Stuart M. Schmidt, Ph.D., is a Professor of Human Resource Management at Temple University Fox School of Business and Management. His research interests include leadership, organizational politics, dynamics of virtual authority relationships, cross-cultural team relationships, and the power of wielding power.

David Kipnis (1924-1999), PhD, was a leader in understanding the social psychology of power. Kipnis was a fellow of the American Psychological Association, a James McKeen Cattell Fellow of the American Psychological Society, and a member of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology.