- Professor Emeritus of Management
Room
BusAd D-311a
rbrislin@hawaii.edu
Phone
(808) 956-8536
Academic Background
- PhD, The Pennsylvania State University, 1969
- MS, The Pennsylvania State University, 1967
- BS, University of Guam, Agana, Guam, 1966
Research Interests
- Industrial Psychology
- Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Intercultural Communication for International Business
Special Interest
- Intercultural communication training - cross-cultural studies of methodology and attitudes
- Intergroup interaction - theory and application for improved intergroup relations
- Leadership, management, and the use of power
- Close intercultural relationships
Awards & Honors
- 2004 - Regents Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Hawaii
- 1994 - Biographical entry in the Encyclopedia of Psychology, (4 volumes, New York: John Wiley)
- 1992 - The book, The art of getting things done: A practical guide to the use of power (books, below), was a Book of the Month Club selection
- 1989 - Senior Researcher Award, Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research
- 1989 - Fellow Award (one of two yearly) Pacific Asian Management Institute, College of Business Administration, University of Hawaii
- 1987 - Invited to deliver G. Stanley Hall lecture on "Human diversity: race, culture, class, and ethnicity" at the meetings of the American Psychological Association, New York City, August
- 1986 - Outstanding Article in International Journal of Intercultural Relations awarded by the Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research
- 1985 - Chosen as Ida Beam Visiting Professor to the University of Iowa
- 1983 - Chosen to prepare chapter on Psychology and Culture for the Annual Review of Psychology, Vol. 34
- 1975 - Listing in Who's Who in the West, and subsequent editions
- 1973 - Listing in American Men and Women of Science, (12th ed.)
- 1972 - Fellow, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
- 1969 - Listing in Outstanding Young Men of America
- 1966 - Academic and Literary Achievement Awards, University of Guam
Teaching
Freshman-Sophomore Level:
- Introduction to the Behavioral Sciences
- Introductory Psychology
Junior-Senior Level:
- Social Psychology
- Industrial Psychology
- Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Human Reources Management
- Intercultural Communication
- Personality
- American Folk Music: It's Place in History, Social Movements, and Expression
- Organizational Behavior; Introduction to Management, Leadership and Group Dynamics
Graduate Level:
- Cross-Cultural Research Methodology
- Industrial Psychology: Effective Managerial Behavior
- Human Relations During Cross-Cultural Encounters
- Social Psychology: Attitudes and Behavior
- Cross-Cultural Orientation Programs
- Cross-Cultural Psychology (Substantive findings and contributions to general psychology)
- Cross-Cultural Counselling
- Health and Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Communication Research Seminar: The Generation of Ideas for Research Projects
- Organizational Behavior
- Intercultural Communication for International Business
- PhD Seminar in International Busness