Edited textbooks

Journal articles

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