Dr. Katherine Klein

Biography

Katherine Klein is the Edward H. Bowman Professor of Management and Vice Dean at the Wharton School, where she directs the Wharton Social Impact Initiative (WSII). Her work focuses on shaping the vision and strategy of WSII, enhancing social impact partnerships, and fostering faculty engagement with social initiatives. Klein is an organizational psychologist who teaches leadership, organizational change, social impact, and research methods. Her current research examines the effects of leadership succession on employee engagement and organizational effectiveness. Klein has previously investigated topics such as diversity, team effectiveness, social networks, levels of analysis, technology implementation, and employee ownership, publishing her findings in top journals including Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Academy of Management Journal. She is a fellow of the Academy of Management, the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Psychological Science. Additionally, she serves on the board of directors for United Therapeutics. Klein earned her BA in Psychology from Yale University and her PhD in Community Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin.

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