Jane Dutton receives honorary doctorate from Erasmus University Rotterdam

November 5, 2020


Center for Positive Organizations (CPO) core faculty member Jane Dutton has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree, Erasmus University Rotterdam reports.

The Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University honored Dutton for her internationally recognized contributions to research on management and leadership.

“Jane’s legacy is that she has helped us look at organisations, and our own research and understanding, in a new and positive light,” says honorary promoter Joep Cornelissen,  professor of corporate communication and management at RSM. “Jane’s positive scholarship agenda links directly to greater impact on society. She has made a huge societal impact through her books, her outreach, and her engagement.”

Dutton is a CPO co-founder and the Robert L. Kahn Distinguished University Emerita Professor of Business Administration and Psychology at the University of Michigan.


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