Herman Aguinis

Herman Aguinis was born in Rio Cuarto, Cordoba (Argentina). He is the son of the Argentine author Marcos Aguinis and University of Buenos Aires School of Law professor Ana Maria "Marita" Aguinis (deceased). He attended high school at the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires before receiving a Bachelors’ and master's degree in psychology from the University of Buenos Aires. He spent part of his high school years in New York City, but following his schooling in Argentina, he moved to the United States permanently to study Industrial and Organizational Psychology, earning a Master’s and a PhD degree from the University at Albany, State University of New York in 1993.

Aguinis' research has placed him as one of the most influential and prolific contemporary management professors in the world. A 2019 Journal of Business Research article ranked him as the #1 most cited and prolific (i.e., based on h-index) researcher in the field of human resources training based on all publications between 1975 and 2016 by researchers from 70 countries. A 2019 Leadership Quarterly article as the world’s #2 most influential researcher in the field of leadership based on all articles published in 10 highly prestigious academic journals between 2011 and 2017 . A 2017 Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education article ranked him among the top 100 most published authors in business and management education (BME) out of 7,209 unique authors who published at least one article in 17 BME journals from 2005 to 2014. A 2016 Journal of Management (JOM) article published to celebrate the journal's 40th anniversary ranked him as the #5 most published author from 1975 to 2014 out of 2,270 different individuals who published at least one article each. Based on Google Scholar, his work has received about 27,000 citations, he is the world's #1 ranked researcher in the category “talent management,” #1 in “people analytics,” #1 in "business sustainability," #4 in “corporate social responsibility,” #4 in “human resource management,” and #19 in “organizational behavior” . Based on Web of Science/Clarivate Analytics, his work has received more than 8,000 citations and he is ranked among the world's top 100 most influential business and economics researchers . He has more than 27,000 LinkedIn followers.

He is a fellow of the Academy of Management (and also served as Deputy Dean of the Academy of Management Fellows until August 2018), American Psychological Association, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and Association for Psychological Science and has received many awards such as:

Aguinis' research, teaching, and consulting are about the acquisition and deployment of talent in organizations and organizational research methods. He has written extensively on the topics of star performance, corporate social responsibility & business sustainability, domestic and international workforce diversity, leadership, staffing, training and development, performance management, and innovative methodological approaches for developing and testing theories. His research has been featured by the media worldwide, including most recently the Wall Street Journal, and in U.S. Supreme Court cases. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Organizational Research Methods (2005-2007) and has served or serves on the editorial board of 26 journals including Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology (journal), Journal of Management, and Journal of International Business Studies.

Herman Aguinis (born 1966) is a researcher and business professor and author. He is the Avram Tucker Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Management at the George Washington University School of Business in Washington, D.C. He is ranked as one of the top 100 most influential economics and business researchers in the world. He has been elected for the presidency track of the Academy of Management (AOM) and is serving as AOM Program Chair & Vice President, President Elect, President, and Past President during 2019-2023. Prior to moving to Washington D.C. in 2016, he was the John F. Mee Chair of Management and the Founding Director of the Institute for Global Organizational Effectiveness in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.