ROBERT KREITNER, PHD is an Emeritus Professor of Management at Arizona State University and a member of the ASU College of Business Faculty Hall of Fame. Prior to joining ASU in 1975, Bob taught at Western Illinois University. He also taught organizational behavior at the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird). Bob is a popular speaker who has addressed a diverse array of audiences worldwide on management topics. Bob has authored articles for respected journals such as Organizational Dynamics, Business Horizons, and Journal of Business Ethics. He also is the co-author (with Fred Luthans) of the award-winning book Organizational Behavior Modification and Beyond: An Operant and Social Learning Approach, and the author of Management, 9th edition, a best-selling introductory management text.

Among his consulting and executive development clients have been American Express, SABRE Computer Services, Honeywell, Motorola, Amdahl, the Hopi Indian Tribe, State Farm Insurance, Goodyear Aerospace, Doubletree Hotels, Bank One–Arizona, Nazarene School of Large Church Management, US Steel, and Allied-Signal. In 1981–82 he served as Chairman of the Academy of Management’s Management Education and Development Division. Bob grew up in western New York State. After a four-year enlistment in the US Coast Guard, including service on the icebreaker EASTWIND in Antarctica, Bob attended the University of Nebraska–Omaha on a football scholarship. Bob also holds an MBA from the University of Nebraska–Omaha and a PhD from the University of Nebraska– Lincoln. While working on his PhD in Business at Nebraska, he spent six months teaching management courses for the University in Micronesia. In 1996, Bob taught two courses in Albania’s first-ever MBA program (funded by the US Agency for International Development and administered by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln). He taught a summer leadership program in Switzerland from 1995 to 1998. Bob and his wife, Margaret, live in Phoenix with three cats and a pet starling. They enjoy travel, hiking, woodcarving, and fishing.

ANGELO KINICKI is a Professor and Dean’s Council of 100 Distinguished Scholar at Arizona State University. He joined the faculty in 1982, the year he received his doctorate in business administration from Kent State University. His specialty is Organizational Behavior.

Angelo is recognized for both his research and teaching. He has published over 75 articles in a variety of leading academic and professional journals, and has coauthored three textbooks. Angelo’s success as a researcher also resulted in his selection to serve on the editorial review boards for the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and the Journal of Management. He received the All Time Best Reviewer Award from the Academy of Management Journal for the period of 1996–1999. Angelo’s outstanding teaching performance resulted in his selection as the Graduate Teacher of the Year and the Undergraduate Teacher of the Year in the College of Business at Arizona State University. He also was acknowledged as the Instructor of the Year for Executive Education from the Center for Executive Development at Arizona State University.

One of Angelo’s strengths is his ability to teach students at all levels within a university. He uses an interactive environment to enhance undergraduates’ understanding about management and organizational behavior. He focuses MBAs on applying management concepts to solve complex problems; PhD students learn the art and science of conducting scholarly research. Angelo also is a busy consultant and speaker with companies around the world. His clients are many of the Fortune 500 companies as well as a variety of entrepreneurial firms. Much of his consulting work focuses on creating organizational change aimed at increasing organizational effectiveness and profitability. One of Angelo’s most important and enjoyable pursuits is the practical application of his knowledge about management and organizational behavior.

Angelo and his wife Joyce have enjoyed living in the beautiful Arizona desert for 23 years, but are natives of Cleveland, Ohio. They enjoy traveling, golfing, and hiking.