Robert House
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Robert J. House is a professor of management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, formerly of the University of Toronto. His areas of expertise include leadership, motivation, personality and performance, as well as cross-cultural organizational behavior. Along with Martin Evans, House developed the path-goal model of leadership.
[edit] Education
House received his B.S. from the University of Detroit in 1955, his MBA from the University of Detroit in 1958, and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1960.
[edit] Career
In addition to his many teaching positions, Dr. House was a management development research analyst from 1956-1958, a personnel analyst for Chrysler Corporation from 1955-1958, and a senior management training specialist with North American Aviation from 1958-1959.
