The mission of the M.S. program in I/O Psychology is to provide students a fundamental grounding in theory, research, and application in the field of I/O Psychology. As a culminating experience, students in the I/O program complete a master's thesis: an original empirical research project resembling articles in academic journals consisting of four sections (Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion) that is conducted with the support and assistance of a three-person faculty committee.
The thesis is a vivid, public demonstration of the student's ability to take primary responsibility for all aspects of a research project, utilize and communicate their analytic and data-based decision making skills, and work collaboratively with faculty over an extended period of time.
Because the I/O program encourages students to develop their own research interests, the theses listed below cover an amazingly wide range of topics, including diversity, leadership, and numerous job-related attitudes and behaviors. As evidence of the impact of their work, many of our students' theses have been cited by other researchers and writers. As you can tell, we're extremely proud of our students' research!
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Remote Work and the Desire for Meaningful Work: The Unexpected Moderating Effects of Age and Childrearing, Adriana Rae Meredith
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
The Moderating Effects of Sleep Quantity and Quality on the Relationship between Job Stressors and Job Satisfaction, Olga A. Baryshnikova
Motivated Reasoning in Technology Workers, Kory Feath
Predicting Lower Millennial Turnover Intentions: Examining Work Benefits Factors and Organizational Environment Factors as Sets, Lyric W. Fortson
Educational Attainment and Employment Status of Medical Cannabis Users in the Bay Area of California, Kristi M. Sadler
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The Effects of Disability Status and Employment Level in Shaping Employee Perceptions: A Vignette Study of Employees Who are Blind, Raymond Bennett
The Relationship Between Goal Types and Job Performance: Exploring the Moderating Effect of Self-Efficacy, Stefani Ewell
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
The Incremental Contribution of Autonomy in Predicting Employee Burnout, Erin Faith Dodig
The Interactive Effects of Hairstyle and Job Status on Personal Attributes and Employment-Related Decisions, Chidinma Ojieh
The Relationship Between Trait Mindfulness and Servant Leadership, Harmeet Parmar
The Moderating Effect of Self-efficacy on the Relationship between Telecommuting and Turnover Intentions, Samantha Mei-Li Scoppettone
An Examination of Factors Predicting Academic Engagement and Commitment Among Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Students: The Moderating Role of Gender, Tasanee S. Thienpothong
The Moderating Effect of Locational Autonomy on the Relationship Between Remote Work and Counterproductive Work Behaviors, Alexandra Wong
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Assessing the Relationship Between Narcissism, Neuroticism, and Leadership Skills, Krista Marie Brooker
The Relationship Between Company, Manager, Group, and Individual-Level Variables and Affective Commitment, Varavit Chinnapong
The Moderating Effect of Leadership Adaptability on the Relationship between Employee Adaptability and Job Performance, Justine Davis
The Relationship Between Diversity Climate Perceptions and Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Work Engagement: The Mediating Role of Overall Organizational Justice, Arika Nakajima Higgins
The Impact of Compensation on Engagement and Organizational Tenure: The Moderating Role of Perceived Organizational Support, Alexis Johnson
The Moderating Role of Emotional Intelligence on the Relationship Between Job Resources and Employee Engagement, Amanda Lipson
The Relationship Between Authentic Leadership and Organizational Change Readiness: The Mediating Role of Psychological Safety, Paulina Christine Manzano
The Relationship Between Perceived Overqualification and Job Attitudes and Behaviors: The Moderating Role of Psychological Empowerment, Emily Colleen Meyer
The Moderating Effect of Tenure and Gender on the Relationship Between Organizational Justice and Affective Commitment, Theresa Rose Pyrce
Inclusive Leadership, Psychological Empowerment, and Affective Organizational Commitment: A Mediated Model, Mariah Lyn Van Buskirk
The Moderating Effects of Gender and Occupation on Age Discrimination in Hiring, Rachel Su Windsor
The Mediating Role of Work Engagement on the Relationship Between Perceived Supervisor Support and Turnover Intention, Addison Yeosock
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
The Moderating Role of Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) on the Relationship Between Telecommuting and Job Satisfaction, Sandy Tania Asuncion
Workplace Bullying, Job Burnout, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The Moderating Effect of Core Self-Evaluations, Jessica Yvette Barajas
Leadership Style as a Moderator of the Relationships Between Role Stressors and Organizational Commitment, Tanya Chellani
The Impact of the Quality of a Relationship with Supervisors on Employee Work Attitude and Behaviors, Dylan Scott Gilstein
The Moderating Effect of Self-Esteem on the Relationship Between Servant Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors, Whitney Kanavel
The Relationship Between Flexible Work Arrangements and Work-To-Family Conflict: The Role of Self-Control, Michelle Ching Klinker
An Investigation of the Effects of Individual Differences on Technology Acceptance in the Workplace, Robert Neil Payne
A Comparison of the Relationship Between Gender Adherence, Sex, and Attitudes Toward Individuals With a Mental Illness, Brooke Reimer
The Relationship Between Remote Work and Job Satisfaction: The Mediating Roles of Perceived Autonomy, Work-Family Conflict, and Telecommuting Intensity, Marie Antoinette Schall
Mindfulness and Resilience As Predictors of Burnout, Julie Tu
The Effects of Gender and Communication Style on the Perceptions of Leaders within Computer-Mediated Communication, Azra Zukanovic
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Cultural Orientations as Antecedents of Career Anchors: An Exploratory Study, Kathrine Agger
The Effect of Managerial Recognition Practices on Job Safisfaction, Helene Fjaagesund
An Examination of the Demographic Antecedents and Job Outcomes of Participation in Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), Emily Erin Lopez
A Multivariate Model for Predicting Global Leadership Expertise, Andrea Sanchez Chavez
Ban the Box: Outcomes of Mandatory Disclosure and Predictors of Voluntary Disclosure of Criminal History in Job Applications, Ginevra Marta Scherini
Diversity Training Outcomes: Assessing Impact of Diversity Training on Attitudes Towards Societal Diversity and Cognitive Empathy, Iris Lenette Smith
Job Level and Job Family as Predictors of Preferences for the Physical Environment, Rachel Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
The Relationship Between Perceptions and Actual Use of Workplace Flexibility and Employee Engagement, Katherine Baer
Transformational Leadership as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Personality and Deviant Behaviors, Cirenia Huerta
Generation as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Global Leadership Competencies and Global Leadership Effectiveness, Alexander Lay
The Moderating Effect of Gender and Tenure on the Relationship between Perceived Supervisor Support and Organizational Commitment, Megan Evelyn Little
The Moderating Effect of Perceived Job Mobility and Procedural Justice on the Transformational Leadership-Organizational Citizenship Behavior Relationship, Katarina Marie Schulz
The Moderating Effect of Leader-Member Exchange on the Relationship between Job Characteristics and Organizational Commitment, Caitlin Sullivan
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Perceived Organizational Support and Perceived Supervisor Support as Antecedents of Work Engagement, Kelista Lea Burns
The Moderating Effect of Attachment Style on the Breach-Violation Relationship, Misael Cerpas
The Role of Psychological States in Predicting Work Engagement: A Test of Kahn's Model, Taylor Gatti
Authentic Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: The Moderating and Mediating Effect of Communication Frequency, Alyssa C. Hardwick
Evaluating the Predictive Validity of the Global Competencies Inventory for Determining Global Leadership Outcomes, Emily Tuyet Le
The Mediating Role of Psychological Empowerment on the Relationship Between Job and Personal Resources and Employee Engagement, Ian McAllister
The Relationship between Psychological Conditions for Engagement and Voluntary Turnover: The Moderating Effects of Job Performance and Salary Growth, Krista Marie Niemela
The Impact of Performance Management System Characteristics on Perceived Effectiveness of the System and Engagement, Laura Ricci
The Moderating Role of Perceived Organizational Support and Perceived Supervisor Support on the Relationship Between Teamwork Behaviors and Affective Commitment, Carlie Ann Stephens
Examining the Moderating Effect of Life Satisfaction on the Relationship between Perceived Underemployment and Job Attitudes among Millennials, Savannah M. Trakes
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
The Interactive Effect of Core Self-Evaluations and Perceived Organizational Support in Predicting Work Engagement, Martin Andres Araya
The Relationship Between Personality and Job Outcomes in Flexible Work Arrangements: Time and Location, John Cameron Davis
Clarifying the Role of Social Support in the Relationship between Stressors and Strains at Work: The Effect of Self-Construals, Maria Joao Subtil de Carvalho
The relationship between employee engagement and survey response rate with union membership as a moderator, Alexandra Mariah de la Rocha
Job Embeddedness and Turnover Intentions: The Moderating Role of Perceived Supervisory Support, Cherrity Nichole Holmes
Global Leadership Effectiveness: the Predictive Value of Cognitively Oriented Competencies, Silma E. Lange
The Effect of Distractions on Task Performance and Enjoyment as Moderated by Regulatory Fit, Kimberly Leung
The Relationship Between Organizational Justice and Various Dimensions of Pay Satisfaction, Xinyi Li
Commitment and Employee Development: Comparing Generations X and Y, Adam Mahoney
Relationship Between Employee Personality and Withheld Effort, Brianna Marie Miller
The Interactive Effects of Accent, Attire, and Job Status on Employment-Related Decisions, Bonnie Nguyen
Examination of Employee Alignment as a Predictor of Work Engagement, Troy Stephen Pasion-Caiani
The Moderating Effect of Supervisory Social Support on the Relationship between Second Generation Latinos’ and Asians’ Assimilation Level and Work-Family Conflict, Yazmin Perez-Lopez
Generational Differences in Perceived Supervisory Support, Ashraf Rayani
The Moderating Role of Perceived Organizational Support on the Relationship between Bullying and Work Behaviors, Zakwan Salahieh
Testing Job Control's Curvilinear Relationship with Well-being as Moderated by Desire for Control, Abraham Scher
An Examination of Authentic Leadership, Perceived Similarity, and Leader-Member Exchange as Moderators of the Relationship between Leader and Follower Resilience, Joseph Edward Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Identification of Motivational Drivers of Generation Y Employees, Camille Aguilar
Perceived Underemployment Among The Foreign-Born: Its Outcomes And The Moderating Role Of Psychological Empowerment And Perceived Organizational Support, Ayse Avcil Okuyucu
The Work Engagement and Job Performance Relationship: Exploring the Mediating Effect of Trait Emotional Intelligence, Lisa Jackson
Work-Life Balance Practices, Employee Attitudes, and Behaviors at Work: The Mediating Role of Work-Life Conflict, Hui-Ting Lee
The Role of Type A Behavior Pattern on the Stressor-Strain Relationship in Nurses, Jenny Anh Thu Le
Testing the Unfolding Theory of Turnover: Development of an Exit Survey, Rachael Tellez
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Future Work Selves and Work-Related Outcomes: The Role of Perceived Supervisor Support, Shama Arakeri
The Effects of Psychological Contract Breach on Job Outcomes, Nichole Simone Ballou
Fostering Affective Commitment and Work Engagement Through Mentoring, Luis Portillo
