Edward B Klein

Professor, UC Physicians
400 Childrens Hospital
513-556-5556
ed.klein@uc.edu

Professional Summary

Areas of Expertise:

Organizational development, executive coaching (mentoring), adult development, group dynamics training, leadership, authority relations and the effects of social systems on organizational life.

Courses taught:

Psychodynamic Personality Theory, Group Therapy and Dynamics, Personality/Developmental Core, Psychology of Management and Adult Development.

Selected Publications:

Klein, E. B., (Ed.). (2004) Relatedness in a global economy. Madison, CT: Psychosocial Press.

Klein, E. B., Stone, W.N., Hicks, M.W, & Pritchard, I.L. (2003). Understanding dropouts. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 25, 89-100.

Klein, E.B., Stone, W.N., Reynolds, D.J., & Hartman, J. (2001) A systems analysis of a failure to test the effectiveness of wait-list group therapy. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 15, 417-423.

Klein, E.B., Gabelnick, F. and Herr, P. (Eds.) (2000). Dynamic consultation in a changing workplace. Madison, CT: Psychosocial Press.

Stone, W.N. & Klein, E. B. (1999). The waiting-list group. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 49, 417-428.

Klein, E.B., Gabelnick, F. and Herr, P. (Eds.) (1998) The Psychodynamics of Leadership. Madison, CT: Psychosocial Press.

Klein, E.B., Astrachan, J.H. & Kossek, E.E. (1996) Leadership education: The impact of managerial level and gender on learning. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 11, 31-40.

Research Areas:

Organizational consulting, executive coaching, adult development in the lives of women and men managers, hidden group processes, leadership, authority and the effects of systems dynamics on business, educational and heath care institutions.

Education

PhD, Columnia University, 1960.

Research Interests

'The Psychodynamics of Leadership' was published in 1998. We used a psychodynamic systems perspective to better understand organizational life in the midst of environmental uncertainty. The relationship between management and employee is undergoing a shift towards more participatory arrangements. The definition of power, stakeholders and the organization is changing. It is not enough to appoint women and minorities to leadership roles. Different frames of reference, an openness to vulnerability and knowledge of social systems will help leaders release creativity in the future. 'Dynamic Consultation in a Changing Workplace' was published in 2000. This book offers an in-depth view of complex modern institutions. The authors connect the internal psychological landscape of executives, managers and employees to its external manifestations in the workplace. By describing and analyzing this rich case material, the text provides ways of understanding how consultants work to facilitate organizational transformation. I continue my research on adult development in the work lives of men and women by studying the dynamics of organizational consultation from a combined psychodynamic and social systems perspective.

Organizational Training and Evaluation Lab.

Managers learning in organizational training programs. The psychosocial effectiveness of intensive educational interventions. The effects of globalization on organizational development, executive coaching, stages of adult development and group and institutional dynamics.

Lab Participants:

Edward B. Klein, Ph.D.

Gerald Matthews, Ph.D.

James Short, Ph.D.

Ian Pritchard, M.A.

Mary Lou Kohne, M.B.A.