特倫斯·米切爾（TerenceR.Mitchell）曾就讀于杜克大學(xué)，獲學(xué)士學(xué)位，在伊利諾伊大學(xué)獲理學(xué)博士學(xué)位，后到華盛頓大學(xué)任教。他曾經(jīng)發(fā)表過(guò)數(shù)十篇論文和三部著作，并廣泛服務(wù)于公共部門(mén)和私營(yíng)企業(yè)，從事咨詢(xún)活動(dòng)。

主要貢獻(xiàn)：提出領(lǐng)導(dǎo)權(quán)變理論：途徑-目標(biāo)理論；

1968 (Summer) Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana. Research carried out at the Institute of Anthropos,Athens, Greece.

• 1968年至1969年伊利諾伊大學(xué)心理學(xué)系研究助理和導(dǎo)師。
• 1969年至1972年任華盛頓大學(xué)管理與組織和心理學(xué)助理教授。
• 1975年至1978年任美國(guó)心理協(xié)會(huì)委員-科學(xué)事務(wù)委員會(huì)。
• 1971年至1979年海軍研究辦公室的首席調(diào)查員
• 1975年至1976年的原子能委員會(huì)首席調(diào)查員
• 1979年至1982年美國(guó)國(guó)家科學(xué)基金會(huì)的首席調(diào)查員
• 1979年至1983年軍隊(duì)研究所的首席調(diào)查員
• 1984年至1985年海軍研究辦公室的首席調(diào)查員
• 1977年至1985年任華盛頓大學(xué)管理學(xué)和組織心理學(xué)教授。
• 1985年，任華盛頓大學(xué)工商管理和心理學(xué)教授。
• 1988年，1996年任新西蘭坎特伯雷大學(xué)厄斯金研究員。
• 1998年至1999年花旗銀行的首席調(diào)查員
• 1990年，1992年，1995,1997任西澳大利亞大學(xué)管理部客座教授。

1968-1969	Research Associate and Instructor, Department of Psychology,University of Illinois, Urbana.
1969-1972	Assistant Professor of Management and Organization and of Psychology, University of Washington.
1972	Sears Foundation-American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business Faculty Fellow (July 1 - December 30, 1972). The appointment was with the Department of Labor as a Manpower Analyst with the Division of Program Evaluation Studies.
1972-1977	Associate Professor of Management and Organization and of Psychology, University of Washington.
1977-1985	Professor of Management and Organization and of Psychology,University of Washington.
1985-present	Edward Carlson Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Psychology, University of Washington.
1989	Visiting Professor: Australian Graduate School of Management.University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
1990, 1992, 1995,1997	Visiting Professor: Department of Management, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
1988, 1996	Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Research Activities and Interests My major research interest is the study of organizational behavior and human resource management with special reference to the areas of decision making, leadership and motivation. More specifically, I am interested in systematically relating the cognitions and beliefs of group members to their eventual behavior and to overall indices of group activity, performance and satisfaction.

Professional Societies Academy of Management, Divisions of Organization Behavior, and Organization and Management Theory.American Psychological Association, Divisions 8 (Social), and 14 (Industrial and Organizational).

Society for Organizational Behavior.

International Association of Applied Psychologists.

Professional Service Academy of Management--frequent reviewer for National and Regional programs committees. Member of Executive Committee for OB division, 1998-2003. Chair of OB division, 2001-2002.

American Psychological Association--member of Scientific Affairs Committee, 1975-1978. Workshop Committee, 1978-1980.SIOP Awards Committee 1995-2001.

Review Boards, Academy of Management, 1975-1983, Journal of Applied Psychology,1982-1983. Academy of Management Review 1987 – 1993, 1996-2002.

Occasional reviews for numerous other journals.Frequent Reviewer of National Science Foundation research proposals, 1976-present.Governing Board: Society for Organizational Behavior, 1987 - 1992.

Office of Naval Research, 1971-1979	Principal Investigator
Atomic Energy Commission, 1975-1976	Principal Investigator
National Science Foundation, 1979-1982	Principal Investigator
Army Research Institute, 1979-1983	Principal Investigator
Office of Naval Research, 1984-1985	Co-Principal Investigator
Citibank, 1998-1999	Co-Principal Investigator