Megan Gerhardt, Ph.D.

Miami University

Research Expertise

generational differences
age diversity
leadership
personality
motivation

About

Megan W. Gerhardt, Ph.D. is a Professor of Management and Leadership at the Farmer School of Business at Miami University, where she also serves as Robert D. Johnson Director of Leadership Development.  Megan speaks and consults with top organizations around the world on ways to leverage generational diversity in the workplace. In addition to her academic research, she is author of the book *Gentelligence: A Revolutionary Approach to Leading an Intergenerational Workforce*. Her Gentelligence work has been showcased as Harvard Business Review’s Big Idea in March 2022 and was also chosen as one of Harvard Business Review’s Top 10 Must Reads for 2024.  Megan’s work on leveraging generational diversity has also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, NBC News, The Washington Post, and CNN, among others. All of Dr. Gerhardt’s work ([www.gentelligence.org](http://www.gentelligence.org)) focuses on leveraging unique differences to achieve impact and extraordinary levels of performance.  <br>

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Publications

Personality and leadership: A qualitative and quantitative review.
Journal of Applied Psychology
2002
The Role of Cognitive Style and Risk Preference on Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Intentions
Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
2007
Individual Differences in Leadership Emergence: Integrating Meta‐Analytic Findings and Behavioral Genetics Estimates
International Journal of Selection and Assessment
2004
FORMATIVE EVALUATION: AN INTEGRATIVE PRACTICE MODEL AND CASE STUDY
Personnel Psychology
2002
Individual differences in self-efficacy development: The effects of goal orientation and affectivity
Learning and Individual Differences
2006
Hope, learning goals, and task performance
Personality and Individual Differences
2006
An exploratory study of gender and motivation to lead in millennials
The Journal of Social Psychology
2019
Teaching Self-Management: The Design and Implementation of Self-Management Tutorials
Journal of Education for Business
2007
Understanding the Impact of Proactive Personality on Job Performance
Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
2009
Exploring mechanisms in the personality–performance relationship: Mediating roles of self-management and situational constraints
Personality and Individual Differences
2007
The importance of being … social? Instructor credibility and the Millennials
Studies in Higher Education
2014
Protecting my turf: The moderating role of generational differences on the relationships between self-direction and hedonism values and reactions to generational diversity
The Journal of Social Psychology
2019
The Importance of Perceived Task Difficulty in Goal Orientation—Assigned Goal Alignment
Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
2009
Relationship Between Metacognition, Goal Orientation and Academic Achievement
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
2012
The Rowman & Littlefield Guide for Peer Tutors
Journal of College Reading and Learning
2021
Business Leadership Education: Beyond Position and Profit
New Directions for Student Leadership
2020
From Experimental Results To Business Strategies: Harnessing The Power Of Decision Trees And Rule-Learners
Unknown Venue
2022
Marketing to Millennials
Cultural Perspectives on Millennials
2017
From the Editors—Interpreting Our Tradition
Academy of Management Learning & Education
2021
Andrew H. Van de Ven
Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
2015
MANAGEMENT EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT Conference Symposia Abstracts.
Academy of Management Proceedings
2006
Exploring the Nomological Net of Prescriptive and Descriptive Gender Bias
PsycEXTRA Dataset
2011
AMLE Reviewer Resource Library: A Collection of Recommended Pieces on Developmental Reviewing
Academy of Management Learning & Education
2019
Approach–Avoidance Motivation and Regulatory Focus
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2nd edition
2017
A Conversation With Ray Aldag and Belle Rose Ragins
Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
2014
Why Be an Editor?
Academy of Management Learning & Education
2023
Making Sense: Dropping and Acquiring in Post-Pandemic Management Learning and Education
Academy of Management Learning & Education
2023
A Bridge Over Troubled Water
Journal of Management Inquiry
2014
Editors’ Commentary
Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
2013
Politics and Millennials
Cultural Perspectives on Millennials
2017
MANAGEMENT EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT Conference Paper Abstracts.
Academy of Management Proceedings
2006

Education

University of Iowa

Ph.D, Organizatonal Behavior & Human Resource Management / May, 2003

Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Experience

Miami University

Professor of Management / July, 2016Present

Miami University

Associate Professor / July, 2009June, 2016

Miami University

Assistant Professor / June, 2003June, 2009

Gentelligence.org/The Gerhardt Group LLC

Founder/Owner / January, 2016Present

Generational consulting and training organization

Miami University

Director of Leadership Development / August, 2018Present

In charge of leadership development opportunities across the Farmer School of Business, Miami University

Isaac & Oxley Center for Business Leadership

Director / May, 2016Present

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