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Primary Research
Areas:
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Team and leadership effectiveness
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Work motivation
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Work performance and adaptation
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Multilevel phenomena and
methodology
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Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Gilad Chen is an
Associate Professor of
Management & Organization at the
University of Maryland’s Robert
H. Smith School of Business. Dr.
Chen received his bachelor
degree in Psychology from the
Pennsylvania State University in
1996, and his doctoral degree in
Industrial/Organizational
Psychology from George Mason
University in 2001. Prior to
joining the Smith School, Dr.
Chen was on the faculty at the
Georgia Institute of Technology
and Texas A&M University, and a
visiting scholar at the Hong
Kong University of Science and
Technology, Technion, and
Tel-Aviv University. He teaches
courses on variety of
organizational behavior, human
resource management, and
methodological topics. Dr.
Chen’s research focuses on work
motivation, teams and
leadership, and research
methodology, with particular
interests in gaining better
understanding of leading and
motivating employees working in
teams, and examining multilevel
organizational phenomena. He has
won several research awards,
including the 2007 Society for
Industrial and Organizational
Psychology’s Distinguished Early
Career Contributions Award. His
research was funded by the U.S.
Army Research Institute, and has
appeared in such journals as the
Academy of Management Journal,
Journal of Applied Psychology,
Journal of Organizational
Behavior, Personnel Psychology,
Organizational Behavior & Human
Decision Processes,
Organizational Research Methods,
and Research in Organizational
Behavior. He currently serves as
Associate Editor of the Journal
of Applied Psychology, and as an
editorial board member of the
Academy of Management Journal,
and is an active member of the
Academy of Management and the
Society of
Industrial-Organizational
Psychology.
Selected Publications
Chen, G. & Mathieu, J. E. (in
press). Goal orientation
dispositions and performance
trajectories: The roles of
supplementary and complementary
situational inducements.
Organizational Behavior and
Human Decision Processes.
Chen, G., Kirkman, B. L.,
Kanfer, R., Allen, D., & Rosen,
B. (2007). A multilevel study of
leadership, empowerment, and
performance in teams. Journal of
Applied Psychology, 92, 331-346.
Chen, G., & Kanfer, R.
(2006). Toward a systems theory
of motivated behavior in work
teams. Research in
Organizational Behavior, 27,
223-267.
Chen, G., Thomas, B. A., &
Wallace, J. C. (2005). A
multilevel examination of the
relationships among training
outcomes, mediating regulatory
processes, and adaptive
performance. Journal of Applied
Psychology, 90, 827-841.
Chen, G. (2005). Newcomer
adaptation in teams: Multilevel
antecedents and outcomes.
Academy of Management Journal,
48, 101-116.
Honors and Awards
Society for Industrial and
Organizational Psychology’s
Distinguished Early Career
Contributions Award (2007)
Outstanding Reviewer Award,
Academy
of Management Journal (2005, 2006,
& 2007)
George Mason University I/O Psychology
Student Association (IOPSA) Distinguished
Alumni Award (2006)
Organizational Research Methods
Best Article of the Year Award (2005)
American Society for Training
and Development Research Article
Award (2005)
Academy of Management’s Research
Methods Division Best Paper Award
(2005)
Academy of Management’s Research
Methods Division Robert McDonald
Advancement of Research Methodology
Award (2004)
Consulting Work
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BTG
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Getronics
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Home Depot
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NYLCare Health Plans
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Perot Systems
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U.S. Army
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