Affiliation: Center for Creative Leadership
Email: ruderman@leaders.ccl.org

Biography

Marian N. Ruderman is Group Director, Global Leadership and Diversity Research at the Greensboro campus of the Center for Creative Leadership. She received her B.A. degree from Cornell University and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. She is the author of numerous articles on management development, learning from experience, diversity in organizations, and women's leadership. Marian has published in a variety of journals including Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management Development, and Human Resource Development Quarterly. She is co-author of Standing at the Crossroads: Next Steps for High-Achieving Women and  co-editor of Diversity in Work Teams: Research Paradigms for a Changing Workplace.  In addition, the popular press has reported on Marian's work with citations in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fast Company, and Working Woman among others.

The findings from Marian's research on women leaders are applied in the Women's Leadership Program offered by the Center for Creative Leadership. She has broad interests in the field of leadership development and is involved in work looking at the relationship of emotional intelligence to leadership behaviors. Marian is currently engaged in a study that focuses on the leadership challenges inherent in leading a workforce of people from different backgrounds, races, nationalities, ethnicities, and religions.  This study is designed to develop tools, techniques, and interventions that enable leadership to more effectively lead groups of people with very different histories, perspectives, values and cultures.

Articles

Brutus, S., Ruderman, M.N., Ohlott, P.J., & McCauley, C.D. (2000). Developing from Job Experiences: The Role of Organization-Based Self-Esteem. Human Resource Development Quarterly. 11(4), 367-380.

Graves, L. M., Ohlott, P. J, & Ruderman, M. N. (2007).  Commitment to Family Roles:  Effects on Managers’ Attitudes and Performance.  Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 44-56.

Ohlott, P.J., Ruderman, M.N., & McCauley, C.D. (1994). Gender Differences in Managers' Developmental Job Experiences. Academy of Management Journal, 37(1), 46-67.

Ruderman, M.N., Ohlott, P.J., Panzer, K., & King, S. (2002). Benefits of multiple roles for managerial women. Academy of Management Journal, 45, 369-386.

Book Chapters

Ruderman, M.N. ( 2004 ). Leadership Development Across Gender. In McCauley, C.D. &  Van Velsor, E. (eds.). The Center for Creative Leadership Handbook of Leadership Development. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc ,271-303.