Robert Bretz

Professor Emeritus

Management

Biography

Bob Bretz is the Joe and Jane Giovanini Professor of Management. He is best known for his research on the job search and choice process and issues related to career success. Reflecting his focus on the person rather than the organization, his published work appears mostly in the Journal of Applied Psychology and Personnel Psychology and has received awards from both the Careers Division and the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management. His article, “Job Search Behavior of Employed Managers” was the recipient of the Academy of Management HR Division’s Scholarly Achievement Award for 1995. Bretz is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), the Association for Psychological Science (APS), and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP).

After joining the Notre Dame faculty in 1997, Professor Bretz served four consecutive terms (1998 – 2009) as the Chair of the Management Department. He is a Faculty Fellow of Notre Dame's Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning and has received Outstanding Professor awards from Notre Dame’s MBA and MNA Programs, as well as the Notre Dame Presidential Award for exceptional service to the University.

Background

Education

Ph D, University of Kansas, Human Resource Management
MBA, University of Kansas
BA, Bethany College, Economics

Jobs

Joe and Jane Giovanini Professor of Management, University of Notre Dame
Department of Management Chair, University of Notre Dame
Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame
Associate Professor, University of Iowa
Assistant Professor, Cornell University

Expertise

Work Psychology
Values Based Leadership
Job Applicant and Employee Decision Processes

Publications

Gender, mentoring and career success: The importance of organizational context.

A. Ramaswami
G.F. Dreher
Robert Bretz
C. Wiethoff

Personnel Psychology

2010

The interactive effects of gender and mentoring on career attainment: Making the case for female lawyers.

A. Ramaswami
G.F. Dreher
Robert Bretz
C. Weithoff

Journal of Career Development

2010

A Longitudinal Model of Sponsorship and Career Success: A Study of Industrial-Organizational Psychologists

T. Judge
J. Kammerer-Mueller
Robert Bretz

Personnel Psychology

2004

Attracting applicants in the war for talent: Differences in work preferences among high achievers

C. Quinn-Trank
S. Rynes
Robert Bretz

Journal of Business and Psychology

2002

Personality and cognitive ability as predictors of job search among employed managers

J. Boudreau
W. Boswell
T. Judge
Robert Bretz

Personnel Psychology

2001

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Presentations

B3: How Belief Formation Affects Perceptions of Busy Versus Balanced, Notre Dame MBA Spiritual Retreat (2013)
Leadership and Motivation, Office of Student Affairs (2013)
Gender, Mentoring and Career Success: The Importance of Organizational Context, Academy of Management (2008)
Interactive Effects of Gender and Mentoring on Career Attainment: Do Female Lawyers Need Good Counsel, Academy of Management (2008)

Awards

Faculty Fellow, University of Notre Dame, Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning (2010)
Outstanding Professor Award, University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business, Masters of Non Profit Administration (2010)
Elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), Association for Psychological Science (APS) (2005)
Outstanding Professor Award, University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business, Traditional MBA Program (2005)
Outstanding Teacher Award, University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business, Master of Science in Administration Program (2004)
University of Notre Dame Presidential Award, University of Notre Dame (2004)
Elected Fellow of the American Psychology Association (APA), American Psychological Association (APA) (1998)
Elected Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) (1997)
Best Paper Award, Careers Division, Academy of Management (1994)
Scholarly Achievement Award, Academy of Management, Human Resources Division (1994)
Best Paper Award, Personnel & Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management (1992)
Dissertation Fellowship, University of Kansas, School of Business (1987)
Outstanding Educator Award, University of Kansas, School of Business, Graduate Business Council (1987)
Best Contributed Paper Award, Midwest Decision Sciences Institute (1986)

Grants

The Relationship between Spirituality and Holistic Health and Well-Being, Beacon Health Systems, $75,000
Well-Being At Work, Notre Dame FRSP, $99,943
Flourishing In Ministry: Investigating Pastoral Well-Being and the Well-Lived PastoralLife, Lilly Endowment, $529,317