Rustin D. Meyer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, School of Psychology Georgia Institute of Technology J.S. Coon Building Room 129 rustin.meyer@psych.gatech.edu Atlanta, GA 30332-0170 (404) 894-6770 Employment August 2009 Current: Georgia Institute of Technology; Atlanta, GA Assistant Professor, Industrial/Organizational Psychology Graduate Education August 2003-August 2009: Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) Ph.D., Industrial/Organizational Psychology o Dissertation: Defining the Nature and Structure of Work Situations o Advisor: Reeshad S. Dalal M.S., Industrial/Organizational Psychology o Thesis: Situational Moderators of the Conscientiousness-Performance Relationship: An Interactional Meta-Analysis o Advisor: Reeshad S. Dalal Research Interests Improving the conceptualization, measurement, and application of Situational Strength Better understanding the nature and structure of work situations Personality-intelligence interactions Applying I/O principles to the selection of athletes Research methods Extramural Funding Dalal, R. S., & Meyer, R. D. Co-PI. (August 2009-August 2010). Dissecting Situational Strength: Theoretical Analysis & Empirical Tests. Army Research Institute, Research Contract ($120,027.00).
*Chronological order, most recent first PUBLICATIONS * Dalal, R. S. & Meyer, R. D. (in press, expected publication date March 2010). Implications of situational strength for HRM. HR Encyclopedia. Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer. Meyer, R. D., Dalal, R. S., & Hermida, R. (in press). A Review and synthesis of situational strength in the organizational sciences. Journal of Management. Meyer, R. D., & Dalal, R. S. (2009). Situational strength as a means of conceptualizing context. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 2, 99-102. Meyer, R. D., Dalal, R. S., & Bonaccio, S. (2009). A meta-analytic investigation into situational strength as a moderator of the conscientiousness-performance relationship. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30, 1077-1102. Meyer, R. D. (2007). Incremental Validity. Encyclopedia of Industrial/Organizational Psychology. S. Rogelberg (Ed.). Sage Publications. Meyer, R. D. (2007). Verbal Protocol Analysis. Encyclopedia of Industrial/Organizational Psychology. S. Rogelberg (Ed.). Sage Publications. Reeve, C. L., Meyer, R. D., & Bonaccio, S. (2006). Intelligence-personality associations: The importance of distinguishing between general and narrow dimensions of intelligence. Intelligence, 34, 387-402. Manuscripts Under Review Meyer, R. D. (accepted). A taxonomy of work situations to help focus frame-of-reference personality tests. Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology's Annual Conference. Jose, I., Meyer, R. D., Hermida, R., Khare, V. P., & Dalal, R. S. (accepted). An empirical test of situational strength's functional mechanisms. Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology's Annual Conference.
Projects in Preparation Bonaccio, S., Meyer, R. D., Reeve, C. L., & Dalal, R. S. (In Preparation). Does Intelligence Predict Discretionary Work Behavior? Society for HR Management. (Proposed budget: $200,000.00). Dalal, R. S., Jose, I., & Meyer, R. D. Examining the role of situational strength in person-environment fit. (data collection in progress). Meyer, R. D. Toward a dimension-based, hierarchical taxonomy of situations (in preparation). Meyer, R. D., & Bowling, N. A. On the role of situational strength in the organizational sciences. (in preparation). Meyer, R. D., Dalal, R. S., & Jose, I. Development and psychometric properties of the Situational Strength Scale. (additional data collection in progress). Meyer, R. D., Campion, M. A., & Mumford, T. The practical consequences of null distribution choice when calculating r wg. (in preparation). Meyer, R. D., & Krasikova, D. Confirmatory Factor Analysis in the Organizational Sciences. (data collection in progress). Plemmons, S., & Meyer, R. D. Are individuals motivated to conserve resources? An alternative explanation for goal-setting theory. (in development). Reeve, C. L., Goh, A., & Meyer, R. D. On the use of moderated multiple regression (MMR) in the organizational sciences (data collection in progress).
Technical Reports Weiss, H. M., MacDermid, S. M., Weigand, K. E., Jackson-Mehta, A. R., & Meyer, R. D. (2005). Status of forces report: Organizational commitment benchmarking. West Lafayette, IN: Military Family Research Institute: Purdue University. Lutz, G. M., Gonnerman, M. E., Jr., Mayfield, J., Meyer, R., Maitland, A. (2002). Alumni and Public Views of UNI: 2002 Survey Results. Cedar Falls, IA: University of Northern Iowa, Center for Social and Behavioral Research. Report prepared for UNI Office of Marketing and Public Relations (Cedar Falls, Iowa). (pp. 136). Conference Presentations and Posters * *Chronological order, most recent first Meyer, R. D., & Krasikova, D. (2009, April). A review of confirmatory factor analysis in the organizational sciences. To be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (New Orleans, LA). Meyer, R. D., & Baysinger, M. A. (2007, March). RIASEC environments as conscientiousness-performance moderators: A meta-analytic test of congruence versus situational strength. Presented at the 2007 IOOB student conference (Indianapolis, IN). Meyer, R. D., Dalal, R. S., Baysinger, M. A., & Bonaccio, S. (2007, May). RIASEC environments as metaanalytic conscientiousness-performance moderators: Congruence versus situational strength. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (New York, NY). Meyer, R. D. (2006, June). Situational moderators of the conscientiousness-performance relationship: An interactional meta-analysis. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Public Management Association s Assessment Council (IPMAAC; Las Vegas, NV).
Conference Presentations and Posters (cont.) * *Chronological order, most recent first Meyer, R. D. (2006, May). Conscientiousness, situations and organizational citizenship: An interactional metaanalysis. In R. S. Dalal (chair), Citizenship, and counterproductivity: Using innovative methods to explore difficult questions. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Dallas, TX). Meyer, R. D., Reeve, C. L., Heggestad, E. D., & McCloy, R. (2005, April). Cognitive mapping strategies of responses to multidimensional forced-choice personality items. Poster presented at the 20 th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA. Olson, T. M., Meyer, R. D., & Dalal, R. S. (2005, April). Contributions of different types of events to mood at work. Symposium presented at the 20 th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA. Reeve, C. L., Meyer, R. D., & Bonaccio, S. (2005, April). Relations among general and narrow dimensions of intelligence and personality. Poster presented at the 20 th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA. Meyer, R. D. (2003, April). Overt Racism or Cultural Misunderstandings: An Examination in Employment Interviews. Poster presented at the 9 th annual University of Northern Iowa Undergraduate Research Conference, Cedar Falls, IA. Meyer, R. D. (2003, April). Perceptions of the devil s advocate in small group discussion. Poster presented at the 10 th annual University of Northern Iowa Undergraduate Research Conference, Cedar Falls, IA. Meyer, R. D. (2003, April). Psychological issues among animal shelter employees who perform euthanasia. Poster presented at the 10 th annual University of Northern Iowa Undergraduate Research Conference, Cedar Falls, IA. Meyer, R. D. (2003, May). Overt Racism or Cultural Misunderstandings: An Examination in Employment Interviews. Poster presented at the Psi Chi Division of the Midwest Psychological Association s Annual Research Conference, Chicago, IL.
Conference Presentations and Posters (cont) * *Chronological order, most recent first Meyer, R. D. (2003, May). Perceptions of the Devil s Advocate in Small Group Discussion. Poster presented at the Psi Chi Division of the Midwest Psychological Association s Annual Research Conference, Chicago, IL. Teaching Experience Georgia Institute of Technology Industrial/Organizational Psychology (PSYC 2220) Fall 2009 Purdue University Industrial/Organizational Psychology (PSY 272) Fall 2007, Fall 2008, & Spring 2009 Introduction to Psychology (PSY 120) May 2006 May 2009 Relevant Work Experience Research Assistant May 2004 August 2005 Purdue University s Military Family Research Institute (MFRI) Purdue s MFRI is an inter-disciplinary research center sponsored the U.S. Department of Defense s Office of Community and Family Policy. MFRI is dedicated to studying military family quality of life issues with researchers from diverse areas such as Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Family Studies, the Krannert School of Management, and Statistics. I have worked on numerous studies while at the MFRI including coauthoring a technical report dedicated to benchmarking levels of organizational commitment among military members and their families. Institute Service Member Chair's Advisory Council, School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology Fall 2009 Member Master's Thesis Committee, Charlie K. Brooks, Georgia Institute of Technology Fall 2009 Member Preliminary Exam Committee, Min Young Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology Spring 2010 Member Preliminary Exam Committee, Mary Wright, Georgia Institute of Technology Spring 2010 Member Preliminary Exam Committee, Katherine Olson, Georgia Institute of Technology Spring 2010 Member Undergraduate Thesis Committee, Carla Burris, Georgia Institute of Technology Spring 2010 Ad hoc reviewer Organizational Research Methods Ad hoc reviewer Journal of Management Reviewer SIOP Conference Professional Service
Invited Talks The Pros & Cons of Situational Strength in the Lives of Older Adults - Georgia Tech Fall 2009 Life as a PhD graduate student in I/O Psychology - University of Northern Iowa Spring 2004 Professional Organization Membership American Psychological Association Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Academy of Management International Public Management Association s Assessment Council (Student Affiliate) (Student Affiliate) (Student Affiliate) Honors and Awards Graduate Research Publication Award (Psychology), Spring 2009 Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Teaching (Psychology), Spring 2009 Winner of the International Public Management Association Assessment Council s (IPMAAC) 2006 Student Paper of the Year Award for: Situational Moderators of the Conscientiousness-Performance Relationship: An Interactional Meta-Analysis. References Dr. Reeshad S. Dalal Assistant Professor of Psychology George Mason University (217) 840-3825 rdalal@gmu.edu Dr. Michael A. Campion Professor of Management Purdue University Krannert School of Management (765) 494-5909 campionm@purdue.edu Dr. James M. LeBreton Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences Purdue University (765) 496-9377 lebreton@psych.purdue.edu Dr. Charlie L. Reeve Associate Professor of Psychology University of North Carolina at Charlotte (704) 687-4748 clreeve@uncc.edu