Amie L. Skattebo, M.S. (Ph.D. ABD)
September 2007
Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
Office tel. (814)865-6846, fax (814)863-7002, e-mail als383@psu.edu
Present Position
Doctoral Candidate in Psychology (Industrial and Organizational), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
Technology in the Workplace, Virtual Work Settings and Performance Management, Performance Appraisal, Organizational Alignment and Strategy, Organizational Change, Justice, and International Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
Education
Masters of Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2002
Bachelor of Arts (Summa Cum Laude), University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI, 1998
Awards
Winner, Annual Undergraduate Paper Competition in Applied Psychology, 1998.
Teaching with Technology Certificate (to be completed December 2007)
Research Experience
Research Assistant to Steven R. Haynes, Ph.D., School of Information Science and Technology. Research on the evaluation of cooperative systems, explanation systems, and development of web service technology for business-to-business e-commerce on the Semantic Web. August 2002 to present.
Research Assistant to Kevin Murphy, Ph.D. and Jeanette Cleveland, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University. Research on interrater agreement and rater goals. September 1999 to present.
Research Assistant to Jeanette Cleveland, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University. Research on diversity in the workplace. January 2001 until present.
Research Assistant to Adam Butler, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Northern Iowa. Research on work and family conflict. January 1997 until May 1998.
Applied Experience
Assisted in conducting focus groups and analyses for a technology evaluation project. Information Science and Technology, Pennsylvania State University. January 2003 - present
Assisted in writing items for entry-level and promotional exams for law enforcement agencies as a subcontractor for SHL USA, Inc. April 2002 – December 2003.
Assisted in the research and implementation of a job analysis for the trooper position for a state police agency. Practicum. August 2002 – May 2003.
Assisted in the on-site administration of an assessment center for an oral promotional exam. SHL USA, Inc. June 2 – June 9, 2002.
Lead a project team in conducting a literature review of best practices in leadership development. Graduate Consulting Project, Pennsylvania State University. August 2001 until March 2002.
Lead a project team in developing a survey to measure the success of organizational approaches to leadership development. Graduate Consulting Project, Pennsylvania State University. January 2002 – June 2002.
Developed a situational interview and rater training system for the Pennsylvania State Police as part of a project team. Graduate Consulting Project, Pennsylvania State University. August 2000 until December 2000.
Developed an interview protocol and conducted interviews investigating sustainable leadership capacities in organizations as part of a project team. Graduate Consulting Project, Pennsylvania State University. November 2000 until April 2001.
Investigated feasibility of implementing a web-based application and intranet-based selection system for the Pennsylvania State Police as part of a project team. Graduate Consulting Project, Pennsylvania State University. February 2001 until April 2001.
Assistant to Branch Chief of the Air Force Research Laboratory, Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX. January 1999 until July 1999.
Assisted, an applied researcher with Sinclaire and Associates, with data collection as part of a field investigation project regarding productivity in automotive repair.
Teaching Experience
Taught a paced and rolling version of an on-line course, “Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology,” for The Pennsylvania State University World Campus Outreach. Fall 2005 to present.
Developed an on-line version of a course on the Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology for Pennsylvania State University College of Liberal Arts and Department of Psychology, which was later adopted by the Pennsylvania State University World Campus Outreach, Spring 2005.
Developed and instructed MGMT 341 “Human Resources Management” at Pennsylvania State University for The Department of Management and Organization, Fall 2004 and Spring 2005.
Developed and instructed PSY 231 “Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology” at Pennsylvania State University for the Department of Psychology Fall 2003.
Other
Assistant to the Editor of The Journal of Applied Psychology May 2000 – May 2002
Developed an award for recognizing contextual performance of graduate students in the Penn State I/O program.
Technical Reports
Haynes, S.R. & Skattebo, A.L. (2007). Sense and respond evaluation for the Program Manager of Light Armored Vehicles. Report presented to the United States Marine Corps PM LAV, Detroit, MI. College of Information Science and Technology.
Haynes, S.R., Skattebo, A.L., Himelright, J.L. (2006). Development and results of the Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) installation and roll-out evaluation. Report presented to the United State Marine Corps, Detroit, MI. College of Information Science and Technology.
Haynes, S.R., Skattebo, A.L., Himelright, J.L., Singel, J.A., & Cohen, M.A. (2006). Evaluation of the Interactive Electronic Technical Manual. Report presented to the United State Marine Corps, Detroit, MI. College of Information Science and Technology.
Haynes, S.R., Purao, S., Walia, S. & Skattebo, A.L. (2005). Review of the USMC Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) Integrated Digital Environment (IDE) Initiative: Architecture, Security and Accessibility. Report presented to the United State Marine Corps, Detroit, MI. College of Information Science and Technology, Pennsylvania State University.
Haynes, S.R., Purao, S., Skattebo, A.L., & Winter, J.R. (2004). Review of USMC Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) Integrated Data Environment (IDE) Initiative: Scenario & Web-Based Evaluations. Report presented to the United State Marine Corps, Detroit, MI. College of Information Science and Technology, Pennsylvania State University.
Haynes, S.R., Purao, S. & Skattebo, A.L. (2003). Review of USMC Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) Integrated Data Environment (IDE) Initiative: Scenario & Usability Evaluations. Report presented to the United State Marine Corps, Detroit, MI. College of Information Science and Technology, Pennsylvania State University.
The Pennsylvania State University (2003). Job Analysis for the Position of Pennsylvania State Trooper. Report presented to the Pennsylvania State Police, Harrisburg, PA.
The Pennsylvania State University (2002). Report on Promotional Testing Adverse Impact. Report presented to the Pennsylvania State Police, Harrisburg, PA.
The Pennsylvania State University (2002). Assessing leadership development in organizations: Scale development. Report presented to the Center for Creative Leadership, Denver, CO.
The Pennsylvania State University (2001). Determining Common Characteristics across Leadership Development Practices and Criteria Used to Judge Their Effectiveness. Report presented to the Center for Creative Leadership, Denver, CO.
The Pennsylvania State University (2002). Report on the Feasibility of Computer- and Web Based Testing. Report presented to the Center for Creative Leadership, Denver, CO.
The Pennsylvania State University (2000). Sustainable Leadership Capacity Interview Project. Report presented to the Center for Creative Leadership, Denver, CO.
The Pennsylvania State University (2000). State Trooper Oral Examination. Report presented to the Pennsylvania State Police, Harrisburg, PA.
Professional Memberships
American Psychological Association. 1998 until present.
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. 1998 until present.
Academy of Management. 2003 until present.
Theses
Organizational Climate and the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Dissertation Proposal (in progress). Pennsylvania State University. 2007.
Relationships Between Rater’s Goals and Rating Behavior. Master of Science. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. 2002.
Gender moderates the effect of work family conflict on subjective performance ratings. Bachelor of Arts (Honors thesis), University of Wisconsin, Greenbay, WI. 1998.
Publications
Haynes, S.R. & Skattebo, A.L. (2007). Metrics and scenario-based evaluation for mobile systems. Paper in progress.
Haynes, S.R. & Skattebo, A.L. (2007). Social, psychological and technical inhibitors and facilitators of complex, distributed design. Paper in progress.
Haynes, S.R., Purao, S. & Skattebo, A.L. (2006). SWIMS: Scenario walkthrough and inspection methods for evaluation collaborative systems. Computer Supported Collaborative Work, (Journal submission under review).
Haynes, S. R., Skattebo, A. L., Singel, J. A., Cohen, M. A., & Himelright, J. L. 2006. Collaborative Architecture Design and Evaluation. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS), 219-228. University Park, PA, USA.
Haynes, S.R., Skattebo. A.L., Himelright, J.L., Cohen, M.A., & Singel, J.A. (2006). Design for Very Large Scale Integration. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS). State College, PA. 26-28 June 2006.
Butler, A. & Skattebo, A.L. (2004). What is Acceptable for Women may not be for Men: The effect of family conflicts with work on job performance ratings. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 77, 553-564.
Murphy, K.R., Cleveland, J.N., Skattebo, A.L. & Kinney, T.B., (2004). Raters who pursue different goals give different ratings. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89(1), 158-164.
Haynes, S.R., Purao, S. & Skattebo, A.L. (2004). Situating Evaluation in Scenarios of Use Proceedings of the conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Chicago, Il. 6-10 November 2004.
Cleveland, J.N., Mohammed, S., & Skattebo, A.L. (2002). Performance management in virtual workplaces. In R. Heneman, R.L. & Greenberger, D.B. (Eds.) Human Resource Management in Virtual Organizations. New York: Information Age Publishing.
Murphy, K. R., Cleveland, J. N., Kinney, T. B., Skattebo, A. L., Newman, D. A. & Sin, H. P. (2003). Unit climate, rater goals, and performance ratings in an instructional setting. Irish Journal of Management, 24, 48-65
Murphy, K.R., Cleveland, J.N., Kinney, T.B., Skattebo, A.L., Newman, D.A. & Sin, H.P. (2002). Unit climate, Rater Goals, and Performance Ratings in an Instructional Setting. Proceedings of the Irish Academy of Management Conference, Waterford IRELAND, 4-5 September 2002.
Presentations
Haynes, S. R., Skattebo, A. L., Singel, J. A., Cohen, M. A., & Himelright, J. L. 2006. Collaborative Architecture Design and Evaluation. Paper presented at the ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS), 219-228. University Park, PA, USA.
Haynes, S.R., Skattebo. A.L., Himelright, J.L., Cohen, M.A., & Singel, J.A. (2006). Design for Very Large Scale Integration. Presented at the conference for Designing Interactive Systems (DIS). State College, PA. 26-28 June 2006.
Haynes, S.R., Purao, S. & Skattebo, A.L. (2004). Situating Evaluation in Scenarios of Use. Presented at the conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Chicago, Il. 6-10 November 2004.
Ferzandi, L.A., Skattebo, A.L., Terrell, I.S. & Bains, P. (2004). Will they share? Team Problem-Solving in Computer-Mediated Environments. Presented at the annual conference for the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Chicago, IL.
Cleveland, J,N., Mohammed, S., Skattebo, A.L. & Sin, H.P. (2003). Multiple purposes of performance appraisal: A replication and extension. Presented at the annual conference for the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Orlando, FL.
Cleveland, J,N., Mohammed, S., Skattebo, A.L. & Sin, H.P. (2003). Multiple purposes of performance appraisal: A replication and extension. Presented at the annual conference for International Human Resources Management. Dublin, Ireland.
Cleveland, J,N., Mohammed, S., Skattebo, A.L. & Sin, H.P. (2003). Multiple purposes of performance appraisal: Preliminary findings from a replication and extension. Colloquium Presentation. Pennsylvania State University.
Skattebo, A.L. (2003). What I love about being a graduate student in I/O Psychology? Testimonial presented at the opening session of the annual conference for the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Orlando, FL.
Skattebo, A.L., Fisk, G. M., Ferzandi, L.A. (2003). Will Raters Ever Learn? An Empirical Test of the Effectiveness of RET and FORT. Research presented at the annual Industrial/ Organizational and Organizational Behavior Graduate Student Conference. Akron, OH.
Skattebo, A.L., Newman, D., Kinney, T.B., Cleveland, J.N. (2002). The effect of rater goals and climate perceptions on rating behavior. Symposium presented at the annual conference for the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Toronto, ON, Canada.
Cleveland, J.N., Brauberger, A.L., Skattebo, A.L, Tam, A., & Anderson, L. (2001). Perceptions of fair treatment and discrimination: Role of organizational support, perceived discriminatory behaviors, and diversity initiatives. Presented at the annual conference for the Academy of Management. Washington, D.C.
Skattebo, A.L. (2001). Task and contextual performance: What’s important to you? Research presented at the annual Industrial/ Organizational and Organizational Behavior Graduate Student Conference. University Park, PA.
Kinney, T.B. & Skattebo, A.L. (2001). Effects of goals on rating behavior. Colloquium Presentation. Pennsylvania State University.
Butler, A. & Skattebo, A.L. (2000). Sex bias in the evaluation of individual’s experiencing a family conflict with work. Presented at the annual conference for the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. New Orleans, LA.
Integrated Industrial and Organizational Psychology – Dr. George Thornton
Micro Organizational Behavior – Dr. Alicia Grandey
Macro Organizational Behavior – Dr. Susan Mohammed
Performance Appraisal and Criterion Selection – Dr. Jeanette Cleveland
Personnel Selection – Dr. Kevin Murphy
Teams in Organizations – Dr. Susan Mohammed
Training and Development – Dr. James Farr
International Industrial and Organizational Psychology – Dr. James Farr
Leadership and Leadership Development – Dr. David Day
Data Analysis I – Dr. Kevin Murphy
Data Analysis II – Dr. Benjamin Clegg
Multivariate Statistics – Dr. Kevin Murphy
Advanced Research Methods – Dr. Russell Cropanzano
Measurement Theory – Dr. George Thornton
Individual Differences, Assessment – Dr. Kevin Murphy
Integrated Theories and Methods of the Information Sciences and Related Technologies – Dr. Steven Sawyer
Independent Study – Dr. Steven Haynes
Personality Theory and Measurement – Dr. Russell Cropanzano
Available upon request