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Michael A. McDaniel

Professor, Human Resources and Organizational Behavior, Department of Management

Research Professor, Department of Psychology

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In press publications:

 

McDaniel, M.A. (in press). Gerrymandering in personnel selection: a review of common strategies. Invited submission to Human Resource Management Review.

Whetzel, D.L. &  McDaniel, M.A. (in press). Situational judgment tests: An overview of current research. Invited submission to Human Resource Management Review.

McDaniel, M.A., Whetzel, D.L. & Nguyen, N.T. (in press).  Situational judgment tests in personnel selection. To appear in Mandal, M. (Ed).  In search of the right personnel. New Delhi: McMillian.

Fluckinger, C.D., McDaniel, M.A., & Whetzel, D.L. (in press). Review of faking in personnel selection. To appear in Mandal, M. (Ed).  In search of the right personnel. New Delhi: McMillian.

2008 publications and conference presentations:

Forsyth, D.R,  O’Boyle, Jr., E.H. & McDaniel, M.A. (2008). East meets west: A meta-analytic investigation of cultural variations in idealism and relativism. Journal of Business Ethics, 83, 813-833.

O’Boyle Jr., E.H. & McDaniel, M.A. (2008).  Criticisms of employment testing: A commentary. In R. Phelps (Ed.) Correcting Fallacies about Educational and Psychological Testing. Washington, D.C: American Psychological Association. 181-197.

Whetzel, D.L., McDaniel, M.A., & Nguyen, N. T. (2008). Subgroup differences in situational judgment test performance: A meta-analysis. Human Performance, 21, 291-309.

McDaniel, M.A. (2008). Book Review of: “IQ and global inequality. Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen. Washington Summit Publishers, Augusta, GA (2006). (Pp. xx+400), ISBN:978-1-59368-025-1 (hard cover) 978-1-59368-024-4 (paperback).” Intelligence, 36, 731-732.

Miller, A. J., Worthington, E. L., Jr., & McDaniel, M. (2008). Forgiveness and gender: A meta-analytic review and research agenda. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 27, 845-878.

Puts, D.A., McDaniel, M.A., Jordan, C.L, & Breedlove, S.M. (2008). Spatial ability and prenatal androgens: Meta-analyses of congenital adrenal hyperplasia and digit ratio (2D:4D) studies. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 37, 100-111.

McDaniel, M.A., Whetzel, D.L., & Nguyen, N. (2008, September). Meta-analysis of personnel selection tests and overview of situational judgment tests. International Workshop on Emerging Frameworks and Issues for S&T Recruitments. Sponsored by the Society for Reliability Engineering, Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM). Delhi, India.

McDaniel, M.A., Whetzel, D.L., & Fluckinger, C.D. (2008, September). Review of faking in personnel selection. International Workshop on Emerging Frameworks and Issues for S&T Recruitments. Sponsored by the Society for Reliability Engineering, Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM). Delhi, India.

Tate, B.W. & McDaniel, M.A. (2008, August). Race differences in personality: an evaluation of moderators and publication bias. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim CA.

Hartman, N.S., Grubb, III, , W.L., Fluckinger, C.D, & McDaniel, M.A. (2008). Faking on personality and emotional intelligence selection assessments. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim CA.

Pollack, J.M. & McDaniel, M.A. (2008, April). An examination of the PreVisor Employment Inventory for publication bias. Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. San Francisco.

 

2007 publications and conference presentations:

 

Bertsch, S., Pesta, B.J. & McDaniel, M.A. (2007). The generation effect: A meta-analytic review. Memory and Cognition, 35, 201–210.

O'Connell, M. S., Hartman, N.S., McDaniel, M.A., Grubb, W.L., III, , Lawrence, A. (2007). Incremental validity of situational judgment tests for task and contextual job performance. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 15, 19-29.

McDaniel, M.A. & Whetzel, D.L.  (2007).  Situational judgment tests. In D.L. Whetzel & G. R. Wheaton (Eds.). Applied measurement: Industrial psychology in human resources management. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. 235-257.

McDaniel, M.A. (2007). Validity generalization as a test validation approach. In. S.M. McPhail (Ed.) Alternative Validation Strategies. San Francisco: Jossey Bass: 159-180.

Grubb, W.L., III & McDaniel, M.A. (2007). The fakability of Bar-On’s Emotional Quotient Inventory Short Form: Catch me if you can. Human Performance, 20, 43-59.

Williams, M.L., McDaniel, M.A. & Ford, L.R. (2007). Understanding multiple dimensions of compensation satisfaction. Journal of Business and Psychology,  21, 429-459.

McDaniel, M.A., Hartman, N.S., Whetzel, D.L. & Grubb. W.L., III (2007). Situational judgment tests, response instructions and validity: A meta-analysis. Personnel Psychology, 60, 63-91.

Oh, I., Postlethwaite, B.E., Schmidt, F.L. & McDaniel, M.A. (2007). Do structured and unstructured interviews have near equal validity? Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. New York.

 McDaniel, M.A. (2007). Alternative validation strategies: Developing new and leveraging existing validation evidence. Panel discussion member at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. New York.

 Hartman, N.S., Grubb, W,L., McDaniel, M.A. (2007).Response instructions moderate SJT validity when content is held constant. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. New York.

McDaniel, M.A. & Ployhart, R.E. (2007).  IQ estimates for counties and independent cities in the commonwealth of Virginia. Paper presented at the annual conference of International Society of Intelligence Research. Amsterdam. December.

McDaniel, M.A., Kim, N., Yost, A. (2007). Profile assessments incorporate false assumptions of curvilinearity. Paper presented at the Southern Management Association. Nashville. November.

2006 publications and conference presentations:

 

McDaniel, M.A., Rothstein, H.R.& Whetzel, D.L. (2006). Publication bias: A case study of four test vendors. Personnel Psychology, 59, 927-953.

McDaniel, M.A. (2006). Estimating state IQ: Measurement challenges and preliminary correlates. Intelligence, 34, 607-619.

McDaniel, M.A. (2006). State preferences for ACT versus SAT complicates inferences about state IQ: A comment on Kanazawa. Intelligence, 34, 601-606.

Whetzel, D.L. & McDaniel, M.A. (2006). Prediction of national wealth. Intelligence, 34, 449-458.

McKay, P. & McDaniel, M.A. (2006).  A re-examination of Black-White mean differences in work performance: More data, more moderators. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 531-554.

McDaniel, M.A., Whetzel, D.L., & Nguyen, N.T (2006). Situational judgment tests in personnel selection: A monograph for the International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council. Alexandria, VA: International Personnel Management Assessment Council.

Griffith, R.L. & McDaniel, M.A. (2006). The nature of deception and applicant faking behavior. In R.L. Griffith (Ed).  A closer examination of applicant faking behavior.  Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.1-19.

Williams, M., McDaniel, M.A., & Nguyen, N. (2006). A meta-analysis of the antecedents and consequences of pay satisfaction. Journal of Applied Psychology. 91, 392-413.

McDaniel, M.A., Whetzel, D.L., Hartman, N. S., Nguyen, N. & Grubb, W. L. (2006). Situational judgment tests: Validity and an integrative model. In R. Ployhart & J. Weekley (Eds). Situational judgment tests:  Theory, measurement, and application. Jossey Bass. 183-204.

Whetzel, D.L. & McDaniel, M.A. (2006). Staffing and selection strategies for service quality. In Fogli, L. (Ed.) Customer service delivery. Pfeiffer Wiley. 173-194.

Whetzel, D.L. &  McDaniel, M.A. (2006, July). Competency modeling as an organizational change vehicle. Paper presented at the sixth annual conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations, Monash University Centre, Prato, Italy.

McDaniel, M. A. (2006, June). Situational judgment tests.  Invited address at Erasmus University, Rotterdam.

McDaniel, M.A., Hurtz, G.M., & Donovan, J.J. (2006, May). An evaluation of publication bias in Big 5 validity data. Paper presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Dallas.

McDaniel, M.A., McKay, P. & Rothstein, H. (2006, May). Publication bias and racial effects on job performance: The elephant in the room. Paper presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Dallas.

McDaniel, M.A. (2006, May). Panelist on SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series: Situational judgment tests—Theory, measurement, and application. Presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Dallas.

McDaniel, M.A. (2006, May). Panelist on Situational judgment tests: Construct validity and directions for future research. Presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Dallas.

McDaniel, M.A. (2006, April). Situational judgment tests: Method, content, and faking. Gästekolloquium Arbeits- , Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie Sommersemester 2006. Zurich.

McDaniel, M.A. & Whetzel, D.L. (2006, February). Situational judgment tests: Heterogeneity, validity, subgroup differences, and development methods. Paper presented at the Association of Test Publishers Innovations in Testing Conference. Orlando.

2005 publications and conference presentations:

 

Nguyen, N. T., Biderman, M.D. & McDaniel, M.A. (2005). Effects of response instruction on faking a situational judgment test.  International Journal of Selection and Assessment., 13, 250-260.

McDaniel, M.A. & Whetzel, D.L. (2005). Situational judgment test research: Informing the debate on practical intelligence theory. Intelligence, 33, 515-525.

McDaniel, M.A. (2005).  Big-Brained People are Smarter: A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between In Vivo Brain Volume and Intelligence, Intelligence, 33, 337-346

McDaniel, M.A., Rothsein, H. & Whetzel, D.L.  (2005, August). Do employment test publisher manuals provide accurate information on test validity? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management. Honolulu.

Grubb, W.L. & McDaniel, M.A. (2005, August). The fakability of Bar-On’s Emotional Quotient Inventory Short Form: Catch me if you can. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management. Honolulu.

Puts, D.A., McDaniel, M.A., Jordan, C.L. & Breedlove, S.M. (2005, December). Possible organizational effects of early androgens on human spatial ability: Meta-analyses of CAH and digit ratio studies. Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Conference of the International Society for Intelligence Research. Albuquerque.

Whetzel, D.L. & McDaniel, M.A. (2005, December). IQ and the wealth of nations: Prediction of national wealth. Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Conference of the International Society for Intelligence Research. Albuquerque.

Puts, D.A., McDaniel, M.A., Jordan, C.L., and Breedlove, S.M. (2005, August). Spatial ability and its relation to prenatal androgens: meta-analyses of CAH and 2D:4D studies. Poster presented at the International Behavioral Development Symposium, Minot, ND.

Puts, D.A., McDaniel, M.A. & Jordan, C.L. & Breedlove, S.M. (2005, June). Prenatal androgens and spatial ability in humans: Meta-analysis of CAH and 2d:4d studies. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Annual Meeting. Austin.

McDaniel, M.A. (2005, May). Situational judgment tests: Past, present, and future.  Korean Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Seoul.

McDaniel, M.A., McKay, P.F., & Rothstein, H. (2005, May). Publication bias in personnel psychology: The Elephant in the room. Paper presented at the Twelfth European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology. Istanbul.

McDaniel, M.A. (2005, May). Publication bias. Paper presented to the annual conference of Personnel and Human Resources Research Group. Amsterdam.

Nguyen, N, McDaniel, M.A., & Whetzel, D.L. (2005, April). Subgroup differences in situational judgment test performance: A meta-analysis. Paper presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Los Angeles.

McKay, P. & McDaniel, M.A. (2005, April). Cognitive load of criteria and racial differences in job performance. Paper presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Los Angeles.

Oldies but goodies (in reverse year order)
 

Nguyen, N.T  & McDaniel, M.A. (2003) Response instructions and racial differences in a situational judgment test. Applied H.R.M. Research, 8.

Collins, J.M., Schmidt, F.L., Sanchez-Ku, M.L., Thomas, L., McDaniel, M.A. & Le, H. (2003) Can basic individual differences shed light on the construct validity of assessment center evaluations? International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 11, 17-29.

McDaniel, M.A., Hartman, N. S.& Grubb III, W. L. (2003, April). Situational Judgment Tests, Knowledge, Behavioral Tendency, and Validity: A Meta-Analysis. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Orlando. 

Graham K.E, McDaniel M.A, Douglas E.F, Snell, A.F. (2002). Biodata validity decay and score inflation with faking: Do item attributes explain variance across items? Journal of Business and Psychology, 16, 573-592.

McDaniel, M.A. & Grubb, W.L. (2002). Cart 4.0. Software Review. Organizational Research Methods, 5, 128-132.

McDaniel, M.A., Morgeson, F.P., Finnegan, E.B., Campion, M.A., & Braverman, E.P. (2001).  Use of situational judgment tests to predict job performance: A clarification of the literature. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 730-740.

McDaniel, M.A. & Nguyen, N.T. (2001). Situational judgment tests: A review of practice and constructs assessed. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 9, 103-113.

Barrett, G. V., Polomsky, M. D., & McDaniel, M. A. (1999). Selection tests for firefighters: A comprehensive review and meta-analysis.  Journal of Business and Psychology, 13, 507-514.

Frei, R., & McDaniel, M. A. (1998). The validity of customer service orientation measures in employee selection: A comprehensive review and meta-analysis.  Human Performance, 11, 1-27.

McDaniel, M.A., Douglas, E.F., & Snell, A.F. (1997, April). A survey of deception among job seekers.  Paper presented at the Twelfth Annual Conference of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Inc. St. Louis.

Douglas, E.F., McDaniel, M.A., & Snell, E.F. (1996, August). The validity of non-cognitive measures decays when applicants fake.  Proceedings of the Academy of Management.  Winner of the Best Paper Award - Human Resources Division.

McDaniel, M. A., Whetzel, D., Schmidt, F. L., Maurer, S. (1994).  The validity of the employment interview: A comprehensive review and meta-analysis.  Journal of Applied Psychology, 79, 599-616.

Dye, D. A., Reck, M., & McDaniel, M. A.  (1993). Moderators of the validity of written job knowledge measures.  International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 1, 153-157. 

McDaniel, M. A., & Timm, T. (1990).  Lying takes time: Predicting deception in biodata using response latency.  In H. Wing (Chair), Alternative predictors.  Symposium presented at the 98th Annual conference of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

McDaniel, M. A.  (1989). Biographical constructs for predicting personnel reliability.  Journal of Applied Psychology, 74, 964-970.

McDaniel, M. A., Schmidt, F. L., & Hunter, J. E. (1988).  A meta-analysis of methods for rating training and experience in personnel selection. Personnel Psychology, 41, 283-314.

McDaniel, M. A., Schmidt, F. L., & Hunter, J. E. (1988).  Job experience correlates of job performance.  Journal of Applied Psychology, 73, 327-330.

 

 

 

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