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O'brien, Kimberly

FACULTY

Biography

Dr. O'Brien received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of South Florida in 2008. She was an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Wayne State University for two years before joining the faculty at CMU in 2010.

More about Kimberly O'brien

Mann, K., Sizemore, S., & O’Brien, K. E. (2023). Emotional labor within Gross’s three factor framework of emotional regulation. International Journal of Stress Management, online advance.

Sizemore, S. J., & O’Brien, K. E. (2023).  How to Tell a Joke: Theories of Successful Humor and Applications to the Workplace. Management Research Review, online advance. DOI: 10.1108/MRR-10-2022-0724

Moon, Y., & O’Brien, K. E. (2023). I Put in My Two Weeks Notice!” Employee Behavior and Wellness Prior to Exit. Journal of Career Development, online advance.

Mann, K. J., Roach, K. N., & O’Brien, K. E. (2022). Mentoring as an Investment: A Quantitative Review of Mentoring and Well-Being for the Protégé. Journal of Career Development, 50(2), 465-481.

Costello, M. C., Barco, P. P., O’Brien, K. E., & Manning, K. J. (2022). Older adult driving performance assessed under simulated and on-road conditions. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, online advance, 1-12.

Fleming, A., O’Brien, K. E., Scherr, K., & Steele, S. (2022). An Investigation of the Nature and Consequences of Counterproductive Work Behavior. Human Performance, 35(3-4), 178-192.

Jang, S., Allen, T. D., Kim, E., O’Brien, K., Cho, I., & Ceylan, S. (2022). Measurement invariance of organizational citizenship behavior across employee gender. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 71(4), 1535-1564.

O’Brien, K. E., Henson, J., & Voss, B. (2021). A Trait-Interactionist Approach to Understanding the Role of Stressors in the Personality-CWB Relationship. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 26(4), 350–360.

Goswami, A., O'Brien, K. E., Dawson, K. M., & Hardiman, M. E. (2019). Mechanisms of Corporate Social Responsibility: The Moderating Role of Transformational Leadership. Ethics and Behavior, 28(8), 644-661.

O'Brien, K. E., Roach, K. N., & Mann, K. J. (2019). Resource for Lowering Job Stress or Just Another Headache? Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 23(4), e12149.

Costello, M. C., Sizemore, S. J., O’Brien, K. E., & Manning, L. K. (2019). Talk or Walk? Gait Speed over Self-Report in Association with Cognitive Speed in Healthy Older Adults. The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry (GeroPsych), 32(1), 41-52.

O'Brien, K. E., & Beehr, T. A. (2019). So far, so good: Up to now, the challenge–hindrance framework describes a practical and accurate distinction. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 40(8), 962-972.

O'Brien, K. E., Minjock, R. M., Colarelli, S. M., & Yang, C. (2018). Kinship ties and employee theft perceptions in family-owned businesses. European Management Journal, 36(3), 421-430.

An., M., Boyajian, M., O’Brien, K. E., & Colarelli, S. (2016). Why we need more nature at work: Effects of natural elements and sunlight on employee mental health and work attitudes. PLOS One, 11(5), e0155614.

An, M., Boyajian, M., & O’Brien, K.E. (2016). Perceived victimization as the mechanism underlying the relationship between work stressors and counterproductive work behavior. Human Performance, 29(5), 347-361.

Dawson, K., O'Brien, K. E., & Beehr, T. (2015).  The role of hindrance stressors in the job demand–control–support model of occupational stress: A proposed theory revision. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 37, 397-415.

Johnson, V., Beehr, T., & O’Brien, K. E. (2015). Determining the relationship between employee psychopathy and strain: Does the type of psychopathy matter? International Journal of Stress Management, 22, 111-136.

Park, H., O’Rourke, E., & O’Brien, K. E. (2014). Extending conservation of resources theory: Interaction between emotional labor and interpersonal influence. International Journal of Stress Management, 21, 384-405.

O'Brien, K. E., Biga, A., Kessler, S. R., & Allen, T. D.  (2010). A meta-analytic investigation of gender differences in mentoring. Journal of Management, 36, 537-554.

Allen, T. D., Eby, L. T., O'Brien, K. E., & Lentz, E.  (2008). The state of mentoring research:  A qualitative review of current research methods and future research implications. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 73, 343-357.

O'Brien, K. E., & Allen, T. D. (2008) Relative importance of correlates of organizational citizenship behavior and counterproductive work behavior using multiple sources of data.  Human Performance, 21, 62-88.

Allen, T. D., & O'Brien, K. E. (2006). Formal mentoring programs and organizational attraction. Human Resources Development Quarterly, 17, 43-58. 

 

Books, Complete, Authored

 O’Brien, K. E., & Cooper, D. L. (2022). Elgar Introduction to Organizational Stress Theory. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Dr. O'Brien's research interests primarily center on job stress, organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB), and counterproductive work behaviors (CWB). Her research has emphasized mentoring experiences (both positive and negative) and emotional abuse due to their relationships with job stress. In her efforts to better understand these behaviors, she has studied personality, attribution theory, ego threat, psychometrics, and statistical/design procedures.