Linda K. Stroh

Professor Emerita, Human Resources

Dr. Linda K. Brown Stroh is an award-winning Professor Emerita at Loyola University Chicago. In addition to teaching in the United States and Vienna, Austria, Dr. Stroh has published over one hundred articles and eleven books related to organizational management and human development issues. Linda has consulted with over forty Fortune 500 organizations on such topics as motivation, leadership, change management, problem solving, strategic planning, women in management, and global and domestic management issues. Dr. Stroh’s most celebrated book, Trust Rules: How to Tell the Good Guys from the Bad Guys in Work and Life, was recommended by U.S. News & World Report for all executives’ nightstands. The book is based on surveys and interviews with Fortune 500 CEOs, entrepreneurs and others from all walks of life.

Professor Stroh earned a Post-Doctorate Degree in Organizational Behavior from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management, a PhD in Human Development also from Northwestern University, a BA from McGill University and an MA from Concordia University both universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Dr. Stroh has been interviewed and appeared on NBC’s Nightly News, CNN, CNBC, NPR and Oprah and Friend’s Network. Her research has been featured in popular print media such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Fortune, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, Business Week, and The Evening Leader. Her research and books have been translated into Korean, Mandarin Chinese, and Japanese.

Professor Stroh was commended by the U.S. Department of Labor for her co-authored distinguished glass ceiling study, “All the Right Stuff.” She was awarded the National Academy of Management’s Sage Publications Research Scholar Award, named Graduate Teaching and Research Faculty Member of the Year at Loyola University and awarded the Outstanding Woman of Achievement, Academic Category, Women in Management. She was among the first academics chosen to go to Vietnam to train management leaders as Vietnam began its move from a command to a market economy.

Education

Post Doc, Organizational Development, Kellogg Graduate School of management, Northwestern University
PHD, Human Development, Northwestern University
MA, Concordia university, Montral, Quebec
BA, McGill University, Montreal Quebec

Research Interests

Organization Development
Motivation
Leadership
Change Management
Problem Solving in Organizations
Strategic Planning
Women in Management
Expatriation
Global and Domestic Management Issues

Professional/Community Affiliations

Professor Stroh has served on the Boards of Directors of the Excelligence Corporation, the Center for Employment Dispute Resolution, the Human Resource Management Association of Chicago, and Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Lake County. Dr. Stroh served for many years as the academic adviser to the IPA, an association of thirty of the top 100 multinational companies in the United States and Canada.

Linda most recently served on the Advisory Board of the organization, Friendly Voices, a nonprofit organization established during COVID whose main service was to connect the elderly across the United States, who had little or no contact with family or others, with a “friendly voice” during this challenging time in their lives.

Courses Taught

Research Methods / Problem Solving in Organizations
Organizational Behavior
Trust Rules: How to Tell the Good Guys from the Bad Guys in Work and Life

Publications/Research Listings

Stroh, L.K. Life is Messy. Families, Grandchildren, Life, Grand Magazine. St. Petersburg, FL. (2021).

Stroh, L.K. The Basic Principles of Effective Consulting, 2nd Edition. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (2018).

Stroh, L.K. Brees, K.K. Getting Real About Getting Older. New York: Sourcebooks. (2018).

Stroh, L.K. Trust Rules: How to Tell the Good Guys from the Bad Guys in Work and Life, Second Edition. New York: Praeger Press (2016).

Stroh, L.K., Black, J.S., Mendenhall, M.E., Gregersen, H.B. International Assignments: An Integration of Strategy, Research & Practice. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (2005).

Stroh, L.K., Northcraft, G., Neale, M. Organization Behavior: The Management Challenge. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (2002).