Leadership

Paul D. Bliese, PhD, COL (Ret.), USA

Paul D. Bliese is the Department Chair and a Jeff B. Bates Chaired Professor in the Management Department at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. Previously, he worked for 22 years as a research psychologist at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Over his military career, Bliese directed a large portfolio of research initiatives examining stress, leadership, well-being, and performance. From 2007 to 2014, he oversaw the US Army’s Mental Health Advisory Team program, assessing soldiers’ morale and well-being in Iraq and Afghanistan. In his final military assignment, he served as the Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience director.

Throughout his career, Dr. Bliese has led efforts to use statistical methods to answer complex organizational problems and advance theory and practice. He developed and maintains the multilevel package for R, a programming language for statistical computing, and has published in a variety of journals including the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Management, and Organizational Research Methods. He served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Psychology from 2010 to 2017 and Editor in Chief for Organizational Research Methods from 2017 to 2021. In 2024, he began a new role as the first Deputy Editor for Research Methods for the Academy of Management Journal.

Dr. Bliese received a Ph.D. from Texas Tech University and a B.A. from Texas Lutheran University.