Robert D. Pritchard

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Robert D. Pritchard

Robert D. Pritchard (born January 21, 1945 in San Diego , USA ) is an American business psychologist and university professor.

Life

Robert D. Pritchard received his bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1966. In 1969 he received his doctorate in industrial and organizational psychology as well as statistics and methodology from the University of Minnesota. Between 1977 and 2003, Pritchard taught and worked at various universities, including the University of Houston and Texas A&M University . He is a member of various organizations including the American Psychology Association, the Society for Organizational Behavior, and the American Psychological Society. Since 2003 he has been Professor of Psychology and Management at the University of Central Florida .

Research interests

His main areas of research include increasing performance and motivation in organizations, organizational development, feedback, work ethic and research strategies. Together with Naylor and Ilgen, Pritchard developed a motivation theory that is still used today through management systems such as ProMES or questionnaires such as the Motivation Assessment System . The theory makes the assumption that motivation and performance in organizations are maximized when there is a clear connection between the energy used for an action and the needs to be satisfied with it.

Publications (selection)

as an author
  • A theory of behavior in organizations . Academic Press, New York 1980, ISBN 0-12-514450-4 . (together with James C. Naylor and Daniel R. Ilgen).
  • Measuring and improving organizational productivity. A practical guide . Praeger, New York 1990, ISBN 0-275-93668-6 .
  • Innovative human resource management. Volume 2: The PPM management system. Increased productivity through employee participation. ("The PPM Management System. Employee participation for improved productivity"). CH Beck, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-406-35884-5 . (together with Uwe E. Kleinbeck and Klaus-Helmut Schmidt).
  • Helping teachers teach well. A new system for measuring and improving teaching effectiveness in higher education . New Lexington Press, San Francisco 1998, ISBN 0-7879-3965-X . (with Margaret D. Watson, Karlease Kelly and Anthony R. Paquin).
  • Effectiveness through participatory productivity management . ("Effectiveness through participative productivity management"). Hogrefe, Göttingen 1999, ISBN 3-8017-0842-X . (together with Heinz Holling and Frank Lammers).
  • Improving organizational performance with the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System. International collaboration . Nova Science, Huntington, NY 2002, ISBN 1-59033-222-9 . (together with Heinz Holling, Frank Lammers and Barbara D. Clark).
  • Managing motivation. A manager's guide to diagnosing and improving motivation . LEA / Psychology Press, New York 2008, ISBN 978-1-84169-789-5 (with Elissa L. Ashwood).
  • Work motivation. Past, Present, and Future (The organizational frontier series; Vol. 27). LEA / Psychology Press, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-8058-5745-0 (with Ruth Kanfer and Gilad Chen).
as editor
  • Productivity measurement and improvement. Organizational case studies . Praeger, New York 1995, ISBN 0-275-93907-3 .

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personal data
SURNAME Pritchard, Robert D.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American business psychologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH San Diego