Rensis Likert

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Rensis Likert (1961)

Rensis Likert (born August 5, 1903 in Cheyenne , Wyoming, † September 3, 1981 in Ann Arbor , Michigan) was an American social researcher.

Life

Likert graduated from the University of Michigan and Columbia University . He is the founder of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. In 1960 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

The linking pin model and the Likert scale named after him come from him .

Works (selection)

as an author
  • New Ways of Managing Conflict . McGraw-Hill, New York 1976, ISBN 0-07-037842-8 (with Jane Gibson Likert).
  • The integrated management and organizational structure ("Human organization. Its management and value"). Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1975, ISBN 3-593-32088-6 .
  • New approaches to corporate management (“New patterns of management”). Haupt, Stuttgart 1972 (management and organization of the company; 14).
  • A technique for the measurement of attitudes . Columbia University 1932. ( Dissertation )
as editor
  • Some applications of behavioral research . 2nd edition UNESCO, Paris 1961 (together with Samuel P. Hayes).

literature

  • Leslie Kish: In Memoriam Rensis Likert, 1903-1981 . In: The American Statistician , Vol. 36 (1982), No. 2, pp. 124-125.
personal data
SURNAME Likert, Rensis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American social researcher
DATE OF BIRTH 5th August 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Cheyenne , Wyoming
DATE OF DEATH 3rd September 1981
Place of death Ann Arbor , Michigan