CSULB Psychology Department

PSYCHOLOGY MASTER'S THESIS ABSTRACTS

Industrial/Organizational (beginning 1990)

Winter 2009

Venegas, Jennifer
Effectiveness of an Intervention to Increase Employees' Awareness
of Frequency and Seriousness of Cyberloafing
(not yet published)

Fall 2008

Dickson, Jennifer
Reality in Recruitment: Realistic Job Previews and Individual Differences
(not yet published)

Ruleford, Mallory
Effects of Class Size and Enrollment Growth Incentives on Faculty Performance

Wada, Akane
Retaliation Behavior in the Group Context: Responses to Perceived Justice
(not yet published)

Summer 2008

Abulhusn, Karla A.
The Effects of Exposure, Cognitive Ability and Interview Self-Efficacy
on Employment Interview Performance

Lurie, Sarah B.
The Morning Commute: The Moderating Effects of Locus of Control and
Organizational Commitment on Employees' Perceived Commuting Strain

Tzschatzsch, Annika
The Effects of Organizational, Supervisor and Coworker Support on
Perceived Job Stress and Attitudinal Outcomes

Spring 2008

Escobedo, Matthew
Applicant Anxiety and Selection Interview Performance:
A Meta-Analysis

Ha, Truc Mai
The Fluctuating Bandwidth of Change Management:
Factors that Impact Employee Resistance to Workplace Technology

Lewis, Margaret
Classroom Intervention to Facilitate Students’ Questions

Fall 2007

Ahdoot, Joseph
Email Overload: Information Overload and Other Negative Effects of Email Communication

Rivera, Steve A.
Identifying an Optimal Job Analysis Method for Synthetic Validation Studies

Smith, Whitney E.
Interviewee Perceptions of Structured and Unstructured Interview Questions

Summer 2007

Davis, Kimberly Anne
A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship Between Measures of Commute Span and Strain

Spring 2007

Mensinger, Meggan S.
An Investigation into the Impact of Organizational Variables on the Impostor Phenomenon

Summer 2006

Leung, Lisa
Using Perfectionism, Impostor Phenomenon and Occupational Field
to Predict Job Burnout

Spring 2006

Long, Ryan
How Personality and Rewards Interact to Impact Performance and Satisfaction

O'Connor, Brendan
The Effects of Awareness of Test Process and Competencies Assessed
on Applicant Interview Performance

Fall 2005

Aguilar, Steven
Performance Effects of Gender, Extraversion, and Need for Achievement
on Boredom Proneness

Bailey, Wendi
A Comparison of Corporate Reputation as Perceived by Internal and External Stakeholders

Summer 2005

Costello, Kim
The Influence of Team Design Characteristics and Personality Traits
on Short-Term Film Productions' Effectiveness

Wright, W. Douglass
Casual Attributions and Interactional Justice as Moderators of the Relationship Between
Perceived Psychological Contract Breach and Critical Employee Outcomes

Spring 2005

Hammond, Kandice
Learning Styles, Self-Efficacy, and Training Delivery:
Investigating Factors That Enhance Learning

Olson, Kristin
Performance Feedback: The Impact of Personality and Communication Medium
on Recipient Satisfaction and Fairness Perceptions

Winter 2005

St. Clair, Alta
Characterizations Ascribed to Male Executives, Female Executives and the Ideal Executive

Summer 2004

Bastian, Briana
Work/Family Benefits Preferences: Assessing Differences by Gender and Ethnic Minority Status

Chan, Linda
The Effects of Ethnic Diversity of LMX, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment

Croker, Rosee
The Effect of Leadership Style on Employee Work Ethic

Kaminski, Kelly
An Examination of Applicant Preparation for Assessment Centers

Spring 2004

Furumoto, Akira
The Effect of Use of Impression Management on the Performance Rating
of Affirmative Action Beneficiaries

Nguyen, Angela-Minhtu
The Mediational Role of Mentoring in the Acculturation-Career Satisfaction Relationship
for Asian/Pacific Islander American Faculty

Piffero, Alysia
Range Restriction of Ratings: The Impact of Rater Differences

Wolf, Ilan
Extrinsic Motivation as a Moderator of Gender Role Stereotypes and Career Choice

Fall 2003

Stevens, Christopher
Perceptions of the Work Environment: Role of Negative Affectivity and Spiritual Beliefs

Spring 2003

Dourigan, Allison
Examining Sources of Validity, Adverse Impact, and Procedural Justice in an Assessment Center

Nielsen, Kristin
The Effects of Gender-Role Congruent and Gender-Role Incongruent Leaders
on Personnel Rater Perceptions

Fall 2002

Yu, Janie
Test-Taking Motivation and Impression Management on Overt Integrity Tests and Subtests

Summer 2002

Grimes, Catherine
Socialization of Newcomers: An Investigation of Tactic Use and Related Outcomes

Herst, DiAnn
More than an Apple a Day: The Effects of Personal Characteristics
and Coping Strategies on Teacher Stress and Burnout

Vasconcellos, Chad
The Moderating Effects of Self-Esteem and Locus of Control on the Relationship
between Objective Job Characteristics and Perceived Job Characteristics

Spring 2002

Moore, Andrew
The Heritability of Sexual Orientation and Occupational Choice

Scheinoha, Tricia
Examining Individual Differences in Pay Structures and Pay Satisfaction

Thomas, Kristy
The Relationship of Generation X Work Values to Job Involvement and Organizational Commitment

Winter 2002

White, Duane
Emotional Intelligence and Self-Monitoring: Determiners of Influence Tactic Choice

Fall 2001

Mineghino, Mary Ann
An Empirical Study of the Relationship Between Role Stress and Empowerment
in Front-Line Managers and Workers

Summer 2001

Dolden, Stacy
An Examination of the Moderating Role of Perceived Support for Innovation on Leader-Member Exchange,
Team-Member Exchange, and Individual Level Work Outcomes

Doss, Sangeeta
A Service Quality Comparison Between Electronic Banking Users and Nonusers

Hoffman, Lori
Perceived System Knowledge and Its Relationship to Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Spring 2001

Heinbuch, Danielle
Educational Assistance and Organizational Commitment Influencing Turnover Intentions

Fall 2000

Jankowski, Rebecca
Sex Stereotypes in Transformational and Transactional Leadership Ratings

Lonergan, Dale
The Interaction of Trainee Perceived Expectations of Themselves and the Trainer on
Learning and Reaction to Training (Self-Efficacy and the Reverse Pygmalion Effect)

Primicias, Wesley
Studying Ethnic Differences in Socialization, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment

Timmons, Sarah
Computerphobia and Computer-Associated Stress in the Workplace

Summer 2000

Arnoldus, Michael
Effects of Locus of Control and Type A Behavior on Selecting of Conflict Handling Styles

DeMaci, Christopher
Feng Shui and Psychology: Situational and Individual Predictors of Dominance

Gulak, Lori
Compressed Workweeks, Commuting, and Life and Job Satisfaction

Mallery, Faith
An Investigation of Need for Achievement and Self-Monitoring on Feedback-Seeking Strategies

Pasanen, Sanna
Emotional Intelligence, Conscientiousness and Integrity as Predictors
of Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Sterling, Hillary
The Influence of Gender and Career Salience on College Students’ Desire for Work/Life Benefits

Spring 2000

Dickerson, Andra
Risk Perceptions and Y2K Readiness

Howard, Lara
The Effects of Age and Intrinsic Motivation on the Probability of Career Change

Mosconi, Victor
Personality Differences in Stress Coping Strategies

Newlon, Candace
Effects of Procedural Justice and Self-Efficacy on Acceptance of Merit Pay

Winter 2000

Allen, Donald
The Influence of Environment on Job Interview Ratings
with Potential Moderation by Personality Variables

Fall 1999

Flaxman, Gary
Work-Family Conflict as a Mediator between Family Responsive Policies and Job Outcomes

Mendez, Margarita
Leader-Member Exchange as Moderator of the Job Dissatisfaction-Communication Response Relationship

Menges, Michele
Interactional Justice as a Mediator between Emotional Intelligence and Work-Related Attitudes

Summer 1999

Benavidez, Julie
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Resiliency, Training and Technostress

Brown, Anna
Effects of Job and Life Stress on Job Satisfaction among Food Service Employees

Jacobs, Amanda
Reactions to Rejection Letters

Jordan, Melanie
Applicant Reactions to Biodata Item Types

Peralta, Edgar
Individual Differences in Conscientiousness and Work-Site Physical Activity
on Exercise Adherence and Perceptions of Work Stress

Spring 1999

Belloli, Jeff
Career Self-Efficacy in the Prediction of Expected Salary

Bar-Cohen, Yardena
Faking Biodata Items: High Self-Monitors Versus Low Self-Monitors

Coy, Jonathon
Effects of Multimedia on Intrinsic Motivation and Learning
in a Computer-Aided Instruction Environment

Faulkner, Ryan
How Age and Expertise Moderates the Relationship between Interview Type
and Interview Performance: An Analysis of Response Patterns

Naftzger, Ian
Self-Monitoring and Organizational Choice

Fall 1998

MacNeill, Karon
Controlling Physician Stress: Moderating Effect of Perceived Job Control
on Relationship between Job Stressors and Job Attitudes

Warren, Wendi
The Effects of Leader-Member Exchange on Supervisor’s Downward Influence Attempts

Summer 1998

Chapman, Leanne
An Examination of Mean Score Gender Differences and Adverse Impact for Two Tests of Mechanical Aptitude

Lonergan, Jennifer
Locus of Control as Moderator of the Relationship between
Job Characteristics and Procrastination at Work


Mason, Elsa
Effect of Organizational Image and Applicant Experience on Job Pursuit Intentions

Reece, Sean Dustin
The Relationship between Family Support, Work-Related Self-Efficacy,
and Job-Search Behavior among the Unemployed

Walker, Elizabeth
A Study of the Relationship Between Burnout and Teachers’ School Schedule:
Year Round and Traditional

Zamberg, Shelly
Type A Behavior Pattern, Impression Management, and Reported Conflict at Work

Spring 1998

Dzodin, Diane
The Effects of Humor on Perceptions of Organizational Conflict

Frick, L. Jeanette
Social Factors Influencing Organizational Commitment and Level of Participation
in Women Volunteers Working for a Military Family Support Organization

Kim, Elijah
The Effects of Group Member Performance Variance and Equity Sensitivity on Reward Allocation

Sapitula, Lester
The Effects of Physical Attractiveness and Interview Structure on Hiring Decisions

Fall 1995

David Gustafson
Job Seeking, Reemployment and Mental Health: An Intervention Experiment in Coping with Job Loss

Dwayne Thompson
The Need for Support Scale: A Construct Validity Study

Summer 1995

Susanne Braun
Gender Differences in Self-Pay Expectations

Earl Paz Navalta
“Modern Homophobia”: The Effects of Homophobia, Sexual Preference
and Decision Context on Simulated Hiring Decisions

Sonya Sharma
The Intent to Leave an Organization as a Function of Ethnicity

Lisa Tinti
The Effect of Leadership Behavior on Subordinate Employees’ Perceived Level of Organizational Support,
Organizational Commitment, and Job Satisfaction

Kathleen Valentino
The Effects of Leadership Style and Behavior on Perceived Organizational Support and Organizational Commitment

Spring 1995

John Dourigan
The Effects of Organizational Change on Professionals’ and Organizationals’ Resistance to
Work Change, Organizational Loss and Commitment Levels

Laurie Kliewer
Exercise, Sleep and Diet: Their Effect on Health in Dealing with the Demand/Control Model of Stress

Lisa Holden
The Effectiveness of Training in Improving Employment Test Scores

Sandra Lamartine
The Isolation of Culture from National Variables in the examination of
Coping Strategies among Hungarians and Romanians

Steve Okamoto
Dual-Task Performance: Central Visual Tracking and Peripheral Visual Detection
with or without Auditory Spatial Cueing

Kyle Reed
The Effects of Auditory Cue Accuracy in an Aurally Aided Visual Search Task

Christopher Stehman
Androgyny as a Determinant of Social Acuity in Leadership Emergence

Fall 1994

Sylvia Munoz
Achieving and Leadership Styles of Mexican-American Business and Professional Women

Michele Parent
The Effects of Culture on Consumer Response to Dissatisfaction

Ann Young
Eldercare and Childcare: A Comparative Study on Work/Family Conflict,
Organizational Commitment and Perceived Organizational Support

Summer 1994

Andrea Karabenick
Experimental Effects of Performance Appraisal Favorability versus Accuracy upon Work Motivation

Spring 1994

 Kim Howsden
The Effects of Perceived Organizational Support, Perceived Employee-Organization Value Congruence,
and Work-Family Conflict on Organizational Commitment

Ara Malazian
Armenian Cultural Values as Determined by Hofstede’s Cultural Values Survey

Laura Spaulding
Compatibility of Knowledge Acquisition Techniques with Domain Structure Levels

April Witty
The Effects of Duration, Interstimulus Onset Interval (ISOI) and Separation
on Perceived Velocity in Auditory Apparent Motion

Fall 1993

Anderson, Renee
Color and the Selection Time of Sequential and Nonsequential Selectors with
Compatible and Noncompatible Menu Items

Fuller, Sherry
Responses to Economic Change: Perceived Uncertainty and Resistance, Ethnic
and Gender Differences in Coping Strategies

Garstka, Mary
The Effects of Performance Appraisal Structure on Perceived
Organizational Support and Organizational Commitment

Pew, Christine
Media Use Related to Social Influences and Media Cost/Value Assessments

Schmidt, Carrie
Career Commitment, Organizational Commitment, and Job Involvement
as Factors that Affect Turnover for First Careerists

Zamiri, Nasrin
Effect of Stimulus Duration, ISOI, and Number of Sound Sources on Auditory Apparent Motion

Summer 1993

Frum, Joy
Effects of Perceived Work-Family Support on Organizational Commitment and Work-Family Conflict

Carrillo, Ignacio
Acculturation, Work Values and Participation: Application of Hofstede’s Model
to Mexican American Engineering Students

Eshbaugh, Lisa
The Effect of the 1990s Recession on the Reward preferences of Southern California Aerospace Engineers

Kodimer, Marianne
A Comparison of the Effects of Auditory Spatial Cues and Auditory Verbal Cues
on Visual Search Performance as Applied to Air Traffic Detection

McCaughtry, Sandra
Attitudes of American Managers Towards Japanese Management Practices

Rodriguez, Conrad
Problem Solving Team Communication Style and Participant Satisfaction

Torres, Michael
The Relationship Between Level of Moral Development and Leadership

Spring 1993

Davis, Molly
The Relationship between Tolerance of Ambiguity, Leadership Styles and Job Satisfaction

Healy, Ann-Mattia
Consumer Response to Dissatisfaction: The Effects of Ethnicity on Consumer Response Behavior

Huston, Alan
Flight Attendant Illness and Absenteeism: An Exploration and Comparison with Traditional Work Groups

Johnston, Mark
Effects of Goal Setting Strategies on Task Performance in Interdependent Work Groups

Nunnari, Lisa
The Relationship of Self-Disclosure of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Serostatus
in the Workplace to Job Satisfaction and Social Support

Palomar, Jacqueline
The Effects of Negative Affectivity and Years of Non-Management Experience vs. Management Experience
on Role Ambiguity and Role Conflict in Newly Promoted Managers

Taylor, Susan
The Effects of Obstructions on Arm Movement Time During Reach and Positioning Tasks

Fall 1992

De Ferrante, Edwin
Learning Theory Aids and the Design of Computer-Assisted Instruction

Martens, Carey
The Effects of Cognitive and Behavior Modeling on In-Basket Performance and Self-Efficacy Beliefs

Pagliassotti, Lisa
Immediate and Long-Term Effects of an Organizational Stress-Management Program
on Employee Stress and Coping Strategies

Summer 1992

Hessler, Ross
The Effect of Frame-of Reference Training on Evaluation Accuracy in a Simulated Selection Interview

Karllson, Ande
Gender Differences in Compatibility and Goal Commitment

Koenig, Linda
Perceived Organizational Support and Employee Commitment, Work Effort and Turnover Intent

Meleski, Jeannine
Professional Subcultures and Group Cohesion

Messer, William
The Effects of Night Crew Shift Work on the Quality of Marital Relationships

Tolbirt, Michelle
Relationship between Honesty, Ability and Personality Tests and Job Performance

Spring 1992

Beres, Eileen
The Effect of Participating in a Specific Sport on Choosing a College Major

Bolling, Melissa
Effects of Leadership Style, Need for Control, Gender and Commuting Experience
on Managers’ Attitudes toward Telecommuting

Cassarino, Matthew
Perceptions of the Use of an External Organizational Development Consultant

Emery, Scott
Aids-Related Attitudes in the Workplace

Hubley, Jill
The Effects of Spousal and Family Support on Dual Earner Couples’ Decisions to Relocate

Linn, Anita
Behavioral Modeling Training and Computer-Assisted Instruction on the Acquisition of
Computer Self-Efficacy, Software Knowledge and Skills

Muller, Janice
Executive Burnout: Work Environment Implications

Pennella, III, Ralph
The Effects of Speech Rate and Sentence Length on the Recall of Synthetic Speech
for Meaningful and Anomalous Sentences

Rhinehart, Kenneth
Organizational Locus of Control and Professional and Career Commitment as Predictors
of Resistance to Work-Related and Organizational Change

Fall 1991

Georgia Alhadeff
Job Involvement and Routes to Persuasion: A Naturalistic Experiment in Safe Practices

Cynthia Morris
Comparing and Evaluating Customer-Service Training Programs in Department Stores

Angella Nazarian
Work Value Orientations: Its Antecedents and Consequences

Corinne Quan
Cultural Diversity and Teams

Eugene Stojack, Jr.
An Alternative to the Qwerty Keyboard: Qwerty vs. Dvorak

Summer 1991

Zoe Brandstater
Women Managers: The Relationship of Gender-Role Identity to Success and Effectiveness

Kenneth Calhoun
Impact of Organizational Support on Employee Perceptions of Training Effectiveness

Ata Karim
Cultural Variables in Career Choices

Barbara Muir
Managerial Conflict Resolution as a Function of role Status and Gender

Teresa Shivers
Effect of Stimulus Frequency on Auditory Apparent Motion in Vertical Space

Candace Struwe-Pocino
Comparisons and Contrasts among Managerial Men, Managerial Women and
Non-Working Women Using a Locus of Control Construct

Spring 1991

Karen DesCamp
Play and Humor Use as Buffers of the Relationship Between
Stress and Strain in the Nursing Population

Laura Dierking
Employee Theft in the Retail Industry

Thomas Mullgaard
The Effects of Organizational Commitment and Career Commitment on
Work-Family Conflict Experienced by Dual-Career Couples

Cynthia Schmidt
Effects of Gender Difference and Socioeconomic Status on Achievement Motivation,
Goal Setting and Task Performance

Ronit Unger-Aviram
Motivating Employees Through an Efficacious Environment: The Impact on
Perceived Self-Efficacy and Performance Outcomes or Employees

Steven Witten
Convergence of SDy Estimates for the Brogden-Gleser Utility Analysis

Fall 1990

Ruth A. Goodine
Employee-Determined Changes and the Position Analysis Questionnaire

Cheryl Harney
Performance Tradeoffs in Computer Menu Designs

Theresa Mogavero
The Effects of Implementation Styles on the Success of Corporate Fitness Programs

Summer 1990

William J. Fulton
Perceptions of Organizational Climate as a Function of Individual Learning Style

Tammy Hinkle
Cues to Auditory Apparent Motion in Free Space

Diana Karjoo
Effects of Goal Type and Task Interdependence upon Intrinsic Motivation

Scott McWilliams
Intersensory Facilitation: Reaction Time as a Function of Degree of
Spatial Correspondence between Primary and Accessory Stimuli

Lori Okimoto
Ideal Gender Role Attitude and Reported Gender Role Behavior and their Effect
on Work-Family Role Conflict among Dual-Career and Dual-Earner Wives

Paul Schindler
The Measurement of Dyadic Trust in Organizations and Its Relation to Job Satisfaction

Spring 1990

Nancy Lopez
Manager Trait Profiles: Self-assessment Versus Report by Others,
Management Level and Department Function

Brian McBride
Kinship Responsibility and Closeness in Relation to Women’s Work Behavior

Ken Moses
Predictors of Job Satisfaction Following Organizational Change

Frederick Norton
Risk Perception and Seat Belt Use by Young Males

 

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