Kahn, Robert L., 1918-

LC control no.	n 79083969
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Kahn, Robert L., 1918- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Kahn, Robert Louis, 1918-
Birth date	1918-03-28
Place of birth	Detroit, Mich.
Affiliation	University of Michigan University of Michigan. Survey Research Center University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research
Profession or occupation	Psychologist Systems theorist
Found in	The people elect a president, 1952: title page (Robert L. Kahn, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) The social psychology of organizations, c1966: title page (Robert L. Kahn, Survey Research Center and Department of Psychology, University of Michigan) Surveys by telephone: a national comparison with personal interviews, c1979: title page (Robert L. Kahn, Survey Research Center and Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan) Work and health, c1981: title page (Robert L. Kahn, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan) Organizations and nation states: new perspectives on conflict and cooperation, 1990: title page (Robert L. Kahn) galley, etc. (professor emeritus of psychology and of public health and research scientist in the Institute for Social Research at the Univ. of Michigan; b. 3/28/18) University of Michigan Ross School of Business, via WWW, January 17, 2013 (Robert L. Kahn; social psychologist at the University of Michigan, where he is now professor emeritus of psychology and of public health; he is also research scientist emeritus at the Institute for Social Research, of which he was a founder; Dr. Kahn's research has concentrated for many years on two main areas: organizational behavior and aging; his early books and articles on organizations analyzed their overall effectiveness and the factors that determined it; his later work on organizations was more concerned with the impact of organizational demands on the health of their members) The Cambridge dictionary of American biography, 1995: (Kahn, Robert L. (Louis) (1918-); psychologist, systems theorist; born in Detroit, Mich.; he earned a Ph. D. from the University of Michigan, where he taught (1948-1976) and directed the Survey Research Center; his research ranged over organizational and social psychology and survey methodology; his varied published works include books on electoral politics, unions, and surveys) Contemporary Authors, via WWW, January 17, 2013 (Robert L(ouis) Kahn, 1918-; born March 28, 1918 in Detroit, MI; son of George Arthur and Mabel (Sufinsky) Kahn; University of Michigan, B.A., 1939, M.A., 1940, Ph. D., 1952; Detroit (MI) public schools, secondary school teacher, 1940-1942; U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1942-1948, began as state supervisor, became acting chief of Field Division; University of Michigan, Survey Research Center, Ann Arbor, lecturer, 1948-1954, associate professor, 1954-1960, professor of psychology, beginning 1960, study director, 1948-1951, assistant program director, 1951-1952, program director, 1952-1961, research coordinator, 1961-1969, acting director, 1968-1969, director, beginning 1970; visiting professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965-1966, and Cambridge University, 1969-1970; National Conference of Christians and Jews, member of Ann Arbor executive board, 1961; contributor of articles and reviews to labor, sociology, psychology, and business journals; joint editor of individual issues, Journal of Social Issues)