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Michael Kroth
Research/Focus Areas
  • Transformational Learning
  • Healthy Work Environments
  • Managerial Caring
Academic Programs
My Courses
  • AOLL 507: Education and Work for Sustainability
  • ADOL 510: Foundations of Human Resource Development
  • ADOL 573: Foundations of Adult Education
  • ADOL 574: Adult and Transformational Learning
  • ADOL 575: Strategies for Teaching Adults
  • ADOL 577: Organization Development
  • ADOL 581: Theory, Practices, and Challenges of Sustainable Leadership
  • ADOL 668: Writing for Publication

Michael Kroth, Ph.D.

College of Education
Leadership and Counseling
Associate Professor

Campus Locations
Boise

With UI Since
2005
Office: Boise Center, Suite 440
Phone: (208) 364-4024
Email: mkroth@uidaho.edu
Mailing Address:
322 E. Front Street, Suite 440

Boise, Idaho 83702

http://www.michaelkroth.com/
  • Ph.D., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Training and Learning Technologies 1997
  • M.B.A., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Human Resources emphasis, 1992
  • B.A.F.A., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, BAFA Theater Arts, 1976
Michael Kroth is an Associate Professor at the University of Idaho in Adult and Organizational Learning. His book, Transforming Work: The Five Keys to Achieving Trust, Commitment, and Passion in the Workplace, co-authored with Dr. Patricia Boverie, is about the indispensable necessity of passion for personal, organizational, and leadership success.

His book, The Manager as Motivator, provides practical tools “non-charismatic” leaders—folks like most of us—can use to develop a highly motivating work environments. 

Career Development Basics, co-authored with McKay Christensen, was published by ASTD press in 2009.

His newest book, Managing the Mobile Workforce, co-authored with David Clemons, was published in November, 2010. See www.managingthemobileworkforce.com.

As a long time consultant he developed and administered corporate-level leadership development and succession planning programs, has been the administrator of a corporate foundation, and served as a director of corporate community affairs.

Michael is a member of the National Speakers Association, and numerous professional and scholarly organizations.  He presents regularly at national and international conferences.

Selected Publications

Refereed Books:

Boverie, P.E. & Kroth, M, (2001). Transforming Work: The Five Keys to Achieving Trust, Commitment, and Passion in the WorkPlace. Cambridge, Massachusetts:Perseus Publishing.

Boverie, P., Kroth, M. & Seung Il Na. (2008). My Passion and Work, and Happiness. Seoul, Korea, Sigma, Press. (Korean edition of Transforming Work: The Five Keys to Achieving Trust, Commitment, and Passion in the Workplace)

Non-Refereed Books:

Clemons, D. & Kroth, M. (2010). Managing the Mobile Workforce: Leading, Building, and Sustaining Virtual Teams.  New York, NY: McGraw Hill.

Kroth, M. & Christensen, M. (2009), Career Development Basics, Alexandria, VA: ASTD Press.

Kroth,M. (2006). The Manager as Motivator.Westport, California: Praeger Publishing.

Kroth, M. (2008). The Manager as Motivator. Russia, Moscow: EKSMO Publishing House (Russian Language Edition)

Refereed Journals (selected):

Kroth, M. & Peutz, J. (2011). Workplace Issues in Extension – A Delphi Study of Extension Educators. Journal of Extension.49(1). Article Number 1RIB1.  http://www.joe.org/joe/2011february/rb1.php

Kroth, M., Taylor, B.,Lindner, L., & Yopp, M. (2010). Improving Your Teaching Using Synergistic Andragogy. Journal of Industrial Teacher Education.46(3). 135-141. Available at http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JITE/v46n3/pdf/kroth.pdf

Kroth, M. & Peutz, J.(2010). Workplace issues in extension.  Journal of Extension [On-line], 48(1).Article 1RIB2. Available at: http://www.joe.org/joe/2010february/rb2.ph

Kroth, M., & Keeler, C. (2009). Caring as a Managerial Strategy. Human Resource Development Review, 8(4), 506-531. Online First Available at: http://hrd.sagepub.com/cgi/rapidpdf/1534484309341558v1.pd

Kroth, M. & Boverie, P. (2009). Using the discovering model to facilitate transformational learning andcareer development. Journal of Adult Education.38(1), 43-47. Available at:  http://www.michaelkroth.com/resources/Using_the_Discovering_Model.pd

Kroth, M. (2007). Maslow - Move Aside! A heuristical motivation mode lfor leaders in career and technical education. Journal of Industrial Technical Education, 44(2). 5-36.

Awards and Honors

Journal of Industrial Teacher Education award for Outstanding Article in Conceptual Category, for A Heuristical Motivation Model for Leaders in Career and Technical Education, 2008.

University of Idaho Hoffman Award for Excellence inTeaching, 2008.

TLT Outstanding Student Designation - University of  New Mexico, Training and LearningTechnologies Program, College of Education, 1996.

Beta Gamma Sigma - National scholastic honor society for students in business and management.

Phi Kappa Phi - National academic honor society.

Kappa Delta Pi – International Honor Society inEducation.