Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Maupin, C. K., McCusker, M. E., Slaughter, A. J., & Ruark, G. A. (2019). A tale of three approaches: Leveraging organizational discourse analysis, relational event modeling, and dynamic network analysis for collective leadership. Human Relations, 1-26.

Blacksmith, N., Yang, Y., & Ruark, G. (2019). Assessing the validity of Inferences from Scores on the Cognitive Reflection Test. Journal of Behavioral Decision-Making, 32, 599-612.

Blacksmith, N., Behrend, T.S., Dalal, R.S., & Hayes, T.L. (2019). General Mental Ability and Decision-Making Competence: Theoretically distinct but empirically redundant. Personality and Individual Differences, 138, 305-311.

Hawkes, B., Cek, I., & Handler, C. (2018) The Gamification of Employee Selection Tools: An exploration of viability, utility and future directions. In Scott, J. C., Bartram, D., & Reynolds, D. H. (Eds.). Next Generation Technology-Enhanced Assessment: Global Perspectives on Occupational and Workplace Testing. Cambridge University Press.

McCusker, M. E., Foti, R. J., Abraham, E. (2018). The problem with leadership research methods. In R. E. Riggio (Ed.), What’s Wrong With Leadership? (And How To Fix It). Routledge.

Goodwin, G.F., Blacksmith, N., & Coats, M. (2017). The science of teams in the military: Contributions from over 60 years of research. Manuscript accepted for publication in American Psychologist.

Blacksmith, N. (2017). L.L. Thurstone. In V. Zeigler, & T.K. Shackelford (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1025-1

Blacksmith, N. (2017). Mathematical abilities. In V. Zeigler, & T.K. Shackelford (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_984-1

Blacksmith, N., & Behrend, T.S. (2017). Online Assessments. In S.G. Rogelberg, Shockley, K.M., & Tonidandel, S. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Second Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Foti, R. J & McCusker, M. E. (2017). Person-oriented approaches to leadership: A roadmap forward. In B. Schyns, R. Hall & P. Neves (Eds.), Handbook of methods in leadership research. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Hauenstein, N. M. A. & McCusker, M. E. (2017). Rater training: Understanding effects of training content, practice ratings, and feedback. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 25, 253-266.

Thornton, J., Poeppelman, T., Sinar, E., Armstrong, B., & Blacksmith, N. (2017). How do our conference sessions track with SIOP’s Top Workplace Trends? The Industrial Psychologist, 54(3), Retrieved from: http://www.siop.org/tip/jan17/sci.aspx

Ruark, G., Blacksmith, N., & Wallace, L. S. (2017). The role of creative capacity in the 21^st century Army. In R. Reiter-Palmon, & Kaufman, James. C. (Eds.), Individual creativity in the workplace. Elsevier. Chapter forthcoming.

Blacksmith, N., Willford, J.C., & Behrend, T.S. (2016). Technology in the employment interview: A Meta-Analysis and future research agenda. Personnel Assessments and Decisions, 2, 12-20.

Blacksmith, N. Fleisher, M.S., & Ferro, G. (2016). PTCMW’s graduate student consulting challenge: Developing the next generation of I-O psychologists. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 54(1). Retrieved from: http://www.siop.org/tip/july16/ptcmw.aspx

Blacksmith, N., & Poeppelman, T. (2016). Past, present, and future of technology and social media in the workplace. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist. 53(4), 83-91.

Costanza, D.P., Blacksmith, N., Coats, M.R., DeCostanza, A., & Severt, J. (2016). The effect of adaptive organizational culture on long-term survival. Journal of Business and Psychology, 31, 361-381. doi: 10.1007/s10869-015-9420-y

Credé, M., Harms, P.D., Blacksmith, N., & Wood, D. (2016). Assessing the validity and utility of compound trait estimates of narrow personality traits. Journal of Personality Assessment, 98, 503-513. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2016.1170023

Foti, R. J. & McCusker, M.E. (2016) Gender and leadership development. Presentation at the 13th Annual Advancing Diversity at Virginia Tech Conference, Blacksburg, VA.

Meiksins, P., Layne, P., Beddoes, K., McCusker, M. E., Rideau, R & Shah, Y. (2016). Women and Engineering: 2015 Literature Review. Society of Women Engineers Magazine.

Poeppelman, T., & Blacksmith, N. (2016). Performance management technologies for organizational coaching. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist. 53(3), 94-99.

Blacksmith, N., & Poeppelman, T. (2015). The realities of Internet testing: Security considerations and best practices. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist. 53(2), 54-59.

Blacksmith, N., & Poeppelman, T. (2015). A year in review: #SIOP15 Technology & Social Media Highlights. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist. 53(1), 74-82.

Costanza, D.P., Blacksmith, N., & Coats, M. (2015). Convenience samples and teaching organizational research methods. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist. 53(1), 137-140

Poeppelman, T., Lobene, E. & Blacksmith, N. (2015). Personalizing the learning experience through adaptive training. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 52(4), 82-88.

Poeppelman, T. & Blacksmith, N. (2015). Virtual workplaces: Technological functions can address common challenges. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 52(3), 108-112.

Blacksmith, N., & Poeppelman, T. (2014). Video-based technology: The next generation of recruitment and hiring. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 52(2), 84-88.

Blacksmith, N., & Poeppelman, T. (2014). Three ways social media and technology have changed recruitment. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 52(1), 114-121

Poeppelman, T. & Blacksmith, N. (2014). Effectively leveraging multidisciplinary teams to enhance I-O interventions with technology. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 51(4), 105-112.

Poeppelman, T., & Blacksmith, N. (2014). Personal branding via social media: Increasing SIOP visibility one member at a time. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 51(3), 112-119.

Blacksmith, N., & Poeppelman, T. (2013). Application of modern technology and social media in the workplace. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 51(1), 69-73.

Poeppelman, T., Blacksmith, N., & Yang, Y. (2013). “Big data” technologies: Problem or solution? The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 51(2), 119-126.

Blacksmith, N., & Harter, J.K. (2011, October 28). Majority of American workers not engaged in their jobs. Gallup.Com. Retrieved November 15^th, 2011 from http://www.gallup.com/poll/150383/Majority-American-Workers-Not-Engaged-Jobs.aspx.

Asplund, J., & Blacksmith, N. (2011). Productivity through strengths. In K. Cameron & G. Spreitzer (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Harter, J.K., & Blacksmith, N. (2010). Employee engagement and the psychology of joining, staying in, and leaving organizations. In P.A. Linley, S. Harrington, & N. Garcea (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology and Work (pp. 121-142). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Reeve, C.L. & Blacksmith, N. (2009). Equivalency and reliability of vectors of g-loadings across different methods of estimation and sample sizes. Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 968-972.

Reeve, C.L. & Blacksmith, N. (2009). Identifying g: A review of current factor analytic practices in the science of mental abilities. Intelligence, 37, 487-494.

Ott, B., Blacksmith, N., & Royal, K. (2008, May 8). Job seekers: Personal connections still matter. Gallup Management Journal. Retrieved October 26^th, 2010, from http://gmj.gallup.com/content/106957/Personal-Connections-Still-Matter.aspx.

Ott, B., Blacksmith, N., & Royal, K. (2008, January 10). Job applicants are customers too. Gallup Management Journal. Retrieved October 26^th, 2010, from http://gmj.gallup.com/content/103546/Job-Candidates-Customers-Too.aspx

Invited Talks and Colloquia

Blacksmith, N. (2017). Are there individual differences in susceptibility to cognitive heuristics? Rationality through a psychometric lens. Presentation given at the Industrial-Organizational Psychology Program Research Discussion Series, Organizational Sciences & Communication Department, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

Blacksmith, N. (2017). Individual differences in susceptibility to heuristics during decision-making. Presentation given at the Annual Personnel Science Colloquium, Foundational Science Research Unit, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Sciences, Ft. Belvoir, VA.

Blacksmith, N. (2016). Understanding decision-making competence: A construct validation approach. Brown bag presentation given to the Industrial-Organizational Psychology Program at George Mason University, Washington D.C.

Blacksmith, N. (2015). Ethical decision-making in organizations. Presentation given to Center for Student Engagement, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

Blacksmith, N. (2015). Technology-mediated interviews. Presentation given at the Industrial-Organizational Psychology Program Research Discussion Series, Organizational Sciences & Communication Department, The George Washington University, Washington DC.

Blacksmith, N. (2014). Adaptive culture and organizational survival. Presentation given at the Industrial-Organizational Psychology Program Research Discussion Series, Organizational Sciences & Communication Department, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.  

Blacksmith, N. (2013). Adaptive organizational cultures. Presentation given at the Industrial-Organizational Psychology Program Research Discussion Series, Organizational Sciences & Communication Department, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

Blacksmith, N. (2008). Employment branding and recruitment. Presentation given to the United States Army Accessions Command at their Research Consortium, San Antonio, TX.

Blacksmith, N. (2007). Employment branding. Presentation given to the American Marketing Association of Lincoln, NE.

Thornton, J., Blacksmith, N., & Gordon, H., (2007). Development of a competency-based personality measure. Presentation given to the Psychology Department at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.

Conference Presentations

Hauenstein, N. M. A., McCusker, M. E., Acton, B, Burns, D. A., & Wycoff, N. (2018). Increasing the power to detect adverse impact in small selection contexts. Poster presented at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

McCusker, M. E. & Parker, S. H. (2018). Research Methods for Healthcare Teams: Technology, Opportunities, and Lessons Learned. Symposium chaired at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

McCusker, M. E., Shah, Y., Foti, R. J., & Finney, J. W. (2018). A win-win for engineering: Improving both gender and disciplinary diversity in applicant pools. Paper presented at the Breaking Bias: Leadership Excellence and Gender in Organizations Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Acton, B., McCusker, M. E., Foti, R. J., & Braun, M. T. (2017). Behind the times: Examining the development of shared leadership emergence. Poster presented at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, FL.

Coats, M.R., Goodwin, G.F., & Blacksmith, N. (2017). Do findings from military samples generalize? Evidence from over 60 years of team research. Poster to be presented at the 29^th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Hauenstein, N. M. A. & McCusker, M. E., Acton, B., Burns, D. A., & Yibass, S. (2017). Simulations and detection of adverse impact: Something for both sides. Poster presented at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, FL.

McCusker, M. E. & Foti, R. J. (2017). An examination of leadership in teams: It’s about time. In M. T. Braun (Chair). The Dynamics Within: Understanding and Improving Intra-team States. Symposium presented at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, FL.

McCusker, M. E. & Foti, R. J. (2017). Words of Attraction: Job Ad Wording to Diversify Applicant Pools. Symposium chaired at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, FL.

Yang, R.F., Blacksmith, N., & Coats, M.R. (2017). Predicting and explaining leader performance with personality trait interactions. Poster to be presented at the 32^ndAnnual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, FL.

Nichols, J., Blacksmith, N., & Behrend, T.S., (2016). Exploring predictors of internship satisfaction: Perceived fit and interest fit. Poster presented at the 28^th Annual Conference of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

Blacksmith, N., Behrend, T.S., Dalal, R.S., & Hayes, T.L. (2016). g explains individual differences in decision-making competence. In X.S. Zhu & D.L. Dalal (Co-Chairs) Cross-Fertilizing JDM and IOOB: Advances in Applied Judgment and Decision Making. Symposium presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Anaheim, CA.

Blacksmith, N., Coats, M.R., & Yang, R.F. (2016). Theoretically modeling the personality-performance relationship at narrow levels. Poster presented at the 31^st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Anaheim, CA.

Credé, M., Harms, P.D., Blacksmith, N., & Wood, D. (2016). The validity of compound trait estimates of narrow personality traits. Poster presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Anaheim, CA.

Hawkes, B. (2016) Assessments on the Go: Designing and Implementing Mobile-Friendly Assessments.  Symposium presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Anaheim, CA.

Hawkes, B. (2016)Innovative Selection Solutions. IGNITE Session and Panel Discussion at the 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Anaheim, CA.

Hawkes, B. (2016) Machine Learning in I-O Psychology: Introduction, Application, and Future Directions. Panel Discussion at the 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Anaheim, CA.

McCusker, M. E. & Foti, R. J. (2016). A dyadic approach to leadership emergence. In M. T. Braun (Chair). Who Follows Whom? Predicting the Emergence of Informal Leader-Follower Networks. Symposium presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Anaheim, CA.

Miller, A., Arun, N., Garrett, S., McCusker, M.E. & Hauenstein, N. (2016). Growing interest in regulatory fit theory in the organizational sciences: Clarifying issues and methods. Poster presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Anaheim, CA.

Credé, M., & Blacksmith, N. (2016). A meta-analytic review of the predictors of student evaluations of college instructors. In A.A. Lipnevich (Chair). Meta-analytic methods and concepts at crossroads: Relations of student and context variables with meaningful outcomes. Symposium presented at the 100^th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C.

Coats, M.R., Blacksmith, N., & Costanza, D.P. (2015). Do organizational theories stand the test of time? Poster presented at the 27^th Annual Conference of Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.

Blacksmith, N., Kaminsky, S.E., Karim, M.N., & Behrend, T.S. (2015). Individual difference determinants of applicant withdrawal from a cognitive ability assessment.Poster presented at the 30^th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.

Blacksmith, N., Willford, J.C., & Behrend, T.S. (2015). Technology mediation lowers interview ratings and applicant reactions: A meta-analysis. Poster presented at the 30^thAnnual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.

Blacksmith, N., & Yang, R. F. (2015). Nonlinear relationships of narrow personality and narrow leadership criterion constructs. Poster presented at the 30^th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.

Coats, M.R., Blacksmith, N., Costanza, D.P., & Gartner, M. (2015) Survival Analysis in Turnover Research: Time Will Tell. Poster presented at the 30^th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.

Costanza, D.P., Blacksmith, N., & Coats, M.R. (2015). A historiometric perspective of organizational culture. In D.P. Costanza (Chair) Alternative solutions to measurement challenges of culture and climate. Symposium presented at the 30^th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.

Handler, C., Poeppelman, T. R., Bergman, S., Hawkes, B., Latham, V. M., Morelli, N., Roberts, R., & Behrend, T. S (2015). Cutting edge technology – Disrupting the scientist practitioner model? Symposium presented at the 30^th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA

Hauenstein, N. M. A. & McCusker, M. E. (2015). What is more important? Rater training content or practice and feedback. In C. A. Gorman (Chair). New Developments in Rater Training Research. Symposium presented at the 30th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.

Meiksins, P., Layne, P., Beddoes, K., McCusker, M. E., Camargo, E., Boyd, K. B. (2015). Women and Engineering: 2014 Literature Review. Society of Women Engineers Magazine.

Poeppelman, T. & Blacksmith, N. (2015). SIOP visibility: Personal branding in support of our mission. In T. Poeppelman (Chair) Visibility is Key: Building Your Brand as an I-O. Symposium presented at the 30^th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA

Blacksmith, N., Yang, Y., & Dvorak, N.T. (2014). Targeted recruitment: Exploring job preferences across applicant profiles. Poster presented at the 29^th Annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Honolulu, HI.

Badger, J., Costanza, D.P., Blacksmith, N., & Severt, J.B. (2014). Testing the theory of shared experiences in generational differences. Poster presented at the 29^th Annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Honolulu, HI.

Costanza, D.P., Blacksmith, N., Severt, J.B., & Bentley, M.R. (2014). Adaptive cultures and organizational survival. Poster presented at the 29^th Annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Honolulu, HI.

Foti, R. J., Coyle, P. T., Bray, B. C., & McCusker, M. E. (2014). Differentiating perceptions of leaders and followers using ILTs and IFTs. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Honolulu, HI.

Blacksmith, N., Horn, R.G., & Behrend, T.S. (2013). Online interviews: An exploration of how text-only media influences information used to rate applicants. Poster Presented at the 25^th Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.

Blacksmith, N. Fernandez, C., Yang, Y (2013). Attracting high-quality nurses: Both message and channel matter. In W. Shepherd (Chair), Applications of Employee Value Propositions: Delivering What Matters Most. Symposium presented at the 28^th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Houston, TX.

Blacksmith, N., Stewart, K., Thornton, J., Lichtman, C., Morath, C., & Dvorak, N. (2012). Translating I-O psychology in the field: Como se dice? Paper presented at the 27^th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Blacksmith, N., Yang, Y., Streur, J. (2011). One size doesn’t fit all: Differences in the attractiveness of organizational characteristics among job seekers. Paper presented at the 54^th Annual Conference of the Midwest Academy of Management, Omaha, NE.

Blacksmith, N., Curley, L., Dvorak, N., Euler, A., & Stewart, K. (2011). Why applicant perceptions matter: A practical view. Panel presented at the 26^th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Yang, Y., Blacksmith, N., & Streur, J. (2011). Applicant attraction: Understanding preferences of high quality applicants. Poster presented at the 26^th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Yang, Y., Streur, J., Badal, S., Harter, J. K., Blacksmith, N., & Walker, P. (2010). Development of a selection tool that predicts engagement. Poster presented at the 25^thAnnual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Blacksmith, N. (Facilitator). Engagement & flow: Boredom is getting a bad rap.Interactive poster session at the 24^th Annual Conference of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Blacksmith, N., & Reeve, C.L. (2008). Sample-size and extraction method influences on stability of g-loadings. Poster presented at the 23^rd Annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, CA.