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Sheldon Zedeck
Professor
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University

Sheldon Zedeck Campus Contact Information
Departmental Area(s): Social/Personality

Interests: Industrial/organizational/social psychology/personnel; cross-cultural work values; decision-making research; work and family issues; statistics and research methodology


Sheldon Zedeck is an industrial/organizational psychologist. His continuing research interests are in five areas: (1) employment selection and validation models, with particular emphasis on reducing adverse impact against minorities; he is currently working on a research grant from the Law School Admissions Council (with Prof. Marjorie Shultz, Law School faculty) that focuses on how to define success in law school and as an attorney; (2) the relationship between work and family, with particular emphasis on how factors in both the work and family environments have reciprocal, causal relationships; (3) decision making, in particular how individuals process information prior to making decisions; (4) the influence of "sabbaticals" and other forms of work leave on attitudes and behavior; and (5) the work values of Chinese employees, with particular emphasis on the differences in work values among different generations of Chinese workers.

Selected Publications

Zedeck, S., & Goldstein, I. L. (2000). The relationship between I/O psychology and public policy: A commentary. In J. F. Kehoe (Ed.), Managing selection in changing organizations (pp. 371-396). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Campion, M. A., Outtz, J. L, Zedeck, S., Schmidt, F. L., Kehoe, J. F., Murphy, K. R., & Guion, R. M. (2001). The controversy over score banding in personnel selection: Answers to 10 key questions. Personnel Psychology, 54 (1), 149-185.

Goldstein, H. W., Zedeck, S., & Goldstein, I. L. (2002). g: Is this your final answer? Human Performance, 15, 123-142.

Craik, K. H., Ware, A. P., Kamp, J., O' Reilly, C. O. III, Staw, B., & Zedeck, S. (2002). Explorations of construct validity in a combined managerial and personality assessment programme. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 75, 171-193.

Cascio, W. F., Goldstein, I. L., Outtz, J., & Zedeck, S. (2004). Social and technical issues in staffing decisions. In H. Aguinis (Ed.), Test Score Banding in Human Resource Selection: Legal, Technical, and Societal Issues. NY: Quorum Books.

July 2003
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