Dr. Potosky's Research Page

Research

In order to understand and improve organizations and groups, it helps to know something about the people involved and to consider how groups create the context and processes that in turn shape behavior. Such insight leads to better decision-making, more satisfying and productive people management, and more effective leadership and social influence. With this perspective in mind, my research interests include:

	personnel staffing and the use of valid selection tools and methods
	the measurement of characteristics and perceptions that are relevant to team, organizational, and global management contexts
	the design and application of computerized and web-based assessments in human resource management
	the individual, relational, and contextual factors that facilitate the emergence of leadership
	the study of organizational climate, culture(s), systems, and innovative practices relevant to employee development and performance.

My research has been published in several leading journals, including the Academy of Management Review, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, International Journal of Selection and Assessment, Human Performance, Computers in Human Behavior, and the Journal of Business and Psychology. I am an active member of the Academy of Management and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and I have provided research and consulting solutions for several private and public organizations.

Research and Scholarship

	Recent Accomplishments and Highlights
	List of Publications
	Conference Presentations and Speaking Engagements
	*Research in Progress*

Academic Preparation

Ph.D. in Industrial Relations and Human Resources, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 1996

	Theoretical Discipline: Industrial and Organizational Psychology
	Dissertation: "The Effects of Individual Differences and Testing Situation on Response Distortion"

Master of Arts in Communication, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 1989

	Emphasis: Organizational Communication
	Thesis: "Evaluating communication skills training as a process of persuasion"

Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1987

	Minor in Business
	Graduated Phi Beta Kappa with honors and distinction
	Honors Thesis: "Network: An organizational analysis of an innovative service to students"

Foreign Study, University of Manchester, Manchester, England, 1986

Seminar study of British and European Media

Research and Scholarship

Academic Preparation

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