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Ongoing Research Programs in the I/O Program
Presentations
by UConn I/O graduate students and faculty at Work Stress & Health
2006 and SIOP 2006 conferences.....
Aging and Work
Perceptions of aging and work are studied with respect to treatment of
older workers and the attitudes and behaviors of older workers.
- Current studies
- development of a measure of workplace age stereotypes
- cross-cultural
comparisons of the impact of shiftwork on work
and well-being of older and younger healthcare workers
- contributions
of on-the-job and off-the-job stressors to perceptions of personal
age
- the role of perceived control as a mediator of relationships
between satisfaction in personal life, work, and health, and expected
retirement timing
- different perspectives: age differences in predictors of expected
retirement timing
- age differences in use and benefits of downtime activities as a
stress recovery mechanism
- People
Cognitive Continuum Theory and Human Judgment
Tests of cognitive continuum theory explanations of human judgment strategies.
- Current studies
- wholistic and analytical processing strategies on visual and verbal
tasks: a cross-cultural comparison
- using biographical data to measure differences in individual preference
for analytical and wholistic judgment strategies
- tests of cognitive continuum theory with performance appraisal,
visual discrimination, and art judgment tasks
- efficient designs for the study of judgment strategies
- relationship between learning styles and cognitive style
- People
- James Holzworth
- Rob Lewis
- Kristopher Korbelak
- Amy Reese
- Dennis Thomas
- Kathlea Vaughn
Computer-mediated Team Processes
Cybernetic control theory explanations for the effective functioning
of teams in high-tech environments.
- Current studies
- dynamic force-feedback on a jointly controlled team tracking task
- measurement and impact of situational awareness for team tasks
- People
Performance Appraisal
Examination of factors that influence the nature and quality of performance
appraisal judgments and explanations for worker reactions to performance
appraisal systems.
Workplace Mistreatment
Sexual harassment and workplace incivility represent classes of stressful
workplace conditions with which workers cope.
- Current studies
- stress and health outcomes of different strategies for coping
with sexual harassment and incivility
- examination of sexual harassment training programs nationwide
- impact of incivility in the workplace on work attitudes and health
outcomes
- influence of organizational culture on sexual harassment and
incivility
- People
- Vicki Magley
- Jessica Gallus
- David Rusbasan
- Matt Marmet
- Ben Walsh
- Alicia Dugan
- Alyssa McGonagle
- Mike Tuller
- Nicole Johnson
- Leslie Golay
- Stephanie Morrow
- Curtis Walker
Union-Management Psychology
Perceptions of unions and participation in unions are studied from the
perspectives of organizational justice and self-efficacy theory.
- Current studies
- A meta-analysis of union socialization and union climate as moderators
of relationships with union commitment.
- The influence of vicarious experience and verbal persuasion on
women's and men's participation in local union activities.
- Replacement workers' judgments about a labor strike: Situational
and individual predictors.
- People
Work-Life Issues
Precursors and consequences of work-family conflict are examined, with
particular attention to gender differences and age differences in the
way work-life issues are handled.
- Current studies
- People
- Janet Barnes-Farrell
- Kim Davies-Schrils
- Alicia Dugan
- Leslie Golay
- Nicole Johnson
- Alyssa McGonagle
- Stephanie Morrow
- Amy Reese
- Mike Tuller
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