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

School of Business

Scholarly and creative works

• Article in Refereed Journal

  Managing virtual workers — strategies for success

  Engineering Management Review
  2020

  Vol. 48

  Issue #2
  Laura M. Graves, Asya Karabayeva
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Working from home — strategies for success

  4-10-2020
  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Working from home-strategies for success

  5-4-2020
  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  4 Keys to Mastering Remote Work

  5-4-2020
  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Virtual work and need for recovery

  SOM Research Seminar

  Worcester, MA
  December

  2019
  Sponsored by SOM
  Laura M. Graves, Asya Karabayeva
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Employee pro environmental behaviors in Russia: The roles of top management commitment, managerial leadership, and employee motives.

  Resources, Conservation, and Recycling
  2019

  Vol. 140
  Laura M. Graves, Joseph Sarkis, Natalia Gold
• Chapters In Books

  Women and men in management
  Chapter: Making employment decisions

  Published by Sage

  2019
  Laura M. Graves, Gary N. Powell
• Chapters In Books

  Women and men in management
  Chapter: Working in Diverse teams

  Published by Sage

  2019
  Laura M. Graves, Gary N. Powell
• Presentations

  Virtual work and need for recovery

  GSOM Research Seminar
  Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  The role of employees’ perceptions of leaders, values, and motivation in employees’ proenvironmental behaviors

  Journal of Cleaner Production
  2018

  Vol. 196
  Laura M. Graves, Joseph Sarkis
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Unchartered territory in work-family research

  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Thriving in leadership roles: The importance of autonomous motivation.

  Positive Organizational Scholarship

  Ann Arbor, MI
  2017
  Kristin L. Cullen-Lester, Laura M. Graves, Jennifer J. Deal
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  To reduce turnover – focus on employee motivation

  Vol. 2

  Issue #2
  American Management Association
  Laura M. Graves, Kristin L. Cullen-Lester
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  More than money – promoting managers’ internal motivation

  Vol. 53

  Issue #4
  Kristin L. Cullen-Lester, Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Motivating your managers to want to do what they need to do

  Association for Talent Development
  Kristin L. Cullen-Lester, Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Motivating your managers: What’s the right strategy?

  Center for Creative Leadership
  Laura M. Graves, Kristin L. Cullen-Lester, Marian N. Ruderman, William A. Gentry, Houston F. Lester
• Presentations

  Sustainability segments in organizations: How differences in views affect progress on sustainability

  Decision Sciences Institute

  Austin, TX
  2016
  David D. Correll, Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Sustainability segments in organizations: How differences in views affect progress on sustainability

  GSOM Research Seminar
  Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Managerial motivational profiles: Composition, antecedents, and consequences.

  Journal of Vocational Behavior
  2015

  Issue #87
  Laura M. Graves, Kristin L. Cullen, Houston F. Lester, Marian N Ruderman
• Presentations

  Managerial leadership and employee pro environmental behavior

  Academy of Management

  Vancouver
  2015
  Laura M. Graves, Joseph J. Sarkis, Natalia Gold
• Presentations

  Understanding managers’ motivational profiles: Nature, Antecedents and Consequences

  Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  2015
  Laura M. Graves, Kristin L. Cullen, Houston L. Lester, Marian N. Ruderman, William A. Gentry
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Methodological, theoretical, and empirical approaches to career transitions

  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  What motivates us at work?

  First Friday

  Clark University
  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Managerial motivational profiles

  GSOM Research Seminar

  Clark University
  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  The scales of work and life: Moving work-life balance research forward

  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Make your meetings better

  Clark University
  Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  How transformational leadership and employee motivation combine to predict employee pro environmental behavior in China

  Journal of Environmental Psychology
  2013

  Vol. 35
  Laura M. Graves, Joseph Sarkis, Quinghua Zhu
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Motivation at work: What matters more, generation or organizational level?

  Consulting Psychology Journal
  2013

  Vol. 65
  Jennifer J. Deal, Sarah Stawiski, Laura M. Graves, William A. Gentry, Todd J. Weber, Marian N. Ruderman
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Self-determination at work: Understanding the role of leader-member exchange

  Motivation and Emotion
  2013

  Vol. 37
  Laura M. Graves, Margaret M. Luciano
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Employee pro environmental behavior: Understanding the roles of organizational values, employee values and employee motivation

  Fifth International Conference on Self-Determination Theory

  Rochester, N.Y.
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Understanding the nature and consequences of managers’ work motivation: A latent profile modeling approach

  Fifth International Conference on Self-Determination Theory

  Rochester, N.Y.
  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Consequences of diversity: An asset or stigma?

  Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Driven to work and enjoyment of work: Effects on managers’ outcomes

  Journal of Management
  2012

  Vol. 38
  Laura M. Graves, Marian N. Ruderman, Patricia J. Ohlott, Todd J. Weber
• Chapters In Books

  Managing the new workforce: International perspectives on the millennial generation
  Chapter: Perceptions of authority and leadership: A cross-generational investigation

  Published by Edward Elgar

  2012
  Jennifer J. Deal, Sarah Stawiski, Laura M. Graves, William A. Gentry, Marian N. Ruderman, Todd J. Weber
• Chapters In Books

  Environmental leadership: A reference handbook
  Chapter: Fostering employee pro environmental behavior: The impact of leadership and motivation

  Published by Sage

  2012
  Laura M. Graves, Joseph Sarkis
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  When political skill matters to leader effectiveness ratings: The role of perceived prosocial impact

  Academy of Management

  Boston
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Perceptions of authority and leadership: A cross-national, cross-generational investigation

  Academy of Management

  Boston
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Work-family culture and work performance: Does a supportive culture enhance performance?

  Work and Family Researchers Network

  New York
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Managerial derailment: When political skill and prosocial impact matter

  Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

  San Diego
  Laura M. Graves
• Chapters In Books

  Women and men in management
  Chapter: Working in diverse teams

  Published by Sage

  2011
  Laura M. Graves, Gary N. Powell
• Chapters In Books

  Women and men in management
  Chapter: Making employment decisions

  Published by Sage

  2011
  Laura M. Graves, Gary N. Powell
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Understanding employee pro-environmental behavior: A test of a theoretical model

  Best Paper Proceedings of the 2011 Academy of Management

  San Antonio
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Managerial promotability: The roles of supervisor support and mentoring subordinates

  Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

  Chicago
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Effects of LMX on employee attitudes: The role of need satisfaction and autonomous motivation

  Academy of Management

  Montreal, Canada
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Autonomous and controlled motivation in managerial work: Effects of perceived organizational support

  Academy of Management

  Montreal, Canada
  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Toward understanding the effect of leader-member exchange: Need satisfaction in the workplace

  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Perceived organizational support: An antecedent of autonomous motivation

  Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

  Atlanta, GA
  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Effects of managers’ motives for work: The role of perceived organizational support

  University of Connecticut, Department of Psychology

  Storrs, Connecticut
  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Does commitment to family roles hinder managers’ work lives?

  Women’s Forum

  Worcester, Massachusetts
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Stigmatization of men, caregivers, and sexual minorities

  Academy of Management

  Chicago
  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  New Directions in work/family research

  Academy of Management

  Chicago
  Laura M. Graves
• Chapters In Books

  The Oxford handbook of personnel psychology
  Chapter: Sex and race discrimination in personnel decisions

  Published by Oxford University Press

  2008
  Laura M. Graves, Gary N. Powell
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  The questions we ask about balancing work and life: Learning from our colleagues

  Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Commitment of family roles: Effects on managers’ attitudes and performance

  Journal of Applied Psychology
  2007

  Vol. 92
  Laura M. Graves, Patricia J. Ohlott, Marian N. Ruderman
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Family ties: Managers can benefit from personal lives

  Leadership in Action
  2007

  Vol. 26

  Issue #6
  Marian N. Ruderman, Laura M. Graves, Patricia J. Ohlott
• Chapters In Books

  Handbook of women in business and management
  Chapter: Sex, sex similarity, and sex diversity effects in teams: The importance of situational factors

  Published by Edward Elgar

  2007
  Laura M. Graves, Gary N. Powell
• Chapters In Books

  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 experiences

  Published by Praeger

  2007
  Laura M. Graves, Patricia J. Ohlottt, Marian N. Ruderman
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  diversity in organizations

  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Gender and careers: Risk taking and developmental experiences among executive women

  Laura M. Graves
• Chapters In Books

  Sex differences and similarities in communication
  Chapter: Gender and leadership: Perceptions and realities

  Published by Lawrence Erlbaum

  2006
  Gary N. Powell, Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Effect of workaholism on managerial performance: Help or hindrance?

  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  And justice for all? Antecedents and consequences of perceived discrimination

  Academy of Management

  Atlanta
  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Women and money: Not an oxymoron

  MassBay Community College

  Wellesley, Massachusetts
  Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Sex and sex dissimilarity effects in ongoing teams: Some surprising findings

  Human Relations
  2005

  Vol. 58

  Issue #2
  Laura M. Graves, Priscilla M. Elsass
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Commitment to family roles: Help or hindrance to managerial success?

  Syracuse University conference on Diversity as a Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy

  Blue Mountain Lake, NY
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Sex, sex similarity, and sex diversity in ongoing teams: Controversies, evidence, and research directions

  British Academy of Management

  Oxford, UK
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Work and family: Balance, conflict, and interference

  Academy of Management

  Honolulu, Hawaii
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Commitment to family roles: Effects on managers’ work attitudes and performance

  Academy of management

  New Orleans, Louisiana
  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations
  Gryphon & Pleiades Honor Society Leadership Conference

  Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Commitment to family roles: Effects on managers’ work attitudes and performance

  Center for Creative Leadership

  Greensboro, North Carolina
  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  On our 20th year: Gender and Diversity in Organizations and Women in Management–Past, present, and future

  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  How leaders shape organizations

  Academy of Management

  Seattle
  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Commitment to nonwork roles: Effects on managers’ work performance, work attitudes, and well-being

  Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut

  Storrs, Connecticut
  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Psychology in the Workplace

  Opportunities in Psychology, Career Exploration Panel

  Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Explanations for discrimination in the workplace: How well do they apply across target groups?

  Houston, TX
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Explaining discrimination in the workplace: Working toward a general theory

  British Academy of Management

  Edinburgh, Scotland
  Laura M. Graves
• Chapters In Books

  Handbook of gender and work
  Chapter: Gender bias in interviews’ evaluations of applicants: When and how does it occur?

  Published by Sage

  1999
  Laura M. Graves
• Chapters In Books

  The employment interview handbook
  Chapter: Are some interviewers better than others?

  Published by Sage

  1999
  Laura M. Graves, Ronald J. Karren
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Exploring the intersection of race and gender: A research workshop

  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Exploring cultural diversity

  Bethune Multicultural Center

  Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
  Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  College recruitment: Removing personal bias from selection decisions

  Personnel
  1998

  Vol. 66

  Issue #3
  Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Demographic diversity in decision making groups; The experiences of women and people of color

  Academy of Management Review
  1997

  Vol. 22
  Priscilla M. Elsass, Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Teaching diversity

  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Time and team member diversity: A longitudinal study of decision making groups

  Academy of Management

  Boston
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Individual differences in interviewers’ decision processes: An agenda for a new generation of research

  Academy of Management

  Boston
  Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Sex similarity, quality of the employment interview, and recruiters’ evaluations of actual applicants

  Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
  1996

  Vol. 69
  Laura M. Graves, Gary N. Powell
• Article in Refereed Journal

  The employee selection interview: A fresh look at an old problem

  Human Resource Management Journal
  1996

  Vol. 35

  Issue #2
  Laura M. Graves, Ronald J. Karren
• Presentations

  A case example: Four perspectives on developing research questions and selecting research methodologies

  Academy of Management

  Cincinnati
  Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  The effect of sex similarity on recruiters’ evaluations of actual applicants: A test of the similarity-attraction paradigm

  1995

  Vol. 48
  Laura M. Graves, Gary N. Powell
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Team dynamics as a predictor of empowerment: A field study

  APA-NIOSH Conference on Occupational Stress and Health

  Washington, D.C.
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Voluntary and involuntary turnover

  Academy of Management

  Vancouver
  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Voluntary and involuntary turnover

  Academy of Management

  Vancouver
  Laura M. Graves
• Reviews, Abstracts, Pamphlets

  Women’s career advancement

  Academy of Management
  Vancouver
  Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Assessing person-organization fit in personnel selection

  International Journal of Selection and Assessment
  1994

  Vol. 2
  Ronald J. Karren, Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Effects of sex-based preferential selection and discrimination on job attitudes

  Human Relations
  1994

  Vol. 47
  Laura M. Graves, Gary N. Powell
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Legislative assistant wanted

  Sage
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Effect of sex similarity on recruiters’ evaluations of applicants: Is communication a mediator?

  Academy of Management

  Dallas
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Effect of sex similarity on recruiters’ evaluations of actual applicants: A test of the similarity-attraction paradigm

  Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

  Nashville
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Demographic diversity in organizational settings: Implications for human resources management and leadership practices

  Academy of Management

  Dallas
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Measuring organizational behavior constructs

  Eastern Academy of Management

  Albany, New York
  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Dispatch from the corporate environment

  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Who gets hired? Gender bias in employee selection

  Massachusetts Association for Women in Education

  Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
  Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Validity research: Do academic and organizational interests really differ?

  Journal of Organizational Behavior
  1993

  Vol. 14
  Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Sources of individual differences in interviewer effectiveness: A model and implications for future research

  Journal of Organizational Behavior
  1993

  Vol. 14
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Organizational justice and fairness in HRM

  Eastern Academy of Management

  Providence, Rhode Island
  Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Interviewer decision processes and effectiveness: An experimental policy capturing investigation

  Personnel Psychology
  1992

  Vol. 45

  Issue #2
  Laura M. Graves, Ronald J. Karren
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Affirmative action: Avoiding negative consequences

  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Effects of sex-based preferential selection and discrimination on job attitudes

  Academy of Management

  Las Vegas
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Assessing person-organization ft in personnel selection: An evaluation of alternative techniques

  Academy of Management

  Miami
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Stress and type A behavior

  Eastern Academy of Management, Fourth International Conference

  Nice, France
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Is fair pay empowering?

  Eastern Academy of Management

  Hartford, Connecticut
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Individual differences in employment interviewers’ decision processes: A policy capturing approach

  Academy of Management

  San Francisco
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Issues in staffing and compensation

  Eastern Academy of Management

  Buffalo, New York
  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Behaving on paper: An exercise on communicating effectively in writing

  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Management practices in Pacific Rim nations

  Eastern Academy of Management, Third International Conference

  Hong Kong
  Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  An investigation of sex discrimination in recruiters’ evaluations of actual applicants

  Journal of Applied Psychology
  1988

  Vol. 73

  Issue #1
  Laura M. Graves, Gary N. Powell
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Predicting organizational behavior from office environments: A field exercise

  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Behaving on paper: An exercise in written organizational behavior

  Eastern Academy of Management
  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Issues in leadership and management

  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Selecting employees: Techniques for improving satisfaction and reducing turnover

  Executive Roundtable, Institute for Nonprofit Training and Development, Hartford Graduate Center

  Hartford, Connecticut
  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  New Perspectives on organizational performance

  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Measuring the true effectiveness of training programs: An experiential exercise

  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Connecting your dissertation to the real world

  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Predicting organizational behavior from office environments: A field exercise

  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Performance appraisal systems

  Connecticut Association for Human Services Conference

  Waterbury, Connecticut
  Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Effects of leader persistence and environmental complexity on leadership perceptions: Do implicit beliefs discourage adaptation to complex environments?

  Group and Organization Studies
  1985

  Vol. 10

  Issue #1
  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Measuring the true effectiveness of training programs: An experiential exercise in human resources management

  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Assessing Organizational Change: A Guide to Methods, Measures, and Practices

  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Sex discrimination in the recruitment process: Does it exist outside the laboratory?

  Academy of Management

  Boston
  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  The use of undergraduates and working MBA students in casual attribution leadership research

  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Dual career couples

  Third Annual Conference on Women and Organizations

  Boston
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Race, age, and affirmative action

  Eastern Academy of Management

  Montreal, Canada
  Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Salience and assignment of blame to victims

  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Assistant wanted: An employment interview: An experiential exercise

  San Diego: University Associates
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Attributions of causality for group performance as a function of sex, leadership style, and group performance

  Academy of Management

  Dallas
  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Implicit leadership theory: A comparison to two-dimensional leadership theory

  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Multidimensional scaling

  Department of Management, University of Connecticut

  Storrs, Connecticut
  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Everyday views of leadership and their impact on subordinate satisfaction

  Presentation to Executive Advisory Board of the University of Connecticut Department of Management

  Hartford, Connecticut
  Laura M. Graves
• Presentations

  Superwoman: Coping with the demands of work and home

  Conference on Understanding and Surviving the Academic Marketplace, School of Education, University of Connecticut

  Storrs, Connecticut
  Laura M. Graves
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Sex differences in implicit theories of leadership: An initial investigation

  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Implicit leadershi theory: A multidimensional model of supervisory behavior

  American Institute for Decision Sciences

  San Francisco
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  The structure of implicit leadership theory: An exploratory study

  Eastern Psychological Association

  Baltimore
  Laura M. Graves
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Managerial performance assessment and factors affecting managerial performance

  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  Women’s implicit theories of leadership

  International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women

  Haifa, Israel
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  The effects of perceptual salience and subject orientation on attributions of responsibility for a rape

  Eastern Psychological Association

  New York
  Laura M. Graves
• Papers Published – Conference Proceedings

  The effects rape publicity on likelihood estimates, responsibility attributions, and preventative behaviors

  Eastern Psychological Association

  Hartford, Connecticut
  Laura M. Graves

Awards and grants

• Employee outcomes and perceptions of organizational support during economic turbulence: An empirical study

  National Science Foundation, Innovation and Organization Sciences

• The impact of economic conditions on the employee-organizational relationship

  Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) Foundation