David Day, Ph.D.
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Biography
David Day is an industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist with a focus on leadership and leadership development. He has held previous academic appointments at LSU (Psychology), Penn State (Psychology), Singapore Management University (OBHR), and University of Western Australia Business School (chaired position in leadership).
David is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, International Association of Applied Psychology, and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
After dropping out of college in his sophomore year of college, he went to work at Ford Motor Company as an unskilled laborer in the Cleveland Engine and Casting plants (1976-1983). He finished his B.A. degree as a part-time student at a small liberal arts college where a class in I-O psychology opened his life to a future career in work psychology. David is fond of saying that a liberal arts education saved his life, which partly explains his current position at Claremont McKenna.
He is the author of a recent book titled "Developing Leaders and Leadership: Principles, Practices, and Processes" (2024, Palgrave Macmillan).
Goal: Make a difference.
Education
B.A. Baldwin-Wallace College; M.A., Ph.D. University of Akron
Awards and Affiliations
International Leadership Association, Lifetime Achievement Award (2024)
Academy of Management, Network of Leadership Scholars, Eminent Scholar Award (2024)
Walter F. Ulmer Jr., Applied Research Award, Center for Creative Leadership (2010), for outstanding career contributions and achievements in the field of leadership.
Fellow:
American Psychological Association
Association for Psychological Science
International Association of Applied Psychology
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Research and Publications
Day, D. V. (2024). Developing leaders and leadership: Principles, practices, and processes. Palgrave Macmillan / Springer Nature.
Day, D. V., Conger, J. A., & Dannhäuser, L. (2024). Developing the senior leadership team for dynamic capabilities. In S. J. Zaccaro, N. J. Hiller, & R. Klimoski (Eds.), Senior leadership teams and the agile organization (SIOP Frontiers Series, pp. 291-316). Jossey Bass
Newstead, T., Eva, N., & Day, D. V. (2024). Where are you coming from? A place-based approach to developing leader self-awareness. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 23(4), 554-577.
Day, D. V., & Dannhäuser, L. (2024). Reconsidering leadership development: From programs to developmental systems. Behavioral Sciences, 14, 548.
Day, D. V., Bastardoz, N., Bisbey, T., Reyes, D., & Salas, E. (2021). Unlocking human potential through leadership training and development initiatives. Behavioral Science and Policy, 7(1), 41-54.
Oc, B., Chintakananda, K. P., Bashshur, M. R., & Day, D. V. (2023). The study of followers in leadership research: A systematic and critical review. The Leadership Quarterly, 34(1), 101674.