Kimberly E. O'Brien

Curriculum Vitć

 

Updated April 15, 2008

 

Email: kobrien4@mail.usf.edu
Phone: 518.669.8305

 

Work Address: 

PCD 4118G
4202 E. Fowler Ave.

Tampa, FL 33647

 

 

Education

 

Degrees:

Ph.D.                           The University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

(Anticip. Aug. 2008)      Major:  Industrial/Organizational Psychology

                                    Minor: Statistical Programming

      Dissertation Title: A Job Stress Model of Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Counterproductive Work Behaviors

                                    Chair: Tammy D. Allen, Ph.D.

 

M.A.                            The University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

(August, 2004)              Major:  Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Thesis Title: Motivational Antecedents to Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Counterproductive Work Behaviors

                                    Chair: Tammy D. Allen, Ph.D.

 

B.A.                             The University at Albany, State University of New York

(May, 2002)                  Majors:  Honors Psychology and Sociology

Thesis Title: Delinquent and Aggressive Adolescent Females:  The Role of

Family Environment, Life Stress, and Hostile Attribution Bias

                                    Chair:  Leslie Halpern, Ph.D.


Competitive Awards:

Presidential Fellowship, University of South Florida2002-2007.

CAS Publication Award for Doctoral Student and Faculty Mentor Award.  Summer, 2007

College of Arts and Sciences Travel Award, University of South Florida.  Spring 2004.

 

Federally Funded Grants:

NIOSH/ Sunshine ERC Pilot Research Project Grant, $9,000.  2006-2007.

 

 

Research Experience

Research Interests:

- Job stress, organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and counterproductive workplace behavior (CWB)

- Within OCB and CWB, an emphasis on mentoring and emotional abuse

- Psychometrics and research methods

 


Professional Papers

 

Refereed journal publications:

Allen, T. D., Eby, L. T., O'Brien, K. E., & Lentz, E.  (In press). The state of mentoring research:  A qualitative review of current research methods and future research implications. Journal of Vocational Behavior.

 

Allen, T. D., & O'Brien, K. E. (2006). Formal mentoring programs and organizational attraction. Human Resources Development Quarterly, 17, 43-58.

 

O'Brien, K. E., & Allen, T. D. (2008) Relative importance of correlates of organizational citizenship behavior and counterproductive work behavior using multiple sources of data.  Human Performance, 21, 62-88.

 

O'Brien, K. E., Biga, A., Kessler, S. R., & Allen, T. D.  (In press). A meta-analytic investigation of gender differences in mentoring. Journal of Management.

 

Book chapters:
O'Brien, K. E., Rodopman, O.B., & Allen, T. D.  (2007). Best practices in formal mentoring programs.  In T. D. Allen & L. T. Eby, (Eds.) Blackwell handbook of mentoring:  A multiple perspectives approach (pp. 369-372).  London:  Blackwell.

 

Select current research:

O'Brien, K. E., Vandello, J. A., & Levine, E. L.  (manuscript in preparation).  Development and validation of the Workplace Hostile Attributions Survey.

 

O’Brien, K. E., & Spector, P. E.  (manuscript in preparation). The role of perception and provocation in the reporting of workplace victimization.

 

O'Brien, K. E., & Allen, T. D.  (data collection in progress).  A lab and field study of the perception of mentoring relationship quality.

 

O'Brien, K. E., & Allen, T. D.  (data collection in progress).  A job stress model of organizational citizenship behaviors and counterproductive work behaviors.

 

 

Presentations

Refereed Conference Presentations:

O’Brien, K. E., Lentz, E., & Allen, T. D. (2008, April).  Multi-source ratings of formal mentoring programs and mentor/protégé job attitudes.  Paper presented at the 23rd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

 

Kessler, S. R., O’Brien, K. E., Spector, P., Bandelli, A., Borman, W., Nelson, D., & Penney, L. (2008, April).  Is the Organizational Machiavellianian an inherently bad employee? A reexamination of previously held views.  Paper presented at the 23rd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

 

O’Brien, K. E. (2007, April).  Antecedents to perceiving bullying victimization using multiple sources of data.  Paper presented at the 22nd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, New York, NY.

 

*Schmidlin, E., O’Brien, K. E., & Biga, A.  (2007, April).  Diversity climate, justice, and organizational outcomes.  Paper presented at the 22nd annual meeting of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, New York, NY.

 

*Bauer, J. A., O’Brien, K. E., & Vandello, J. A. (2006, May).  Social dominance orientation and organizational outcomes.  Paper presented at the 18th annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, New York, NY.

 

Biga, A., O’Brien, K. E., Kessler, S. R., Allen, T. D., & Brannick, M. T.  (2006, May).   A meta-analytic study of the racial and gender differences in mentoring.  Paper presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.

 

O’Brien, K. E., & Allen, T. D. (2006, May).  Relative importance of antecedents to voluntary workplace behaviors.  Paper presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.

 

O'Brien, K. E., Lentz, E., Allen, T. D., & Eby, L. T. (2006, May).  Methods used to study Mentoring:  Review and future research implications.  Paper presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.

 

*Fleisher, M., O’Brien, K. E., Biga, A., & Vandello, J. A.  (2005, May). The role of Culture of Honor in counterproductive work behaviors. Paper presented at the 17th annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.

 

O’Brien, K. E., & Allen, T. D. (2005, May).  Motivational antecedents of voluntary performance. Paper presented at the 17th annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.

 

O'Brien, K. E., & *Loch, S. E. (2005, April).  Development and correlates of the Workplace Hostile Attribution Bias Survey. Paper presented at the 20th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.

 

O'Brien, K. E, Biga, A., & Vandello, J. (2005, April).  The effect of Culture of Honor on

counterproductive workplace behaviors.  Paper presented at the 20th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.

O'Brien, K. E., & Vandello, J. A. (2005, January).  Romantic violence in college students: The role of adherence to the Culture of Honor.  Paper presented at the 6th annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

 

Allen, T. D., & O’Brien, K. E. (2004, April).  Do formal mentoring programs enhance attraction to the organization?  In T. D. Allen (Chair) Formal mentoring programs:  Bridging the gap between research and practice.  Symposium presented at the 19th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

 

Faust, A., Gicz, M., O'Brien, K. E., Lowe, K., Devorak, J., & Halpern, L. (2003, November).  The relationship between family environment, coping, and psychopathology in adolescents with behavior problems.  Paper presented at the 37th annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavioral Therapy, Boston, MA.

 

O'Brien, K. E. (2002, May).  Delinquent and aggressive adolescent females: The role of family environment, life stress, and hostile attribution bias.  Symposium presented at the University at Albany Undergraduate Research Symposium, Albany, NY.

 

*Denotes undergraduate research assistant

 

Invited Seminars:

O'Brien, K. E. (2008, April).  The role of job stress in voluntary work behaviors.  Department of Public Health, University of South Florida.

 

O'Brien, K. E. (2005, August).  How do Air Force rated officers spend their first 10 years? A step toward planning improved career paths.  RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA.

 

O'Brien, K. E. (2005, April).  The effect of honor beliefs on workplace outcomes.   RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA.

 

Discussant/Chair Positions:

Evidence for protean and boundaryless careers? Empirical and critical perspectives. (2007, August). Session Chair, Academy of Management, careers track.

 

Stoner, J., & Perrewe, P.  (2006, October). Development of the collective identification scale (CIS): Preliminary results.  Discussant, Southern Management Association, research methods track.

 

Vitale, D.  (2006, October). Priming effect in organizational diagnosis. Discussant, Southern Management Association, research methods track.

 

Social Identity and Work Behavior.  (2006, October). Session Chair, Southern Management Association, OB/OT/OD track.

 

Teaching Experience and Research Supervision

 

Teaching Experience

 

Graduate Courses:

Teaching Assistant, University of South Florida, Fall 2004.
-   Psychometrics (PSY 6217)

-  12 graduate students

 

Undergraduate Courses:

Instructor, University of South Florida, Spring, 2005.
  Psychological Statistics (PSY 3204)

-  100 undergraduate students

-  Supervised one graduate teaching assistant


Teaching Assistant, University of South Florida, Spring 2004. 
-   Research Methods (PSY 3213)

-   15 undergraduate students

 

Teaching Assistant, University at Albany, NY, Fall 2000
-   Foundations of Great Ideas (UNI 101)

-  15 undergraduate students

Research Supervision

 

Senior Thesis Committees:

2007             Jeremy Bauer. The Effect of Negative Performance Feedback on Voluntary Behavior.

2007             Elizabeth Schmidlin.  Helmet Mounted Displays in Armed Forces Aviation.

 

Undergraduate Research Assistants:

2002-2003      Carole Nease

2003-2004      Adriana Abril, Colleen Donovan, Matthew Fleisher, Felisha Leon, Sarah Loch, Carole

                     Nease, and Pilar Rincon

2004-2005      Adriana Abril, Matthew Fleisher, Jorge Font, Sarah Loch, Simisi Odu, Nan Ralston, Tiffany Stewart, Kelly Stovall, Lisa Sullivan, and Raquel Welch

2005-2006      Brandi Askeland, Jeremy Bauer, Esther Davila, Lisha Luttendon, Elizabeth Schmidlin, Heather Spellacy, Tiffany Stewart, and Jonathon Tschanz

2006-2007      Jeremy Bauer, Esther Davila, Taryn Doyle, Stacy Kaplan, Lisha Luttendon, Elizabeth Schmidlin, Heather Spellacy, and Jonathon Tschanz

2007-2008      Esther Davila, Stacy Kaplan, Lisha Luttendon, Heather Spellacy, and Jonathon Tschanz

 

Research Submission Supervision:

*Askeland, B., *Spellacy, H., *Luttendon, L., & O'Brien K. E. (2006, April).  Negative emotional reactions to an ambiguous vignette.  Paper presented at the 20th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC.

 

*Luttendon, L., *Stewart, T., *Schmidlin, E., & O'Brien K. E. (2006, April).   Voluntary work behaviors: Are self- or supervisor- reports better? Paper presented at the 20th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC.

 

*Bauer, J., *Tschanz, J., *Davila, E., & O'Brien K. E. (2006, April).  A dominance analysis of individual differences leading to perceptions of sexual harassment.   Paper presented at the 20th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC.

 

*Davila, E., *Tschanz, J., *Bauer, J., & O'Brien K. E. (2006, April).  A dominance analysis of antecedents to perceived bullying victimization.   Paper presented at the 20th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC.

 

*Schmidlin, E., *Stewart, T., *Spellacy, H., *Askeland, B., & O'Brien K. E. (2006, April).  The effects of socio-economic status on counterproductive workplace behavior.  Paper presented at the 20th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC.

 

Conference Proceeding Submission Supervision:

Askeland, B., & Spellacy, H. (2006).  Negative emotional reactions to an ambiguous vignette.   Paper printed in the Proceedings of the 20th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC.

 

Luttendon, L., & Spellacy, H. (2006).   Voluntary work behaviors: Are self- or supervisor- reports better? Paper printed in the Proceedings of the 20th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC.

 

Bauer, J., & Tschanz, J. (2006).  A dominance analysis of individual differences leading to perceptions of sexual harassment.  Paper printed in the Proceedings of the 20th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC.

 

Davila, E., & Tschanz, J. (2006).  A dominance analysis of antecedents to perceived bullying victimization. Paper printed in the Proceedings of the 20th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC.

 

Schmidlin, E. (2006).  The effects of socio-economic status on counterproductive workplace behavior.  Paper printed in the Proceedings of the 20th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC.

Practicum

 

Lab Manager, Lab of Dr. Tammy Allen, USF, Tampa, FL                              April 2007- present

-    Facilitated professional development of junior graduate students, including CV formatting, research supervision, and related developmental mentoring.

-    Created and maintained a website to facilitate student research, which included the design and posting of statistical calculators.

 

Strategic Programming Committee, SIOP                                                    May 2006- present

-    Performed content analysis on SIOP Conference 2006 satisfaction survey 

-    Assisted Program Chair with regard to reviewer assignment, submission of reviewer comments, and surveying SIOP members for program-related suggestions.

 

Summer Associate, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA                          May 2005 – Aug. 2005

-    Mapped early career paths of all current rated Air Force officers using MS Access and MS Excel

 

Graduate Student Seminar, City of Tampa, FL

- Used job analysis data to update selection tests for four levels of administrative assistants

 

Vice President, Graduate/Professional Student Council, Tampa, FL                 July 2004 - July 2005

-    Designed, instituted, and evaluated a mentoring program for incoming graduate students

-    Participated in selection committees for Deans, faculty, and student diversity fellowships

 

Admission Recruiter, University at Albany, NY                                              Sept. 2000 – May 2002

-    Prepared and presented speeches to attract diverse audiences to the organization

 

 

Other Relevant Information

 

Reviewing:

Journal of Vocational Behavior

-    Guest reviewer for special issue

Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology

-     23rd annual conference, San Francisco, CA

Academy of Management

-          Research Methods track, 2007

Southern Management Association

-          Organizational Behavior/Organizational Development/Organizational Theory track, 2006-2007

-          Research Methods track, 2007

American Psychological Society
-   Student Grant Competition Review Panel (student caucus), 2004, 2005

-   Student Research Competition Review Panel (student caucus), 2004

 

Professional Affiliations:

Academy of Management, student affiliate

American Psychological Association, student affiliate
-   Division 14- Society of Industrial and Organization Psychology, student affiliate

American Psychological Society, student affiliate

      Southern Management Association, student affiliate

 

 

Computer Skills:

IRT software including bilog, multilog, 3PL gen, ModFit, etc. (basic)

LISREL (intermediate)

Microsoft Operating Systems 95, 98, XP (advanced)
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook (advanced)

Microsoft Access (intermediate)

SAS, Statistical Analysis Software (intermediate)

SPSS, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (advanced)