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xiv About the Contributors
Bernd Runde, Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Osnabr¨uck, Seminarstraße 20,
D-49076 Osnabr¨uck, Germany.
Bernd Runde works at the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology at the University
of Osnabrueck and is currently completing his Ph.D. thesis on social competencies. He studied
psychology in Osnabrueck and Goettingen and the main foci of his work are social competencies
(diagnosis and training), change management (realization of an international project on relevant
effective and ineffective features of change projects), employee surveys, and follow-up change
projects.
Mari¨elle L. Rutten, M.A., GITP Consultants, Berg en Dalseweg 127, NL-6522 BE Nijmegen,
The Netherlands.
M.L. (Mari¨elle) Rutten studied cultural and religious psychology at the University of Nijmegen
in the Netherlands. After her graduation, she spent a year doing research at Eindhoven University
of Technology. She is currently working as a consultant for GITP International B.V., a consultancy
firm specializing in Human Resource Management.
Prof. Dr Terri A. Scandura, Management Department, School of Business Administration, Uni-
versity of Miami, 414D Jenkins Building, Coral Gables, FL 33124-9145, U.S.A.
Terri Scandura (Ph.D., University of Cincinnati) is a professor of management and psychology
at the University of Miami, Florida. Her interests include leadership, mentorship, and research
methods and she has published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Academy of Manage-
ment Journal, the Journal of Management, the Journal of Vocational Behavior, the Journal of
International Business Studies, and many others. She is a member of the American Psychological
Association and the Academy of Management. She is a Southern Management Association fellow
and Program-Chair Elect. She serves on editorial boards for the Academy of Management Journal,
the Journal of Management, Leadership Quarterly, Group and Organization Management and
the Journal of Vocational Behavior. Dr Scandura has been a visiting scholar in Japan, the United
Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong, and China. She has taught organizational behavior and lead-
ership at undergraduate and MBA levels, and Organizational Behavior and Research Methods at
doctoral level.
Ulrich S. Schoop, Department of Psychology, University of Trier, D-54286 Trier, Germany.
Ulrich S. Schoop is a student of psychology and philosophy at the University of Trier, Germany,
where he received his undergraduate degree in psychology (1997). He has studied abroad in
Poona, India (College for Development Studies and Activities), and particpated in student ex-
change with the I/O psychology program at the University of Minnesota, U.S.A. He currently
works as a research assistant for Prof. Dr L. Montada and has gained extensive practical expe-
rience in consulting, personnel selection, and personnel development for managers. His actual
research topics of interest include: practical intelligence of managers, diagnostics, and conflict
management.
Prof. Dr Randall S. Schuler, 94 Rockafeller Road, Room 216, School of Management and Labor
Relations, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 088548054, U.S.A.
Randall S. Schuler is a Professor of Human Resource Strategy and Director of the Center for
Global Strategic Human Resource Management in the Department of Human Resource Manage-
ment. His interests are global human resource management, strategic human resource management,
the human resource management function in organizations, and the interface of business strategy
and human resource tasks. He has authored or edited over 40 books including Strategic Human Re-
source Management: A Reader, International Human Resource Management (3rd edn.), Managing
Human Resources: A Partnership Perspective (7th edn.), Cases in Managing Organizations and
People (6th edn.), La gestion de los Recursos Humanos, Managing Human Resources (6th edn.),
La gestion des Ressources Humaines au seuil de l’an 2000, Internationales Personalmanagement,
and Managing Job Stress. In addition, he has contributed over 40 chapters to reading books and
has published over 100 articles in professional journals and academic proceedings. Presently,
he is on the editorial boards of Organizational Dynamics, Journal of World Business, Journal
of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Human Resource Planning, Human Resource
Management, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Asia Pacific Journal
of Human Resources, Journal of Occupational Behavior, Journal of International Management,