Social+Cognitivist+Theorists

__**EDWIN LOCKE **__Edwin A. Locke, Ph.D., is Dean's Professor (Emeritus) of Leadership and Motivation at the R.H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his BA from Harvard in 1960 and his Ph.D. in Industrial Psychology from Cornell University in 1964. He has published over 290 chapters, notes and articles in professional journals, on such subjects as work motivation, job satisfaction, incentives, and the philosophy of science. He is also the author or editor of 12 books, including //The Selfish Path to Romance: How to Love with Passion and Reason// (Platform Press), //Study Methods and Study Motivation// (Ayn Rand Bookstore, 2008), //Goal Setting: A Motivational Technique That Works// (Prentice Hall, 1984, with G. Latham), //A Theory of Goal Setting and Task Performance// (Prentice Hall, 1990, with G. Latham), //Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior// (Blackwell, 2000), //The Prime Movers: Traits of the Great Wealth Creators// (Second Edition, Ayn Rand Bookstore, 2008) and //Postmodernism and Management: Pros, Cons and the Alternative// (JAI: Elsevier, 2003). He is internationally known for his research on goal setting. A recent survey found that Locke's goal setting theory (developed with G. Latham) was ranked #1 in importance among 73 management theories. His work has been supported by numerous research grants, and he has served as consultant to research firms and private businesses. Dr. Locke has been elected a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Academy of Management, and has been a consulting editor for leading journals. He was a winner of the Outstanding Teacher-Scholar Award at the University of Maryland, the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the Career Contribution Award from the Academy of Management (Human Resource Division), the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Management (Organizational Behavior Division), and the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the American Psychological Society. He is a writer and lecturer for the Ayn Rand Institute and is interested in the application of the philosophy of Objectivism to behavioral sciences. []  Photo [] __**GARY LATHAM **__ Professor Gary Latham is the Secretary of State Professor of Organizational Behavior, University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management; a past president of the Canadian Psychological Association (1999-2000); and president of the Society of Industrial & Organizational Psychology. He is the only person in his field to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In addition, he is a Fellow of the American and Canadian Psychological Associations, the Association for Psychological Science, the Academy of Management, and the only person to receive both the awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Profession (1998) and as a Science (2002) from the Society of Industrial & Organizational Psychology. In 2004, Professor Latham received the Distinguished Scholar/Practitioner Award from the American Academy of Management and the Heneman Career Achievement Award from the Human Resource Division of the Academy. In 2006, he was the Society’s recipient of the prestigious $50,000 Michael R. Losey Human Resource Research Award. In addition, he was in the first group of scholars to be made a Fellow of the International Association of Applied Psychology. In 2007, Professor Latham received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management. In 2008 he received the Thomas A Mahoney Mentoring Award from the Human Resource Division of the Academy of Management for lifetime mentoring of graduate students, and the Harry Levinson award from the American Psychological Foundation for lifetime contributions to consulting in organizational psychology. Professor Latham served on the Board of Governors of the Center for Creative Leadership, 2001-2007, and is currently teaching courses in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior. His research includes employee motivation, performance appraisal and training. Professor Latham received his doctor of philosophy from the University of Akron; a master of science from Georgia Tech and a bachelor’s degree from Dalhousie University, Canada. []  Photo []