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xii About the Contributors
Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Society of Industrial and Organiza-
tional Psychology, and served as chair of the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy
of Management in 1999–2000.
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Tracy M. Kantrowitz, School of Psychology, 274 5 St., MC 0170, Georgia Institute of Tech-
nology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0170, U.S.A.
Tracy M. Kantrowitz is a graduate student in the industrial/organizational psychology program
at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. Her research interests include per-
sonality and motivational influences on job search behavior and employment outcomes, and the
role of general cognitive ability, personality traits, and motivational processes in work behavior
and job performance.
Dr P.A.M. Kleingeld, Department of Technology and Work, Faculty of Technology Management,
Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Ad Kleingeld has a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management Science. He currently
holds a research position at the faculty of Technology Management of Eindhoven University of
Technology, the Netherlands. His Ph.D. research compared participatory design and implemen-
tation of a performance measurement and feedback system to non-participatory implementation
with respect to improvement of employee performance and attitudes toward the system. His cur-
rent research focuses on tools for supporting problem solving and task strategy development of
individuals and groups and on the design of reward systems which fit with existing task and goal
interdependencies.
Prof. Dr Martin Kleinmann, University of Marburg, Department of Psychology, Work- and
Organizational Psychology, Gutenbergstrasse 18, 35032 Marburg, Germany.
Martin Kleinmann studied psychology and computer science at the University of Kiel and the
University of Konstanz, Germany (1981–1987), Henkel KgaA: Personnel affairs (1988–1989), a
Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Kiel (1991), and scientific assistant at the University
of Kiel (1991–1997). Since 1997, he has been a full professor for industrial and organizational
psychology at the University of Marburg, Germany.
Prof. Dr Gary Latham, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 105
St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3E6.
Gary P. Latham is the Secretary of State Professor of Organizational Effectiveness in the Faculty
of Management at the University of Toronto. He has been awarded Fellow status by both the
American and Canadian Psychological Associations, the American Psychological Society, and
the Academy of Management. In 1996, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
He is the past president of the Canadian Psychological Association. Dr. Latham’s contributions
to the field of human resources has been in the areas of performance management, selection and
training and development. He is the co-developer of the Behavioral Observation Scales (with
K. Wexley) and the Situational Interview (with L. M. Saari, E. D. Pursell, and M. Campion).
Prof. Dr Edwin A. Locke, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, 3331
Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD 20742, U.S.A.
Edwin Locke is Dean’s Professor of Leadership and Motivation at the R.H. Smith School
of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial
Psychology from Cornell University in 1964. He has published over 210 chapters and articles
in professional journals. He is the author or editor of nine books, including A Theory of Goal
Setting and Task Performance (Prentice Hall, 1990, with G. Latham), and The Prime Movers:
Traits of the Great Wealth Creators (AMACOM, 2000). Dr. Locke has been elected a Fellow
of the American Psychological Association, of the American Psychological Society, and of the
Academy of Management. He received the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the Career Contribution Award from
the Academy of Management (Human Resource Division). He is a member of the Board of
Advisers of the Ayn Rand Institute.
Dr Daniela Lohaus, CMG Industrie GmbH, K¨olner Straße 6, D-65760 Eschborn, Germany.
Daniela Lohaus, has been marketing manager with Hoechst AG (1988–1990), studied Psychol-
ogyandBusinessAdministration,gainedonM.Sc.inOccupationalPsychologyfromtheUniversity