Elizabeth Campbell

Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Campbell is a professor of management and leadership development. Her research examines team development and interpersonal interactions in teams. Her main projects focus on the consequences high performers spark for themselves and how high performers affect their peers and their teams. The University of Minnesota is her third “U of M". Campbell holds a Ph.D. in management from the University of Maryland and a B.A. in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan. She has published in leading outlets, including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Personnel Psychology. She teaches Ph.D. seminars and leadership development in the MBA/Masters programs, for which she was recognized by Poets & Quants as one of the Top 40 under 40 Business school professors. 

Within the Academy of Management, she has served in the Organizational Behavior (OB) Division in a host of ways on the OB Executive Committee, chairing the Making Connections Committee (MCC; appointed role, 2019 - 2021), serving as Representative-at-Large (elected role, 2021 - 2024), and serving as Chief Operations Officer (appointed, 2024 - present). She serves on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal and the Journal of Applied Psychology, and is currently learning a lot and having a great time advancing our science in her 2nd term as an Associate Editor at Personnel Psychology.

Prior to academia, Campbell worked as a human capital consultant for Deloitte, where she advised and supported public-sector and Fortune 100 leaders in their organizational design, leadership development, and change management efforts.