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Roni Reiter-Palmon

Dr. Roni Reiter-Palmon is an Issacson Professor of I/O Psychology, the Director of the I/O Psychology graduate program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). She is also serves as the director of research for the Center of Collaboration Science, an inter-disciplinary program at UNO. She received her Ph.D. in I/O Psychology from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Her area of expertise include individual differences and the role that individual differences play in leadership and creative problem solving, cognitive process of creative problem solving, the role of problem framing and construction on problem solving, and creativity and innovation in teams. Her research has been published in Journal of Applied Psychology, Creativity Research Journal, Human Resources Management Review, and Leadership Quarterly. Her applied experiences include consulting to and grants from Fortune 500 companies as well as the government and military. She serves on the editorial board of Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, The International Journal of Creativity and Problem Solving, and The Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. She also serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Creative Behavior.

 

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Overview of consulting activities (Since 2005):

June 09 – present SilverStone Consulting

March/08-March/09 Identification of job and personnel requirements for a new hospital at Bellevue Medical Center

June/08-Nov/08 Developed certification tests for Hemophilia treatment at College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center

June/07-Dec/07 Developed structured interview and knowledge promotional exam for Douglas County Corrections

May/04-Aug/07 Evaluated and conducted exit interviews for Department of Correctional Services.

May/04 -Aug/07 Conducted job analysis for NE Department of Correctional Services.

Nov/02-April/07 Evaluated the content validity for promotion exams at Union Pacific, Omaha, NE.

May/02-Aug/07 Developed and conducted a job analysis program for use in the US Navy in association with SkillsNET.

 

Overview of recent grants (Since 2004):

 

Developing computer based training for cross-cultural encounters

Funded by Aptima (2008-2010)

Principal Investigator – Roni Reiter-Palmon

 

BattleSpace ActionCenters

Funded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research (2008-2010)

Principal Investigators – Bob Briggs, GJ de Vreede, Roni Reiter-Palmon

 

Survey and measurement development for collaboration for Strategic Multi Layer Assessment exercise

Funded by Booz Allen Hamilton (2009-2010)

Principle Investigators – Roni Reiter-Palmon, Bob Briggs

 

Training Military Advisors for Cross Cultural Assignments

Funded by Aptima (2008-2009)

Principal Investigator – Roni Reiter-Palmon

 

Evaluation of current selection system for DSMi

Funded by DSMi (2007)

Principle Investigator - Roni Reiter-Palmon

 

Development of a structured interview and promotional knowledge test

Funded by Douglas County Corrections (2007)

Principal Investigator - Roni Reiter-Palmon

 

Development of the Institute for Collaboration Science

Funded by NU Foundation and Information Technology (2006-2008)

Principal Investigators – GJ de Vreede, Roni Reiter-Palmon, Bob Briggs

 

Graduate Assistantship in I/O Psychology

Funded by SilverStone Consulting (2006-2007)

Principal Investigator - Roni Reiter-Palmon

 

Evaluation of exit interview data and development of a selection system for correction workers.

Funded by the Nebraska Department of Corrections (2004-2007)

Principal Investigator - Roni Reiter-Palmon

 

Development of skill standards for U.S. Navy officers

Funded by SkillsNET (2004-2007)

Principal Investigator - Roni Reiter-Palmon

 

Recent publications (Since 2006):

  • Herman, A., & Reiter-Palmon, R. (in press). The effect of regulatory focus on idea generation and idea evaluation. The Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.

  • Vreede, de G. J., Briggs, R., & Reiter-Palmon, R. (in press). Exploring asynchronous brainstorming in large groups: A field comparison of serial and parallel subgroups. Human Factors.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R. (in press). Problem finding. The Encyclopedia of Creativity. Elsevier.

  • Sandall, D.L., Henderson, J., Brown, M., Reiter-Palmon, R., & Homan, S. R. (in press). A comprehensive, interactive, web-based approach to work analysis: The SkillsNET methodology. Handbook of Job Analysis.

  • Wiener, R. L., Reiter-Palmon, R., Winter, R. J., Richter, E., Humke, A. & Maeder, E. (in press). Complainant behavioral tone, ambivalent sexism and perceptions of sexual harassment. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R., Illies, J. J., & Kobe, L. M (2009). Conscientiousness is not always a good predictor of performance: The case of creativity. International Journal of Creativity and Problem Solving, 19, 27-46.

  • Ashley, G., & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2009). Book Review: Creative leadership: Skills that drive change. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 3, 124-125.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R. (2009). A dialectic perspective on problem identification and construction. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 2, 349-352.

  • Minton, M. Hertzog, M., Barron, C., French, J., & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2009). The first anniversary: Stress, well-being, optimism in older widows. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 31, 1035-1056.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R., Illies Young, M., Kobe, L., Buboltz, C., & Nimps, T. (2009). Creativity and domain specificity: The effect of task type of multiple indices on creative problem solving. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 3, 73-80.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R., Robinson, E. J. (2009). Problem identification and construction: What do we know, what is the future? The Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 3, 43-47.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R., Illies Young, M., & James, J. (2008). Positive organizational psychology. The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology. Blackwell.

  • Illies, J. J., & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2008). Responding destructively to leadership situations: The role of personal values and problem construction. The Journal of Business Ethics, 82, 251-272.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R., Wiener, R. L., Ashley, G., Winter, R., Smith, R., Richter, E., & Humke, A. (2008). The effects of empathy in judgments of sexual harassment complaints. In W. J., Zerbe, C. E. J., Harterl, and, N. M. Ashkanasy (Eds.), Research on Emotion in Organizations: Emotions, Ethics, and Decision-Making (vol. 4, pp. 285-310), United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R., Herman, A.E., & Yammarino, F. (2008). Creativity and cognitive processes: A multi-level linkage between individual and team cognition. In M. D. Mumford, S. T. Hunter, and K. E. Bedell-Avers (Eds.), Multi-level Issues in Creativity and Innovation,(vol. 7, pp. 203-267). JAI Press .

  • Reiter-Palmon, R., Herman, A.E., & Yammarino, F. (2008). Beyond Cognitive Processes: Antecedents and Influences on team cognition. In M. D. Mumford, S. T. Hunter, and K. E. Bedell-Avers (Eds.), Multi-level Issues in Creativity and Innovation (vol. 7, pp. 305-313 ). JAI Press.

  • Layman, M., Farris, L., Reiter-Palmon, R., Gallagher, E., & Williams, S. (2007). Making exit interviews useful to a correctional agency. Corrections Today, 69, 30-33.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R., Herman, A., & Yurkovich, J. M. (2007). Innovation. The Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Thousand Oak, CA: Sage.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R., & Illies, J. J. (2007). Creativity at work. The Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Thousand Oak, CA: Sage.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R., Mumford, M.D., & Campion, M. A. (2006). Introduction to the Special Issue: Large Scale HR initiatives in Government and Department of Defense. Human Resources Management Review, 16, 281-283.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R., Brown, M., Sandall, D., Buboltz, C., & Nimps, T. (2006). Development of an O*NET web-based job analysis and its implementation in the U. S. Navy: Lessons learned. Human Resources Management Review, 16, 294-309.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R., Young, M., Strange, J., Manning, R., & James, J. (2006). Occupationally-Specific skills: Using skills to define and understand jobs and their requirements. Human Resources Management Review, 16, 356-375.

  • Steinheider, B., Costanza, D. P., Kisamore, J. L., Reiter-Palmon, R. (2006). Education and training in I/O Psychology: Leaving the Psychology tower: Nontraditional programs in I/O Psychology. The Industrial/Organizational Psychologist, 43, 83-90.

Recent presentations (Since 2007):

  • Reiter-Palmon, R., de Vreede, T., & Keeny, M. (April, 2009). Training for cross-cultural understanding: Disconnect between research and practice. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

  • Bousman, L. & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2009, April). The applied side of perfectionism: From academia to the boardroom. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

  • Yurkovich, J., & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2009, April). Personality and creativity: A pattern approach. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R., Wiener, R. L. & Ashley G. (2009, March). Attention to actors in judgments of sexual harassment complaints. Paper presented at the American Psychology and Law Society, San Antonio, TX.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R., James, J., & de Vreede, T. (2008, Sept.). Team composition and problem framing: Effects of personality on team creative cognitive processes. Paper presented at the 12 th International Workshop on Teamworking (IWOT), Birmingham, England.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R. (2008, Sept.). Team Diversity and Creativity: The effect on cognitive processes. Invited paper presented at Delft University, The Netherlands.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R. (2008, Sept.). Team diversity, collaboration, and innovation. Invited paper presented at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R., James, K., Eisenberg, J., Herman, A. E., James, J., Yurkovich, J., & Young M. (2008, August). Creativity and affect: A meta-analysis and qualitative review. Paper presented at the meetings of the Academy of Management, Anahiem, CA.

    Reiter-Palmon, R. (2008, August). Five insights into leadership. Paper presented at the meetings of the Academy of Management, Anahiem, CA.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R. (2008, August). Creativity and leadership. Paper presented at the meetings of the Academy of Management, Anahiem, CA.

  • James, J., Herman, A. & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2008, April). Regulatory focus and metacognition. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

  • Bousman, L. & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2008, April). Perfectionism and regulatory focus: What do they share in common? Paper presented at the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

  • James, J., Reiter-Palmon, R., Yurkovich, J., Gins, A., Ashley, G., & Hornberg, J. (2008, April). Comparing two job analysis approaches: Web-based vs. focus groups. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R., Young Illies, M., Kobe Cross, L., Buboltz, C., & Nimps, T. (2008, April). Task type effects of multiple indices of creative problem solving. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

  • Gangopadhyay, T., & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2008, January). Group creativity and cognitive processes: A problem construction perspective. Paper presented at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Kona, HI.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R. (2007, Aug.). Decisions, decisions: The decisions that leaders make and how they go about making them. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R. (2007, Aug.). Creativity, newcomers and time pressure. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R. (2007, Aug.). Selection. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R., Ashley, G., & Wiener, R. L. (2007, April). Judgments of sexual harassment complaints and perspective taking: Effects of state and trait. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, New York, NY.

  • Wiener, R. L., & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2007, April). The psychology of sexual harassment law: Responsibility and liability judgments. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, New York, NY.

  • Illies, J. J., Basarich, A., Young Illies, M., & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2007, April). Creativity: The influence of social intelligence, openness, and performance pressure. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, New York, NY.

  • Young Illies, M., James, J. M., Ryan, C., & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2007, April). An evaluation of a student mentoring program. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, New York, NY.

  • Herman, A. E., & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2007, April). Motivational effects on creativity: Rewards, goal setting, and regulatory focus. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, New York, NY.

  • Herman, A. E., & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2007, April). Regulatory focus and expected evaluation influences on creativity: Evidence for the influence of both state and trait. Paper presented at the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, New York, NY.

  • Reiter-Palmon, R. (2007, March). A multi-level perspective on organizational creativity: Individuals, teams and leaders. Invited paper presented at the Gallup Leadership Institute, University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

  • Briggs, R.O., Nancy E., Harland, L., Lipschultz, J., Marshall G., McNamara, P., Pol, L.G., Reiter-Palmon, R., Ryan, C., de Vreede, G.J., Wild, S. K., & Zigurs, I. (2007, January). A cross-disciplinary approach to collaboration science. Paper presented at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Kona, HI.