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Daniel A Newman

Professor

Research Interests

  • Diversity in HR management (Racial equality in hiring & admissions [adverse impact], diversity recruiting);
  • Leadership & Gender (personality dominance/agency, emotional & social skills);
  • Social networks and Research methods (network contagion, multilevel, missing data, measurement);
  • Emotional intelligence (Cascading model, gender);
  • Narcissism (leadership, counterproductive work behavior, gender);
  • Work engagement (Attitude-engagement model; time & change; work withdrawal; job attitudes)

Research Description

  • 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

Education

Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, B.A. Rice University

Awards and Honors

  • Sage/McDonald Advancement of Organizational Research Methodology Award (2020), Research Methods Division, Academy of Management
  • Best Paper of the Year (2020), Personnel Psychology
  • 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
  • Best Paper of the Year (2014), Organizational Research Methods
  • 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
  • Sage/McDonald Advancement of Organizational Research Methodology Award (2010), Research Methods Division, Academy of Management
  • 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

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, Psychology
Martin Wagner Professor, School of Labor and Employment Relations
Professor, School of Labor and Employment Relations

Highlighted Publications

Badura, K. L., Grijalva, E., Newman, D. A., Yan, T. T., & Jeon, G. (2018). Gender and leadership emergence: A meta-analysis and explanatory model. Personnel Psychology, 71(3), 335-367. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12266

Chelsea Song, Q., Wee, S., & Newman, D. A. (2017). Diversity Shrinkage: Cross-Validating Pareto-Optimal Weights to Enhance Diversity via Hiring Practices. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102(12), 1636-1657. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000240

Newman, D. A., Harrison, D. A., Carpenter, N. C., & Rariden, S. M. (2016). Construct Mixology: Forming New Management Constructs by Combining Old Ones. Academy of Management Annals, 10(1), 943-995. https://doi.org/10.1080/19416520.2016.1161965

Grijalva, E., Newman, D. A., Tay, L., Brent Donnellan, M., Harms, P. D., Robins, R. W., & Yan, T. (2015). Gender differences in narcissism: A meta-analytic review. Psychological bulletin, 141(2), 261-310. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038231

Grijalva, E., Harms, P. D., Newman, D. A., Gaddis, B. H., & Fraley, R. C. (2015). Narcissism and Leadership: A Meta-Analytic Review of Linear and Nonlinear Relationships. Personnel Psychology, 68(1), 1-47. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12072

Joseph, D. L., Jin, J., Newman, D. A., & O'Boyle, E. H. (2015). Why does self-reported emotional intelligence predict job performance? A meta-analytic investigation of mixed EI. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100(2), 298-342. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037681

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Recent Publications

Javalagi, A. A., Newman, D. A., & Li, M. (2024). Personality and Leadership: Meta-Analytic Review of Cross-Cultural Moderation, Behavioral Mediation, and Honesty-Humility. Journal of Applied Psychology, 109(9), 1489-1511. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001182

Kim, J. Y., Grijalva, E., Newman, D. A., & Li, Y. (2024). Entrepreneur weirdness as a double-edged sword: Effects on product creativity and investor attraction. Personnel Psychology, 77(1), 53-80. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12613

Headrick, L., Newman, D. A., Park, Y. A., & Liang, Y. (2023). Recovery Experiences for Work and Health Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis and Recovery-Engagement-Exhaustion Model. Journal of Business and Psychology, 38(4), 821-864. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-022-09821-3

Lambert, L. S., & Newman, D. A. (2023). Construct Development and Validation in Three Practical Steps: Recommendations for Reviewers, Editors, and Authors*. Organizational Research Methods, 26(4), 574-607. https://doi.org/10.1177/10944281221115374

Song, Q. C., Tang, C., Newman, D. A., & Wee, S. (2023). Adverse Impact Reduction and Job Performance Optimization via Pareto-Optimal Weighting: A Shrinkage Formula and Regularization Technique Using Machine Learning. Journal of Applied Psychology, 108(9), 1461-1485. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001085

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