Key Note Speakers
This page contains biographical details of our key note speakers.
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Dr. Helena Cooper-Thomas
My research interests are in Industrial Work and Organisational Psychology, in particular organisational socialisation, person-organisation fit, psychological contract, and performance competencies. My recent research has focused on three themes:
1. Organisational Socialisation
How new employees adjust when they start a new job, including what the organisation does to try to facilitate this, as well as new employees’ sense-making strategies. My current projects include developing a testable theoretical model of newcomer learning, learning sources, and linking these with a range of outcomes indicating successful socialisation; and developing theory and related measures to understand how newcomers pursue learning and sense-making.
2. The Psychological Contract
This refers to the perceived mutual obligations of employee and employer towards each other. Current research projects include investigating co-workers psychological contracts; the effects of personality on psychological contracts; and the psychological contracts of temporary workers.
3. Person-Organisation Fit
This reflects the extent to which an individual employee matches his or her organisation in terms of skills, abilities, values, or other relevant dimensions. Fit may be either supplementary (matching what the organisation currently has) or complementary (adding something unique); as well actual (i.e., objectively measured) or perceived (i.e., subjectively measured). Current research looks at the measurement and implications of fit during selection and attrition.
Selected Publications
Cooper-Thomas, H. D., & Anderson, N. (2006). Organizational socialization: A new theoretical model and recommendations for future research and HRM practices in organizations". Journal of Managerial Psychology, 21(5), 492-516
Cooper-Thomas, H. D. & Dumble, P. (2005). People at Work: Organisational Psychology – Theory, Practice and Research. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 34(2), 66-68.
Markus, L., Cooper-Thomas, H. D., & Allpress, K. N. (2005). Confounded by competencies? An evaluation of the evolution and use of competency models. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 34(2), 117-126.
Cooper-Thomas, H. D. & Anderson, N. (2005). Organizational Socialization: A Field Study into Socialization Success and Rate. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 13(2), 116-128.
Cooper Thomas, H. D. (2005). Speak No Evil. Employment Today, 100, 28-30.
Cooper-Thomas H., & Anderson N. (2004). Sense and sensibility: Experienced newcomers' awareness and use of sense-making strategies. Australian Journal of Psychology, 56(S), 61-62.
Cooper-Thomas, H. D. (2004). Job transitions: New kid on the block. Employment Today, 94, 20-21.
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Prof. Jeffrey R. Edwards
Jeffrey R. Edwards is the Belk Distinguished Professor of Organizational Behavior and Strategy at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was previously Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at the University of Michigan Business School and Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. He holds a B.A. in psychology and economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a M.S. and Ph.D. in organizational psychology and theory from the Graduate School of Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University. He is past editor of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, has served as associate editor for Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organizational Research Methods, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Management Science, and has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Organizational Research Methods, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, the Journal of Management, the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and Social Indicators Research. He has been elected to various positions in the Academy of Management, including representative at large of the Organizational Behavior Division and representative at large, program chair, and division chair of the Research Methods Division. He is also founder and coordinator of RMNET, the electronic question-and-answer discussion group for members of the Research Methods Division. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Association, the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the Center for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA), and has been elected to the Society of Organizational Behavior. He has also received the Distinguished Career Award from the Research Methods Division of the Academy of Management.
Professor Edwards’ research and teaching focus on person-environment fit in organizations, stress, coping, and well-being, the work-nonwork interface, and methodological issues in organizational research. His methodological work has examined difference scores, polynomial regression, and measurement and construct validation using structural equation modeling. His work has been published in the Academy of Management Review, the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Human Relations, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Psychological Methods, and Organizational Research Methods. He has taught courses in undergraduate, MBA, doctoral, and executive education programs on topics such as organizational behavior, individual and organizational change, stress management, employee involvement, human resource management, and research methods. His research methods course has won awards at the school and university levels. He has served as an instructor and consultant for Alcoa, Burlington Industries, ExxonMobil, General Electric, General Motors, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Kaiser Permanente, Misys Healthcare, Quintiles, SonyEriccson, Wachovia, W.C. Bradley, Westinghouse, Whirlpool, and the U.S. Department of Defense.
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Prof. Timothy A. Judge
Timothy A. Judge is the Matherly-McKethan Eminent Scholar, Department of Management, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida. Dr. Judge holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Iowa, and master’s and doctoral degrees from the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Judge’s previous academic appoints include Stanley M. Howe Professor of Leadership and associate professor at the Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, and associate professor and assistant professor at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University. Before entering the doctoral program at Illinois, Judge was a manager with Kohl's Department stores in Wisconsin and Illinois.
Dr. Judge’s research interests are in the areas of personality, leadership, job attitudes, person-organization fit and, most recently, in moods and emotions. He has published more than 125 articles in refereed journals; six of which received “best paper” awards from professional societies or academies. Dr. Judge serves on the editorial review boards of eight journals, including Academy of Management Journal, British Journal of Management, International Journal of Selection and Assessment, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Management, and European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. Dr. Judge has been chair of the scientific affairs committee for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and Division Chair for the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management. He is a fellow of the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. In 1995, he received the Ernest J. McCormick Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and in 2001, Judge received the Cummings Scholar Award from the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management. In 1999, he was named to list of Outstanding Faculty in Business Week’s Guide to the Best Business Schools, and in 2004 received the teacher of the year award from the University of Florida professional MBA program. Currently, Judge is an elected member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management, the primary governing body of the Academy.