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Jennifer D. Bragger Ph.D.
Jennifer D. Bragger
235 Dickson Hall
Department of Psychology
Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ 07043
(973) 655-7387
education
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 1997
Ph.D. in Social and Organizational Psychology
Dissertation: Hysteresis and Uncertainty: The Effect of Information on Delays to Exit Decisions
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 1995
M.A. in Social and Organizational Psychology
Thesis: The Effect of Equivocality on Escalation of Commitment
Trenton State College, (The College of New Jersey) Trenton, NJ, 1993
B.A. in Psychology, Industrial Organizational Track
Academic Institutions
Professor, Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
Montclair State University 2014-present
Associate Professor, Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2002-2014
Montclair State University
Director, Master’s in Industrial Organization Psychology 2002-2004,
2013-present
Graduate Programs Coordinator 2003-2004,
2013-present
Courses taught:
Graduate:
Internship in Applied Psychology
Organizational Psychology
Leadership Development
Special Topics Seminar: Current Topics in Industrial Organizational Psychology
Personnel Psychology; Issues and Procedures
Performance Management
Undergraduate:
Psychology of Leadership: Theories and Application
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Psychology of Work: Organizational Psychology
Experimental Psychology
Introductory Psychology
Teaching of Psychology
Social Psychology
Co-operational Experience in Psychology
Co-operational Experience in Leadership Development
Courses Developed:
Undergraduate Personnel Psychology
Undergraduate Organizational Psychology
Graduate Personnel Psychology: Issues and Procedures
Graduate Performance Management
Graduate Internship in Applied Psychology
Graduate Leadership Development
Programs Developed:
Master’s of Arts in Industrial Organizational Psychology
Department Level Service:
· Co-Advisor Psychology Club (Spring 2006, 2011-2015)
· Graduate Programs Coordinator (2002-2003, 2013-Present)
· Director, Master’s in Industrial Organizational Psychology (1997-2004, 2013-present)
· Teaching Graduate Assistant Selection Committee, Chair (2013-Present)
· Department Graduate Curriculum Committee (1997-2003, 2005-2011, 2013-Present)
· Career Development Committee (2005-2008, 2013-present)
· Department DEFRAC committee (Spring 2012)
· Department Sabbatical Committee (Spring 2011-Spring 2013)
· Department Personnel Advisory Committee (2002-2003, 2007-2008, 2011-2013)
· Hiring Committees and subcommittees (1998-1999, 2002-2003, 2004-2005, 2013-2014)
· Traveling Committee (1998-2005)
· Student Award Committee (1998-2003)
· Adjunct Evaluation Committee (2005- 2008)
College Level Service
· College Graduate Curriculum Committee (2013-present)
· Leadership Development Minor Steering Committee ( 2010 – present)
· Leadership Development Minor Curriculum Development Subcommittee
( 2011-present)
· College Level Distinguished Teacher Committee (Spring 2012-Spring 2013)
· College Technology Council (1997-2003)
University Level Service
· Council for Faith and Spirituality (2011-present)
· Carnegie Committee (2001-2004)
· Academic Computing Committee (1999-2003)
Assistant Professor, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 1997-2002
Montclair State University
Director, Master’s in Psychology with Concentration in Industrial
Organizational Psychology 1997-2002
Adjunct Instructor:
Temple University (Research Methods) 1994-1997
The College of New Jersey (Introductory Psychology) Spring 1996
Saint Joseph’s University (Occupational Health and Safety) 1994-1995
Industry experience
Recruitment Unit, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY 2013-present
Research and Advisement
Advise Recruitment and HR Units on selection and job interview. Present research findings and suggestions to management. Mentor graduate students through statistical analysis of personnel database and presentation of their findings to leadership at UN Headquarters.
Schering Plough, Kenilworth, NJ 1997-2006
Consultant
Provided statistical design and analysis consulting for a Pharmaceutical Company. Designed and conducted analyses that provided solutions for marketing and logistical problems.
CIGNA Property and Casualty Division, Philadelphia PA 1994-1997
Consultant
Quantified added value of Loss Control Division through account research, statistical analysis of loss data, and utility analysis. Developed testable process for selecting risks. Wrote reports and presented to management.
Metropolitan Life Insurance, Bridgewater, NJ 1992-1993
Assessment of reliability and validity of the METPROFILE, a selection tool put into use at METLIFE. Construction of items for the METPROFILE.
Research experience
Institute for Survey Research, Philadelphia, PA 1995-1996
Statistician and Research Assistant,
Collected data for a federally funded drug intervention program on inter-city youth and analyzed annual data from this program using SPSS (mainframe and windows). Worked with existing database to combine results from previous years. Constructed and revised surveys. Wrote interim reports on progress and results of drug prevention programs. Wrote grant proposals.
Research Assistant, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 1993-1994
Assisted advisor on various research project including research on decision-making and organizational behavior management. Worked with computers and various software packages.
Conducted research regarding decision making, occupational health and safety, and computer technology in psychology.
Grants and External Funding
Principle Investigators: Bragger, J., Sessa, V., Rodriguez, O., Martines, D., Principle Investigators. Field Initiated Development Grant submitted to the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. Sustainable Implementation of a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Feedback Intensive Program of Leadership Development Initiative for Emerging Adults with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder. (September, 2014-September, 2017), $600,000. (Submitted January 2014; unfunded).
Principle Investigators: Sessa, V. & Bragger, J. The C. Jackson Foundation. Longitudinal Evaluation of Leadership Development Programs at Multiple Universities. (Summer 2014-Summer 2015, $10,000 Summer 2015-2016, $5000, resubmitted for third year at $5000.
Principle Investigators: Hill, E., Bragger, J.D., Herbert, K. The PSEG Institute for Sustainability Studies (PSEG-ISS), Toward a Mobile Exploratory Research and Data Analytics Platform for Environmental and Ecological Sustainability Studies, (Oct. 2012-Oct. 2013) Funded, $30,000
Principle Investigators, Bragger, J.D., Propper, R., Herbert, K., Hill, E. DARPA Broad Agency Announcement Defense Sciences Research and Technology, BAA NUMBER: BAA-11-65. Development of a behaviorally-based assessment of frontal lobe mediated decision making in response to socially based decreased cognitive function in individuals with and without PTSD. $544,000(Submitted Oct. 2012, unfunded)
Principle Investigators: Haines, E. & Bragger, J.D. Pregnant pauses and personnel decisions. Undergraduate Research Grant Application submitted to the National Science Foundation $144,000 (submitted January 2006, unfunded).
Publications AND PRESENTATIONS
TECHNICAL REPORTS:
Jenaway, W., Hantula, D.A., Rajala, A.K. & DeNicolis Bragger, J.L., (1995). The Effect of Loss Control Intervention in a Commercial Insurance Environment. Technical Report, Property and Casualty Division, CIGNA Financial Services, Philadelphia, PA.
BOOK CHAPTERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
*denotes a student author
Sessa, V.I. & Bragger, J.D. (2013). Can Performance Management Systems Grow Like a Spring Garden? People and Strategy; The Professional Journal of Human Resources People and Strategy, 36,2, 13-14.
Sessa, V., *Pinger, C., & Bragger, J. (2009). Using Performance Management to Help Inculcate a Learning Culture in an Organization. In J. Smithers & M. London (Eds.) Performance Management: Putting Research into Practice. Jossey-Bass.
* this book won the R. Wayne Pace Human Resource Development Book of the Year 2009
Bragger, J.D. (2006). Differential Aptitude Test (Type of Contribution: A Commercial or Researcher Constructed Test). In Neil Salkind (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics. SAGE; NY.
Bragger, J.D., & *Becker, A. (2005) Review of The Psychological Corporation’s “Differential Aptitude Tests”. In D. Keyser (Ed.) Tenth Edition of Test Critiques. Test Corporation of America.
Hantula, D.H., Bragger, J.D., & Rajula, A.K., (2001). Slips and falls in stores and malls: Implications for community based injury prevention. In Alice F. Stuhlmacher & Douglas F. Cellar (Eds.) Workplace Safety: Individual Differences in Behavior. New York, NY: Haworth Press Inc.
Kirnan, J.P., & DeNicolis J.L., (1995). Review of the National Occupational Testing Institute's "Child Care and Guidance Test". In J.C. Conoley (Ed.), The Twelfth Mental Measurements Yearbook.
REFERREED PEER REVIEW JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:
*denotes a student author
Bragger, J.D., Kutcher, E.J., *Schettino, G. *Muzyczyn, B.* Fritzky, E., *Farago, P. (submitted for publication). The Job Interview and Cognitive Performance: Does Structure Reduce Performance On Selection Batteries and Can Explanation of Purpose Improve It?
Performance Improvement Quarterly.
Sessa, V.I., Ploskanka, J., *Alavarez, E., *Dourdis, S., *Dixon, C. & Bragger, J.D. (in press) The relationship between student leaders’ constructive development, their leadership identity, and their understanding of leadership. Journal of Leadership Education.
Bragger, J. D., Kutcher, E. J., *Masco, J. L. , & Rodriguez-Srednicki, O. (to be submitted for publication). Work-family conflict, organizational citizenship behavior and confidence in childcare arrangements. Community, Work, and Family.
Bragger, J.D., *Evans, D., Kutcher, E., Sumner, K. (2015). Factors Affecting the Procedural Fairness of Downsizing: A Policy Capturing Approach. Human Resource Development Quarterly.
impact factor = .833
Bragger, J.D., Kutcher, E.J., Torres, N. (2014). Against the de-selection of the Stereotype Threat agenda. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on the Science and the Practice, 7(3), 433-438.
impact factor = .586
Bragger, J.D., Kutcher, E.J., Sessa, V. & Sumner, K., *Menier. A. (2014). Giving Nonselective Downsizing a Performance Review. Human Resource Development Review., 13, 58-78. doi:10.1177/1534484313492331.
impact factor = 1.35
Kutcher III, E. J., Bragger & *Masco, J. L. (2013). Assessing fit during the interview: How applicants detect and interpret available information from questions and context. International Journal of Selection & Assessment. 21, 294-308.
impact factor = .814
*Gai, S, Sumner, K.E., Bragger, J., & Nooner, K. (2011). Understanding Experiences of Indian Expatriates in the United States: Stress, Satisfaction, Social Support and General Health. International Journal of Strategic Management, 11(4), 245-255.
*Sadovnik, A.S., Sumner, K.E., Bragger, J. & Pastor, S.S. (2011). Effects of Expressive Writing About Workplace Events on Satisfaction, Stress, and Well-Being. Journal of Academy of Business and Economics,11(4), 231-237.
Sumner, K., Bragger, J.,*Om, E., *Malandruccolo, D. (2010). Studying Personnel and Organizational Judgments as Judgments Requires Training. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on the Science and the Practice (3), 448–451.
impact factor = .586
Kutcher, E.,.Bragger, J.D. , Rodriquez, O., *Masco, J.L. (2010). The Role of Religiosity in Stress, Job Attitudes, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior. Journal of Business Ethics, 95(2), 319-337.
impact factor = 1.33
Masco, J.L., *Simoes, J., *Long, S. *Benevides, K., *Insabella, J., Bragger, J.D. (2010). The influence of equity sensitivity on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. International Journal of Business and Economics, 10(3), 226-232.
Kirnan, J.P., Bragger, J.B., *Harris, R., *Alfieri, J. (2009). An investigation of stereotype threat in employment tests. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39, 359-388.
impact factor = .79
Brecher, E. Bragger, J. Kutcher, E. (2006). The structured interview: Reducing biases toward job candidates with disabilities. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal. (3) 155-167.
impact factor = .567
Bragger, J.D., Rodriguez, O., Kutcher, E.J., *Indovino, L., *Rosner, E. (2005) Work-family conflict, work family culture and organizational citizenship behavior among teachers. Journal of Business and Psychology, 20(2) pp 222-235.
impact factor 2.075
Kutcher, E. & Bragger, J.D. (2004). Selection Interviews of Overweight Job Applicants: Can Structure Reduce the Bias?. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 34, 1993-2022.
impact factor = .79
Bragger, J.D., Hantula, D.A., Bragger, D.H., Kirnan, J.P., & Kutcher, E., (2003). When Success Breeds Failure: History, Hysteresis, and Delayed Exit Decisions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88(1), 6-14.
impact factor = 4.79
Bragger, J. Kutcher, E., *Morgan, J. & *Firth, P. (2002). The Effects of the Structured Interview on Reducing Biases Against Pregnant Job Applicants. Sex Roles, 46(7-8), 215-226.
impact factor = 1.73
Hantula, D.A, Rajala, A., Brecher, E., Bragger, J.D. (2001). The economic utility of a behavioral and ergonomic safety intervention in two manufacturing firms. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 21(2), 78-89.
impact factor = 1.23
Hantula, D.A., Bragger, J.D. & Rajala, A.K. (2001). Slips and Falls in Stores and Malls: Implications for Community Based Intervention. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 22, 67-80.
Kirnan, J.P., Bragger, J.D., Brecher, E., & *Johnson, E. (2001). What race am I? The need for standardization in race question wording. Public Personnel Management, 30(2), 211-221.
impact factor = .46
Hantula, D.A., & DeNicolis - Bragger, J.D., (1999). The effect of feedback equivocality on escalation of commitment. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 29(2) 424-444 .
impact factor = .79
DeNicolis-Bragger, J.L., & Freeman, M., (1999). Two birds with one stone: Using a cost-benefit analysis to teach ethics and statistics. Teaching of Psychology. 26, 34-36.
impact factor = .67
Bragger, J.D., Bragger, D.H., Hantula, D.A., & Kirnan, J.P. (1998). Hysteresis and Uncertainty: The effect of information on delays to exit decisions. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 74,229-253.
impact factor = 2.2
DeNicolis Bragger, J.D.., & Hantula, D.A., (1996) DeNicolis Bragger, J.D., & Hantula, D.A., (1996) Sinking shots and sinking costs, or, how long can I play in the NBA? Academy of Management Executive, 10,(3), 66-67.
*Currently Academy of Management Perspectives.
impact factor = 3.56
REFEREED PEER REVIEWED PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS:
*denotes student author
*Lind, R.S., *Kutcher, E.J., Bragger, J.D., & Hantula, D.A. (2001). Why do managers try, try and fail?. A real world analysis of factors affecting escalation and persistence of commitment. Proceedings from that 2001 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.
DeNicolis, J. L. & Hantula, D. A. (1997). Replication of escalation shows little support for self-justification: The replicative history of the Adams & Smith case. Proceedings of the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Academy of Management, Ithica, New York.
DeNicolis, J.L., Hantula, D.A., & Goltz, S.M. (1997).What is escalation and persistence of commitment? A critical examination of the construct. Proceedings from the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Academy of Management Ithaca, New York.
Rajala, A.K., DeNicolis, J.L., Brecher, E.G., & Hantula, D.A.). (1997). Investing in occupational safety: A utility analysis perspective. Proceedings from the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Academy of Management, Ithica, New York
PEER REVIEW PRESENTATIONS/PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
*denotes student author
Kutcher, E.J., Bragger, J., *Fritzky, E., *Carrusco, J., *Masco, J.L. Stereotype Threat in Pre-Employment Testing: Interviewed and Activated. Presented at the 18th Meeting of the International Academy of Management and Business. September 2014. Rome, Italy.
Sumner, K., Gai, S., Bragger, J., Shashidhar, A., & Brown, T. (2013). Impact of
Expressive Writing About Workplace Events: Stress, Job Satisfaction, and Psychological Well Being. Presented at the conference of the American Psychological Society, Washington, D.C.
Bragger, J. D., Kutcher III, E. J. , *Masco, J. L. , & Rodriguez-Srednicki, O. Work Family Conflict, Culture, and Childcare: Predicting citizenship behavior. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, California. April 2012.
*Gai, S., Sumner, K., Bragger, J., Nooner, K. Understanding experiences of Indian expatriates in the United States: Stress, satisfaction, social support, and general health Presentation at the 2011 International Academy of Business and Economics, Los Vegas, Nevada.