Steven G. Rogelberg is Chancellor's Professor of Organizational Science, Management, and Psychology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is the founding Director of the Organizational Science program[1] and the Co-editor in Chief of the Journal of Business and Psychology. His research focuses on team effectiveness, leadership, engagement, health and employee well-being, meetings at work, and organizational research methods and has been featured in a variety of media outlets including the television, radio, newspapers, and magazines.
Steven Rogelberg was born in New York City, NY, but raised in Los Angeles, CA. He received his Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology from Tufts University in 1989. He then pursued his Master’s and Ph.D., both in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, at the University of Connecticut in 1991 and 1994.
Dr. Rogelberg has held several leadership roles, including the Past President of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)[2] and the past Secretary General of the Alliance for Organizational Psychology.[3] He has served on SIOP’s executive board in various ways and is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. He has also secured significant external grant funding including from the National Science Foundation.
Dr. Rogelberg has run three consulting centers, worked with many Fortune 100 companies[4] and served on multiple advisory boards. He founded and directs two outreach initiatives (VPA and SEEDS) focusing on nonprofit organization effectiveness.
Rogelberg led the creation of the Volunteer Program Assessment (VPA),[5] an outreach initiative to aid nonprofit organizations in assessing the quality of their volunteer programs.
He was also the co-founder of the Shelter Employee Engagement and Development System (SEEDS),[6] which is a tool for animal shelters that collects, synthesizes, and analyzes employee perceptions, attitudes, and opinions about organizational issues.
Rogelberg’s book,The Surprising Science of Meetings,[7] was recognized by The Washington Post and Business Insider [8] as notable in 2019.
Dr. Rogelberg has a new book, Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings,[9] about facilitating one-on-one meetings. It has gained early recognition by The Next Big Idea Club[10] and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
Throughout his career, Rogelberg has received numerous awards and honors, including:
Rogelberg's research has been featured in prominent media outlets such as CBS This Morning, NPR, Washington Post, and Forbes. In 2022, Rogelberg testified before the US Congress on the application organizational psychology to improve the functioning of congressional staff and the institution.
Rogelberg is the author of over 150 publications.