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Academic Honors
Educational Background
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Kevin S. Groves, Ph.D.
Faculty

College of Business and Economics
Department of Management

Office: ST 703
Phone: (323) 343-5429
Fax: (323) 343-6461
E-mail: kgroves@calstatela.edu

Office Hours
Monday 12:30pm--1:30pm & 5:00pm--6:00pm
Tuesday  
Wednesday 12:30pm--1:30pm & 5:00--6:00pm
Thursday  
Friday  
Saturday  

INTRODUCTION

My appointment as an assistant management professor at CSU-LA began Fall Quarter 2003. I teach undergraduate and MBA-level management courses, and also serve as Director of the PepsiCo Leadership Center.

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TEACHING INTERESTS

Management & Organizational Behavior, Organization Theory, Managerial Skills, Leadership, Business Ethics, and Organization Development & Change

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RESEARCH

I am actively involved in a range of empirical research projects that address leadership and organizational behavior topics, including charismatic/transformational leadership, leadership competencies, emotional intelligence, managerial thinking styles, executive development, and succession planning.

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Title Date
Groves, K., McEnrue, M. P., & Shen, W.  Measuring and developing the emotional intelligence of leaders. Journal of Management Development.
 
Forthcoming

McEnrue, M.P., Groves, K., & Shen, W.  Emotional intelligence training: The role of openness to experience, self-efficacy, and receptivity to feedback in enhancing gains achieved. Journal of Management Development.
 

Forthcoming

Groves, K., & Vance, C. Examining the affective commitment outcomes of managerial balanced thinking and emotional intelligence in high emotional labor contexts. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, Philadelphia, PA.
 

2007

Groves, K., Vance, C., & Paik, Y. Linking linear/nonlinear thinking style balance and managerial ethical decision-making. Journal of Business Ethics (in press).
 

2007

Vance, C., Groves, K., Paik, Y., & Kindler, H. Linear/nonlinear thinking style balance for improved management education and development. Journal of Management Education, 31(5): (in press).
 

2007

Vance, C., Groves, K., Paik, Y., & Kindler, H. Understanding and measuring linear/nonlinear thinking style for enhanced management education and professional practice. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 6(2): 167-185.
 

2007

Groves, K.  Integrating leadership development and succession planning best practices. Journal of Management Development, 26(3): 239-252.
 

2007

Vance, C., Groves, K., & Guo, L. Mainland Chinese—US entrepreneur comparison of linear/nonlinear thinking style profiles: Implications for national entrepreneurial success. International Journal of Business Research, 6(3): 26-34.
 

2006
Groves, K. Leader emotional expressivity, visionary leadership, and organizational change. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 27 (7), 565-582.
 
2006
Groves, K. View from the top: CEO perspectives on executive development and succession planning practices in healthcare organizations. The Journal of Health Administration Education, 23 (1), 93-110.
 
2006
McEnrue, M. P., & Groves, K. Choosing among tests of emotional intelligence: What’s the evidence? Human Resource Development Quarterly, 17 (1), 9-42.
 
2006
Groves, K. Linking leader skills, follower attitudes, and contextual variables via an integrated model of charismatic leadership. Journal of Management, 31 (2): 255-277.
 
2005
Groves, K. Gender differences in social and emotional skills and charismatic leadership. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 11 (3): 30-46.
 
2005

Vance, C., Groves, K., & Paik, Y. Measuring and building linear/nonlinear thinking style balance for enhanced performance. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, MOC: F1-F6.
 

2004

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ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS
2007: Best Paper Proceedings, Managerial and Organizational Cognition (MOC) Division, Academy of Management Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

2006: Best Paper Award, Western Academy of Management Meeting, Long Beach, CA

2006: Top Twenty Rated Papers Award, Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Meeting, Dallas, TX

2006: Outstanding Paper Award, International Symposium on Entrepreneurship Research and Education, Nankai University, Tianjin City, China

2004: Best Paper Proceedings, Managerial and Organizational Cognition (MOC) Division, Academy of Management Meeting, New Orleans, LA

2004: Finalist, Best Paper Award, Western Academy of Management Meeting, Anchorage, AL

2003: Best Paper Award, Western Academy of Management Meeting, Palm Springs, CA

2002: Arthur H. Brayfield Dissertation Award, Claremont Graduate University

2002: Honorable Mention, Kenneth E. Clark Research Award, Center for Creative Leadership

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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Ph.D. Organizational Behavior; May, 2002

  • Claremont Graduate University
    Claremont, CA

M.A. Organizational Behavior; December, 1999

  • Claremont Graduate University
    Claremont, CA

B.A. Psychology; June, 1997

  • Eastern Washington University
    Cheney, WA

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COURSE LISTING
Course Course Title Day & Time Room Quarter
Mgmt 307-04 Management & Organizational Behavior M/W 1:30--3:10pm SH C136 Fall 2007
Bus 511-01 Managerial Skills & Business Ethics M 6:10--10:00pm SH C136 Fall 2007
        Fall 2007

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