James G. Hunt

Biographie de James G. Hunt

Dr.James G. (Jerry) Hunt is the Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Management, Trinity Company Professor in Leadership, Professor of Health Organization management, Director, Institute for Leadership Research, and Former department chair of Management, Texas Tech University. He received his PhD and master's degrees from the University of Illinois after completing a BS (with honors) at Michigan Technological University. Dr. Hunt has co-authored an organization theory text and Basic Organizational Behavior (Wiley , 1998) and has authored or co-authored three leadership monographs, He founded the Leadership Symposia Series and co-edited the eight volumes based on the series. He has presented or published nearly 200 articles, papers, and book chapters, and among his most recent books are Leadership: A New Synthesis, published by sage, and out-of-the-Box Leadership, published by JAI. The former was a finalist for the Academy of Management's 1993 Terry Distinguished Book Award. Recently, Dr. Hunt received the Distinguished Service Award from the Academy of Management, the Sustained Outstanding Service Award from the Southern Management Association, and the Barnie E. Rushing. Jr. Distinguished Researcher Award from Texas Tech University for his long-term contributions to management research and scholarship. He has lived and taught in England and Finland, and taught in China.