Scott Behson

Scott Behson

Professor of Management, Director of the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Leadership
Silberman Global Faculty Fellow
Marketing, Management, Entrepreneurship,
Silberman College of Business

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Courses

• Human Resource Management
• Organizational Behavior and Leadership
• Strategic HRM
• Employee Engagement and Well-Being

Research

• Building Whole-Person Workplaces that support employees with their work-life challenges
• Balancing Work and Family, including workplace flexibility, hybrid work, and parental leave
• Approaches to Leadership that not only deliver organizational effectiveness, but also serve society and the public good in a balanced and sustainable way
• Building High-Performing and Supportive Organizational Cultures
• Fatherhood and Work-Family Balance for Fathers and for Parents of Teenagers
• Teaching Team Dynamics and Leadership

Education

• BS, Cornell University
• PhD, The University at Albany, State University of New York

Academic Profile

I am passionate about:
– Getting my students ready for great careers in human resources and other business fields
– Helping working parents and their employers rise to meet their work-life challenges
– Promoting approaches to leadership that deliver organizational effectiveness and serve the public good in a balanced and sustainable way

Scott is a leading researcher and nationally recognized expert on work-family policy and workplace flexibility. He was a featured speaker at the White House Summit on Working Families and at the United Nations Day of the Family.

He is the founding Director of FDU’s Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Leadership. As the lead faculty member for FDU’s undergraduate program in HR Management, Scott won FDU’s Business Teacher of the Year, FDU’s Distinguished Faculty Award for Service to Students, and the Bartlett Fellowship for Teaching Innovation. Scott has taught at FDU’s partner business school in Paris, as well as in Croatia, Monaco, and Argentina.

Scott has published 25+ peer-reviewed journal articles, made 60+ presentations at academic conferences, and won 7 research awards. In addition to his academic writing, Scott is the author of four books:

The Whole-Person Workplace: Building Better Workplaces Through Work-Life, Wellness, and Employee Support
Work-Family Ready: Navigating Your Job While Parenting Teens
We Hate Team Projects! A Friendly, Useful Guide for College Student Project Teams
The Working Dad’s Survival Guide: How to Succeed at Work and at Home

Scott writes regularly for Harvard Business Review (24 articles) and has written for Time, Fast Company, Success, and The Wall Street Journal. Scott has appeared on MSNBC, CBS, NPR, and Bloomberg Radio. He is an accomplished professional speaker and consultant who provides talks, workshops, webinars, and keynote addresses.

Scott’s favorite and most important roles are husband and father.

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