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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of Psychology

Bo Zhang

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Contact Information

Psychology Building, Room 219C
Assistant Professor

Research Interests

Personnel selection (e.g., applicant faking, forced-choice measurement)

Personality (e.g., personality assessment, relationships of Big 5 with stress, health, and workplace outcomes)

Research methods (e.g., IRT, SEM, bifactor models, longitudinal analysis)

 

Education

PhD, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2020

MS, Applied Statistics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2020

MS, Psychological Measurement, Beijing Normal University, 2015

BS, Psychology, Beijing Normal University, 2012

Additional Campus Affiliations

Assistant Professor, School of Labor and Employment Relations
Assistant Professor, Psychology

Recent Publications

Choi, J., Kwon, S., & Zhang, B. (2025). A Structural After Measurement Approach to Bifactor Predictive Models. Structural Equation Modeling, 32(2), 173-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2024.2385951

Li, J., Li, Y. M., Xing, Y.-X., Zhang, B., Tang, Y., & Drasgow, F. (2025). Development and Validation of a Game-Based Assessment for Complex Problem Solving. Journal of Intelligence, 13(1), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence13010009

Nie, W., Hernandez, I., Tay, L., Zhang, B., & Cao, M. (2025). A Comparison of the Response-Pattern-Based Faking Detection Methods. Journal of Applied Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001261

Zhu, Z., Kuykendall, L., Baines, J. I., & Zhang, B. (2025). Clarifying the Construct of Supervisor Support for Recovery and Its Impact on Employee Recovery Experiences. Journal of Management. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063241311228

Chen, L., Zhang, B., & Li, J. (2024). Social, Emotional, and Behavioral (SEB) Skills in the Workplace. Collabra: Psychology, 10(1), Article 120531. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.120531

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of Psychology

308 Psychology Bldg, MC-716

603 East Daniel St.

Champaign, IL 61820

(217) 333-0631

Email: psych@illinois.edu

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