USF I/O Student Research

We strongly encourage our students to become involved in research. Methodological and research skills are very important for an I/O career, even an applied one, and the best way to learn is through experience. Every student completes a master's thesis and doctoral dissertation, which must involve an empirical study. We encourage students to publish their research, usually under the guidance of their major professors. Furthermore, we encourage students to pursue other research interests either on their own or with faculty. Many of our current and former students are published, and many continue to contribute to the I/O literature.

Below is a bibliography of publications based on work done by our students during their graduate careers with us. Many, but not all, are based on thesis or dissertation work. They have published in a variety of journals, including the top ones of the field, such as Journal of Applied Psychology and Personnel Psychology. Student authors names are in bold. In cases where an individual published later in their career with a USF I/O student, they show up again but not in bold.

Allen, T. D, Day, R., Lentz, E. (2005). The role of Interpersonal comfort in mentoring relationships. Journal of Career Development, 31, 155-169.

Allen, T. D; Eby, L. T, Lentz, E. (2006). Mentorship behaviors and mentorship quality associated with formal mentoring programs: Closing the gap between research and practice. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 567-578.

Allen, T. D; Eby, L. T; Lentz, E. (2006). The relationship between formal mentoring program characteristics and perceived program effectiveness. Personnel Psychology, 59, 125-153.

Allen, T. D., Eby, L. T., Poteet. M. L. Lentz, E., & Lima, L. (2004). Career benefits associated with mentoring for proteges: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89, 127-136.

Allen, T. D., Herst, D., Bruck, C. S., & Sutton, M. (2000). Consequences associated with work-to-family conflict: A review and agenda for future research. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 5, 278-308.

Allen, T. D, O'Brien, K. E. (2006). Formal mentoring programs and organizational attraction. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 17, 43-58.

Ash, R. A. & Levine, E. L. (1980). A framework for evaluating job analysis methods. AMA COM, A division of American Management Association. November – December, 53-59.

Ash, R. A., Levine, E. L., & Edgell, S. L. (1979). Exploratory study of a matching approach to personnel selection: The impact of ethnicity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 64, 35-41.

Augustine M. A. & Coovert M. D. (1991). Simulation and information order as influences in the development of mental models. SIGCHI Bulletin 23, 33-35.

Benedict, M. E. & Levine, E. L. (1988). Delay and distortion: Tacit influences on performance appraisal effectiveness. Journal of Applied Psychology, 73, 507-514.

Borman, W. C., Buck, D. E., Hanson, M. A., Motowidlo, S. J., Stark, S., & Drasgow, F. (2001). An examination of the comparative reliability, validity, and accuracy of performance ratings made using computerized adaptive rating scales. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 965-973.

Borman, W. C., Dorsey, D. & Ackerman, L. (1992) Time-spent responses as time allocation strategies: Relations with sales performance in a stockbroker sample. Personnel Psychology 45, 763-777.

Borman, W. C., White, L. A., & Dorsey, D. W. (1995). Effects of ratee task performance and interpersonal factors on supervisor and peer performance ratings. Journal of Applied Psychology, 80, 168-177.

Brannick, M. D., Michaels, C. E. & Baker, D. P. (1989). Construct Validity of in-basket scores. Journal of Applied Psychology. 6, 957-963.

Brannick, M. T., Prince, A., Prince, C., & Salas, E. (1995). The measurement of team process. Human Factors, 37, 641-651.

Brannick, M. T., Roach, R. M., & Salas, E. (1993). Understanding team performance: A multimethod study. Human Performance, 6, 287-308.

Brookmire, D. A. & Sistrunk, F. (1980). The effects of perceived ability and impartiality of mediators and time pressure on negotiation. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 24, 311-327.

Bruck, C. S., & Allen T. D. (2003). The relationship between big five personality traits, negative affectivity, Type A behavior, and work-family conflict. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 63, 457-472.

Bruck, C. S., Allen, T. D., & Spector, P. E. (2002). The relation between work-family conflict and job satisfaction: A finer-grained analysis. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 60, 336-353.

Bruk-Lee, V., & Spector, P. E. (2006). The social stressors-counterproductive work behaviors link: Are conflicts with supervisors and coworkers the same? Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 11, 145-156.

Bunker, K. A., & Cohen, S. L. (1977). The rigors of training evaluation: A discussion and field demonstration. Personnel Psychology, 30, 525-541.

Burke, J. L., Murphy, R. R, Coovert, M. D; Riddle, D. L. (2004). Moonlight in Miami: A field study of human-robot interaction in the context of an urban search and rescue disaster response training exercise. Human-Computer Interaction, 19, 85-116.

Busciglio, H., Mullins, L., Nelson, C., & Weiner, H. (1984). An examination of job-satisfaction among nursing-home personnel—The impact of organizational centralization, participation and supervisory power. Gerontologist, 24, 225-225.

Carsten J. M. & Spector, P. E. (1987). Unemployment, job satisfaction, and employee turnover: A meta-analytic test of the Muchinsky model. Journal of Applied Psychology 72, 374-381.

Chen, P. Y., & Spector, P. E. (1991). Negative affectivity as the underlying cause of correlations between stressors and strains. Journal of Applied Psychology

Chen, P. Y., & Spector, P. E. (1992). Relationships of work stressors with aggression, withdrawal, theft and substance use: An exploratory study. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 65, 177-184.

Cohen B. A. & Wright, G. W. (1989) Assessing Computer Anxiety. Psychological Reports 65, 735-738.

Cohen, S. L. & Bunker, K. A. (1975). Subtle effects of sex role stereotypes on recruiters' hiring decisions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 60, 566-572.

Cohen, S. L., Bunker, K. A., Burton, A. L., & McManus, P. D. (1978). Reactions of male subordinates to the sex-role congruency of immediate supervision. Sex Roles, 4, 297-311.

Cohen, S. L. & Leavengood, S. (1978). The utility of the WAMS: Shouldn't it relate to discriminatory behavior? Academy of Management Journal, 21, 742-748.

Coleman, V. I., & Borman, W. C. (2000). Investigating the underlying structure of the citizenship performance domain. Human Resources Management Review, 10, 25-44.

Cook, K. W., Vance, C. A., & Spector, P. E. (2000). The relation of candidate personality with selection interview outcomes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30, 867-885.

Craiger, J. P., & Coovert, M. D. (1991). Fuzzy fit index tutoring system (FFITS) – An intelligent system for interpreting and integrating covariance structure modeling solutions. Applied Psychological Measurement, 15, 292-292.

Craiger, J. P., & Coovert, M. D. (1994). A fuzzy system for mapping worker attributes to tasks. Behavior Research Methods and Instrumentation, 26, 107-111.

Davis, A. G. & Penner, L. A.(1986). The sex matching heuristic in employment decisions. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 24, 47-50.

Day, R., Allen, T. D. (2004). The relationship between career motivation and self-efficacy with protege career success. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 64, 72-91.

Dorsey, D. W., Campbell, G. E. Foster, L. L., & Miles, E. E. (1999). Assessing knowledge structures: Relations with experience and posttraining performance. Human Performance, 12, 31-57. [Note Lori Foster is now Lori F. Thompson.]

Ellis, B. B. & Penner, L. A. (1983). Individual differences in reactions to inequitable exchanges. Journal of Psychology, 114, 91-98.

Ellis, B. B. (1989). Differential item functioning: Implications for test translations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 74, 912-921.

Emener, W. G., & Marion-Landais, C. A. (1995). A follow-up study of division of blind services clients who received post-secondary educational services. The Journal of Rehabilitation, 61, 55-59.

Fox, S. & Spector, P. E. (1999). A model of work frustration-aggression. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 20, 915-931.

Fox, S., & Spector, P. E. (2000). Relations of emotional intelligence, practical intelligence, general intelligence and trait affectivity with interview outcomes: It's not all just 'G'. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 21, 203-220.

Fox, S., Spector, P. E., & Miles, D. (2001). Counterproductive work behavior (CWB) in response to job stressors and organizational justice: Some mediator and moderator tests for autonomy and emotions. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 59, 291-309.

Fritzsche, B. A. & Brannick, M. T. (2002). The importance of representative design in judgment tasks: The case of resume screening. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 75, 163-169.

Greaner, J. L. & Penner, L. A. (1982). The reliability and validity of Bem and Allen's measure of cross-situational consistency. Social Behavior and Personality, 10, 241-244.

Hall, J. K., & Spector P. E. (1991). Relationships of work stress measures for employees with the same job. Work and Stress, 5, 29-35.

Hall, S. M. & Brannick, M. T. (2002). Comparison of two random-effects methods of meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 377-389.

Hense, R. L., Penner, L. A., & Nelson, D. A. (1995). Implicit memory for age stereotypes. Social Cognition, 13, 399-415.

Hense, R. L. & Wright,C. (1992). The development of the attitudes toward censorship questionnaire. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 22, 1666-1675.

Horn, J., Nelson, C. E, Brannick, M. T. (2004). Integrity, conscientiousness, and honesty. Psychological Reports, 95, 27-38.

Jex, S. M., & Spector, P. E. (1989). The generalizability of social information processing to organizational settings: A summary of two field experiments, Perceptual and Motor Skills, 69, 883-893.

Jex, S. M., Spector, P. E., Gudonawski, D. M., & Newman, R. A. (1991). Relations between exercise and employee responses to work stressors: A summary of two studies. In P. L. Perrewe' (Ed.) Handbook on Job Stress [Special Issue]. Social Behavior and Personality, 6, 425-443.

Levine, E. L, Ash, R. A., Hall, H. & Sistrunk. F. (1983). Evaluation of job analysis methods by experienced job analysts. Academy of Management Journal. 26, 339-348.

Levine, E. L., Ash, R. A., & Bennett, N. (1980). Exploratory comparative study of four job analysis methods. Journal of Applied Psychology, 65, 524-535.

Levine, E. L. & Baker, D. P. (1992). Panel appraisal as a criterion in test validation: A demonstration in a law enforcement job. Journal of Business and Psychology, 7, 173-188.

Levine, E. L, Maye, D. M., Ulm, R. A. & Gordon, T. R. (1997) A methodology for developing and validating minimum qualifications (MQs). Personnel Psychology 50, 1009-1023.

Levine, E. L., Sistrunk, F., McNutt, K. J., & Gael, S. (1988). Exemplary job analysis systems in selected organizations: A description of process and outcomes. Journal of Business and Psychology, 3, 3-21.

Levine, E. L., Spector, P. E., Menon, S., Narayanan, L., & Cannon-Bowers, J. (1996). Validity generalization for cognitive, psychomotor, and perceptual tests for craft jobs in the utility industry. Human Performance, 9, 1-22.

Liu, C., Borg, I., & Spector, P. E. (2004). Measurement equivalence of a German job satisfaction survey used in a multinational organization: Implications of Schwartz’s culture model. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89, 1070-1082.

Liu, C., Spector, P. E., & Jex, S. (2005). The relation of job control with job strains: A comparison of multiple data sources. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 78, 325-336.

Love, K. G. (1981). Comparison of peer assessment methods: Reliability, validity, friendship bias, and user reaction. Journal of Applied Psychology, 66, 451-457.

Manson, T. M., Levine, E. L., & Brannick, M. T. (2000). The construct validity of task inventory ratings: A multitrait-multimethod analysis. Human Performance, 13, 1-22.

Marlowe, C. M., Schneider, S. L., & Nelson, C. E. (1996). Gender and attractiveness biases in hiring decisions: Are more experienced managers less biased? Journal of Applied Psychology, 81, 11-21.

McDaniel, W. C. & Sistrunk, F. (1991). Management dilemmas and decisions: Impact of framing and anticipated responses. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 35, 21-42.

McIntire, S. A. & Levine, E. L. (1984). An empirical investigation of self-esteem as a composite construct. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 25, 290-303.

Meyer, H. H. & Raich, M. S. (1983). An objective evaluation of a behavior modeling training program. Personnel Psychology, 36, 755-761.

Michaels C. E. & Spector, P. E. (1982) Causes of employee turnover: A test of the Mobley, Griffeth, Hand, and Meglino model. Journal of Applied Psychology 67, 33-39.

Mieczkowski, T, & Newel, R. (2000). Statistical examination of hair color as a potential biasing factor in hair analysis. Forensic Science International, 107, 13-38.

Mieczkowski, T., Newel, R., & Wraight, B. (1998). Using hair analysis, urinalysis, and self-reports to estimate drug use in a sample of detained juveniles. Substance Use and Misuse, 33, 1547-1567.

Narayanan, L., Menon, S., & Levine, E. L. (1995). Personality structure: A culture-specific examination of the five-factor model. Journal of Personality Assessment, 64, 51-62.

Narayanan, L., Menon, S., & Spector, P. E. (1999). A cross-cultural comparison of job stressors and reactions among employees holding comparable jobs in India and the U.S. International Journal of Stress Management, 6, 197-212.

Narayanan, L., Menon, S., & Spector, P. E. (1999). Stress in the workplace: A comparison of gender and occupations. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 20, 63-73.

Nelson, C. E., Kurtz, A., & Hacker, G. (1988). Hurricane evacuation behavior: Lessons from Elena. Public Affairs Reporter, 2, 1-3.

Nelson, C. E., Roberts, J., Maederer, C. M., & Wertheimer, B. (1987). The utilization of social science information by policymakers. American Behavioral Scientist, 30, 569-577.

Otten, C. A., Penner, L. A., & Waugh, G. (1988). That's what friends are for: The determinants of psychological helping. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 7, 34-41.

Parker, L. B. & Allen, T. D. (2001). Work/family benefits: Variable related to employees’ fairness perceptions. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 58, 453-468.

Penner, L. A. & Anh (Choung), T. (1977). A comparison of American and Vietnamese values systems. Journal of Social Psychology, 101, 187-204.

Penner, L., Brannick, M. T., Webb, S. & Connell, P. (2005). Effects on volunteering of the September 11, 2001 attacks: An archival analysis. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35, 1333-1361.

Penner, L. A., Escarraz, J., & Ellis, B. B. (1983). Sociopathy and helping: Looking out for number one. Academic Psychology Bulletin, 5, 209-220.

Penner, L. A. & Fritzsche, B. A. (1993). Magic Johnson and reactions to people with AIDS: A natural experiment. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 23, 1035-1050.

Penner, L. A., Harris, S. L., Llobet, J., & Craiger, J. P. (1991). Studying personnel decisions about female managers: Methodological considerations. Equal Opportunities International, 10, 3-9.

Penner, L. A., Hawkins, H. L., Dertke, M. C., Spector, P. E., & Stone, A. (1973). Obedience as a function of experimenter competence. Memory and Cognition, 1, 241-245.

Penner, L. A., Michael, D. E., & Brookmire, D. A. (1979). Pro and anti-social behavior as a function of cost estimates and personality and situational variables. Journal of Multivariate Clinical Research, 4, 111-124.

Penner, L. A., Midili, A. R., & Kegelmeyer, J. (1997). Beyond job attitudes: A personality and social psychology perspective on the causes of organizational citizenship behavior. Human Performance, 10, 111-131.

Penner, L. A., Shiffman, S., Paty, J. A., & Fritzsche, B. A. (1994). Individual differences in intraperson variability in mood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66, 712-721.

Penner, L. A., Summers, L. S., Brookmire, D. A., & Dertke, M. C. (1976). The lost dollar: Situational and personality determinants of a pro- and antisocial behavior. Journal of Personality, 44, 274-293.

Penner, L. A. & Wymer, W. E. (1983). The moderator variable approach to behavioral predictability: Some of the variables some of the time. Journal of Research in Personality, 17, 339-353.

Penney, L. M., & Spector, P. E. (2002). Narcissism and counterproductive work behavior: Do bigger egos mean bigger problems? International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 10, 126-134.

Penney, L. M., & Spector, P. E. (2005). Job stress, incivility, and counterproductive work behavior (CWB): The moderating role of negative affectivity. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 26, 777-796.

Rank, J., Pace, V. L., Frese, M. (2004). Three avenues for future research on creativity, innovation, and initiative. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 53, 518-528.

Rioux, S. M. & Penner, L. A. (2001). The causes of organizational citizenship behavior: A motivational analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 1306-1314.

Sanchez, J. I. & Levine, E. L. (1989). Determining important tasks within jobs: A policy-capturing approach. Journal of Applied Psychology, 74, 336-342.

Smith-Jentsch, K., Salas, E., & Brannick, M. T. (2001). To transfer or not to transfer? Investigating the combined effects of trainee characteristics, team leader support and team climate. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 279-292.

Spector, P. E. (1975). Relationships of organizational frustration with reported behavioral reactions of employees. Journal of Applied Psychology, 60, 635-637.

Spector, P. E. (1975). Population density and unemployment: The effects on the incidence of violent crime in the American city. Criminology, 12, 399-401.

Spector, P. E., Chen, P. Y., & O'Connell, B. J. (2000). A longitudinal study of relations between job stressors and job strains while controlling for prior negative affectivity and strains. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85, 211-218.

Spector, P. E., Dwyer, D. J. & Jex, S. M. (1988). Relation of job stressors to affective, health and performance outcomes: A comparison of multiple data sources. Journal of Applied Psychology 73I, 11-19.

Spector, P. E., Fox, S., Penney, L. M., Bruursema, K., Goh, A., & Kessler, S. (2006). The dimensionality of counterproductivity: Are all counterproductive behaviors created equal? Journal of Vocational Behavior, 68, 446-460.

Spector, P. E., Fox, S., & Van Katwyk, P. T. (1999). The role of negative affectivity in employee reactions to job characteristics: Bias effect or substantive effect. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 72, 205-218.

Spector, P. E., & Jex, S. M. (1991). Relations of job characteristics from multiple data sources with employee affect, absence, turnover intentions and health. Journal of Applied Psychology, 76, 46-53.

Spector, P. E. & O’Connell, B. J. (1994) The contribution of personality traits, negative affectivity, locus of control and Type A to the subsequent reports of job stressors and job strains. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 67, 1-11.

Spector, P. E., Penner, L. A., & Hawkins, H. L. (1975). The effect of the thwarting of aggression on subsequent aggression. Social Behavior and Personality, 3, 233-241.

Spector, P. E., Schneider, J. R., Vance, C. A., & Hezlett, S. A. (2000). The relation of cognitive ability and personality traits to assessment center performance. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30, 1474-1491.

Spector, P. E., Van Katwyk, P. T., Brannick, M. T., & Chen, P. Y. (1997). When two factors don’t reflect two constructs: How item characteristics can produce artifactual factors. Journal of Management, 23, 659-678.

Storms P. L. & Spector P. E. (1986) Relationships of organizational frustration with reported behavioral reactions: The moderating effect of locus of control. Journal of Occupational Psychology 60, 227-234.

Subkoviak, M. J., Mack, J. S., Ironson, G. H., & Craig, R. D. (1984). Empirical comparison of selected item bias detection procedures with bias manipulation. Journal of Educational Measurement, 21, 49-58.

Takalkar, P. & Coovert, M. D. (1994). International replication note. The dimensionality of job satisfaction in India. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 43, 415-426.

Thompson, L. F. & Coovert, M. D. (2002). Stepping up to the challenge: A critical examination of face-to-face and computer-mediated team decision making. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, & Practice. 6, 52-64.

Van Katwyk, P. T., Fox, S., Spector, P. E., & Kelloway, E. K. (2000). Using the Job-related Affective Well-being Scale (JAWS) to investigate affective responses to work stressors. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 5, 219-230.

Voissem, N. H. & Sistrunk, F. (1971). Communication schedule and cooperative game behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 19, 160-167.

Volpe, C., Cannon-Bowers, J., Salas, E., & Spector, P. E. (1996). The impact of cross-training on team functioning: An empirical investigation. Human Factors, 38, 87-100.

White, A. T., & Spector, P. E. (1987). An investigation of age-related factors in the age-job satisfaction relationship. Psychology and Aging. 2, 261-265.

Wightman, D. C. & Sistrunk, F. (1987). Part-task training strategies in simulated carrier landing final-approach training. Human Factors, 1987, 29, 245-254.

Wymer, W. E. & Penner, L. A. (1985). Moderator variables and different types of predictability: Do you have a match? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 49, 1002-1015.

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