Student Publications
The students in the University of Akron's I/O department are active in research. Recent student theoretical and empirical work has appeared in top I/O journals, such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Human Performance, Journal of Management, and Consulting Psychology Journal. Students have also co-authored several book chapters with faculty members.
Below is a list of publications held by current I/O students. Names of students and recent program alumni are in bold. I/O faculty names are underlined.
For a more complete list of student publications (i.e., including students that have recently graduated) please see the Recent I/O Publications page on the University of Akron's I/O Department website.
2011 Publications
Beck, J. W., Gregory, J. B., & Carr, A. E. (2011). Goals, feedback, and self-regulation: Control theory as a natural framework for executive coaching.
Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice & Research, 63(1), 26-38.
Gabriel, A.S., Diefendorff, J.M., & Erickson, R.J. (In Press). The relations of daily task accomplishment satisfaction with changes in affect: A multilevel study in nurses.
Journal of Applied Psychology.
2010 Publications
Broeker, T. & Kraus, A.J. (2010). Advice for Peer Educators From Peer Educators. In Foubert, J.D. (Ed.) The Men's and Women's Programs: Ending Rape Through Peer Education (pp. 159-171). New York, NY: Routeledge.
Butler, A. B., Dodge, K. D. & Faurote, E. J. (2010). College student employment and drinking: A daily study of work stressors, alcohol expectancies, and alcohol consumption. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 15, 291-303.
Diefendorff, J.M., & Chandler, M.M. (2010). Motivating employees. In S. Zedeck (Ed.) Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Diefendorff, J.M., Morehart, J., & Gabriel, A.S. (2010). The influence of power and solidarity on emotional display rules. Motivation and Emotion, 34, 120-132.
Lord, R. G., & Dinh, J. E. (in press). Aggregation Processes and Levels of Analysis as Organizing Structures for Leadership Theory. In J. Antonakis & D. Day (Eds.), The Nature of Leadership, Second Edition (Chapter 2). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Lord, R.G., & Shondrick, S.J. (2010). Leadership and knowledge: Symbolic, connectionist, and embodied approaches. The Leadership Quarterly.
Nakai, Y., Chang, B., Snell, A.F., & Fluckinger, C.D. (in press). Profiles of mature job seekers: Connecting needs and desires to job characteristics. Journal of Organizational Behavior. Special Issue: Contemporary Empirical Advancements in the Study of Aging in the Workplace.
Shondrick, S.J., Dinh, J.E., & Lord, R.G. (in press). Developments in implicit leadership theory and cognitive science: Applications to improving measurement and understanding alternatives to hierarchical leadership. The Leadership Quarterly.
Shondrick, S.J., & Lord, R. G. (2010). Implicit leadership and followership theories: Dynamic structures for leadership perceptions, memory, and leader-follower processes. In G. P. Hodgkinson & J. K. Ford (Eds.), International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 25.
2008 & 2009 Publications
Elicker, J.D., Lord, R.G., Ash, S., Kohari, N.E., Hruska, B., McConnell, N. L. & Medvedeff, M. E. (2009). Velocity as a Predictor of Performance Satisfaction, Mental Focus, and Goal Revision. Submitted to the Applied Psychology: An International Review.
Dominick, P., & Gabriel, A. (2009). Two sides to the story: An inter-actionist perspective on identifying potential. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 2(4), 430-433.
Beck, J. W., Gregory, J. B., & Carr, A. E. (2009). Balancing development with day-to-day task demands: A multiple-goal approach to executive coaching. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice.
Elicker, J. D., Foust, M. S., O’Malley, A. L., & Levy, P. E. (2009). Employee lateness behavior: The role of lateness climate and individual lateness attitude. Human Performance.
Medvedeff, M. E., Gregory, J. B., & Levy, P. E. (2009). How attributes of the feedback message affect subsequent feedback seeking: The interactive effects of feedback sign and type on feedback seeking behavior. Psychologica Belgica.
Schmidt, A. M. & Dolis, C. M. (2009). Something’s got to give: The effects of dual-goal difficulty, goal progress, and expectancies on resource allocation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94, 678-691.
Schmidt, A. M., Dolis, C. M., & Tolli, A. P. (2009). A matter of time: Individual differences, contextual dynamics, and goal progress effects on multiple-goal self-regulation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94, 692-709.
Silverman, S. B. & Muller, W. M. (2009). Assessing performance management programs and policies. In J. W. Smither and M. London (Eds.), Performance management: Putting research into practice.
Elicker, J. D., O’Malley, A. L., & Williams, C. M. (2008). Does an Interactive WebCT Site Help Students Learn? Teaching of Psychology, 35, 126–131.
Gregory, J. B., Levy, P. E., & Jeffers, M. (2008). Development of a model of the feedback process within executive coaching. Consulting Psychology Journal, 60, 42-56.
Sterns, H.L., Chang, B.I., & Lax, G.A. (2008). Work and retirement. In B. R. Bonder & M. B. Wagner (Eds.) Functional Performance in Older Adults, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis.
Tolli, A. P., & Schmidt, A. M. (2008). The role of feedback, causal attributions, and self-efficacy in goal revision. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93, 692-701.