LOGIN TO MY ACCOUNT

  Glen R. Whyte

CCMF Chair in Integrative Thinking and Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management  

Degrees
 
PhD, Yale University
MPhil, Yale University
MA, Yale University
LLB, Osgoode
MBA, University of Toronto
Email  

Positions Held

Academic Positions
1998-Present   Professor, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management
1995-1998   Executive Director, MBA Programs
1992-1997   Associate Professor
1989-1992   Assistant Professor


Selected Articles and Papers
  • "Groupthink," in Encylopedia of Psychology, (New York: American Psychological Association/Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
  • "Recasting Janis' Groupthink Model: The Lead Role of Collective Efficacy in Decision Fiascoes," Organization Behaviour and Human Decision Processes, forthcoming
  • "The Effect of Multiple Anchors on Anchoring in Individual and Group Judgement," Organizational Behviour and Human Decision Processes, 69, 1997, pp.75-85
  • "The Futility of Utility Analysis Revisited: When Even an Expert Fails," Personnel Psychology, 50, 1997, pp. 601-611
  • "When Success Breeds Failure: The Role of Perceived Self-Efficacy in Escalating Commitment to a Losing Course of Action," Journal of Organizational Behaviour, 18, 1997, pp. 415-432
  • "A Cross-Cultural Exploration of the Reference Dependence of Crucial Group Decisions Under Risk: Japan's 1941 Decision for War," Journal of Conflict Resolution, 41, 1997, pp. 792-813
  • "The Origins and Function of the Reference Point in Risky Group Decision Making: The Case of the Cuban Missile Crisis," Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 7, 1994, pp. 243-260
  • "The Role of Asset Specificity in the Vertical Integration Decision," Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 23, 1994, pp. 287-302
  • "The Futility of Utility Analysis," Personnel Psychology, 47, 1994, pp. 31-46
  • "Escalating Commitment in Individual and Group Decision Making: A Prospect Theory Approach," Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes, 54, 1993, pp. 430-55

Honors/Awards

1996,1998 Students' Graduate Business Council Teaching Excellence Awards, Rotman School of Management
1992 Best Paper Award, Academy of Management Executive

Research and Teaching Interests

Teaches courses in Managerial Negotiations, Administration Theory, and Advanced Topics in Negotiation and Decision Making. Courses taught in Executive Programs and Development are Negotiating for Success, and Risk Management and Decision Making Under Uncertainty. Research includes managerial negotiations, individual and group decision making, and risk management.