Dr. Zvi Josman

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    CV

    EDUCATION 


    Psy.D. Organizational Psychology. 1994. 
    Graduate School of Professional & Applied Psychology. Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, USA. 
    Dissertation: "An Evaluation of the Impact of a Corporate Stress Management Intervention Program". 
    Supervisors: Profs. Cary Cherniss-Chair, Charlie A. Maher. 

    M.A. Social Experimental Psychology. 1989. Magna cum laude. 
    Department of Psychology. Tel-Aviv University. Israel.
    Thesis: "Latent Inhibition and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders". 
    Supervisor: Prof. Robert "Bob" Lubow. 

    B.A. Psychology (Expanded major). Cum laude. 1981. Department of Psychology. Bar-Ilan University. Israel. 

     


    ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 


    Assistant Professor-Graduate School of Business Administration. Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. (1996-present). 

    Visiting Lecturer - Kozminski Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Warsaw, Poland. (2001 - present). 

    Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. MBA Business School Program (2001). 

    Nanyang Technology University, Singapore (2002). 

    Adjunct Lecturer - Graduate School of Management, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick. 1992-3. 

     


    TEACHING EXPERIENCE 


    Graduate courses taught (MBA, Executive MBA, & International MBA programs) (C = course; S = seminar). 

    Research Methods (C) 
    Business Policy & Strategy (C & S)
    Research Seminar – Management & Organizational Behavior (S) 
    Principles of Management (C)
    Organizational Behavior (C) Managerial Cognition & Decision-Making (S) 
    Groups in Organizations (C)
    Thought in Action (S) 
    Introduction to Behavioral Sciences (C)
    Organizational Diagnosis (C) 

    Research

    Research Fields

     

     

    • Performance Appraisal & PA Management Systems: design, implementation & evaluation; development of multi-level methodologies, generating objective business measures. 
       
    • Information Systems: design & implementation of organization-wide control and information systems for informing decision-making processes. 
       
    • Managerial Cognition: thought & action, behavioral decision-making & problem-solving, creativity & innovation. 
       
    • Work Attitudes: commitment, retention, absenteeism, values, OCB, & self-management. 
       
    • Military Psychology: applying behavioral science knowledge at strategic & operational levels. 
       
    • Evaluation & Measurement: formative & summative assessments of organizational programs & interventions; analysis of program & project design and implementation.
       
    • Work Stress: stress management & coping, organizational coping mechanisms, job design & stress, occupational health. 

     

     

    Research Projects

     

     

     

    • ISRAEL 
      Senior Consultant Hi-Tech companies: Design and development of managerial control systems; succession-planning and coaching senior management team; performance appraisal system design. 
       
    • Director of Evaluation & Applied Research and Senior Consultant - Human Resources International (HRI) Consulting (1994-2002). 
       
    • Performance Appraisal Systems - design, implementation and evaluation; 
       
    • Organizational diagnosis and intervention; 
       
    • Pilot and air-controller selection and system design, validation & implementation; 
       
    • Evaluator of compensatory education programs; 
      Evaluator of experimental educational innovation programs. 
       
    • Senior military psychologist - School for Leadership Development, Israel Defence Forces (IDF). Leadership development, commander coaching, supervision and training of consultants. 
       
    • Psychologist - Sea Commando Fleet, Israel Navy, IDF. 
      Design & overhaul of training activities, assessment of officers & candidates, and research on human factors (cognition, stress, and performance). 
       
    • Psychologist - Human Factors & Resources Unit, Aviation Medicine & Psychology Branch, Israel Air Force, IDF. Cockpit resource maintenance (CRM) research, research in aviation stress, cognition, decision-making and performance; pilot cadet selection and system validation. 
       
    • Coordinator of programs in the Behavioral Sciences, IDF Senior Command & Staff College. Cognition and action, problem-solving and decision-making, organization, innovation and creativity. 
       
    • Head of Operational Organizational Psychology; Military Reserves, IDF Central Command. 
       

    • INTERNATIONAL 
      Consultant to a few multi-national corporations in Asia-Pacific Region, in areas of: Management Selection, Corporate Management Development, Performance Appraisal System Development, Performance Measurement and Evaluation (1997-present). 
       
    • Program consultant - Bellcore-Research & Development Telecommunications Corporation. 
       
    • Consultant to international clients in design and implementation of personnel recruiting and computerized selection: Singapore Airlines pilot selection, EuroControl air-traffic controllers, and Defense Ministries in a few European and Asian countries. (1995-99). 
       
    • Organizational Consultant - Israeli Delegation in North America, World Zionist Organization (WZO), New York (1989-92).

     

     

    Publications

     

    Journals

    • 1. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 2. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      3. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 4. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      5. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 6. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      7. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 8. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      9. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 10. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      11. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 12. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      13. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 14. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      15. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 16. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      17. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 18. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      19. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 20. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      21. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 22. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      23. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 24. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      25. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 26. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      27. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 28. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      29. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 30. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      31. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 32. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      33. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 34. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      35. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 36. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      37. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 38. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      39. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 40. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      41. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 42. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      43. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 44. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      45. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 46. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      47. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 48. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      49. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 50. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      51. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 52. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      53. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 54. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
      55. Lubow, R. and Josman, Z. E. (1993). "Latent Inhibition Deficits in Hyperactive Children". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 34 (6), pp. 959-973. 
       
    • 56. Josman, Z. E., Yehuda, N, & Tirer, T. (1999). "Challenges in Implementing and Adopting Advanced Business Management Methods in a Military Organization". Quality, 20, November, 33-37. 
       

     

    Conferences

     

    • "The design and evaluation of training programs for developing managers and professionals in homecare services". 
      Paper presented at the First International Conference on Homecare. May, 1996. Jerusalem. Israel. 
       
    • "OLSS - Organizational Learning Support Systems: An analysis of computer-based platforms for enabling and facilitating organizational learning". 
      Paper presented at the National Conference on Training and Development. June, 1996. Zichron Yaakov. Israel.
    Media

     

    • 1994 The Cyril Franks Distinguished Dissertation Award. 
      Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick. USA. 
       
    • 1991-1993 The Dean's List of Academic Excellence. Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey. 
       
    • 1988-1991 United States Air Force - Human Resources Laboratory. Wright-Patterson USAF Base. Awarded Research Project - #8220; Combat Stress, Stress Preparation & Combat Stress Reduction for Air-Force Maintenance Units & Organizations.

     

    Last Updated Date : 05/12/2022