The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio
Ph.D.: June, 1992 M.A.: August, 1989
Major: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Minor: Statistical Analysis
Miami University Oxford, Ohio
B.A.: May, 1987, Summa cum Laude

DISTINCTIONS

Distinguished Advisor of a Student Organization Award, University of Michigan - Dearborn, 2001
Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Michigan - Dearborn, 1997
Member, Phi Beta Kappa

PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS

Waung, M., & Brice, T. S. (2000). Communicating negative hire information to applicants: Fulfilling psychological contracts. Journal of Business and Psychology, 15, 247-263.

Waung, M., & Brice, T. S. (1998). The Effects of Conscientiousness and Opportunity to Caucus on Group Performance. Small Group Research, 29, 650-660.

Stiles, W. B., Lyall, L. M., Knight, D. P., Ickes, W., Waung, M., Hall, C. L., & Primeau, B. E. (1997). Gender differences in verbal presumptuousness and attentiveness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 759-772.

Waung, M., & Highhouse, S. (1997). Fear of conflict and empathic buffering: Two explanations for the inflation of performance feedback. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 71, 37-54.

Waung, M. (1995). The effects of self-regulatory coping orientation on newcomer adjustment and job survival. Personnel Psychology, 48, 633-650.

Waung, M., MacNeil, M., & Vance, R. J. (1995). Reactions to feedback in goal choice and goal change processes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 25, 1360-1390.

PUBLICATIONS IN EDITED WORKS

Brice, T. S., & Waung, M. (in press). Web site recruitment characteristics: American's best versus America's biggest. Society for the Advancement of Management Journal.

Brice, T. S., & Waung, M. (2001). Is the science-practice gap shrinking? Some encouraging news from an analysis of SIOP programs. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 38, 29-37.

Brice, T. S., & Waung, M. (1995). Applicant rejection letters: Do businesses send the wrong message? Business Horizons, 38, 59-62.

Waung, M. (1997). Industrial/organizational psychology appendix. In S. E. Hockenbury & D. H. Hockenbury, Introduction to Psychology. New York, NY: Worth Publishing.

RESEARCH GRANTS

Diversity Initiatives, $5,925, University of Michigan-Dearborn 1992-93
Faculty Research Grants, $600, $787, University of Michigan-Dearborn 1992-1993, 1994-1995
Student Research Assistance Award, $1,000, University of Michigan-Dearborn 1993-1994

PRESENTATIONS

Brice, T. S., & Waung, M. (2001). Web site recruitment characteristics: American's best versus America's biggest. Presented at the Society for the Advancement of Management International Management Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada, April.

Waung, M. & Highhouse, S. (2001). Conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness as predictors of rating inflation and feedback content. Presented at the Midwest Academy of Management Meetings, Toledo, Ohio, April.

Waung, M., & Highhouse, S. (1997). Feedback Inflation: Empathetic buffering or Fear of conflict? Presented at the Twelfth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, St. Louis, Missouri, April.

Waung, M., & Austin, J. T. (1996). The effect of conscientiousness on group goal processes. Presented at the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, San Diego, California, April.

Brice, T. S., & Waung, M., (1995). The effects of conscientiousness and opportunity to caucus on group performance. Presented at the Tenth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, Orlando, Florida, May.

Brice, T. S., & Waung, M., (1995). Adjective checklist v. phrase-based measures of conscientiousness. Presented at the Tenth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, Orlando, Florida, May.

Brice, T. S., & Waung, M., (1994). Can feedback environment explain organizational citizenship behaviors in a union manufacturing plant? Presented at the Psychology of Industrial Relations Under Changing Employment Relationships Conference. Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, May.

Austin, J. T., & Waung, M., (1994). The founding mothers: Female industrial/organizational psychologists in the early years. Member of a symposium presented at The Ninth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists. Nashville, Tennessee, April.

Waung, M., (1994). The effects of a coping orientation program on African-American student retention. Paper presented at The Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Research Association of Minority Professors. Raleigh, North Carolina, February.

Waung, M. & Brice, T., (1993). An assessment of paired comparison scaling procedures in a training needs assessment of educationally diverse groups. Presented in a poster session at The Midwest Academy of Management Meetings, Indianapolis, Indiana, April.

Waung, M., (1992). Industrial/Organizational Psychology Internships: Are they meeting expectations? Participated in a panel discussion at The Seventh Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, Montreal, Quebec, May.

Waung, M. & Vance, R.J. (1990). Goal choice and goal change: The intervening influence of goal-performance discrepancies. Presented in a symposium at The Fifth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, Miami, Florida, April.

Mahlman, R., Vance, R.J., Colella, A., Waung, M., & Urban, M. (1989). A dynamic test of cognitive processes in goal-setting. Presented by the first author at The Fourth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, Boston, Massachusetts, April.

Waung, M. (1988). Goal choice and goal commitment: Expectancies and valences within a control theory framework. Presented at The Ninth Annual Industrial/Organizational and Organizational Behavior Graduate Student Convention, Bowling Green State University, April.

Waung, M., Knight, D.P., Lowry, C., & Stiles, W.B. (1987). Gender and the use of presumptuous verbal response modes. Presented by the last author at The Third Annual Conference on Social Psychology and Language, Bristol, England, July.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor of Psychology (September 1999 - present); Assistant Professor of Psychology: Department of Behavioral Sciences, The University of Michigan-Dearborn (September, 1992 - August 1999). Taught Introductory Psychology, Statistics in Psychology, History of Psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Research Methods in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, and Organizational Entry.

RECENT SERVICE

SIOP Reviewer: (October, 1994 - present). Reviewed papers submitted to the conference for the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychologists.

Faculty Senate: University of Michigan - Dearborn (September 2000 - present). Served as Behavioral Sciences representative to the faculty senate.

Book Reviewer: Personnel Psychology: (February 2000 - present). Read, critically evaluated, and wrote reviews for books featured in the book review section of the journal.

Faculty Advisor to Psychology Club and Psi Chi: University of Michigan - Dearborn (January 2001-present and September 1992 - August 1994). Organized meetings and events. Directed fund-raising activities. Installed charter Psi Chi Chapter of Madonna University.

Women's Studies Women in Learning and Leadership Initiative: University of Michigan - Dearborn (September 2001 - present). Participant in this initiative to develop a program focusing on undergraduate women and leadership.

Student Media Committee: University of Michigan - Dearborn (October, 2001 - present). Member of committee responsible for the oversight of student radio and print media.

Program for Academic Support Review Committee: University of Michigan - Dearborn (January 2002 - present). Member of committee charged with examining the PAS program and making recommendations regarding improvements to the program.

Distance Learning Steering Committee: University of Michigan - Dearborn (February 2002 - present). Member of committee whose purpose is to manage and coordinate the growth of Distance Learning in the College of Arts, Science, and Letters.

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Sandy Corporation, Troy, Michigan (October - December, 1997). Developed an exit interview survey to assess the causes of turnover among females and minorities in a large automotive company.

Mervyn's Corporation, Hayward, California (May, 1994). Conducted reliability analyses and confirmatory factor analysis to determine which items to drop on subsequent administrations of a corporate survey.

Labor Market Division of Ohio Bureau of Employment Services, Columbus, Ohio (June - August 1992). Performed job analyses for approximately 70 employees in 14 job titles. Conducted interviews and focus group sessions to determine duties and tasks. Developed task survey for all employees in the Division to measure frequency, importance, learning difficulty, and time for completion. Analyzed survey results and made recommendations.

BellSouth Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia (July, 1990 - December, 1990). Worked as a consultant in nonmanagement staffing department. Performed job analyses on technical jobs, constructed content valid selection exams, conducted transportability studies, and performed a validation study to determine if spelling ability was related to operator job performance.

Nationwide Insurance Company, Columbus, Ohio (March - June, 1989). Determined the feasibility of implementing a formal objective-setting program. Assisted in focus group facilitation, survey development, and data analysis. Led team in production of written report and presentation to management.

General Electric, Columbus, Ohio (July - September, 1988). Assisted in survey research conducted to determine employees' perceptions of job security and employment security. Assisted in the compilation, analysis and interpretation of data.

City of Columbus Department of Human Services, Columbus, Ohio (July - August, 1988; July, 1991; January, 1992). Evaluated and scored candidates' responses to fire fighter promotion exams, police selection tests, and police promotion in-basket exams.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

American Psychological Society
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
The Academy of Management
Michigan Association of Industrial/Organizational Psychologists