Leadership Talks: Professor Paul E. Spector

Leadership Talks is a series of seminars about topics related to leadership, change and sustainability, project management and organizational psychology, hosted by the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behavior, at BI Norwegian Business School.

Bridging the Academic-Practice Divide

Over the past several decades, I have seen academic business research evolve from focusing on practical problems of organizations to dealing with theoretical issues that are far removed from the day to day of practice. This has occurred as business has become increasingly evidence-based and in need of rigorous research. In this session I will discuss the nature of contemporary business research and why it is so often not actionable, and strategies that academics and practitioners can use to bridge the gap through partnerships.

Speaker: Professor Paul E. Spector

Paul E. Spector is a retired I-O psychology distinguished professor at the University of South Florida. Today he teaches executive Doctor of Business Administration students part-time in the Muma College of Business and he is a part-time organizational science contractor at Tampa General Hospital. He has been noted in Indiana University and Stanford University studies as among the 10 most influential management researchers worldwide. His I-O psychology textbook is now in its eighth edition. He blogs weekly about I-O and management topics at: https://paulspector.com/