Research Interests

Broadly, my research focuses on personal motivation in why and how we regulate ourselves, as well as motivation for why and how we regulate other people. Specifically, I study the regulation of goal-directed behavior (e.g., the job search process) and emotions (e.g., emotional labor), and am interested in studying these in personal, leader, and team contexts. 

Publications

Grandey, A. A., & Melloy, R. C. (in press). The state of the heart: Reflections on emotional labor as emotion regulation. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.

Thompson, M. N., Dahling, J. J., *Chin, M. Y., & *Melloy, R. C., (2016). Integrating job loss, unemployment, and reemployment with Social Cognitive Career Theory. Journal of Career Assessment.                                                    (* The authors contributed equally to this research; names listed alphabetically)

Howard, M. C., & Melloy, R. C. (2016). Evaluating item-sort task methods: The presentation of a new statistical significance formula and methodological best practices. Journal of Business and Psychology, 31, 173-186.

Zhang, X., Xing, C., Guan, Y., Song, X., Melloy, R., Wang, F., & Jin X. (2016). Attitudes toward older adults: A matter of cultural values or personal values? Psychology and Aging, 31, 89-100.

Song, X., Zhang, X., Melloy, R., Wang, F., Zhan, H., & Wang, L. (2016). From self-disclosure to prosocial behaviors: Feedback as a moderator. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 19, 90-100.

Melloy, R., & Liu, S. (2014). Non-traditional employment history: A less obvious source of stereotype threat. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 7, 474-478.

Dahling, J. J., Melloy, R., & Thompson, M. N. (2013). Financial strain and regional unemployment as barriers to job search self-efficacy: A test of social cognitive career theory. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 60, 210-218.