HCIT Directors

Susan Taylor Professor and Director, HCIT Department of Management and Organization Phone: (301) 405-2240 Email: staylor@rhsmith.umd.edu

Education

Ph.D., Industrial Organizational Psychology, Purdue University

Interests

Career mobility, staffing, and performance management, Changing social contract between firms and their employees, Intersection of strategic human resource management and organizational justice, Impact of the digital economy on executive careers and organizational labor markets.

Professional Affiliations / Activities

• Fellow, Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• Former Chair, Human Resource Division, National Academy of Management.
• Current Member, Board of Governors, National Academy of Management
• Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior
• Human Resource Editor for Sage Publications' Foundation of Organizational Science Series

Selected Consulting Activities

• Executive Development Programs: ARINC, Government Executive Programs, Northrop Grumman, Washington Post.com
• HR & Organizational Strategic Planning: St Michaels Villa; University of Maryland, College Park
• Compensation & Performance Management Systems: City of Norfolk, Virginia; Department of Economic and Employment Development (DEED) State of Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park

Current Research Projects

• Use of High Involvement HR Systems With Different Employee Groups and Its Effects on Firms’ Financial Performance
• Nature of Biotechnology and Defense Industry Firm’s Dynamic Capabilities Post September 11th
• Nature of HR Systems Best Suited to The Use of IT For Competitive Advantage in Government vs. Healthcare vs Manufacturing Industries

Selected Publications

Taylor, M.S., Tracy, K.B., Renard, M.K., Harrison, J.K., & Carroll, S.J. "Procedural justice in performance appraisal: A field test of the due process approach for performance appraisals", Administrative Science Quarterly, September, 1995, 495-522.

Taylor, M.S., Audia, G. & Gupta, A.K., "The effect of lengthening job tenure on managers' organizational commitment and turnover", Organization Science, November-December 1996, pp. 632-648.

"Rhythms of Academic Life", Sage Publications, 1996

Taylor, M.S. & Collins, C., "Organizational recruitment: Enhancing the intersection of research and practice.", In C. Cooper & E.A. Locke (Eds.) Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Linking Theory With Practice. In Press. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Business, 2000, pp. 304-330.