Louis Quast

Areas of interest

• Leadership Development for Executives, Managers, and Administrators
• Organization Development
• Training and Development
• Adult Career Development
• Measurement of Motivation
• Team Effectiveness/Team Leadership

Degrees

• Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Profile

Louis Quast's primary appointment is as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, in the College of Education and Human Development. He teaches leadership, career-development, and human resource development courses, conducts research on multiple aspects of these related fields, and works on other professional engagement projects. In his work at the Carlson School of Management, he served on the faculty steering committee for the University of Minnesota Center for Integrative Leadership; and co-taught GCC 5023: Leading Across Sectors to Address Grand Challenges, formerly the Integrative Leadership Seminar (MGMT 6402/PA 5105/OLPD 6402/PUBH 6702/LAW 6623) along with colleagues from The Carlson School, The Humphrey School, The School of Public Health, and the Law School here at the U. of M.

He held the Hellervik / PDI Distinguished Chair in Leadership and Adult Career Development, and served as the Coordinator of Graduate Programs in Human Resource Development, the Director of Graduate Studies for the Graduate Minor in Integrative Leadership, and was a senior lecturer in both the Carlson School of Management and the Department of Educational Psychology. In addition, he is a Research Fellow at the Consortium for Multicultural Psychology Research at Michigan State University. His service work includes a number of professional engagement projects including hosting a symposium on Best Practices in Leadership Development, and working with a cross-sector team to host a workshop for Job Loss Counselors and Related Professionals. He continues to work as a Principal Consultant in the Leadership and Talent Development practice of Korn Ferry Consulting, focusing primarily on designing and delivering leadership development interventions for large public and private-sector organizations across the United States and in a number of countries around the world.

Professional Affiliations

• Academy of Human Resource Development
• AERA

Selected publications

Bartlett, K. R., Quast, L. N., Bovornusvakool, W., Jang, S., Clark, J. M., Song, W., & Wohkittel, J. M. (2016). The influence of engagement on the self-directed learning and job performance relationship among managers in the United States and seven Asia-Pacific countries. Proceedings of the 2017 Academy of Human Resource Development International Research Conference in the Americas, San Antonio, TX.

Bono, J. E., Braddy, P. W., Liu, Y., Gilbert, E. K., Fleenor, J. W., Quast, L. N., & Center, B. A. (2016). Dropped on the way to the top: Gender and managerial derailment. Personnel Psychology.

Bovornusvakool, W., Quast, L., Aroonsri, P., Paetzel, D., Liu, J., & Song, W. (2016). The relationship between leadership competencies and managerial performance among expatriate managers and domestic managers working in the United Kingdom, the United States, and China. Proceedings of the 2016 University Forum for Human Resource Development International Research Conference in Europe, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Clark, J. M., Quast, L. N., Jang, S., Edwards, K. D., & Bovornusvakool, W. (2016). GLOBE Study culture clusters: Can they be found in Importance ratings of managerial competencies? European Journal of Training and Development, 40(7), 534-553.

Jang, S., Quast, L., Yoo, S., Clark, J., Byun, S., & Song W. (2016). The relationship between adaptive expertise, integrity, and job performance. Proceedings of the 2016 University Forum for Human Resource Development International Research Conference in Europe, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Jang, S., Quast, L. N., Wohkittel, J. M., Bovornusvakool, W., Clark. J., & Paetzel, D. (2016). The influence of managerial integrity on leader-level outcomes in Confucian and Anglo countries. Proceedings of the 2016 Academy of Human Resource Development International Research Conference in the Americas, Jacksonville, FL.

Liu, J., Quast, L. N., & Song, W. (2016). Effective women’s leadership behaviors in Confucian Asia. Proceedings of the 14th International Research Conference of the Asia-MENA Chapter of the Academy of Human Resource Development, Ifrane, Morocco.

Song, W., Quast, L. N., & Center, B. A. (2016). An examination of the relationships among self-awareness, self-other agreement, gender and managerial derailment. Proceedings of the 2016 Academy of Human Resource Development International Research Conference in the Americas, Jacksonville, FL.

Tkachenko, O., Quast, L. N., Song, W., & Jang, S. (2016). Courage in workplace: The effect of managerial level and gender on relationship between behavioral courage and job performance. Proceedings of the 2016 Midwest Academy of Management, Fargo, North Dakota.

Quast, L. N., Song, W., Bovornusvakool, W., Paetzel, D. W., & Aroonsri, P. (2016). Key managerial behaviors as predictors of high performance among expatriate managers in the U.S., U.K., and China. Proceedings of the 2016 International Human Resource Management Conference, Victoria, Canada.

Hwang, S. J., Quast, L. N., Center, B. A., Chung, C., Hahn, H. J., & Wohkittel, J. M. (2015). The impact of leadership behaviors on leaders’ perceived job performance across cultures: Comparing the role of charismatic, directive, participative, and supportive leadership behaviors in the U.S. and four Confucian Asian countries. Human Resource Development International, 18(3), 259-277.

Selected presentations

Bartlett, K. R., Quast, L. N., Wohkittel, J. M., Center, B. A., & Edwards, K. D. A. (2015). The relationship between employee engagement, leader self-development, and job performance. Proceedings of the 2015 Academy of Human Resource Development International Research Conference in the Americas, St. Louis, MO.

Mathews, M. A., Quast, L. N., Holland, C., Chung, C., & Wohkittel, J. M. (2015). Comparing leadership competencies in educational and private sector settings. Proceedings of the 2015 Academy of Human Resource Development International Research Conference in the Americas, St. Louis, MO.

Tkachenko, O., Quast, L. N., Wohkittel, J. M., Center, B. A., & Edwards, K. (2014, June). Stability and change in importance ratings of managerial competencies: A longitudinal study of China, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S. Paper presented at the 13th International Human Resource Management Conference, Krakow, Poland.

Wohkittel, J. M., Quast, L. N., Center, B. A., Edwards, K. D. A., & Bovornusvakool, W. (2014). Comparing managerial competency priorities across seven Asia-Pacific countries and the United States. Proceedings of the 12th International Research Conference of the Asia-MENA Chapter of the Academy of Human Resource Development, Seoul, South Korea.

Wohkittel, J. M., Quast, L. N., Center, B. A., Chung, C., & Mars, P. (2014). Is the millennial generation more narcissistic work? A longitudinal analysis of multisource feedback among young adults born 1961 through 1982. Proceedings of the 2014 Academy of Human Resource Development International Research Conference in the Americas, Houston, TX.

Wohkittel, J. M., Quast, L. N., Tkachenko, O., Center, B. A., & Edwards, K. (2014, June). Are supervisors’ expectations of expatriates different? Comparison of supervisors’ expectations of expatriate and national managers in China, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S. Paper presented at the 13th International Human Resource Management Conference, Krakow, Poland.

Wohkittel, J. M., Quast, L. N., Chung, C., & Center, B. A. (2014, June). Perceptions of high advancement potential among managers in European countries. Paper presented at the 15th University Forum for Human Resource Development International Research Conference in Europe, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Chung, C., Wohkittel, J. M., Quast, L. N., & Center, B., A. (2013). A cross-cultural comparison of behaviors associated with high advancement potential among managers in Seven Asia-Pacific countries. Proceedings of the 2013 International Research Conference of the Asia-MENA Chapter of the Academy of Human Resource Development, Taipei, Taiwan.

Hwang, S. J., & Quast, L. N., Center, B. A., Chung, C., Wohkittel, J. M., Phillips, A. E. (2013). The relationship among leader behaviors, technical expertise, and perceived job performance for mangers in ten European Countries and the U.S. Proceedings of the 2013 University Forum for Human Resource Development International Research Conference in Europe, Brighton, United Kingdom.

Quast, L. N., Wohkittel, J. M., Chung, C., Vue, B., Center, B. A., & Phillips, A. E. (2013). Behaviors associated with managerial career derailment: An exploration of self-other agreement pattern groups in multisource feedback. Proceedings of the 2013 Academy of Human Resource Development International Research Conference in the Americas, Arlington, VA.