Human Resources and Organizational BehaviorThe Human Resources and Organizational Behavior (HROB) doctoral curriculum is
multidisciplinary, with a core focus on individuals and groups in organizations
and work settings, the utilization of human resources, and the economic and
social environment impinging on organizations and human resources. UCLA?s
faculty in HROB spans this broad range--from micro to macro--and represents
diverse disciplinary backgrounds. The program emphasizes both depth of
specialization as well as breadth of conceptualization. In addition to its
distinguished faculty in the Anderson School, the HROB doctoral program is
engaged with UCLA?s other top-ranked programs in economics, education,
psychology, and sociology. Location in a vibrant city and business community
creates additional opportunities for study and research.
The program emphasizes the development of rigorous theory and empirical
research on the aforementioned core topics, especially as they are influenced by
rapid organizational change and globalization. The program develops breadth of
student knowledge through study of a variety of disciplinary specialties and
depth of student knowledge through intensively focused research in an area of
particular interest to the student. The program?s main objective is to develop
outstanding scholars who can contribute to high-level theoretical and empirical
research in their respective specialized areas.
The HROB major field exam requires students to demonstrate their knowledge of
and ability to integrate extant research from the area?s three main fields:
micro-organizational behavior, human resource management, and labor markets. The
HROB field examination, which must be taken by the end of the student?s second
year in the program, goes well beyond material covered in core doctoral courses.
Students should consult with area faculty to learn more about the examination
content, structure, and process.
Each student must also satisfy the research paper requirement of the Doctoral
Program. Fulfillment of this requirement is achieved by a student submitting an
original research paper to the director of the Ph.D. program, who will determine
if the paper is approved. As a general rule, the paper should demonstrate the
student?s ability to produce empirical research of such quality that it can be
published in a leading journal in the field. Faculty appraisal of the research
paper is equivalent to peer review of a manuscript submitted to a leading
journal. The research paper requirement must be satisfied by the end of a
student?s third year in the program.
No later than the end of the Fall Quarter of the fourth year in the program,
each student must advance to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree. For this purpose a
student prepares a dissertation prospectus and presents it to a dissertation
committee consisting of two Anderson School faculty members and one faculty
member from outside the school. The committee must formally approve the
student?s dissertation prospectus for the student to advance to candidacy and
proceed to complete the dissertation. Prior to the dissertation committee
meeting, the student has an opportunity to present the dissertation prospectus
to the HROB colloquium.
Occupational field/ Target audience
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Focus / Curriculum
Core Courses
259A. Individual and Groups in Organizations
259B. Advanced Studies in
Human Resource Management
259C. Labor Markets and Public
Policy
Other Doctoral Courses
258. Collquium in HROB
299M. Seminar in Research
Methodology
Elective Courses
252. Systems of Employee-Management Participation
253. International
Political Economy
255. Comparative Industrial Relations
281B. People in
Organizations
282. Task Group Processes
284C. Managing Entrepreneurial
Organizations
285A. Leadership, Motivation, & Power
285B. Managerial
Interpersonal Communication
286. Negotiations Behavior
290. Organization
Theory
298D. Compensation Systems
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