Carnegie Mellon University

Robert Kelley

Robert Kelley

Distinguished Service Professor of Management

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  • 412-268-5041
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5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Education

  • Colorado State University - Ph D - 1977
  • University of Texas at Austin - MA - 1975
  • Drake University - BA - 1971

Research

Managing Intellectual Capital and Knowledge-Intensive Businesses; Designing Customer Driven Strategies and Services; Developing Star Performers; Followership and Leadership in Business; Gold-Collar Workers and the Creative Class; Productivity and Performance Improvement; Talent Engagement and Management; Organizational Change; Learning the New Rules of Business; Marketing

Publications

  • The Realism of Race in Judicial Decision-Making: An Empirical Analysis by Plaintiffs’ Race and Judges’ Race

    (author(s): Robert Kelley, Pat Chew)
    Harvard Journal of Racial & Ethnic Justice, 2012

  • Secrets of the Stars

    (author(s): Robert Kelley, Pat Chew)
    American Lawyer, 2009

  • Myth of the Color-Blind Judge: An Empirical Analysis of Racial Harassment Cases

    (author(s): Robert Kelley, Pat Chew)
    Washington University Law Review, 2009

  • Re-Thinking Followership
    The Art of Followership: How Great Followers Create Great Leaders and Organizations

    Jossey-Bass, 2008

  • Followership and Its Relationship to Leadership
    Encyclopedia of Leadership

    Berkshire/Sage, 2004

  • How to Be a Star Engineer

    IEEE Spectrum, 1999

  • How to Be a Star at Work: Nine Breakthrough Strategies You Need to Succeed (Revised edition, 1999)

    Times Books/Random House, 1998

  • Self Management at Work

    Training and Development, 1998

  • How Bell Labs Creates Star Performers

    (author(s): Robert Kelley, J. Caplan)
    Harvard Business Review, 1993

  • The Power of Followership

    Doubleday, 1992

  • In Praise of Followers

    Harvard Business Review, 1988

  • Consulting: The Complete Guide to a Profitable Career (Revised Edition)

    Charles Scribners and Sons, 1986

  • The Gold Collar Worker: Harnessing the Brainpower of the New Workforce

    Addison Wesley, 1985

Awards and Honors

  • Carnegie Mellon University - Doherty Teaching Prize Nominee (2007)
  • Carnegie Mellon University - "Remember Your Professor" Award of Merit (2007)
  • Colorado State University - Jacob Hautaluoma Distinguished Alumni Award, Psychology (2004)
  • Colorado State University - Honor Alumnus (2003)
  • American Psychology Association - Consulting Psychology Research Award (1978)

University Service

  • Tepper Accelerate Board (2014 - 2016)
  • Tepper MBA Career Services Advisory (2007 - 2008)
  • Tepper MBA Career Services Advisory (2006 - 2007)
  • Tepper MBA Placement Advisory (2005 - 2006)