Thomas S. Bateman 

Bank of America Eminent Scholar
Area Coordinator—Management

Office phone: 434-924-7060
e-mail: tsb3c@virginia.edu

Education:

D.B.A., Organizational Behavior, Indiana University
M.B.A., Indiana University
B.A., Psychology, Miami University

Areas of Expertise:

Professor Bateman specializes in organizational behavior. He conducts research on leadership, motivation, decision making, personality, stress, and managerial goals. Current research projects include studies of how people pursue very long-term goals, proactive behavior by individuals in organizations, employee cynicism, and intrinsic motivation at work. He recently published a chapter about positive motivation for a new book addressing positive organization sciences, Positive Organizational Scholarship.

Professional Activities:

Professor Bateman publishes articles in academic and professional journals, writes textbooks, presents papers at professional meetings, and participates in executive education programs. His most recent publication discusses “transcendent behavior,” in which people create extraordinary change by overcoming personal and situational constraints, surpassing others’ expectations, and creating and seizing opportunities. Other recent publications include “Proactive Behavior: Meaning, Impact, and Recommendations,” in Business Horizons; “Individual Environmental Initiatives: Championing Natural Environmental Issues in U.S. Business Organizations,” in Academy of Management Journal; “Cynicism in the Workplace: Some Causes and Consequences,” in Journal of Organizational Behavior; and “A Hierarchical Taxonomy of Top Managers’ Goals,” in Journal of Applied Psychology. Professor Bateman teaches workshops in North America, Europe, and Asia and has just finished the sixth edition of his textbook Management: The New Competitive Landscape (McGraw-Hill/Irwin).

Selected Publications:

Management: The New Competitive Landscape, 6th edition. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2003 (with S. Snell).

"Transcendent Behavior." (with Chris Porath), In Positive Organizational Scholarship, 2003 (Cameron, Dutton, & Quinn, eds.).

"A Hierarchical Taxonomy of Top Executives' Goals," Journal of Applied Psychology (with H. O'Neill and A. Kenworthy-U'Ren).

"Individual Environmental Initiatives: Championing Natural Environmental Issues in U.S. Business Organizations," Academy of Management Journal (with L. M. Andersson).

"Charismatic Leadership Viewed from Above: The Impact of Proactive Personality," Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2000 (with J. M. Crant).

"Proactive Behavior: Meaning, Impact, and Recommendations," Business Horizons, 1999 (with J. M. Crant).

"Cynicism in the Workplace: Some Causes and Consequences," Journal of Organizational Behavior, 1997 (with L. M. Andersson).