Kathie Pelletier

Dr. Kathie Pelletier is a Professor in the Department of Management at California State University, San Bernardino. Kathie earned her Ph.D. in Psychology (Organizational Behavior concentration) from Claremont Graduate University, and her M.S. degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from California State University, San Bernardino. Her research interests include toxic and ethical leadership, women and leadership, organizational corruption, and ethics program effectiveness. In 2009, from an international pool of candidates, she was awarded the Fredric M. Jablin Dissertation Award for outstanding research in the area of leadership. She has also received awards for teaching and research within the College of Business and Public Administration, and in 2017/2018, she was named the Golden Apple Award winner that recognizes one faculty member in the university for exemplary instruction. Professor Pelletier has held leadership positions for over 26 years, in both private and public sectors. She worked in management at Roadway Express, Inc. for 16 years, and has 10 years of leadership experience in both county and city government agencies. She also consults in organizations on leadership, efficiency, culture change, and has worked as an executive coach.  Kathie has conducted research in applied settings on topics such as organizational corruption and its impact on employees, predictors of ethics program effectiveness, organizational justice, and strategies to minimize health disparities of incarcerated women. Her research has been published in the Journal of Business Ethics, The Leadership Quarterly, Leadership, and Leadership and Organization Development Journal. Dr. Pelletier has also written book chapters on toxic leadership, barriers to women in leadership, and organizational pessimism, and has presented her research at numerous professional societies and conferences. She is a member of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, Academy of Management, and American and Western Psychological Associations. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Connective Leadership Institute.