Kim Cameron

Kim Cameron is the William Russell Kelly Professor Emeritus of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business and Professor of Higher Education in the School of Education, both at the University of Michigan. He is recognized as the foremost expert on positive relational energy, which is generated by virtuous actions and can have a profound impact on an organization’s success and an individual’s professional and personal life. He has been recognized as being among the top 10 scholars in the organizational sciences whose work has been most frequently downloaded from Google.

Cameron's book, "Positively Energizing Leadership: Virtuous Actions and Relationships That Create High Performance," is a culmination of his research and discoveries over the past couple of decades. He is the first author to examine scientific research around individual attraction and response to the presence of positive energy. He provides in-depth insights based on validated research around the effect of positively energizing leadership on an organization and its employees.

He is a co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizations at the University of Michigan, where he helped launch a field of study focused on examining how individuals and organizations flourish by achieving extraordinarily positive performance. Cameron's research on organizational virtuousness, downsizing, effectiveness, culture, and the development of leadership excellence has been published in more than 130 academic articles and 15 scholarly books. He consults with a variety of leading business, government, and educational organizations around the world.

Cameron received BS and MS degrees from Brigham Young University, and MA and PhD degrees from Yale University. He served on the National Research Council, was president of Bay Asset Funding Corporation, and was a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar. He is a Fellow in the Academy of Management and a recipient of the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society’s Outstanding Educator Award.