Gudela Grote (born 4 December 1960) is a German psychologist and academic.

She was educated in Germany and the United States, and established her career in Switzerland.

[1][2] Born in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany, Grote studied psychology at the University of Marburg and Technische Universität Berlin,[1] and received her doctorate from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta in 1987 with a dissertation on the situational specificity and consistency of achievement motivation.

Since 2000, she has been a full Professor for Work and Organizational Psychology at the Department of Management, Technology and Economics.

The topics she has widely published include organizational behavior, human factors, human resource management, and safety management.