James Russell Bailey is an American business scholar, a professor of management and Hochberg Professorial Fellow of Leadership Development at George Washington University and Fellow in the Centre of Management Development at London Business School. He is the editor-in-chief of the Academy of Management Learning and Education.[1]
Bailey was born to Buck and Mary Bailey.[2] He completed a B.A. at Eastern Illinois University in 1984. Bailey earned a M.A. (1988) and Ph.D. (1991) at Washington University in St. Louis.[1] He was received the award for excellence in teaching by Edward N. Wilson , dean of the graduate school.[2] His dissertation was titled Individual and situational determinants of decision making: the role of need for cognition and response mode. Bailey's doctoral advisor was Michael Strube .[2]
Bailey has edited two textbooks (Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Wisdom[3] and International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies).[4]