Tom Bateman

Tom Bateman is Bank of America management professor at the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia. He conducts research on proactive behavior, problem solving and job stress in organizational contexts and as behavioral challenges in the domain of climate change.Bateman publishes articles in academic and professional journals, writes textbooks, presents papers at professional meetings and participates in executive education programs. His most recent journal articles concern leadership in the domain of climate change and mitigative versus adaptive problem solving. Another concerns the work styles of scientists as they pursue deep versus broad contributions to knowledge.His most recent book chapter concerns proactive goals and goal pursuit, and appears in "Proactivity at Work" (S. Parker and U. Bindl, eds. Routledge, 2017). Another recent book chapter discusses how people can develop themselves as leaders, from a self-directed rather than a classroom or program perspective. Bateman teaches workshops in North America, Europe, and Asia and is working on the 12th edition of his textbook "Management: Leading & Collaborating in a Competitive World" (McGraw-Hill/Irwin).