The Truth About
Negotiations
The Mind and Heart
of the Negotiator
(3rd edition)
Making the Team:
A Guide for Managers
(3rd edition)
Organizational Behavior
Today
Creativity and Innovation in Organizational
Teams
Negotiation Theory and
Research
The Social Psychology of Organizational
Behavior
Conflict in
Organizational Groups
Shared Cognition in
Organizations: The Management of Knowledge |
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Biography
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Leigh Thompson
Management & Organizations
J. Jay Gerber Distinguished Professor of
Dispute Resolution and Organizations
Kellogg School of Management
Full Professor
BA 1982, Communication Studies, Northwestern University; MA 1984, Education,
University of California, Santa Barbara; PhD 1988, Psychology, Northwestern University |
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- Academic Positions Held
- Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Professor of
Management & Organizations, 1995 to present; Executive Director, Kellogg
Teams and Groups Center, 1997 to present; Director, Behavioral Research
Laboratory,
Kellogg, 1995 to 2006; Director, Leading High Impact Teams, Kellogg Executive Program,
1997 to present; Co-Director, Negotiation Strategies, 2000 to present; University of Washington's Psychology Department, Professor, 1988-1995.
- Courses / Topics Taught
- Negotiations
- Decision Making and Creativity
- Leading Teams
Emotional Intelligence
- Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching
- NSF Presidential Young Investigator award, National Science Foundation, 1991-1997
- Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California,
1994-1995
- Grants: National Science Foundation, American Bar Foundation, Allen and Mildred Peterson
Foundation, Citicorp Behavioral Research Council.
- Professional Leadership
- Leigh Thompson is a member of the editorial boards of Organization Behavior and Human
Decision Processes, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Behavioral
Decision Making, International Journal of Conflict Management, and Group Decision and
Negotiation. She has served on the selection panel of the Decision, Risk, and
Management Program at the National Science Foundation and its program review committee.
She was named a fellow of the American Psychological Society and is a member of the
Academy of Management, American Psychological Association, Judgment and Decision Making
Society, and Society for Experimental Social Psychologists.
- Research Areas
- Negotiation
- Group Decision Making
- Learning and Creativity
- Team Performance
- Current Projects
- Mental Models of Negotiators
- Learning and Creativity in Teams and Groups
- Social Impact of Information Technology
- Stereotyping and Gender in Organizations
- Representative Publications
- Leigh Thompson is the author or co-author of over 95 research articles and chapters in
edited books. Her book, The Mind and
Heart of the Negotiator (Third Edition) (Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005), integrates negotiation and group
decision making with social psychological processes. Her book,
Making the Team: A Guide for Managers
(Second Edition) (Prentice Hall,
2004) examines internal team dynamics and how to structure teams within the larger
organization.
- General / Consulting
- Leigh Thompson offers consulting and training in negotiations, decision making and team
building for numerous companies, including Abbott Pharmaceuticals,
Akzo Nobel, AT&T, Cargill, Case, Caterpillar, CDW, Chevron,
Chubb Insurance, Compaq,
DMG Maximus, Fleet Financial, Heller Financial, John Buck Realty,
Microsoft, Novartis, Premier Healthcare,
Schneider Electric, Sidley and Austin, and Sears Holdings.
Professor Thompson's Home Page: www.LeighThompson.com
Email Professor Thompson: leighthompson@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Management
& Organizations Department
Faculty
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