特伦斯·米切尔（TerenceR.Mitchell）曾就读于杜克大学，获学士学位，在伊利诺伊大学获理学博士学位，后到华盛顿大学任教。他曾经发表过数十篇论文和三部著作，并广泛服务于公共部门和私营企业，从事咨询活动。

主要贡献：提出领导权变理论：途径-目标理论；

1968 (Summer) Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana. Research carried out at the Institute of Anthropos,Athens, Greece.

• 1968年至1969年伊利诺伊大学心理学系研究助理和导师。
• 1969年至1972年任华盛顿大学管理与组织和心理学助理教授。
• 1975年至1978年任美国心理协会委员-科学事务委员会。
• 1971年至1979年海军研究办公室的首席调查员
• 1975年至1976年的原子能委员会首席调查员
• 1979年至1982年美国国家科学基金会的首席调查员
• 1979年至1983年军队研究所的首席调查员
• 1984年至1985年海军研究办公室的首席调查员
• 1977年至1985年任华盛顿大学管理学和组织心理学教授。
• 1985年，任华盛顿大学工商管理和心理学教授。
• 1988年，1996年任新西兰坎特伯雷大学厄斯金研究员。
• 1998年至1999年花旗银行的首席调查员
• 1990年，1992年，1995,1997任西澳大利亚大学管理部客座教授。

1968-1969	Research Associate and Instructor, Department of Psychology,University of Illinois, Urbana.
1969-1972	Assistant Professor of Management and Organization and of Psychology, University of Washington.
1972	Sears Foundation-American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business Faculty Fellow (July 1 - December 30, 1972). The appointment was with the Department of Labor as a Manpower Analyst with the Division of Program Evaluation Studies.
1972-1977	Associate Professor of Management and Organization and of Psychology, University of Washington.
1977-1985	Professor of Management and Organization and of Psychology,University of Washington.
1985-present	Edward Carlson Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Psychology, University of Washington.
1989	Visiting Professor: Australian Graduate School of Management.University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
1990, 1992, 1995,1997	Visiting Professor: Department of Management, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
1988, 1996	Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Research Activities and Interests My major research interest is the study of organizational behavior and human resource management with special reference to the areas of decision making, leadership and motivation. More specifically, I am interested in systematically relating the cognitions and beliefs of group members to their eventual behavior and to overall indices of group activity, performance and satisfaction.

Professional Societies Academy of Management, Divisions of Organization Behavior, and Organization and Management Theory.American Psychological Association, Divisions 8 (Social), and 14 (Industrial and Organizational).

Society for Organizational Behavior.

International Association of Applied Psychologists.

Professional Service Academy of Management--frequent reviewer for National and Regional programs committees. Member of Executive Committee for OB division, 1998-2003. Chair of OB division, 2001-2002.

American Psychological Association--member of Scientific Affairs Committee, 1975-1978. Workshop Committee, 1978-1980.SIOP Awards Committee 1995-2001.

Review Boards, Academy of Management, 1975-1983, Journal of Applied Psychology,1982-1983. Academy of Management Review 1987 – 1993, 1996-2002.

Occasional reviews for numerous other journals.Frequent Reviewer of National Science Foundation research proposals, 1976-present.Governing Board: Society for Organizational Behavior, 1987 - 1992.

Office of Naval Research, 1971-1979	Principal Investigator
Atomic Energy Commission, 1975-1976	Principal Investigator
National Science Foundation, 1979-1982	Principal Investigator
Army Research Institute, 1979-1983	Principal Investigator
Office of Naval Research, 1984-1985	Co-Principal Investigator
Citibank, 1998-1999	Co-Principal Investigator