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Research Teams

Research plays an important role in the field of I/O psychology and in the history of our program. Our goal as applied scientists is to improve the practice of consulting and human resources through data driven solutions. These decisions are often aided through the systematic study of human behavior and organizational research. Research gives the applied scientist a better understanding of organizational phenomenon, and the application of this newly gained knowledge benefits both organizations and their employees. The I/O program at Florida Tech prides itself on a unique team based research philosophy. We find that working in teams helps facilitate a superior learning environment. Faculty and students are actively engaged in a variety of research topics, including the use of personality measures in selection, structural equation modeling, cognitive processes of work teams, employment law, training evaluation, the role of feedback in organizational survey topics, differences in work attitudes across cultures, and emotion in the workplace.

Recent Publications & Presentations

Florida Institute of Technology
Industrial/Organizational Psychology Department

Faculty

  • Gisela Susanne Bahr, PhD
  • Patrick Converse, PhD
  • William K. Gabrenya, PhD
  • Richard L. Griffith, PhD
  • Arthur Gutman, PhD
  • Erin M. Richard, PhD
  • Lisa A. Steelman, PhD (Program Chair)
  • Jessica Wildman, PhD

Publications

  • Adams, R., Bahr. G. S., & Raif, E. S. (2011). Age-related Accessibility Biases in Pass-face Recognition. Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Users Diversity Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2011, Volume 6766, 423-431.
  • Bahr, G.S., Mayron, L. & Gacey, H. (2011). Cyber Risks to Secure and Private Universal Access. Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Design for All and eInclusion, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2011, Volume 6765, 433-442.
  • Bahr, G. S. & Adams, R. (2011). Interaction Design: Computing Science Meets Cognitive Science. London: CIRCUA International. ISBN 978-0-8058-6280-5.
  • Bahr, G.S. & Ford, R. (2011). Why Pop-Ups Don't Work And How To Make Them Effective: Pop-Up Prompted Eye Movements, User Affect And Decision Making. Computers in Human Behavior, 27, 776-783.
  • Metz, J. C. & Bahr, G. S. (2011). Therapy with Facially Injured Clients: A Study of Exposure Effects, Memory, and Evaluation. Psychological Services, 8(2), 123-139.
  • Bahr, G.S. (2010) Early Lessons from Eyetracking the Elderly. Humans Factors and Ergonomics Society Aging Technical Group, Summer Issue, 4-6.
  • Mayron, L. M., Bahr, G.S., Balaban, C. D., Bell, M., Ford, R., Fox, K., Henning, R. & Smith, W. (2010). A Hybrid Cognitive-Neurophysiological Approach to Resilient Cyber Security The 2010 Military Communications Conference - Unclassified Program - Cyber Security and Network Management (MILCOM 2010-CSNM), 942-947.
  • Converse, P. D., Pathak, J., Steinhauser, E., & Whitford Homan, E. (in press). Repeated self-regulation and asymmetric hemispheric activation. Basic and Applied Social Psychology.
  • Converse, P. D., Pathak, J., DePaul-Haddock, A. M., Gotlib, T., & Merbedone, M. (2012). Controlling your environment and yourself: Implications for career success. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80, 148-159.
  • Griffith, R. L., & Converse, P. D. (2011). The rules of evidence and the prevalence of applicant faking. In M. Ziegler, C. MacCann, & R. D. Roberts (Eds.), New perspectives on faking in personality assessments (pp. 34-52). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Gammon, A. R., Converse, P. D., Lee, L. M., & Griffith, R. L. (2011). A personality process model of cyber harassment. International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 11, 358-378.
  • Gotlib, T., & Converse, P. D. (2010). Dishonest behavior: The impact of prior self-regulatory exertion and personality. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 40, 3169-3191.
  • Converse, P. D., Pathak, J., Quist, J., Merbedone, M., Gotlib, T., & Kostic, E. (in press). Statement desirability ratings in forced-choice personality measure development: Implications for reducing score inflation and providing trait level information. Human Performance.
  • Converse, P. D., Steinhauser, E., & Pathak, J. (in press). Individual differences in reactions to goal-performance discrepancies over time. Personality and Individual Differences.
  • Converse, P. D., & DeShon, R. P. (2009). A tale of two tasks: Reversing the self-regulatory resource depletion effect. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94, 1318-1324.
  • Converse, P. D., Peterson, M., H., & Griffith, R. L. (2009). Faking on personality measures: Implications for selection involving multiple predictors. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 17, 47-60.
  • Dunleavy, E. & Gutman, A. (2009). Understanding the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA). The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 46(3), 81- 87.
  • Dunleavy, E. & Gutman, A. (2009). What’s new in Compensation Discrimination Enforcement: A Review of the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and Paycheck Fairness Act. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 47(1), 49- 57.
  • Gabrenya, W. K. Jr., van Meurs, N., & Fischer, R. (2009). YouTube, the Internet and IACCP: Opportunities and challenges of cross-cultural psychology. In A. Gari & K. Mylonas (Eds.). Qod Erat Demonstrandum: From Herodotus' ethnographic journeys to cross-cultural research. Athens, Greece: International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology.
  • Gutman, A. (In Press). Age-based Laws and Regulations. In Work and Aging Handbook. (Jerry W. Hedge & Walter C. Borman, Eds.). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Gutman, A. (In Press). Legal Constraints on Personnel Selection. In Handbook of Assessment and Selection. (Neil Schmit, Ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Gutman, A. (In Press). Legal Issues Related to Nepotism in the Workplace. In Understanding and Adapting to Organizational Nepotism. (Robert G. Jones, Ed.). New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Gutman, A. (In Press). Legal Issues Related to Police Hiring and Promotion. In The Handbook of Police Psychology (Jack Kitaeff, Ed.). New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Gutman, A. & Dunleavy, E. (in press). Documenting Job Analysis Projects: A Review of Strategy and Legal Defensibility for Personnel Selection. In M Wilson, R Harvey, G. Alliger & W. Bennett (Eds.) Handbook of Work Analysis. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Gutman, A., Koppes, L. & Vadonovich, S. (2010). EEO Law and Personal Practices (3rd Edition). New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Gutman, A. (2009). Legal Environment for Selection in the United States. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 1(2), 255-257.
  • Gutman, A. (2009). Major EEO issues relating to personnel selection decision. Human Resource Management Review, 19(3), 232- 250
  • Gutman, A. & Dunleavy E. (2009). Fasten your seatbelts: Supreme Court to hear Ricci v. DeStefano. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 46(4), 31-32.
  • Gutman, A. & Dunleavy, E. (2009). The Supreme Court ruling in Ricci v. DeStefano. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 47(2), 57- 71.
  • Peterson, M.H., Griffith, R.L., & Converse, P.D. (2009). Examining the Role of Applicant Faking in Hiring Decisions: Percentage of Fakers Hired and Hiring Discrepancies in Single and Multiple Predictor Selection. Journal of Business and Psychology. 24 (4) 373-386.
  • Richard, E. M., & Diefendorff, J. M. (2011). Self-regulation during a Single Performance Episode: Mood as Information in the Absence of Formal Feedback. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 115, 99-110.
  • Wolfe, E. W., Converse, P. D., Airen, O., & Bodenhorn, N. (2009). Unit and item nonresponses and ancillary information in web- and paper-based questionnaires administered to school counselors. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 42, 92-103.
  • Bedwell, W. L., Wildman, J. L., DiazGranados, D., Salazar, M., Kramer, W. S., & Salas, E. (in press). Collaboration at work: An integrative multilevel conceptualization. Human Resource Management Review.
  • Wildman, J. L., Thayer, A. L., Pavlas, D., Salas, E., Stewart, J. E., & Howse,W. (in press). Team knowledge research: Emerging trends and critical needs. Human Factors.
  • Wildman, J. L., Shuffler, M., Lazzara, E. H., Fiore, S., Burke, C. S., Salas, E., & Garven, S. (in press). Trust development in swift starting action teams: A theoretical framework. Group & Organization Management.
  • Mesmer-Magnus, J. R., DeChurch, L. A., Jiménez-Rodriguez, M., Wildman, J., & Shuffler, M., (2011). A meta-analytic examination of virtuality and information sharing in teams. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 115, 214-225.
  • Rosen, M. A., Bedwell, W. L., Wildman, J. L., Fritzsche, B. A., Salas, E., & Burke, C. S. (2011). Managing adaptive performance in teams: Guiding principles and behavioral markers for measurement. Human Resource Management Review, 21, 107-122.
  • Thayer, A. L., Wildman, J. L., & Salas, E. (2011). Evidence-based I-O psychology: We have the evidence; we just don’t use it (or care to). Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 4, 32-35.
  • Wildman, J. L., Thayer, A. L., Rosen, M. A., Salas, E., Mathieu, J. E., & Rayne, S. R. (2011). Task types and team-level attributes: Synthesis of team classification literature. Human Resource Development Review, published online.

Presentations

  • Converse, P. D. (2011). A tale of two tasks: Depletion and adaptation in self-regulation over time. Invited presentation, School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University.
  • Converse, P. D., Pathak, J., & Haddock, A. M. (2011). A longitudinal study of self-control and career success. Presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
  • Converse, P. D. (2011). Detecting deception: Techniques for assessing applicant faking on personality measures (Chair). Presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
  • Piccone, K., & Converse, P. D. (2011). Effects of self-efficacy and goal setting conditions on goal regulation. Presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
  • Piccone, K., Converse, P. D., Lockamy, C. N., Miloslavic, S., Mysiak, K., & Pathak, J. (2011). Social context and self-regulation over time. Presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
  • Converse, P. D., & Oswald, F. L. (2009). Specifying Correlations and Mean Differences in Monte Carlo Simulations. Presented at the 24th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
  • Converse, P. D., Steinhauser, E., & Pathak, J. (2009). Individual Differences in Reactions to Goal-Performance Discrepancies over Time. Presented at the 24th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
  • Converse, P. D., Gotlib, T., Pathak, J., & Merbedone, M. (2010, April). Proactive Personality, Self-Control, and Career Success. Presented at the 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Converse, P. D., & DeShon, R. P. (2010, April). A Within-Person Evaluation of the Regulatory Resource Model. Presented at the 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Dunleavy, E., Zink, D. & Gutman. (2009, April) Catching up with the Supreme Court, Master Tutorial conducted at the 24th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
  • Gabrenya, W. K. Jr. (2009, February). What IS Cross-Cultural Psychology? Chungyuan University, Taiwan.
  • Gabrenya, W. K. Jr. (2009, August) IACCP, the Universe and Everything: Who Are We? Where Did We Come From? What Next? 4th Africa Region Conference of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Cameroon, Africa.
  • Gabrenya, W. K. Jr. and four others (2009, August). Workshop on cross-cultural research methods. 4th Africa Region Conference of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Cameroon, Africa.
  • Gabrenya, W. K. Jr. (2009, October). Studying Indigenous Psychology Movements in East Asia: Complications, Confusions, Conundrums and the Search for Clarity. Indigenous Psychology Study Group, National Taiwan University.
  • Gabrenya, W. K. Jr. (2009, October). Cross-cultural psychology. Invited lecture, Chungyuan University.
  • Gammon, A. R., & Griffith, R. L. (2010, April). Identity incongruence: Construct definition and scale development. Poster session presented at the 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Gotlib, T., & Converse, P. D. (2009). Item Desirability Ratings and Forced-Choice Personality Measure Effectiveness. Presented at the 24th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
  • Griffith, R.L. (2010, April). Applicant Faking Behavior: Prevalence, Consequences, and Remedies. Master Tutorial presented at the 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Griffith, R.L. (2010, April). Current Issues in Personality. Community of Interest at the 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Griffith, R. L. & Peterson, M. H. (Chairs) (2009, April). Uncovering the nature of applicant faking behavior: A theoretical examination. Symposium conducted at the 24th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
  • Griffith, R. L., Peterson, M. H., Isaacson, J., Quist, J. S., & Gammon, A. (2009, April). A person specific theory of applicant faking behavior. In, R. L. Griffith & M. H. Peterson (Chairs), Uncovering the nature of applicant faking behavior: A theoretical examination. Symposium conducted at the 24th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
  • Grozman, E.M., Steelman, L.A., & Masztal, J.J. (April, 2009). Frequency of feedback seeking: Impact of motives and feedback environment. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
  • Gutman, A. (2010, April). Legal issues in job analysis: Avoiding pitfalls without breaking budgets. Panel Discussion presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Gutman, A. (2010, April). Thugs and Drugs in the workplace: Debating employment prescreening procedures. Debate presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Gutman, A. & Dunleavy, E. (2010, April). Legal update: Ricci, OFCCP enforcement and implications for selection. Master Tutorial presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Isaacson, J., Peterson, M., Turner, S., Griffith, R., & Kung, Mei-Chuan (2009, April). Investigating response distortion in selection settings: Evaluating subgroup differences. Paper presented at the 24th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
  • Lee, L. M., Piccone, K. A., Isaacson, J. A., Trejo, B. C., & Griffith, R. L. (2010, April). Profiling the faker: The individual differences behind applicant faking behavior. Poster presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Masztal, J.J., Steelman, L.A., Pashturro, G. & Pierce, H. (April, 2009). Employees validate multidimensionality of engagement: Trait and state facets supported. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
  • McFadden, M., & Richard, E. (2010, April). Cross cultural differences in business request emails. Poster presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Merlini, P., Sudduth, M. M., Ricci-Twitchell, M., Kung, M-C, & Griffith, R. L. (2010, April). The smart or right choice: Exploring job-related intelligence and faking. Poster presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Moeser, E., Steelman, L.A., & McDonald, D.P. (April, 2009). Effects of Perceived Discrimination on Work-Family Conflict for Army Personnel. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
  • Parks. K.M., & Steelman, L.A. (April, 2009). Getting workers to work out: An application of translational research. In P. Chen & A. Smith, (Chairs), Closing the gap between research discovery and service delivery. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
  • Pathak, J., Converse, P. D., & Kostic, E. (2009). Forced-Choice Personality Measures: Implications for Score Inflation and Applicant Reactions. Presented at the 24th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
  • Pathak, J., & Steelman, L.A. (April, 2009). Influence on individual differences on work to family enrichment. S. Culbertson & M. Mills (Chairs), Exploring Allies, Enemies, and (Lack of) Boundaries in Work-Family Interactions. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
  • Pierce, H., Steelman, L.A., Masztal, J.J., & Pashturro, G. (2010, April) Wellness Programs: Relationship to Job Satisfaction, Manager and Cultural Support. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Peterson, M. H., Griffith, R. L., Converse, P. D., & Gammon, A. (2011). Using within-subjects designs to detect applicant faking. Presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
  • Quist, J.S., Merlini, P., & Griffith, R. (2009, April). Self-Deceptive Enhancement: Isolating the unconscious motivation behind response elevation. Paper presented at the 24th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
  • Reid, P. A. & Richard, E. M. (2011, August). The role of cross-cultural competence in the relationship between emotion regulation and job satisfaction. In P. Reid (Chair), Beyond the Frontier: Insights into Cross-Cultural Competence in the U.S. Military. Symposium conducted at the 119th Annual American Psychological Association meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • McFadden, M. & Richard, E. M. (2011, April). Cultural and individual differences influencing reactions to business request emails. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Meeting, Chicago, IL.
  • Richard, E. M., Converse, P.D., & Steinhauser, E. (2011, April). Emotional display rule deviance as self-regulatory failure. In E. Richard (Chair), Emotional Display Rule Deviance: Antecedents and Consequences. Symposium conducted at the 26th Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology meeting, Chicago, IL.
  • Richard, E. M., Reid, P., Bogle, C., Miranda, M., & Reverdiau, G. (2011, April). BIS and BAS sensitivity as predictors of flight training performance. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Meeting, Chicago, IL.
  • Steinhauser, E., Richard, E. M., Small, C., & Trejo, B. (2011, April). Misperception of emotion in email: Effects of gender and status. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology meeting, Chicago, IL.
  • Small, C.M., & Richard, E.M. (2010). Relationships among creative self-concept variables and employee creative behaviors. Poster presented at the 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Richard, E. M., Steinhauser, E., Small, C., Trejo, B., & Trane, S. (2010). Misperception of emotional intent in email. In Using Technology in Organizational Communications and Training. Symposium conducted at the Florida Institute of Technology School of Psychology Research Colloquium.
  • McFadden, M., & Richard, E. M. (2010, April). Cross-Cultural Differences in Business Request Emails. Poster presented at the 25th Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology meeting, Atlanta, GA.
  • Richard, E. M. & Diefendorff, J. M. (Chairs; 2009, April). The fit between emotional demands and emotional abilities. Symposium to be conducted at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
  • Richard, E. M., Converse, P. D., & Steinhauser, E. (2011). Emotional display rule deviance as self-regulatory failure. Presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
  • Schilligo, J., Bogle, C., Reid, P., Rivera, I., Steelman, L.A., & Pittman, J. (2010, April). Antecedents and consequences of the feedback environment. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Steinhauser, E., & Converse, P. D. (2009). Self-Regulation and Asymmetric Hemispheric Activation: The Regulatory Activation Effect. Presented at the 24th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
  • Trame, E., Turner, S., van Driel, M., Pathak, J., Fehir, S. & Gabrenya, W. (2010, April). Validating the Cultural Intelligence Scale: What Does It Really Measure? Poster presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Turner, S. (2010, April). Investigating the dark triad and destructive deviant work behavior. Poster presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Wildman, J. L. (2011, July 22). Panelist. In J. Reedy (Chair), Groups turned violent: Applying research on groups and teams to the study of terrorism. Panel conducted at the annual meeting of the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Thayer, A. L., Wildman, J. L., Rosen, M., Salas, E., Mathieu, J., & Rayne, S. (2011, July 22). Task types and team-level attributes: An integrative taxonomy from the team classification literature. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research, Minneapolis, MN.

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