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Rae André writes about current issues in business, psychology, and organizational systems. In her research and writing, Dr. André's approach is eclectic, interdisciplinary and applied, typically using fundamental findings in psychology and sociology to help individuals and organizations solve real-world problems.

In addition to her eight books, her opinion pieces and articles have been published in the New York Times, Across the Board, the Boston Globe, Economic Development Quarterly, the Journal of Business Ethics, the Journal of General Management, the Journal of Small Business Management, the Journal of Management Education, and Management International Review. Dr. André has also written many applied cases and experiential exercises for a variety of business journals and textbooks.

Dr. André's work is often described in the press, including articles in the Chicago Tribune, the Dallas Times Herald, the Washington Post, Prevention Magazine, Glamour Magazine and New Woman Magazine. She has been a guest on a variety of radio and television programs locally and nationally. For her work on solitude, she was also featured in "Single Life," a television documentary produced for Channel 4 in London, England.

Currently Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory in the College of Business Administration at Northeastern University, her on-going research concerns government sponsored enterprises (GSEs), environmental sustainability, and the use of personality theory in organizations. She serves on the Editorial Review Board of The Journal of Management Education, and she is a former member of the board of directors of the national Organizational Behavior Teaching Society. She also serves on the Board of Directors of ShhAir, a community organization concerned with the expansion of aviation at small airports.

Dr. André has also held professional positions at IBM, General Motors, and MCA, Inc.. She has been a visiting professor at the University of Pittsburg's Semester at Sea voyage (1996), L'Ecole Superiere du Commerce, Reims, France, the University of Waikato, New Zealand, and the Ulster University in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Dr. André received her Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from The University of Michigan, the M.A. from The University of California at Los Angeles in Film Studies, and the B.A., (Cum Laude) in English from Cornell University.

She has received grants from The Minerva Education Institute (a grantee of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health), the Ford Foundation and the University of Michigan Center for the Continuing Education of Women. She was awarded the Minerva Education Institute’s Annual Award of Merit for Outstanding Research Contributions in Behavior Modification Applications to Improvements in Worker Safety and Health.

She is a member of the Academy of Management, the Authors Guild, the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society for Management Educators, and the Textbook and Academic Authors Association.


She is the author of the following non-fiction books:

Organizational Behavior: An Introduction to Your Life in Organizations. (Prentice Hall, 2008)

Instructors' Manual for Organizational Behavior: An Introduction to Your Life in Organizations (Prentice Hall, 2008)

Take Back the Sky: Protecting Communities in the Path of Aviation Expansion (Sierra Club Books, 2004)

Researchers Hooked on Teaching: Noted Scholars Discuss the Synergy Between Teaching and Research (co-edited with Peter J. Frost, Sage Publications, 1996)

Positive Solitude (HarperCollins, 1991, 1992; National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, 1997; iUniverse, 2000)

The 59-Second Employee: How to Stay One Second Ahead of Your One-Minute Manager (co-authored with Peter D. Ward, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984; iUniverse, 2000; also published in seven international editions)

Homemakers, the Forgotten Workers(The University of Chicago Press, 1981,1982; Keiso Shobo, Japan, 1993).

She has also published a novel, Cards: The Best and Only Novel about Baseball Card Collectors (Writers Club Press, 2002), and more than forty business cases, articles, and classroom exercises.