Laura Graves
Professor, School of Business
Professor Emeritus, School of Business
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Research interests include workplace motivation, work-life integration, corporate environmental sustainability, managing diversity.
Degrees
- Ph.D. in Social Psychology, University of Connecticut, 1982
- M.A. in Social Psychology, University of Connecticut, 1980
- B.A. in Psychology, College of William and Mary, 1977
Affiliated Department(s)
- School of Business
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Scholarly and Creative Works
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4 Keys to Mastering Remote Work
5-4-2020
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2020
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Working from home-strategies for success
5-4-2020
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2020
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Working from home -- strategies for success
4-10-2020
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2020
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Managing virtual workers -- strategies for success
Published in Engineering Management Review
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2020
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Vol. 48
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Issue #2
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Women and men in management
Chapter: Working in Diverse teamsPublished by Sage
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2019
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Women and men in management
Chapter: Making employment decisionsPublished by Sage
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2019
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Employee pro environmental behaviors in Russia: The roles of top management commitment, managerial leadership, and employee motives.
Published in Resources, Conservation, and Recycling
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2019
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Vol. 140
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Virtual work and need for recovery
SOM Research Seminar
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Worcester, MA
December
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2019
Sponsored by SOM
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The role of employees' perceptions of leaders, values, and motivation in employees' proenvironmental behaviors
Published in Journal of Cleaner Production
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2018
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Vol. 196
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Thriving in leadership roles: The importance of autonomous motivation.
Positive Organizational Scholarship
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Ann Arbor, MI
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2017
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Sustainability segments in organizations: How differences in views affect progress on sustainability
Decision Sciences Institute
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Austin, TX
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2016
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Motivating your managers: What's the right strategy?
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2016
Center for Creative Leadership
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Motivating your managers to want to do what they need to do
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2016
Association for Talent Development
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More than money - promoting managers' internal motivation
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2016
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Vol. 53
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Issue #4
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To reduce turnover - focus on employee motivation
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2016
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Vol. 2
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Issue #2
American Management Association
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Understanding managers' motivational profiles: Nature, Antecedents and Consequences
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
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2015
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Managerial leadership and employee pro environmental behavior
Academy of Management
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Vancouver
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2015
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Managerial motivational profiles: Composition, antecedents, and consequences.
Published in Journal of Vocational Behavior
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2015
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Issue #87
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The scales of work and life: Moving work-life balance research forward
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2014
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Self-determination at work: Understanding the role of leader-member exchange
Published in Motivation and Emotion
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2013
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Vol. 37
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Motivation at work: What matters more, generation or organizational level?
Published in Consulting Psychology Journal
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2013
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Vol. 65
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How transformational leadership and employee motivation combine to predict employee pro environmental behavior in China
Published in Journal of Environmental Psychology
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2013
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Vol. 35
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Environmental leadership: A reference handbook
Chapter: Fostering employee pro environmental behavior: The impact of leadership and motivationPublished by Sage
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2012
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Managing the new workforce: International perspectives on the millennial generation
Chapter: Perceptions of authority and leadership: A cross-generational investigationPublished by Edward Elgar
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2012
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Driven to work and enjoyment of work: Effects on managers' outcomes
Published in Journal of Management
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2012
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Vol. 38
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Women and men in management
Chapter: Making employment decisionsPublished by Sage
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2011
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Women and men in management
Chapter: Working in diverse teamsPublished by Sage
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2011
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The Oxford handbook of personnel psychology
Chapter: Sex and race discrimination in personnel decisionsPublished by Oxford University Press
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2008
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Gender, race, and ethnicity in the workforce: issues and challenges for today's organizations
Chapter: Developing men and women leaders: The influence of personal life experiencesPublished by Praeger
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2007
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Handbook of women in business and management
Chapter: Sex, sex similarity, and sex diversity effects in teams: The importance of situational factorsPublished by Edward Elgar
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2007
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Family ties: Managers can benefit from personal lives
Published in Leadership in Action
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2007
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Vol. 26
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Issue #6
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Commitment of family roles: Effects on managers' attitudes and performance
Published in Journal of Applied Psychology
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2007
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Vol. 92
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Sex differences and similarities in communication
Chapter: Gender and leadership: Perceptions and realitiesPublished by Lawrence Erlbaum
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2006
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Sex and sex dissimilarity effects in ongoing teams: Some surprising findings
Published in Human Relations
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2005
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Vol. 58
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Issue #2
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The employment interview handbook
Chapter: Are some interviewers better than others?Published by Sage
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1999
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Handbook of gender and work
Chapter: Gender bias in interviews' evaluations of applicants: When and how does it occur?Published by Sage
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1999
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College recruitment: Removing personal bias from selection decisions
Published in Personnel
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1998
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Vol. 66
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Issue #3
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Demographic diversity in decision making groups; The experiences of women and people of color
Published in Academy of Management Review
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1997
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Vol. 22
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The employee selection interview: A fresh look at an old problem
Published in Human Resource Management Journal
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1996
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Vol. 35
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Issue #2
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Sex similarity, quality of the employment interview, and recruiters' evaluations of actual applicants
Published in Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
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1996
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Vol. 69
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The effect of sex similarity on recruiters' evaluations of actual applicants: A test of the similarity-attraction paradigm
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1995
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Vol. 48
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Effects of sex-based preferential selection and discrimination on job attitudes
Published in Human Relations
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1994
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Vol. 47
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Assessing person-organization fit in personnel selection
Published in International Journal of Selection and Assessment
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1994
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Vol. 2
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Sources of individual differences in interviewer effectiveness: A model and implications for future research
Published in Journal of Organizational Behavior
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1993
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Vol. 14
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Validity research: Do academic and organizational interests really differ?
Published in Journal of Organizational Behavior
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1993
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Vol. 14
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Interviewer decision processes and effectiveness: An experimental policy capturing investigation
Published in Personnel Psychology
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1992
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Vol. 45
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Issue #2
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An investigation of sex discrimination in recruiters' evaluations of actual applicants
Published in Journal of Applied Psychology
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1988
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Vol. 73
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Issue #1
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Connecting your dissertation to the real world
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1986
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Effects of leader persistence and environmental complexity on leadership perceptions: Do implicit beliefs discourage adaptation to complex environments?
Published in Group and Organization Studies
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1985
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Vol. 10
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Issue #1
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Superwoman: Coping with the demands of work and home
Conference on Understanding and Surviving the Academic Marketplace, School of Education, University of Connecticut
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Storrs, Connecticut
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Everyday views of leadership and their impact on subordinate satisfaction
Presentation to Executive Advisory Board of the University of Connecticut Department of Management
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Hartford, Connecticut
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Multidimensional scaling
Department of Management, University of Connecticut
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Storrs, Connecticut
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Performance appraisal systems
Connecticut Association for Human Services Conference
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Waterbury, Connecticut
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Selecting employees: Techniques for improving satisfaction and reducing turnover
Executive Roundtable, Institute for Nonprofit Training and Development, Hartford Graduate Center
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Hartford, Connecticut
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Who gets hired? Gender bias in employee selection
Massachusetts Association for Women in Education
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Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Exploring cultural diversity
Bethune Multicultural Center
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Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Psychology in the Workplace
Opportunities in Psychology, Career Exploration Panel
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Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Commitment to nonwork roles: Effects on managers' work performance, work attitudes, and well-being
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut
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Storrs, Connecticut
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Commitment to family roles: Effects on managers' work attitudes and performance
Center for Creative Leadership
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Greensboro, North Carolina
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Gryphon & Pleiades Honor Society Leadership Conference
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Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Women and money: Not an oxymoron
MassBay Community College
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Wellesley, Massachusetts
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Does commitment to family roles hinder managers' work lives?
Women's Forum
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Worcester, Massachusetts
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Effects of managers' motives for work: The role of perceived organizational support
University of Connecticut, Department of Psychology
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Storrs, Connecticut
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Make your meetings better
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Clark University
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Managerial motivational profiles
GSOM Research Seminar
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Clark University
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What motivates us at work?
First Friday
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Clark University
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Sustainability segments in organizations: How differences in views affect progress on sustainability
GSOM Research Seminar
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Virtual work and need for recovery
GSOM Research Seminar
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Managerial performance assessment and factors affecting managerial performance
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Decision Sciences Institute, San Francisco, California
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New Perspectives on organizational performance
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Eastern Academy of Management, Boston, MA
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Issues in leadership and management
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Arlington, Virginia
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Dispatch from the corporate environment
Academy of Management
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Dallas
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Women's career advancement
Academy of Management
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Vancouver
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Voluntary and involuntary turnover
Academy of Management
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Vancouver
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Gender and careers: Risk taking and developmental experiences among executive women
Academy of Management
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Philadelphia
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New Directions in work/family research
Academy of Management
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Chicago
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Race, age, and affirmative action
Eastern Academy of Management
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Montreal, Canada
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Dual career couples
Third Annual Conference on Women and Organizations
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Boston
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Management practices in Pacific Rim nations
Eastern Academy of Management, Third International Conference
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Hong Kong
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Issues in staffing and compensation
Eastern Academy of Management
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Buffalo, New York
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Is fair pay empowering?
Eastern Academy of Management
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Hartford, Connecticut
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Stress and type A behavior
Eastern Academy of Management, Fourth International Conference
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Nice, France
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Organizational justice and fairness in HRM
Eastern Academy of Management
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Providence, Rhode Island
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Measuring organizational behavior constructs
Eastern Academy of Management
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Albany, New York
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Demographic diversity in organizational settings: Implications for human resources management and leadership practices
Academy of Management
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Dallas
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Voluntary and involuntary turnover
Academy of Management
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Vancouver
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How leaders shape organizations
Academy of Management
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Seattle
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Work and family: Balance, conflict, and interference
Academy of Management
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Honolulu, Hawaii
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And justice for all? Antecedents and consequences of perceived discrimination
Academy of Management
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Atlanta
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Stigmatization of men, caregivers, and sexual minorities
Academy of Management
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Chicago
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Consequences of diversity: An asset or stigma?
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Orlando
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Methodological, theoretical, and empirical approaches to career transitions
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Vancouver
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Unchartered territory in work-family research
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Exploring the intersection of race and gender: A research workshop
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Chicago
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On our 20th year: Gender and Diversity in Organizations and Women in Management--Past, present, and future
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Seattle
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The effects rape publicity on likelihood estimates, responsibility attributions, and preventative behaviors
Eastern Psychological Association
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Hartford, Connecticut
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The effects of perceptual salience and subject orientation on attributions of responsibility for a rape
Eastern Psychological Association
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New York
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Women's implicit theories of leadership
International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women
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Haifa, Israel
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The structure of implicit leadership theory: An exploratory study
Eastern Psychological Association
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Baltimore
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Implicit leadershi theory: A multidimensional model of supervisory behavior
American Institute for Decision Sciences
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San Francisco
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Implicit leadership theory: A comparison to two-dimensional leadership theory
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Attributions of causality for group performance as a function of sex, leadership style, and group performance
Academy of Management
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Dallas
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The use of undergraduates and working MBA students in casual attribution leadership research
Eastern Academy of Management
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Sex discrimination in the recruitment process: Does it exist outside the laboratory?
Academy of Management
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Boston
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Measuring the true effectiveness of training programs: An experiential exercise in human resources management
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Predicting organizational behavior from office environments: A field exercise
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Behaving on paper: An exercise in written organizational behavior
Eastern Academy of Management
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Individual differences in employment interviewers' decision processes: A policy capturing approach
Academy of Management
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San Francisco
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Assessing person-organization ft in personnel selection: An evaluation of alternative techniques
Academy of Management
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Miami
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Effects of sex-based preferential selection and discrimination on job attitudes
Academy of Management
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Las Vegas
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Effect of sex similarity on recruiters' evaluations of actual applicants: A test of the similarity-attraction paradigm
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
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Nashville
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Effect of sex similarity on recruiters' evaluations of applicants: Is communication a mediator?
Academy of Management
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Dallas
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Team dynamics as a predictor of empowerment: A field study
APA-NIOSH Conference on Occupational Stress and Health
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Washington, D.C.
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A case example: Four perspectives on developing research questions and selecting research methodologies
Academy of Management
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Cincinnati
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Individual differences in interviewers' decision processes: An agenda for a new generation of research
Academy of Management
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Boston
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Time and team member diversity: A longitudinal study of decision making groups
Academy of Management
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Boston
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Explaining discrimination in the workplace: Working toward a general theory
British Academy of Management
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Edinburgh, Scotland
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Explanations for discrimination in the workplace: How well do they apply across target groups?
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Houston, TX
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Commitment to family roles: Effects on managers' work attitudes and performance
Academy of management
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New Orleans, Louisiana
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Sex, sex similarity, and sex diversity in ongoing teams: Controversies, evidence, and research directions
British Academy of Management
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Oxford, UK
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Commitment to family roles: Help or hindrance to managerial success?
Syracuse University conference on Diversity as a Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy
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Blue Mountain Lake, NY
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Effect of workaholism on managerial performance: Help or hindrance?
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diversity in organizations
Academy of Management
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Philadelphia
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The questions we ask about balancing work and life: Learning from our colleagues
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Academy of Management, Anaheim
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Perceived organizational support: An antecedent of autonomous motivation
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
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Atlanta, GA
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Toward understanding the effect of leader-member exchange: Need satisfaction in the workplace
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Eastern Academy of Management
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Autonomous and controlled motivation in managerial work: Effects of perceived organizational support
Academy of Management
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Montreal, Canada
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Effects of LMX on employee attitudes: The role of need satisfaction and autonomous motivation
Academy of Management
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Montreal, Canada
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Managerial promotability: The roles of supervisor support and mentoring subordinates
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
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Chicago
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Understanding employee pro-environmental behavior: A test of a theoretical model
Best Paper Proceedings of the 2011 Academy of Management
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San Antonio
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Managerial derailment: When political skill and prosocial impact matter
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
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San Diego
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Work-family culture and work performance: Does a supportive culture enhance performance?
Work and Family Researchers Network
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New York
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Perceptions of authority and leadership: A cross-national, cross-generational investigation
Academy of Management
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Boston
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When political skill matters to leader effectiveness ratings: The role of perceived prosocial impact
Academy of Management
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Boston
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Understanding the nature and consequences of managers' work motivation: A latent profile modeling approach
Fifth International Conference on Self-Determination Theory
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Rochester, N.Y.
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Employee pro environmental behavior: Understanding the roles of organizational values, employee values and employee motivation
Fifth International Conference on Self-Determination Theory
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Rochester, N.Y.
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Assistant wanted: An employment interview: An experiential exercise
San Diego: University Associates
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Assessing Organizational Change: A Guide to Methods, Measures, and Practices
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Measuring the true effectiveness of training programs: An experiential exercise
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Predicting organizational behavior from office environments: A field exercise
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Behaving on paper: An exercise on communicating effectively in writing
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Affirmative action: Avoiding negative consequences
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Legislative assistant wanted
Sage
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Newbury Park; CA
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Teaching diversity
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Sex differences in implicit theories of leadership: An initial investigation
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Salience and assignment of blame to victims
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Awards & Grants
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The impact of economic conditions on the employee-organizational relationship
Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) Foundation
Feb. 1, 2021
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Employee outcomes and perceptions of organizational support during economic turbulence: An empirical study
National Science Foundation, Innovation and Organization Sciences
Feb. 1, 2021
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