Professor of Organizational Behavior at IMD, Lausanne, PhD in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan

His areas of special interest are leadership and 360-degree feedback, negotiations, team building, and organizational culture

Before joining IMD in September 2000, Professor Hooijberg taught at Rutgers University in their MBA and Executive MBA programs in New Jersey, Singapore, and Beijing. In 1997, while at the Rutgers Business School, he was named Professor of the Year by both the MBA students and the faculty.

His research has appeared in such journals as the Academy of Management Learning and Education Journal, the Leadership Quarterly, the Journal of Management, Human Relations, Organization Science, Human Resource Management, Hospital and Health Services Administration, the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, the Journal of Management Education, Administration and Society, the International Journal of Organizational Analysis, and the Journal of Organizational Behavior.

He has provided programs for and consulted with companies such as: Vale, Wavin, WWL, Ernst & Young, DSM, Rabobank, Axel Springer, Credit Suisse, EMC, Novo Nordisk, Carlsberg, DNV, HSBC, Unilever, Bekaert, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Roche Vitamins, PSE&G, The Department of Environmental Protection, Merck, AT&T, Korea Telecom, Lucent, The Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.
Robert Hooijberg is the author of numerous articles, case studies and projects in the above mentioned fields.  In 2007 he published an edited book entitled: “Being there even when you are not: Leading through strategy, structures and systems”.