Organizational Psychology Reading List, Spring 2022
(subject to revision)

 

Course Syllabus

Course Introduction and Overview

Jex & Britt, Chapter 1: Introduction to Organizational Psychology (pp. 1 – 9)     

Highhouse, S. & Schmitt, N. W.  (2012). A Snapshot in Time: Industrial–Organizational Psychology Today.  In N. Schmitt & S. Highhouse (Eds.). Handbook of Psychology: Industrial and Organizational Psychology (vol 12, revised).

History & Perspectives; Research Methods Review

Taylor, F. W. (1911). The principles of scientific management. Harper & Row (pp. 30-48, 57-77)

Roethlisberger, F., & Dickson, W. J. (1939). Management and the worker (pp. 511-524).

McGregor, D.M. (1960). The Human Side of Enterprise. (Chapters 3 and 4, pp. 33 – 57).

 

* Senge, P. M. (1990).  The Fifth Discipline.  Chapters 4 and 5 (pp. 57 – 92). New York: Doubleday.

            * skim chapter 4, read chapter 5

 

Costa, P. L., Graça, A. M., Marques-Quinteiro, P., Santos, C. M., Caetano, A., & Passos, A. M. (2013). Multilevel research in the field of organizational behavior: An empirical look at 10 years of theory and research. Sage Open, 3(3), 1-17.

* Kozlowski, S. W. J., & Klein, K. J. (2000). A levels approach to theory and research in organizations. In K. J. Klein & S. W. J. Kozlowski (Eds.), Multilevel theory, research and methods in organizations (pp. 3-90). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

            * the section "Types of Multilevel Models (pages 38 - 45, summarized in Figure 1.1) is all that is required reading for our discussion (although there is a lot of very useful information throughout).

* Jex & Britt, Chapter 2: Research Methods and Statistics

* A quick skim should suffice for most, as this is review of some basic concepts that most will be familiar with

Productive & Counterproductive Behavior in Organizations

Campbell, J. P. & Wiernik, B. M. (2015). The modeling and assessment of work performance. Annual Review of Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 2, 47-74.

Jex & Britt, Chapter 4: Productive Behavior in Organizations

Jex & Britt, Chapter 6: Counterproductive Behavior in Organizations

Klehe, U.-C. & Anderson, N. (2007). Working hard and working smart: Motivation and ability during typical and maximum performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 978–992.

 

* Rotundo, M. & Sackett, P. R. (2002). The relative importance of task, citizenship, and counterproductive performance to global ratings of job performance: a policy-capturing approach . Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 66–80.

 

          * skim

 

* Heilman, M. E., & Chen, J. J. (2005). Same behavior, different consequences: Reactions to men’s and women’s altruistic citizenship behavior. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90, 431–441.

          * skim / optional

 

Latham, G.P. (2001). The importance of understanding and changing employee outcome expectancies for gaining commitment to an organizational goal. Personnel Psychology, 54, 707-716.

Organizational Entry (Fit, Mentoring, & Socialization)

Jex & Britt, Chapter 3: Attraction & Socialization (pp. 59 – 94)

Schneider, B, Goldstein, H.W., & Smith, D.B. (1995). The ASA framework: An update. Personnel Psychology, 48, 747-773.

 

Cable, D. M. & Edwards, J. R. (2004). Complementary and Supplementary Fit: A Theoretical and Empirical Integration. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89, 822-834

 

Hezlett, S. A. & Gibson, S. K. (2005). Mentoring and HRD:  Where we are and where we need to go.  Advances in Developing Human Resources, 7, 446-469.

Rubenstein, A. L., Kammeyer-Mueller, J. D., & Thundiyil, T. G. (2020). The comparative effects of supervisor helping motives on newcomer adjustment and socialization outcomes. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105(12), 1466–1489. https://doi-org.ezp3.lib.umn.edu/10.1037/apl0000492

Motivation: Theories and Applications

Latham, G. P. (2007). Work Motivation: History, Theory, Research, & Practice (Chapter 3 – The Emergence of Theory)

Locke, E.A. & Latham, G.P. (2002). Building a practically useful theory of goal setting and task motivation: A 35-year odyssey. American Psychologist, 57, 705-717.

 

Schmidt, A. M., Beck, J. W., & Gillespie, J. Z. (2012). Motivation. In N. Schmitt & S. Highhouse (Eds.). Handbook of Psychology: Industrial and Organizational Psychology (vol 12, revised), pp. 311-340.

Stajkovic, A. D., & Luthans, F. (2003). Behavioral management and task performance in organizations: Conceptual background, meta-analysis, and test of alternative models. Personnel Psychology, 56, 155–194.

Beck, J. W. & Schmidt, A. M. (2018). Negative Relationships Between Self-Efficacy and Performance Can Be Adaptive: The Mediating Role of Resource Allocation. Journal of Management, 44, 555-588.

Judgment and Decision Making

Highhouse, S. (2001). Judgment and decision-making research: Relevance to industrial and organizational psychology. In N. Anderson, D. S. Ones, H. K. Sinangil, & C. Viswesvaran (Eds.), Handbook of industrial, work, and organizational psychology (Vol. 2, pp. 314-331). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

 

Highhouse, S. (2008). Stubborn Reliance on Intuition and Subjectivity in Employee Selection. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 1, 333-342.

 

Kuncel, N. R., Klieger, D. M., Connelly, B. S., & Ones, D. S. (2013). Mechanical versus clinical data combination in selection and admissions decisions: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 98, 1060–1072.

 

Job Attitudes and Affect

Dalal, R. S. (2012). Job Attitudes: Cognition and Affect. In N. Schmitt & Highhouse S. Handbook of Psychology: Industrial and Organizational Psychology (vol 12, revised).

 

Judge, T. A., Thoresen, C. J., Bono, J. E., & Patton, G. K. (2001). The job satisfaction-job performance relationship: A qualitative and quantitative review. Psychological Bulletin, 127, 376-407.

Miner, A. G., Glomb, T. M., & Hulin, C. (2005). Experience sampling mood and its correlates at work. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 78, 171–193.

Molden, D. C., Lee, A. Y., & Higgins, E. T. (2008). Motivations for promotion and prevention. In J. Shah & W. Gardner (Eds.) Handbook of Motivation Science (pp. 169-187). New York: Guilford Press.

Grandey, A. A., & Gabriel, A. S. (2015). Emotional labor at a crossroads: Where do we go from here? Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 2,

Organizational Justice

Colquitt, J. A. (2012). Organizational Justice. In S. W. J. Kozlowski (Ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Psychology, Volume 1.

* Colquitt, J. A., Conlon, D. E., Wesson, M. J., Porter, C. O. L. H., & Ng, K. Y. (2001).  Justice at the millennium: A meta-analytic review of 25 years of organizational justice research.  Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 425-445.


* Not required, but recommended; good source to have in ones toolbox

 

Qin, X., Ren, R., Zhang, Z.-X., & Johnson, R. E. (2014). Fairness heuristics and substitutability effects: Inferring the fairness of outcomes, procedures, and interpersonal treatment when employees lack clear information. Journal of Applied Psychology 749 –766.

 

Bell, B. S., Wiechmann, D., & Ryan, A. M. (2006). Consequences of organizational justice expectations in a selection system. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 455-466.

 

Work groups and teams

Mathieu, J. E., Hollenbeck, J. R., van Knippenberg, D., Ilgen, D. R. (2017). A century of work teams in the Journal of Applied Psychology. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102, 452-467

Kozlowski, S. W. J. & Bell, B. S. (2012). Work Groups and Teams in Organizations. In N. Schmitt & Highhouse S. (Eds.) Handbook of Psychology: Industrial and Organizational Psychology (vol 12, revised).

Arthur, W. A., Jr., Edwards, B. D., Bell, S., T., & Villado, A. J. (2005). Team task analysis: Identifying tasks and jobs that are team based.  Human Factors, 47, 654-669.

Marks, M. A., DeChurch, L. A., Mathieu, J. E., Panzer, F. J., & Alonso, A. (2005). Teamwork in Multiteam Systems. Journal of Applied Psychology. 90, 964-971.

LePine, J. A. (2005). Adaptation of Teams in Response to Unforeseen Change: Effects of Goal Difficulty and Team Composition in Terms of Cognitive Ability and Goal Orientation. Journal of Applied Psychology. 90, 1153-1167.

Barnes, Hollenbeck, Jundt, DeRue, & Harmon (2011). Mixing individual and group incentives: Best of both worlds or social dilemma? Journal of Management, 37, 1611-1635.

Leadership and Influence Processes

Lord, R. G., Day, D. V., Zaccaro, S. J., Avolio, B. J., Eagly, A. H. (2017). Leadership in applied psychology: Three waves of theory and research. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102, 434-451

Jex & Britt, Chapter 10: Leadership & Influence Processes

Campbell, J. P. (2012). Leadership, the Old, the New, and the Timeless: A Commentary. The Oxford Handbook of Leadership

 

Eagly, A. H., Johannesen-Schmidt, M. C., & van Engen, M. L. (2003). Transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership styles: A meta-analysis comparing women and men. Psychological Bulletin, 129, 569-591.

 

Mumford, M. D., Marks, M. A., Connelly, M. S., Zaccaro, S. J., & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2000). Development of leadership skills: Experience and timing. Leadership Quarterly, 11, 87–114.

 

Organizational Climate and Culture

Jex & Britt, Chapter 14: Organizational Culture

Schneider, B., González-Romá, V., Ostroff, C., West, M. A. (2017). Organizational climate and culture: Reflections on the history of the constructs in the Journal of Applied Psychology. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102, 468-482.

Ostroff, C., Kinicki, A.J., & Muhammad, R.S. (2012). Organizational Climate and Culture. In N. Schmitt & Highhouse S. Handbook of Psychology: Industrial and Organizational Psychology (vol 12, revised).

Rafaeli, A., & Worline, M. (2000). Symbols in organizational culture. In N. M. Ashkanasy, C. P. M. Wilderom, & M. F. Peterson (Eds.), Handbook of organizational culture & climate (pp. 71-84). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

Schneider, B., Salvaggio, A. N., & Subirats, M. (2002). Climate strength: a new direction for climate research. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 220-229.

Work-Life Interface / Occupational Health & Safety

Allen, T. A. (2012). The work–family role interface: a synthesis of the research from industrial and organizational psychology. In N. Schmitt & Highhouse S. Handbook of Psychology: Industrial and Organizational Psychology (vol 12, revised).

 

Bliese, P. D., Edwards, J. R., & Sonnentag, S. (2017). Stress and well-being at work: A century of empirical trends reflecting theoretical and societal influences., Journal of Applied Psychology, 389-402 .

Hofmann, D. A., Burke, M. J., Zohar, D. (2017). 100 years of occupational safety research: From basic protections and work analysis to a multilevel view of workplace safety and risk. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102, 375-388 .

 

Tetrick, L. E. & Peiro, J. M. (2012). Occupational Safety and Health. In S. W. J. Kozlowski (Ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Psychology, Volume 1.

 

Barnes, C. M. (2012). Working in our sleep: Sleep and self-regulation in organizations. Organizational Psychology Review, 2, 234-257.