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
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
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
