Michelle Bligh, PhD
Adjunct Faculty, KGI | Associate Professor, CGUOrganizational Behavior, Cross-Cultural Issues in Management, Leadership
Michelle C. Bligh is an Associate Professor in the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences and the Drucker-Ito Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. She received her doctorate in Management and Organizational Behavior from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Her research interests focus on organizational culture and the role of leaders in influencing and changing corporate cultures, particularly in post-merger organizations. In addition, her research interests include charismatic leadership, gender, and political and executive leadership.
Her work has been published in Journal of Applied Psychology, Leadership, Employee Relations, The Leadership Quarterly, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Group and Organization Management, Journal of Managerial Psychology, and The Journal of Business Ethics, and she was awarded the 2003 Sage Outstanding Paper Award for Research Methods. She serves on the editorial review board of The Leadership Quarterly and is co-editor of a 2007 special issue of Applied Psychology: An International Review on follower-centric approaches to leadership. She recently co-edited a book titled Follower-Centered Perspectives on Leadership: A Tribute to the Memory of James R. Meindl as part of the Leadership Horizons series.
Dr. Bligh has helped a variety of public and private sector organizations assess and improve their effectiveness in the areas of leadership development, organizational culture, and change management. Through her work at the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College, the Center for International Leadership in Buffalo, New York, and the Center for Leadership Innovation and Mentorship Building (CLIMB) at California State University San Marcos, she has worked in a number of industries, including local and state law enforcement, consulting, healthcare, and real estate.
The focus of this course is on the scientific study of behavioral processes in organizations. It highlights critical management issues involved in planning, organizing, controlling, and leading an organization. This course aims to strengthen students’ managerial potential by providing general frameworks, or “foundations,” for analyzing, diagnosing, and responding to complex organizational situations.
Bligh, M. C., & Riggio, R. (Eds.). (Forthcoming, 2012). When Near is Far and Far is Near: Exploring Distance in Leader-Follower Relationships. Psychology Press.
Schlehofer, M. M., Casad, B. J., Bligh, M. C., & Grotto, A. R. (2011). Navigating Public Prejudices: The Impact of Media and Attitudes on High-Profile Female Political Leaders. Sex Roles, 65(1), 69-82.
Bligh, M. C., Kohles, J. C., & Pillai, R. (2011). Romancing leadership: Past, present, and future. The Leadership Quarterly, 22, 1058 - 1077.
Bligh, M. C., Kohles, J. C., & Pillai, R. (2011). Crisis and Charisma in the California Recall Election. In Collinson, D., Grint, K., & Jackson, B. (Eds.), Leadership, Sage Library of Business & Management. London, UK: Sage.
Al-Ani, B., Horspool, A., & Bligh, M. C. (August, 2011). Collaborating with 'Virtual Strangers': Towards Developing a Framework for Leadership in Distributed Teams. Leadership, 7(3).
Bligh, M. C., & Schyns, B. (2011). Leading Question: Contemporary Issues Surrounding the Romance of Leadership. In Bell, D. S. Political Leadership, Sage Library of Political Science. London, UK: Sage.
Bligh, M. C., Merolla, J., Schroedel, J. R., & Gonzalez, R. (In press). Finding Her Voice: Hillary Clinton's Rhetoric in the 2008 Presidential Campaign. Women's Studies. doi: 10.1080/00497878.2010.513316
Bligh, M. C., Schlehofer, M. M., Casad, B. J., & Gaffney, A. M. (In press). Competent Enough, But Would You Vote for Her? Gender Stereotypes and Media Influences on Perceptions of Women Politicians. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00781.x
Bligh, M. C. (2010). Followership and Follower-Centred Approaches. In Bryman, A., Grint, K., Jackson, B., Uhl-Bien, M., & Collinson, D. (Eds.), Sage Handbook of Leadership (pp. 1180-1216). London, UK: Sage.
Ferrin, D. L., Bligh, M. C., & Kohles, J. K. (2010). The Actor-Partner Independence Method and Its Potential for Studying Trust in Lab and Field Settings. Handbook of Research Methods on Trust.
Deng, B. H., Bligh, M. C., & Kohles, J. C. (2010). To Err is Human, To Lead is Divine? The Role of Leaders in Learning from Workplace Mistakes. In Schyns, B. & Hansbrough, T. (Eds.), When Leadership Goes Wrong: Destructive Leadership, Mistakes and Ethical Failures. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Hohman, Z. P., Hogg, M. A., & Bligh, M. C. (2010). Identity and Intergroup Leadership: Asymmetrical Political and National Identification in Response to Uncertainty. Self and Identity, 9, 113-128.
Bligh, M. C. (2009). Personality Theories of Leadership. In Levine, J. M., & Hogg, M. A. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. London, UK: Sage.
Bligh, M. C., & Kohles, J. C. (2009). Romance of Leadership. In Levine, J. M., & Hogg, M. A. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. London, UK: Sage.
Bligh, M. C., & Kohles, J. C. (2009). Charismatic Leadership. In Levine, J. M., & Hogg, M. A. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. London, UK: Sage.
Bligh, M. C., & Robinson, J. L. (2009). Was Gandhi "Charismatic"? Exploring the Rhetorical Leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. The Leadership Quarterly.
Pillai, R., Kohles, J.C., Bligh, M. C., Carston, M., & Brodowsky, G. (2009). Leadership in "Confucian Asia": Similarities and Differences of Justice, Trust, and Leadership Outcomes in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Proceedings of the Eastern Academy of Management International Conference, Rio de Janeiro.
~Winner of the 2009 John Yanouzas Outstanding Paper Award.
Bligh, M. C., & Kohles, J. C. (2009). The Enduring Allure of Charisma: How Barack Obama Won the Historic 2008 Presidential Election. The Leadership Quarterly, 20, 483-492.
Selected for publication in FLASH (2009, Elsevier Publications) designed to improve awareness of breakthroughs in science and medicine.
O'Connell, W., & Bligh, M. C. (2009). Emerging from Ethical Scandal: Can Corruption Really Have a Happy Ending? Leadership, 5(2), 213-235.
Ferrin, D. L., Bligh, M. C., & Kohles, J. C. (2008). It Takes Two to Tango: An Interdependence Analysis of the Spiraling of Perceived Trustworthiness and Cooperation in Interpersonal and Intergroup Relationships. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
Bligh, M. C., & Kohles, J. C. (2008). Negotiating Gender Role Expectations: Rhetorical Leadership and Women in the U.S. Senate. Leadership, 4(4).
Seyranian, V., & Bligh, M. C. (2008). Presidential Charismatic Leadership: Exploring the Rhetoric of Social Change. The Leadership Quarterly, 19(1), 54-76.
Carsten, M. K., & Bligh, M. C. (2008). Lead, Follow, and Get Out of the Way: Involving Employees in the Visioning Process. In Riggio, R., Chaleff, I., & Lipman-Blumen, J. (Eds.), The Art of Followership: How Great Followers Create Great Leaders and Organizations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Schyns, B., & Bligh, M. C. (2007). Introduction to the Special Issue on the Romance of Leadership - In Memory of James R. Meindl. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 56(4), 501-504.
Bligh, M. C., Kohles, J. C., Justin, J. E., Pearce, C. L, & Stovall, J. (2007). When the Romance is Over: Follower Perspectives of Aversive Leadership. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 56(4), 528-557.
Pelletier, K. L., & Bligh, M. C. (2007). The Aftermath of Organizational Corruption: Employee Attributions and Emotional Reactions to Unethical Leadership. Journal of Business Ethics.
Bligh, M. C., & Schyns, B. (2007). The Romance Lives On: Contemporary Issues Surrounding the Romance of Leadership. Leadership, 3(3), 343-360.
Ferrin, D. L., Bligh, M. C., & Kohles, J. C. (2007). Can I Trust You to Trust Me? A Theory of Trust, Monitoring, and Cooperation in Interpersonal and Intergroup Relationships. Group and Organization Management, 32(4), 465-499.
~Recipient of the 2007 Group and Organization Management Best Paper Award, Academy of Management Meetings, Anaheim, CA.
Bligh, M. C., & Hess, G. D. (2007). The Power of Leading Subtly: Alan Greenspan, Rhetorical Leadership, and Monetary Policy. The Leadership Quarterly.
Shamir, B., Pillai, R., Bligh, M. C., & Uhl-Bien, M. (Eds.). (2006). Follower-Centered Perspectives on Leadership: A Tribute to the Memory of James R. Meindl. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Bligh, M. C., Pillai, R., & Uhl-Bien, M. (2006). The Social Construction of a Legacy: Summarizing and Extending Follower-Centered Perspectives on Leadership. In Shamir, B., Pillai, R., Bligh, M. C., & Uhl-Bien, M. (Eds.). Follower-Centered Perspectives on Leadership: A Tribute to the Memory of James R. Meindl. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Carsten, M. R., & Bligh, M. C. (2006). Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Follower Perceptions of a Departing Leader and a Lingering Vision. In Shamir, B., Pillai, R., Bligh, M. C., & Uhl-Bien, M. (Eds.). Follower-Centered Perspectives on Leadership: A Tribute to the Memory of James R. Meindl. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Pillai, R., Kohles, J. C., & Bligh, M. C. (2006). Through Thick and Thin? Follower Constructions of Presidential Leadership Amidst Crises, 2001 - 2005. In Shamir, B., Pillai, R., Bligh, M. C., & Uhl-Bien, M. (Eds.). Follower-Centered Perspectives on Leadership: A Tribute to the Memory of James R. Meindl. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Bligh, M. C. (2006). Surviving Post-Merger 'Culture Clash': Can Cultural Leadership Lessen the Casualties? Leadership, 4(2), 395-426.
Bligh, M. C., Pearce, C. L., & Kohles, J. C. (2006). The Importance of Self and Shared Leadership in Team Based Knowledge Work: A Meso-Level Model of Leadership Dynamics. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 21(4), 296-318.
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Pelletier, K. L., & Bligh, M. C. (2006). Rebounding From Corruption: Perceptions of Ethics Program Effectiveness in a Public Sector Organization. Journal of Business Ethics, 67(4), 359-374.
Bligh, M. C., & Carsten, M. K. (2005). Post-Merger Psychological Contracts: Exploring a "Multiple Foci" Conceptualization. Employee Relations, 27(5), 495-510.
Donaldson, S. I., & Bligh, M. C. (2005). Using Psychological Science to Improve the Workplace and Organizational Effectiveness: Rewarding and Lucrative Careers. In S. I. Donaldson, D. E. Berger, & K. Pezdek (Eds.), The Rise of Applied Psychology: New Frontiers & Rewarding Careers. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Bligh, M. C., Kohles, J. C., & Pillai, R. (2005). Crisis and Charisma in the California Recall Election. Leadership, 1(3), 323-352.
Bligh, M. C., Kohles, J. C., & Meindl, J. R. (2004). Charisma Under Crisis: Presidential Leadership, Rhetoric, and Media Responses Before and After the September 11th Terrorist Attacks. The Leadership Quarterly, 15(2): 211-239.
Bligh, M. C., Kohles, J. C., & Meindl, J. R. (2004). Charting the Language of Leadership: A Methodological Investigation of President Bush and the Crisis of 9/11. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89(3): 562-574.
Bligh, M.C., & Meindl, J. R. (2004). The Cultural Ecology of Leadership: An Analysis of Popular Leadership Books. Messick, D.M., Kramer, R. (Eds.) The Psychology of Leadership: Some New Approaches. LEA Press.
Bligh, M. C., Kohles, J. C., & Pillai, R. (2004). Political Leadership In Crisis: The Role of Charisma in the California Recall Election. Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings.
Bligh, M. C., & Robinson, J. L. (2004). Different routes to charisma and taking the road less traveled: An analysis of Gandhi's rhetorical leadership. Cross-Cultural Leadership and Management Studies, 1: 109-125.
Bligh, M. C., Kohles, J. C., & Meindl, J. R. (2003). Textual Analysis of Leadership During Crisis: A Methodological Illustration of Responses to 9/11. In D. H. Nagao (Ed.), Proceedings of the Sixty-third Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (CD), ISSN 1543-8643.
Ferrin, D. L., Bligh, M. C., & Kohles, J. C. (2000). Trust, Monitoring, and Cooperative Behavior in Mixed-Motive Intergroup Negotiations. Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings, CM: B1.
Klein, K., Bliese, P., Kozlowski, S., Dansereau, F., Gavin, M., Griffin, M., Hofmann, D., James, L., Yammarino, F., & Bligh, M. C. (2000). Multilevel Analytical Techniques: Commonalties, Differences, and Continuing Questions. In K. Klein & S. Kozlowski (Eds.), Multilevel Theory, Research, and Methods in Organizations: Foundations, Extensions, and New Directions, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, Inc.
Light, J. M., Grigsby, J. S., and Bligh, M. C. (1996). Aging and Heterogeneity: Genetics, Social Structure, and Personality. The Gerontologist, 36(2): 165-198.
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