Experience

Publications

• Women and men in organizations: Gender issues at Work

  Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates

• Women and men in organizations: Gender issues at Work

  Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates

• The Psychology and Management of Workplace Diversity

  Blackwell

• Women and men in organizations: Gender issues at Work

  Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates

• The Psychology and Management of Workplace Diversity

  Blackwell

• Perceptions of Sexual Harassment by Evidence Quality, Perceiver Gender, Feminism and Right Wing Authoritarianism: Debunking popular myths

  Law and Human Behavior

  This study examined the critique in public discourse that sexual harassment (SH) victim advocates, particularly women and feminists, ignore the quality of evidence in a SH claim and are reluctant to find evidence of a false accusation. To balance the inquiry, the study also examined whether Right Wing Authoritarians (RWAs) also ignore evidence quality and presume such claims are false accusations. Participants were 961 U.S. adults (51% female) who completed an online experiment in which they read either a gender harassment (GH) or unwanted sexual attention (USA) scenario of hostile work environment SH and rated the scenario on severity, perceived guilt of the accused, belief that the accused should receive negative job consequences, and likelihood that the claimant was making a false accusation. Scenarios varied by the strength of the evidence in support of the SH claim. Participants completed measures of identification with and support for feminism, RWA, and demographic variables. Results found that contrary to expectations, evidence had a stronger effect on women's, feminists', and feminism supporters' perceptions and to a lesser extent RWAs' perceptions of the scenarios. When evidence was weak, women and feminists, compared to others, were less supportive of the prosecution, but when evidence was strong they were more supportive of the prosecution than were others. These findings address criticisms that advocates for gender equity and victim's rights, particularly women and feminists, are unable to reach fair judgments of SH complaints.

• Women and men in organizations: Gender issues at Work

  Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates

• The Psychology and Management of Workplace Diversity

  Blackwell

• Perceptions of Sexual Harassment by Evidence Quality, Perceiver Gender, Feminism and Right Wing Authoritarianism: Debunking popular myths

  Law and Human Behavior

  This study examined the critique in public discourse that sexual harassment (SH) victim advocates, particularly women and feminists, ignore the quality of evidence in a SH claim and are reluctant to find evidence of a false accusation. To balance the inquiry, the study also examined whether Right Wing Authoritarians (RWAs) also ignore evidence quality and presume such claims are false accusations. Participants were 961 U.S. adults (51% female) who completed an online experiment in which they read either a gender harassment (GH) or unwanted sexual attention (USA) scenario of hostile work environment SH and rated the scenario on severity, perceived guilt of the accused, belief that the accused should receive negative job consequences, and likelihood that the claimant was making a false accusation. Scenarios varied by the strength of the evidence in support of the SH claim. Participants completed measures of identification with and support for feminism, RWA, and demographic variables. Results found that contrary to expectations, evidence had a stronger effect on women's, feminists', and feminism supporters' perceptions and to a lesser extent RWAs' perceptions of the scenarios. When evidence was weak, women and feminists, compared to others, were less supportive of the prosecution, but when evidence was strong they were more supportive of the prosecution than were others. These findings address criticisms that advocates for gender equity and victim's rights, particularly women and feminists, are unable to reach fair judgments of SH complaints.

• Sex discrimination in the workplace: Multidisciplinary perspectives

  Blackwell

  Sex Discrimination in the Workplace is an interdisciplinary volume that examines the various approaches to the study of sex discrimination and explores solutions and interventions. With riveting first-hand accounts from plaintiffs, lawyers and expert witnesses who have mounted battles against discriminatory employers, it is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to gain a better understanding of precisely what sex discrimination is and what can be done to combat it.

• Women and men in organizations: Gender issues at Work

  Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates

• The Psychology and Management of Workplace Diversity

  Blackwell

• Perceptions of Sexual Harassment by Evidence Quality, Perceiver Gender, Feminism and Right Wing Authoritarianism: Debunking popular myths

  Law and Human Behavior

  This study examined the critique in public discourse that sexual harassment (SH) victim advocates, particularly women and feminists, ignore the quality of evidence in a SH claim and are reluctant to find evidence of a false accusation. To balance the inquiry, the study also examined whether Right Wing Authoritarians (RWAs) also ignore evidence quality and presume such claims are false accusations. Participants were 961 U.S. adults (51% female) who completed an online experiment in which they read either a gender harassment (GH) or unwanted sexual attention (USA) scenario of hostile work environment SH and rated the scenario on severity, perceived guilt of the accused, belief that the accused should receive negative job consequences, and likelihood that the claimant was making a false accusation. Scenarios varied by the strength of the evidence in support of the SH claim. Participants completed measures of identification with and support for feminism, RWA, and demographic variables. Results found that contrary to expectations, evidence had a stronger effect on women's, feminists', and feminism supporters' perceptions and to a lesser extent RWAs' perceptions of the scenarios. When evidence was weak, women and feminists, compared to others, were less supportive of the prosecution, but when evidence was strong they were more supportive of the prosecution than were others. These findings address criticisms that advocates for gender equity and victim's rights, particularly women and feminists, are unable to reach fair judgments of SH complaints.

• Sex discrimination in the workplace: Multidisciplinary perspectives

  Blackwell

  Sex Discrimination in the Workplace is an interdisciplinary volume that examines the various approaches to the study of sex discrimination and explores solutions and interventions. With riveting first-hand accounts from plaintiffs, lawyers and expert witnesses who have mounted battles against discriminatory employers, it is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to gain a better understanding of precisely what sex discrimination is and what can be done to combat it.

• Competencies and Content Expertise for I/O Psychology Expert Witnesses

  Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Annual Meeting

  I/O psychologists are well suited to provide valuable assistance as expert witnesses in civil employment law litigation particularly in matters that involve job analysis, test validation, and questions of discrimination. New developments in case law (i.e., social framework analysis post Wal-Mart v. Dukes), FLSA regulations on exempt employees, and agency guidance on employee selection standards may impact the skills, competencies and strategies on which I/O psychologists rely in their litigation support practices. This panel of SIOP experts and a practicing attorney who often engages I/O experts discussed these issues and related expert witnessing competencies.