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| Faculté des hautes études commerciales **[Département de comportement organisationnel (OB)](https://www.unil.ch/ob/en/home.html)** Fonction(s) : Professeur ordinaire Quartier UNIL-Chamberonne Bâtiment Internef Bureau : 618 CH-1015 Lausanne Téléphone : 021 692 34 38 e-mail :[John.Antonakis@unil.ch](mailto:John.Antonakis@unil.ch) |

**John Antonakis**: John is Professor of Organizational Behavior in the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. His research is currently focused on the psychology of leadership including: Charisma, predictors of leadership (e.g., personality, intelligence), leader development, as well as on research methods.

He has published articles in many prestigious journals including *Science*, *Nature Human Behavior*, *Psychological Science*, *Psychological Methods*, *Academy of Management Journal*, *Journal of Management*, *Journal of Applied Psychology*, *Journal of Operations Management*, *Management Science*, *Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice*, and *Harvard Business Review*, among many others; he has also published four books, and dozens of book chapters and conferences proceedings. He has received more than US$2.45 million in funding for his research. He teaches organizational behavior (Bachelor level), leadership (Master level), and causal analysis and statistics (Ph.D. level).

Prof. Antonakis is former Editor in Chief of *The Leadership Quarterly*. He was previously associate editor for *The Leadership Quarterly* and *Organizational Research Methods*, and has served too on the editorial boards of several top journals in management and applied psychology. In 2019 he was named a highly cited scientist by Clarivate-Web of Science group. In 2020, 2021, and 2022 he was listed by PLOS Biology in the world’s top 2% of scientists for career-long impact.

Apart from his scientific contributions John is also a thought-provoking and inspiring speaker. He trains diverse audiences, in business, public administration, and international organizations. His work has been covered by very prestigious media outlets like [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/smarter-living/what-makes-people-charismatic-and-how-you-can-be-too.html), [The Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/do-you-have-charisma-1509329340), [Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/d085a19c-4baa-11e2-887b-00144feab49a), [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/dec/17/does-power-lead-to-corruption-research-testosterone), [NEWSWEEK](https://www.newsweek.com/intelligence-leadership-donald-trump-710376), [Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5085573/Some-bosses-bad-clever.html), [BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20171027-the-art-and-science-of-being-charismatic), [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyblaschka/2019/10/22/research-says-this-is-how-to-become-a-more-charismatic-leader/?sh=7ecd48b6df41), [The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/on-the-face-of-it-the-psychology-of-electability), [Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-is-competent-but-not-warm-2016-3?r=US&IR=T), [Fast Company](https://www.fastcompany.com/3036792/when-youre-in-charge-power-and-testosterone-corrupt-no-matter-how-honest-you-are), [The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/09/the-charisma-effect/492740/?ref=engaged-reading-time), and many hundreds of other news sources, including TV (e.g., [RTS](https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/dans-la-tete-de/video/dans-la-tete----dun-beau-parleur?urn=urn:rts:video:12693522) at 29:15) and Radio (e.g., [PBS](https://omny.fm/shows/the-colin-mcenroe-show/how-charisma-shapes-our-world) first 20 mins).

He loves running, cycling, cross-country skiing, gardening cooking, and having fun! He loves his dog too, who is very smart; she was in [Newsweek](https://www.newsweek.com/dog-predicts-2024-presidential-election-donald-trump-1978672)!

Google scholar: <https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=nWTsugIAAAAJ>

LinkedIn: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-antonakis-752b69194/>

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Download John’s [CV here](https://people.unil.ch/johnantonakis/files/2025/09/john-antonakis-academic-cv-5.pdf).

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