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Research Interests
My research focuses on three primary areas. The first is the inter-relations between organizational leadership and organizational culture, particularly in a cross-cultural context. The second is organizational climate, particularly climates regarding ethics. The third is computer-mediated communication in organizations, and the social dynamics and outcomes of using computers as a means of communication in work settings.
Teaching
Undergraduate Courses:
- PSY 1010 (Introductory Psychology)
- PSY 4995 (Special Topic: Organizational Leadership)
Graduate Courses:
- PSY 7500 (Research Methods in I/O Psychology)
- PSY 7560 (Leadership and Executive Development)
- PSY 8500 (Special Topic: Organizational Ethics: Theory and Practice)
- PSY 8500 (Special Topic: Organizational Climate and Culture)
Recent Publications
Arfken, C. A., Agius, E., Dickson, M. W., Anderson, H. L., & Hegedus, A. M. (in press). Clinicians' beliefs and awareness of substance abuse treatments in research and non-research affiliated programs. To appear in Journal of Drug Issues
Dickson, M. W., Resick, C. J., & Hanges, P. J. (in press). When organizational climate is unambiguous, it is also strong. To appear in Journal of Applied Psychology.
Dickson, M. W., Resick, C. J., & Hanges, P. J. (in press). Universality and variation in organizationally-shared cognitive prototypes of effective leadership. To appear in The Leadership Quarterly.
Giberson, T. R., Resick, C. J., & Dickson, M. W. (in press). The Effects of Leader Personality on Follower Characteristics, Organizational Demographics, and Organizational Culture. To appear in Journal of Applied Psychology.
Hanges, P. J. & Dickson, M. W. (2004). The Development and Validation of the GLOBE Culture and Leadership Scales. In R. J. House, P. J. Hanges, M. Javidan, P. W. Dorfman, Gupta, V., & GLOBE Associates, Leadership, Culture, and Organizations: The GLOBE Study of 62 Societies , (Vol. 1), Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Grants
Agency: National Institutes on Drug Abuse
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Organization Processes in Treatment Programs
Awards
Distinguished Teaching Contributions Award, awarded by the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Division 14 of the American Psychological Association), 2005.
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Wayne State University, 2005.
Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Science, Wayne State University,
1999-2000
Education
University of Maryland at College Park
Ph.D., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, August, 1997
Dissertation title: Universality and variation in the content of organizationally-shared cognitive prototypes of effective leadership.
Dissertation advisor: Dr. Paul J. Hanges
M.A., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, December, 1994
Thesis title: Managers' Implicit Theories of Motivation: Picking up where McGregor left off.
Thesis advisor: Dr. Richard A. Guzzo
West Virginia Wesleyan College
B.A., magna cum laude, May 1988
Major: Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Richard Calef
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