Adverse impact/diversity in HR management (race issues in hiring/admissions, minority recruiting, personality and individual differences);

Emotional intelligence (Cascading model, measurement, leadership);

Social networks and levels of analysis (social network contagion, within-group agreement, climate emergence);

Narcissism (leadership, counterproductive work behavior, gender);

Work engagement (Attitude-engagement model; time & change; work withdrawal, citizenship, & performance; job attitudes; personality);

Research methods (missing data, longitudinal/multilevel models, social networks, measurement, Bayesian meta-analysis)

• Elected Division Chair, Research Methods Division, Academy of Management (2,300 members; 5 year chair cycle, 2013-2018)
• Best Convention Paper Award (2016), Human Resources Division, Academy of Management
• Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (2013), School of Labor & Employment Relations, U. of Illinois (awarded to one faculty member per year, selected by students)
• Early Career Achievement Award (2010), Research Methods Division, Academy of Management
• Robert McDonald Advancement of Organizational Research Methodology Award (2010), Research Methods Division, Academy of Management
• Best Paper of the Year (2014), Organizational Research Methods
• Scholarly Achievement Award (2007), Human Resources Division, Academy of Management
• William A. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award (2008), Society for I/O Psychology
• Sage Best Paper Award (2008), Research Methods Division, Academy of Management
• Best Reviewer of the Year (2008), Organizational Research Methods