Cleveland, Jeanette
Ph.D., 1982, The Pennsylvania State University
janc@psu.edu
Jeanette Cleveland's research interests include personal and contextual variables in work and family interfaces including program assessment, performance appraisal and management, workforce diversity, and international implications for HR practices, family, and diversity issues. She is particularly interested in the application of traditional industrial and organizational psychology content areas to diverse groups, and collaborating with interdisciplinary research teams to address societal, organizational and individual considerations in the above research areas. She was consulting editor for Journal of Organizational Behavior and has served or is currently serving on the editorial boards of Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Human Resource Management Review, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Applied Psychology, and International Journal of Management Reviews.
Farr, James L.
Ph.D., 1971, University of Maryland
j5f@psu.edu
James Farr's research interests are in the area of industrial/organizational psychology with emphasis on personnel selection, criterion development, and work motivation. Current research projects are concerned with the evaluation of personnel selection systems; the effects of individual and workgroup factors on performance feedback seeking and giving; factors affecting work performance evaluations; and issues related to older workers' job performance and motivation.
Grandey, Alicia A.
Ph.D., 1999, Colorado State University
aag6@psu.edu
As an industrial/organizational psychologist, Alicia Grandey's research focuses on stress and emotions from the perspective of the employee. Specifically, this has taken the form of two main streams of research. Her first area of research explores the experience and control of emotions within the work role, and how emotions can be both beneficial and detrimental to the performance and well-being of the employee. Research is designed to have implications for selection and training of employees. The second area focuses on work-family conflict as a contributor to stress, and how employees and organizations perceive and react to "family-friendly policies." Related topics of interest include coping and support, mood/affect, customer service, and perceptions of injustice.
Jacobs, Rick R.
Ph.D., 1978, University of California, Berkeley
rick.jacobs@ebjacobs.com
Rick Jacobs studies several topics in industrial psychology. In work in performance analysis, Dr. Jacobs studies individuals longitudinally to understand why, with seniority, some people improve while others remain relatively stable or deteriorate. He also studies the conceptual and practical distinctions between seniority and experience. In work on personnel decision making and applied information processing, Dr. Jacobs studies individuals' use of multiple cues in forming composite judgements (e.g., for decisions on managerial promotions, risk analysis in nuclear power plants, union participation). In work with teachers, Dr. Jacobs uses results from surveys of more than 47,000 teachers to test hypotheses concerning gender differences, the impact of seniority on various job attitudes, and the link between job attitudes and the intention to leave the profession of teaching.
Mohammed, Susan
Ph.D., 1996, The Ohio State University
sxm40@psu.edu
Susan Mohammed's research interests are primarily in the area of organizational psychology, with an emphasis on decision making and group/team dynamics. Her decision making work investigates the processes by which individuals with different perceptions arrive at group-level interpretations of strategic issues. Her current team research is examining the influence of various types of team composition variables on group processes and outcomes. In addition, she continues to build on earlier conceptual work on team mental models by exploring ways to expand measurement options.
Murphy, Kevin
Ph.D., 1979, The Pennsylvania State University
krmurphy@psu.edu
Kevin Murphy's research interests are in the areas of personnel selection, performance evaluation, and quantitative methods. Current research projects include studies of human resource management practices in multinational organizations, evaluations of the effects of selection tests on behavior in organizations and assessments of the links between the context in which performance ratings occur and the ratings given by supervisors.