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Best Overall Conference Paper award winners award by year:
| Year | Winner(s) | Title of Submission |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Lauren Locklear (Texas Tech University) Meghan Kane (University of Central Florida) Mark Ehrhart (University of Central Florida) | Top-Down: The Trickle-Down Effects of Gratitude Expressions in the Workplace |
| 2022 | Jessica Methot (Rutgers University) Kevin Rockmann (George Mason University) Emily Rosado-Soloman (California State University Long Beach) | Longing for the Past: The Dual Effects of Daily Nostalgia on Employee Performance |
| 2021 | Vivien Jancenelle (University of Houston-Clear Lake) | Too Much Psychological Capital? Exploring Curvilinear Relationships between PsyCap and Performance Prior to and After the COVID-19 Crisis |
| 2020 | Marketa Rickley (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Pavlina Kemp (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics) | The Effect of Video Lecture Design and Production on Perceived Learning and Student Satisfaction in Online MBA Courses |
| 2019 | Yonghong Liu (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Chen Zhao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications) Zhonghua Gao (Capital University of Economics and Business) Zhiyong Yang (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) | The Effect of Abusive Supervision on Objective Performance and Customer-Directed Sabotage: Role of Employment Status |
| 2018 | Kaylee Hackney (Baylor University) Shanna Daniels (Florida State University) Samantha Paustian-Underdahl (Florida State University) Pamela Perrewé (Florida State University) Asia Eaton (Florida International University) Ashley Mandeville (Florida Gulf Coast University) | Examining the Effects of Perceived Pregnancy Discrimination on Mother and Baby Health |
| 2017 | Christopher Castille (Rutgers University – New Brunswick) Wayne Crawford (University of Texas – Arlington) Marcia Simmering (Louisiana Tech University) | You Gotta Keep Em’ Separated: The Efficacy of Proximal Remedies for Method Variance |
| 2016 | Jae Uk Chun (Korea University) John Sosik (Pennsylvania State University) Dongseop Lee (Korea University) | Leader Feedback-Seeking from Subordinates and Evaluation of Leader Effectiveness in Leader-Subordinate Relationships: Subordinate Expertise Does Matter! |
| 2015 | Matthew Quade (Baylor University) Rebecca Lee Greenbaum (Oklahoma State University) | “If Only I Were Less Ethical”: When Social Comparisons of Ethical Behavior and Performance Lead to Self-Threat, Social Undermining, and Ostracism |
Best Overall Doctoral Student Paper award winners by year:
Year Winner(s) Title of Submission 2023 Yangyang Zhang (Loyola Marymount University)
Ann Murphy (Stevens Institute of Technology)
Seung-Hwan Jeong (University of Georgia)Scapegoats Or Change Agents?: Examining the Promotion of Racial Minority CEOs to Firms in Crisis 2022 Terrance Boyd (Louisiana State University)
Michael Johnson (Louisiana State University)The Power to Push Through? A Resilience Perspective on Disability Relationships and Leader Performance 2021 Vivien Jancenelle (University of Houston – Clear Lake) Too Much Psychological Capital? Exploring Curvilinear Relationships between PsyCap and Performance Prior to and After the COVID-19 Crisis 2020 Hyunjung Yoon (University of Georgia)
Daniel Gamache (University of Georgia)
Jason Kiley (Clemson University)
Michael Pfarrer (University of Georgia)Elevating the CEO: The Consequences of Firm Efforts to Promote their New CEO 2019 Meng Zhong (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Sandy Wayne University of Illinois at Chicago)
Eric J Michel (Northern Illinois University)When the Past and Present Collide: Interactive
Effects of Dual Psychological Contract Breaches
on Employee Outcomes2018 Mercedes McBride-Walker (Case Western Reserve University) A Crack in the Armor: Understanding the
Narratives of Fear and Uncertainty at Work2017 Stephen Smulowitz (IESE Business School)
Horacio Rousseau (Florida State University)The Behavioral Theory of the (Community-Oriented) Firm: Community Orientation and Bank’s Response to Attainment Discrepancy 2016 Joel Benjamin Carnevale (Auburn University)
Lei Huang (Auburn University)
Mary Uhl-Bien (Texas Christian University)
Stanley G. Harris (Auburn University)The Double-Edged Sword of Leader-Member Exchange on Employee Voice in Groups: Social Contagion or Relational Maneuvering? 2015 Kyoung Yong Kim (University of Houston)
Leanne Atwater (University of Houston)
Myungsun Kim, (University of Houston)
Phillip M. Jolly (University of Houston)Predicting Career Advancement: The Roles of Gender, Self-Efficacy, and Human Capital Investment Strategies