Paul E. Levy, Ph.D.

Title: Professor & Chair
Department: Psychology
Office: CAS 315
Phone: 330-972-8369
Email: pelevy@uakron.edu
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Biography

Dr. Levy received his Ph.D. in I/O psychology from Virginia Tech in 1989. His research interests include performance appraisal, feedback, motivation, and organizational justice. Courses taught include work-related attitudes, I/O psychology, research design and development, and social psychology. His publications have appeared in leading journals such as, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and the Psychology of Women Quarterly.

Publications

Linderbaum, B.G. & Levy, P.E. (in press). The development and validation of the Feedback Orientation scale. Journal of Management.

Levy, P.E. & Thompson, D. J. (in press). Feedback in organizations: Individual differences and the social context. In Sutton, R., Hornsey, M., & Douglas, K. (Eds.), Feedback: Handbook of praise, criticism, and advice. New York: Peter Lang Publishers.

Chang, C.H., Rosen, C.C., Levy, P.E. (2009). The relationship between perceptions of organizational politics and employee attitudes, strain, and behavior: A meta-analytic examination. Academy of Management Journal, 52(4), 779-801.

Rosen, C.C., Chang, C.H., Johnson, R.E., & Levy, P.E. (2009). Perceptions of the organizational context and psychological contract breach: Assessing competing perspectives. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 108, 202-217.

Dahling, J.J., Whitaker, B.D., & Levy, P.E. (2009). The development and validation of a new Machiavellianism scale. Journal of Management, 35, 219-257.

Medvedeff, M., Gregory, J. B., & Levy, P. E. (2008). How Attributes of the Feedback Message Affect Subsequent Feedback Seeking: The Interactive Effects of Feedback Sign and Type. Psycholgica Belgica, 48 (2&3), 109-125.

Johnson, R. E., Rosen, C. C., & Levy, P. E. (2008). Getting to the core of core self-evaluations: A review and recommendations. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 29, 391-413.

Elicker, J.D., Foust, M.S., O’Malley, A.L., & Levy, P.E. (2008). Employee lateness behavior: The role of lateness climate and individual lateness attitude. Human Performance, 21(4), 427-441.

Gregory, J.B., Levy, P.E., Montanari, M (2008). Development of a model of the feedback process within executive coaching. Consulting Psychology Journal, 60(1), 42-56.

Education

Ph.D. Virginia Tech