College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Associate Dean of Faculty

Ph.D., Organizational Behavior, Yale University, 1974
B.A., Sociology, University of California at Irvine, 1969

Associate Dean of Faculty, University of Illinois, 2001 - Present
C. Clinton Spivey Distinguished Professor, University of Illinois, 1994 - Present
Associate Dean for Research, University of Illinois, 1996-2001
IBE Distinguished Professor, University of Illinois, 1988-1994
Professor, University of Illinois, 1980-1988
Associate Professor, University of Illinois, 1976-1980
Assistant Professor of Business Administration, University of Illinois, 1973-1976

Baer, M., Oldham, G., Jacobson, G., Hollingshead, A. Forthcoming. The Personality Composition of Teams and Creativity: The Moderating Role of Team Creative Confidence . Journal of Creative Behavior

Madjar, N., Oldham, G. 2006. Task Rotation and Polychronicity: Effects on Individuals' Creativity. Human Performance, 19: 117-131

Oldham, G. 2006. Job Characteristics Theory. In S. Rogelberg (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Baer, M., Oldham, G. 2006. The Curvilinear Relation between Experienced Creative Time Pressure and Creativity: Moderating Effects of Openness to Experience and Support for Creativity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91: 963-970

Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, University of Illinois, 2003-2005
Distinguished Educator Award, Academy of Management, 2004

Board Member, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 2007-Present
Board Member, Journal of Management, 2002-Present
Board Member, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2001-Present
Board Member, Journal of Applied Psychology, 1994-1996, Present

Teaches courses in organizational behavior and human resource management.

Research focuses on the effects of work and organizational context on employees' responses, in particular, the study of how the structure of jobs and the work unit's physical configuration (or setting) influence the performance, creativity, and psychological well-being of employees. Has served as a consultant to several organizations on these and related topics.