Dr. Carol D. Watson

Professor

• Email Address: watson@rider.edu
• Phone: (609) 896-5069
• Office: Sweigart Hall 246
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• Mailing Address: 2083 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Areas of Expertise: Individual and group leadership skills; career development; conflict management and negotiation

Background Information

• Doctor of Philosophy, 1980, Columbia University, Social and Organizational Psychology
• PostMaster Degree as an Educational Specialist, 2004, Rider University, Counseling Services
• Master of Arts, 1975, Stanford University, Psychology
• Bachelor’s of Arts, 1968, University of Akron, Economics

Recent Publications

• Watson, C., Donovan, J. J., & Ruble, T. (in press, 2009).  Assessing Business Students' Leadership Self-Efficacy. Journal of Learning in Higher Education.
• Watson, C. (2006).  Transformative Leadership Development for College Undergraduates. Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Practitioner, 31-34.
• Watson, C. D. & Hoffman, L. R. (2004).  The Role of Task-Related Behavior in the Emergence of Leaders: The Dilemma of the Informed Woman. Group and Organization Management, 29, 659-85.

Recent Presentations
National

• Watson, C. D. (2009). Assessing Business Students' Leadership Self-Efficacy.   Presented at International Conference on Learning & Administration in Higher Education, Nashville, Tennessee.

Honors
2004:  Inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa, Honorary Leadership Society.
2003:  Received Faculty Developmental Leave.

Awards

2009:  Best Paper Award, International Conference on Learning and Administration in Higher Education.
2004:  Received 2004 Best Paper Award from Group Organization Management.