PhD in Applied Organizational Psychology

Research

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Names in Bold are current faculty members and past and present graduate students of the PhD program in Applied Organizational Psychology

Recent Publications

Chen, Y., PengY., Xu, H., & O’Brien, W. (2017). Age differences in stress and coping: Problem-focused strategies mediate the relationship between age and positive affect. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. doi:10.1177/0091415017720890.

Chen, Y., PengY., Ma, X., & Dong, X. (2017). Conscientiousness moderates the relationship between perceived stress and depressive symptoms among U.S. Chinese older adults.  Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biomedical Sciences and Medical Sciences72(suppl_1), 108-112.

*Farid, M, & Nolan, K.P. (in press). Hiring POTUS: Examining the 2016 Presidential Election through the Lens of I/O psychology. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist.

Feitosa, J., Solis, L. & Grossman, R. (2017). The influence of culture on team dynamics. In E. Salas, W. B. Vessey, L., Landon (Eds.) Research on Managing Groups and Teams: Team Dynamics Over Time (pp. 209-230). Emerald Group Publishing.

Glazer, S., & Liu, C. (forthcoming). Work, stress, coping, and stress management. In O. Braddick (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. Oxford University Press.

Gillespie, M., Gillespie, J., Sliter, K., Colatat, M., Nolan, K.P., & Guion, R. (in press). An SK BARS system: Ongoing performance management with municipal police. Public Personnel Management.

Grossman, R., & Burke-Smalley, L. (2017). Context-dependent accountability strategies to improve the transfer of training: A proposed theoretical model and research propositions. Human Resource Management Review. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2017.08.001.

Grossman, R. & Feitosa, J. (2017). Team trust over time: Modeling reciprocal and contextual influences in action teams. Human Resource Management Review. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2017.03.006.

Grossman, R., *Friedman, S., & *Kalra, S. (2017). Teamwork processes and emergent states. In E. Salas, R. Rico, & J. Passmore (Eds.), The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Team Working and Collaborative Processes (pp. 245-269). West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Liu, C., & Li, H. (2017) Stressor and stressor appraisals: The moderating effect of task efficacy. Journal of Business and Psychology. DOI: 10.1007/s10869-016-9483-4.

Nolan, K.P. (in press). From analysis to evaluation: Brand management and the future of I/O psychology. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice.

*Paik, L., & Shahani-Denning, C. (2017). Convenience Sampling. In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2nd edition; Steven G. Rogelberg.

Peng, Y., Jex, S., & Wang, M. (2017). Aging and occupational health. In K. S. Shultz & G. A. Adams (Eds.), Aging and work in the 21st century (2nd Ed). New York: Psychology Press.

PengY., Tian, B., Jex, M. S., & Chen, Y. (2016). Employees' Age Moderates Relationships of Emotional Suppression With Health and Well-Being? Work, Aging, and Retirement. 3, 89-101doi:10.1093/workar/waw030.

Shahani-Denning, C., *Patel, V., & *Zide, J.  (2017). Recruiter and Applicant Use of LinkedIn: A Spotlight on India. The Psychologist-Manager Journal, 20(2), 90-105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mgr0000052.

Shahani-Denning, C. & Shyamsunder, A. (in press). Work-Family Issues in South-East Asia: Unique Region Considerations and Review of Past Research. In Shockley, Shen, and Johnson (eds). The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work-Family Interface. Cambridge University Press.

Ye, M., Chen, Y., & PengY. (2017). A New Era of Living Arrangement: Determinants of Quality of Life among Chinese Older Adults. InM. C. Tsai & W. Chen (Eds), Family, Work, and Wellbeing in Asia (pp. 43-64). Springer Singapore.

*Zide, J., Mills, M., Shahani-Denning, C., *Sweetapple, C.  (2017). Work Interruptions Resiliency: Toward an Improved Understanding of Employee Efficiency, Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, Vol. 4 Issue: 1, pp.39-58, https://doi.org/10.1108/JOEPP-04-2016-0031


Nolan, K.P., Langhammer, K., & Salter, N. (2016). Evaluating fit in employee selection: Beliefs about how, when, and why. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 68, 222-251.

Nolan, K.P., Carter, N.T., & Dalal, D.K. (2016). Threat of technological unemployment: Are hiring managers discounted for using standardized employee selection practices? Personnel Assessment and Decisions, 2, 30-47.

Pyc, L.S., Melzer, D.P., & Liu, C. (2016). Ineffective leadership and employees' negative outcomes: The mediating effect of anxiety and depression. International Journal of Stress Management.

Yang, L., Liu, C., Nauta, M.M., Caughlin, D.E., & Spector, P.E. (2016). Be mindful of what you impose on your colleagues: Implications of social burden for burdenees' well-being, attitudes, and counterproductive work behavior. Stress and Health, 32, 70-83.

Zhu, X., Dalal, D.K., Barnes-Farrell, J.L., & Nolan, K.P. (2015). A humanness perspective of organizational psychology: Scale development and initial validation. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 1¸ 15557-1557.

Spector, P. E., Liu, C., and Sanchez, J. I. (2015). Methodological and substantive issues in conducting multinational and cross-cultural research. In F. P. Morgeson, H. Aguinis, & S. J. Ashford (Eds.). Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior (Vol. 2, pp. 101-131). Annual Reviews, CA: Palo Alto.

Liu, C., Li, C., Fan, J., & Nauta, M.M. (2015). Workplace conflict and absence/lateness: The moderating effect of core self-evaluation in China and the United States. International Journal of Stress Management, 22, 243-269.

Paik, L., & Shahani-Denning, C. (2015). Convenience Sampling. In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2nd edition; Steven G. Rogelberg.

Salas, E., Grossman, R., Hughes, A., & Coultas, C. (2015). Measuring team cohesion: Observations from the science. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 57(3), 365-374.

Grossman, R., Thayer, A., Shuffler, M.L., Burke, C.S., Salas, E. (2015). Critical social thinking: A conceptual model and insights for training. Organizational Psychology Review, 5(2), 99-125.

Grossman, R., Rosch, Z., Mazer, D., & Salas, E. (2015). What matters for team cohesion measurement? A synthesis. In E. Salas, W. B. Vessey, A. X. Estrada (Eds.), Team Cohesion: Advances in Psychological Theory, Methods and Practice (pp. 147-180). Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Grossman, R., Oglesby, J. & Salas, E. (2015). The training process: Using the science each step of the way. In D. A. Boehm-Davis, F. T. Durso, & J. D. Lee (Eds.) Handbook of Human Systems Integration (pp. 501-516). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Salas, E., Benishek, L, Coultas, C., Dietz, A., Grossman, R., Lazzara, E., & Oglesby, J. (2015). Team training essentials: A research-based guide. Routledge.

Grossman, R., Heyne, K., & Salas, E. (2015). Game- and simulation-based approaches to training. In K. Kraiger, J. Passmore, S. Malvezze, & N. R. dos Santos (Eds.), The Wiley Handbook of Psychology of Training, Personal Development, and E-Learning (pp. 205-223). Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Nolan, K.P., Islam, S., & Quartarone, M. (2014). The influence of vocational training on the brand images of organizational consultants. The Psychologist-Manager Journal, 17, 245-278.

Nolan, K.P., & Highhouse, S. (2014). Need for autonomy and resistance to standardized employee selection practices. Human Performance, 27, 328-346.

Brooks, M.E., Dalal, D.K., & Nolan, K.P. (2014). Are common language effect sizes easier to understand than traditional effect sizes? Journal of Applied Psychology, 99, 332-340.

Paik, L., Shahani-Denning, C., & Griffeth, R. (2014). An Examination of Attractiveness Biases in the Context of Hiring Through Social Networking Sites. Journal of Organizational Psychology. 14(1), 52-66.

Zide, J., Ellman, B., & Shahani-Denning, C. (2014). LinkedIn and Recruitment: How Profiles Differ Across Occupations? Employee Relations, 36(5), 583-604.

Glazer, S., & Liu, C. (In press). Work, stress, coping, and stress management. In O. Braddick (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. Oxford University Press.

Cullen, K. L., Fan, J., & Liu, C. (2014). Employee popularity mediates the relationship between political skill and workplace interpersonal mistreatment. Journal of Management, 40, 1760-1778. doi: 10.1177/0149206311435104.

Grossman, R., Spencer, J. M., & Salas, E. (2014). Enhancing naturalistic decision-making and accelerating expertise at work: Training strategies that work. In S. Highhouse, R. Dalal, & E. Salas (Eds.), The Organizational Frontiers Series: Judgment and Decision Making at Work (pp.277-325). New York, NY: Routledge.

Farago, B., Zide, J. S., & Shahani-Denning, C. (2013). Selection interviews: Role of interviewer warmth, interview structure, and interview outcome in applicants’ perceptions of organizations. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research65(3), 224-239.

Culbertson, S. S., Mills, M. J., & Fullagar, C. J.  (2012). Work engagement and work-family facilitation: Making homes happier through positive affective spillover. Human Relations, 65, 1155-1177.

Cullen, C.L., Fan, J., & Liu, C. (in press). Employee Popularity Mediates the Relationship between Political Skill and Workplace Interpersonal Mistreatment. Journal of Management.

Dipboye, R., Macan, T., & Shahani-Denning, C. (2012). The selection interview from the interviewer and applicant perspectives: Can’t have one without the other. N. Schmitt (Ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Assessment and Selection. New York: Oxford University Press.

Fan, J., Litchfield, R.C., Weiner, B., Alexander, M., Islam, S., Liu, C., & Kulviwat, S. (2013). Workplace social self-efficacy: Concept, measure, and initial validity evidence. Journal of Career Assessment, 21, 91-110.

Liu, C., Yang, L.Q., & Nauta, M. M. (2013). Examining the mediating effect of supervisor conflict on procedural injustice – job strain relations: The function of power distance. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 18, 64-74.

Liu, C., Liu, Y., Mills, M. J., & Fan, J. (In press). Job Stressors, Job Performance, Job Dedication, and the Moderating Effect of Conscientiousness: A Mixed-Methods Approach. International Journal of Stress Management.

Mills, M. J.Fleck, C. R., & Kozikowski, A.  (2013). Positive psychology at work: A conceptual review, state-of-practice assessment, and a look ahead. Journal of Positive Psychology, 8, 153-164.

Mills, M. J. & Woo, V. A.  (2012). It’s not insignificant: I/O psychologists’ dilemma of non-significance. The Industrial/Organizational Psychologist, 49, 48-54.

Mills, M. J., Culbertson, S. S., & Fullagar, C. J.  (2012). Conceptualizing and measuring engagement: An analysis of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. Journal of Happiness Studies, 13, 519-545. 

Mills, M. J., Culbertson, S. S., Huffman, A. H., & Connell, A. R.  (2012). Assessing gender biases: Development and initial validation of the Gender Role Stereotypes Scale. Gender in Management: An International Journal, 27, 520-540.

Nolan, K.P., Gohlke, M., Gilmore, J., & Rosiello, R. (2013). Examining how corporations use online job ads to communicate employer brand image information. Corporate Reputation Review16(4), 300-312.

Snyder, J. & Shahani-Denning, C. (2012). Fairness reactions to personnel selection methods: A look at professionals in Mumbai, India. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 20, 297-307.

Thelen, Shawn T., Shapiro, T. (2012). Predicting negative consumer reactions to services offshoring. Journal of Services Marketing, 26, 181-193.

Wefald, A. J., Mills, M. J., Smith, M. R., & Downey, R. G. (2013). Vigorous groups? An examination of vigor at the dimension level and its relationship to work attitudes in teams. Psychology Research, 3, 330-344.

Xu, S. Y., Wang, Q., Liu, C., Li, Y. H., & O-Y, K. (2013). Content and construct of counterproductive work behavior in a Chinese context. Social Behavior and Personality – An International Journal, 41, 921-932.

Recent Presentations

Carter, N.T., Daniels, M., Nolan, K.P., & Harris, A. (April, 2017). The SIOP 2017 Living History Committee Presents: Sheldon Zedeck. Alternative session presented at the 32nd Annual Conference for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Orlando, FL.

Clark, O., Jex, M.S., Peng, Y., & Ritter K.J. (June, 2017). Exclusion in the Workplace: A Multi-Level Investigation. 2016 Work, Stress, and Health Conference. Atlanta, GA. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Feitosa, J, Grossman, R., Kramer, W. S., & Salas, E. (April, 2017). Team trust and performance: A meta-analysis of measurement idiosyncrasies. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Orlando, FL. 

Feitosa, J. & Grossman, R. (co-chairs) (April, 2017). Studying the dynamics of team dynamics. Symposium conducted at the 32nd Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Orlando, FL. *Selected for Human Resources Certification Institute to offer recertification credits.

*Gebhardt, S., & Liu, C. (April, 2017). Workplace ostracism and depression: The moderating effect of harmony value. Paper presented as part of the symposium by Liu, C (chair), How and When Workplace Ostracism Undermines Employees at the 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Orlando, FL.

Grossman, R., & Burke-Smalley, L. (April, 2017). Context-dependent accountability strategies to improve the transfer of training. Poster presented at the 32nd Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Orlando, FL. 

Grossman, R. & Feitosa, J. (April, 2017). Team trust over time: A theoretical model and propositions. In J. Feitosa & R. Grossman (co-chairs) Studying the dynamics of team dynamics. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Orlando, FL. 

Grossman, R., & Salas, E. (June, 2017). The transfer of training, what matters? Presented at the Cognitive Remediation in Psychology Workshop. Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Hou, N., Fan, J., Stuhlman, M. J., Liu, C., Tan, J. A., Gu, J. (April, 2017). Understanding ostracism from attachment perspective: Testing a moderated mediation model. Paper presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, FL.

Liu, C., & *Williams, M. (April, 2017). Perceived intent to harm moderates the workplace ostracism-attribution relationship. Paper presented as part of the symposium by Liu, C (chair), How and When Workplace Ostracism Undermines Employees at the 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, FL.

*Ma, J., & Liu, C. (April, 2017). The moderating effect of conscientiousness on the workload–strain relationships. Paper presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Orlando, FL.

*Ma, J., Hyvönen, K., Liu, C., & Feldt, T. (April, 2017). How effort-reward imbalance moderated emotional intelligence, ethical leadership, and engagement. Paper presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Orlando, FL.

*Ma, J., & Liu, C. (June, 2017). Self-efficacy mediates the job complexity-employee outcome relationship: The moderating effect of conscientiousness. Poster presented at the biannual conference of Work, Stress, and Health. Minneapolis, MN.

Meltzer, D. P., & Liu, C. (June, 2017). Role ambiguity and employee engagement: The mediating effect of psychological detachment from work. Poster presented at the biannual conference of Work, Stress, and Health. Minneapolis, MN.

Mills, M., *Happich, K., Rogers, E., Ruggeberg, B., Rutigliano, P., & Shahani-Denning, C. (2017). Facilitating Successful I/O Internships: Considerations, Challenges, and Opportunities. Panel discussion, 32nd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Orlando, FL, April, 2017.

Nolan, K.P.Shahani-Denning, C., *Mazer, D., & *Auriemmo, A.L. (February, 2017). LinkedIn: An opportunity for discriminatory hiring decisions? Symposium presentation at the Social Media: Transforming Communication at Work and in the Public Sphere Conference. Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.

Parasher, P., Shahani-Denning, C. & Shyamsunder, A. (2017). Busting Myths About Work with I/O Psychology Research. Panel discussion. St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, India.

PengY., & Jex, M. S. (April, 2017). Examining Different Perspectives in Bridge Employment Research. Symposium at the 2017 Annual meeting of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Orlando, FL.

PengY., & Jex, M. S. (April, 2017). Knowledge retention: Aligning the job with older workers’ motivational strivings to promote intergenerational knowledge transfer. Symposium presentation at the 2017 Annual meeting of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Orlando, FL.

PengY., Wang, Z., & Jex, M. S. (April, 2017). Bridge employment planning: The roles of work characteristics and motivations. Symposium presentation at the 2017 Annual meeting of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Orlando, FL.

Peng, Y., Xu, X., Zhang, W., & Jex, M.S. (June, 2017). Employees with poor sleep hurt others but not the organization: The mediation role of emotional labor. 2016 Work, Stress, and Health Conference. Atlanta, GA. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Shahani-Denning, C., *Patel, V., *Zide, J., & *Elman, B.  (2017). LinkedIn Profiles: A Cross-Cultural Approach. In Shahani-Denning (chair) Social Media, the Law and Hiring. Symposium presented at the Hofstra University conference on Social Media: Transforming Communication at Work and in the Public Sphere, Hempstead, NY. February 2017.  

*Sweetapple, C., Shahani-Denning, C., Mills, M., & Thomas, L. (2017). A Model of Change Adoption Willingness for evidence-based practice in Registered Nurses. Poster presented at International Convention of Psychological Science. Vienna, Austria, March 2017.


Anagnostopoulos, J., Shapiro, T., Vasilatos, O., Wieselthier, E., Shahani-Denning, C. (2013). Effect of Numbers in Fully Labeled Bipolar and Unipolar Scales. Poster presented at SIOP. Houston, TX.

Gebhardt, S. T., Liu, C., Liu, Y., Li, C., & Shahani-Denning, C. (2013). Internal and external resources moderate the job demand-strain relationships. Poster presented at SIOP. Houston, TX.

Kozikowski, A., Shapiro, T., Shahani-Denning, C., & Metlay, W. (2013). Service quality and word-of-mouth: Effects on customer attitudes. In Shapiro, T, (chair), Emerging I/O research on the customer experience. Paper presented at SIOP. Houston, TX.

Indre, S. Shahani-Denning, C., Shapiro, T., & Liu, C. (2012, August). Evaluations of LinkedIn Profiles: Can Job Commitment Attenuate Motherhood Bias? Paper presented as part of the symposium by C. Shahani-Denning (chair), Using Social Network Profiles in Hiring: Do we Know Enough? at the 120th Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association. Orlando, FL.

Liu, C., Yang, L., Nauta, M., Khan, S. I., & Shahani-Denning, C. (2012). The relation between procedural injustice and conflict with supervisor. Poster presented at SIOP. Houston, TX.

Liu, C., Liu, Y., Moise, G., & Paik, L. (2012, April). The Relations between Challenge/Hindrance Stressor and Job Dedication: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study. Paper presented at the 10th Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology. Zurich, Switzerland.

Liu, C., Gebhardt, S., Liu, Y., & Li, C. (2012, April). Test of the Job Demand-Resource Model in China: When Demand and Resource are Qualitatively Similar. Paper presented at the 10th Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology. Zurich, Switzerland.

Matthews, R.A., & Mills, M. J. (Symposium co-chairs). (2012). Leaders and the work-family interface: They provide more than support. Symposium presented at SIOP. San Diego, CA. {Symposium approved for granting of Continuing Education credits to professionals.}

Mills, M. J., & Grotto, A. R. (2012). Work-life and the upper echelon: Perceptions, outcomes, and gender differences in senior leadership. Paper presented at the Academy of Management (AOM) Conference. Boston, MA.

Mills, M. J., Matthews, R.A., Henning, J.B., & Woo, V.A. (2012). Family-supportive organizations and supervisors: Their influence on employee outcomes. Paper presented at SIOP. San Diego, CA.

Mills, M. J.  (Symposium chair). (2013). Employee gender and the work-family experience: More similar than presumed? Symposium presented at SIOP. Houston, TX.

Nolan, K. P., & Highhouse, S. (2013). Need for autonomy and resistance to standardized employee selection practices. Poster presented at SIOP. Houston, TX.

Nolan, K. P., Carter, N.T., & Dalal, D.K. (2013). Threat of Technological Unemployment: Observer attributions and resistance to standardized employee selection practices. Symposium presented at SIOP, Houston, TX.

Paik, L. S., Shahani-Denning, C., &Griffeth, R. W. (2013). Biases in the Context of hiring through LinkedIn. Poster presented at SIOP, Houston, TX.

Pfeiffer, N., Liu, C., Nauta, M.M., & Fan, J. (2012, April). Core Self-Evaluation and the Relations between Workplace Conflict and Withdrawal. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. San Diego, CA.

Pyc, L., & Liu, C. (2012, April). Perceived Workplace Ambiguity Moderates Abusive Supervision-Employees’ Strains Relations. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. San Diego, CA.

Salute, C., Sweetapple, C., Duffy, R., & Shahani-Denning, C. (2013). Generation C and the transformation of the workplace. Poster presented at SIOP. Houston, TX.

Shahani-Denning, C. (2012). Using social network profiles in hiring: Do we know enough? Symposium presented at the American Psychological Association Conference. Orlando, FL.

Shahani-Denning, C. (2013). Careers in Psychology. Invited presentation to the Psychology Club, Molloy College, NY.
   
Shahani Denning, C., Shapiro, T., Weingartner, K., DiNardo, K., & Lui, C. (2012). The challenges of undergraduate internships: Are they worth the effort?  Paper presented at the meeting of Farmingdale State College’s 26th Annual Teaching of Psychology Conference. Tarrytown, NY.

Shapiro, T., Nieman-Gonder, J., Kozikowski, A., Shahani-Denning, C., Islam, S. (2012). Does quality customer service pay in competitive markets? In T. Shapiro (chair), The Customer Experience in I/O Theory and Practice. Symposium presented at SIOP. San Diego, CA.

Snyder, J. & Shahani-Denning, C. (2012). Fairness reactions to personnel selection methods: A look at India. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Conference. Orlando, FL.

Staninaite, I., Shahani-Denning, C., Shapiro, T., & Liu, C. (2012). Evaluations of LinkedIn profiles: Can Job Commitment Attenuate Motherhood Bias? In C. Shahani-Denning (chair), Using social network profiles in hiring: Do we know enough? Symposium presented at the American Psychological Association Conference. Orlando, FL.

Yang, L.Q., Liu, C., Nauta, M.M., Caughlin, D. E., & Spector, P.E. (2013). Be mindful of what you impose on your colleagues: Social burden in the workplace. In L. Q. Yang & R. Wright (chairs). Let All Social Partners in the Social Support Process Count: New Perspectives on Classical Theory. Symposium presented at the conference of Work, Stress, and Health. Los Angeles, CA.

Zide, J. S., Elman, B., & Shahani-Denning, C. (2013). LinkedIn profiles: How do you present yourself? Poster presented at SIOP. Houston, TX.