James M. Diefendorff
Ph.D. University of AKron

Assistant Professor: Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Contact Information

Office: Arts and Science Building, room 318
Phone: (330) 972-7317
E-mail: jdiefen@uakron.edu

Dr. Diefendorff received his Ph.D. in I/O Psychology from The University of Akron in 1999. His research interests include self-regulation, motivational traits, emotional display rules, and emotion management at work. His publications have appeared in leading journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Human Performance. Prior to joining the faculty at The University of Akron, he served on the faculty in the Psychology Department at Louisiana State University and in the Business School at The University of Colorado at Denver. He also was a visiting assistant professor of management at Singapore Management University in the Summer of 2007.

Recent Publications

Copeland, A. L., Diefendorff, J. M., Kendzor, D., Rash, C., Patterson, S., & Williamson, D. A. (In press). Measurement of Smoking Outcome Expectancies in Children: Development of the Smoking Consequences Questionnaire-Child. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

Diefendorff, J. M., Croyle, M. H. (In press). Antecedents of emotional display rule commitment. Human Performance.

Diefendorff, J. M., & Lord, R. G. (In press). Self-regulation and goal striving processes. In R. Kanfer, G. Chen, & R. Pritchard (Eds.). Work motivation: Past, present, and future. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.

Diefendorff, J. M., & Richard, E. M. (In press). Not all emotional display rules are created equal: Distinguishing between prescriptive and contextual display rules. In. N. M. Ashkanasy, & C. L. Cooper (Eds.). Research Companion to Emotion in Organizations. Northampton, CT: Edward Elgar.

Diefendorff, J. M. (2007). Motivational Traits. In S. G. Rogelberg (Ed). Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Press.

Diefendorff, J. M., & Mehta, K. (2007). The relations of motivational traits with workplace deviance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 967-977.

Diefendorff, J. M., Richard, E. M., & Croyle, M. H. (2006). Are emotional display rules formal job requirements? Examination of employee and supervisor perceptions. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 79, 273-298.

Diefendorff, J. M., Richard, E. M., & Gosserand, R. H. (2006). Examination of situational and attitudinal moderators of the hesitation and performance relation. Personnel Psychology, 59, 365-393.

Richard, E. M., Diefendorff, J. M., & Martin, J. H. (2006). Revisiting the within-person self-efficacy and performance relation. Human Performance, 19, 67-87.

Small, E. E., & Diefendorff, J. M. (2006). The impact of contextual self-ratings and observer ratings of personality on the personality-performance relationship. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36, 297-320.

Diefendorff, J. M., Croyle, M. H., & Gosserand, R. H. (2005). The dimensionality and antecedents of emotional labor strategies. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 66, 339-357.

Diefendorff, J. M., Silverman, S. B., & Greguras, G. J. (2005). Measurement equivalence and multisource ratings for non-managerial positions: Recommendations for research and practice. Journal of Business and Psychology, 19, 399-425.

Gosserand, R. H., & Diefendorff, J. M. (2005). Display rules and emotional labor: The moderating role of commitment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90, 1256-1264.

Dr. Diefendorff's Vita



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