Donald M. Truxillo, Ph.D., Professor, Industrial/Organizational Psychology
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Department of Psychology |
Selected Publications
Selected Journal Articles
Wang, M., Zhan, Y., McCune,, E. A., & Truxillo, D. M. (2011). Understanding newcomers' adaptability and work-related outcomes: Testing the mediating role of P-E fit variables. Personnel Psychology, 64, 163-189.
Erdogan, B., Bauer, T. N., Peirò, J. M., & Truxillo, D. M. (2011). Overqualification research, theory, and practice: Things that matter. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 4, 260-267.
Erdogan, B., Bauer, T. N., Peirò, J. M., & Truxillo, D. M. (2011). Overqualified employees: Making the best of a potentially bad situation for individuals and organizations. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 4, 215-232.
Bertolino, M., Truxillo, D. M., & Fraccaroli, F. (2011). Age as moderator of the relationship of proactive personality with training motivation, perceived development from training, and training behavioral intentions. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 32, 248-263.
Truxillo, D. M., & Fraccaroli, F. (2011). A person-centered work psychology: Changing paradigms by broadening horizons. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 4,102-104.
Zaniboni, S., Fraccaroli, F., Truxillo, D. M., Bertolino, M., & Bauer, T. N. (2011). Training valence, instrumentality, and expectancy scale (T-VIES-it): Factor structure and nomological network in an Italian sample. Journal of Workplace Learning, 23, 133-151.
Ford, D. K., Truxillo, D. M., & Bauer, T. N. (2009). Shifting the focus to the promotional context: A new path for applicant reactions research. Applicant Reactions to Selection [special issue], International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 22, 402-416.
Johnson, J., Truxillo, D. M., Erdogan, B., Bauer, T. N., & Hammer (2009). Perceptions of overall fairness: Are effects on job performance moderated by LMX? Human Performance, 22, 432-449.
Truxillo, D. M., Bodner, T., Bertolino, M., Bauer, T. N., Yonce, C. A. (2009). Effects of explanations on applicant reactions: A meta-analytic review. Applicant Reactions to Selection [special issue], International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 17, 346-361.
Truxillo, D. M. (2009). Age, work motivation, and the potential for age-based differential validity for personality measures. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 2, 106-108.
Truxillo, D. M., Bauer, T. N., & Seitz, R. (2008). The role of cognitive ability and self-efficacy in self-assessed test performance. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38, 903-918.
Bauer, T. N., Bodner, T., Erdogan, B., Truxillo, D. M., & Tucker, J. S. (2007). Newcomer adjustment during organizational socialization: A meta-analytic review of antecedents, outcomes, and methods. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 707-721.
Truxillo, D. M., Bauer, T. N., Campion, M. A., & Paronto, M. E. (2006). A field study of the role of big five personality in applicant perceptions of selection fairness, self, and the hiring organization. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 14, 269-277.
Bauer, T. N., Truxillo, D. M., Sommers, J., Weathers, V., & Campion, M. A. (2006). Selection in the information age: The role of personal information privacy concerns and computer use in understanding applicant reactions. Journal of Management, 32, 601-621.
Truxillo, D. M., Steiner, D. D., & Gilliland, S. W. (2004). The importance of organizational justice in personnel selection: Defining when selection fairness really matters. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 12, 39-53.
Hunthausen, J. M., Truxillo, D. M., Bauer, T. N., & Hammer, L. B. (2003). A field study of frame-of-reference effects on personality test validity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88, 545-551.
Truxillo, D. M., Bauer, T. N., Campion, M. A., & Paronto, M. E. (2002). Selection fairness information and applicant reactions: A longitudinal field study. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 1020-1031.
Paronto, M. E., Truxillo, D. M., Bauer, T. N., & Leo, M. C. (2002). Drug testing, drug treatment, and marijuana use: A fairness perspective. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 1159-1166.
Bauer, T. N., Truxillo, D. M., Sanchez, R. J., Craig, J., Ferrara, P., Campion, M. A. (2001). Applicant reactions to selection: Development of the selection procedural justice scale. Personnel Psychology, 54, 387-419.
Sanchez, R. J., Truxillo, D. M., & Bauer, T. N. (2000). Development and examination of an expectancy-based measure of test-taking motivation, Journal of Applied Psychology, 85, 739-750.
Truxillo, D. M., & Bauer, T. N. (1999). Applicant reactions to test score banding in entry-level and promotional contexts. Journal of Applied Psychology, 84, 322-339.
Selected Book Chapters
Truxillo, D. M., Cadiz, D. A., & Rineer, J. R. (in process). Designing jobs for an aging workforce. In J. Houdmount, S. Leka, & R. R. Sinclair (Eds.), Contemporary Occupational Health Psychology: Global Perspectives on Research and Practice, Volume 2. Oxford University Press.
Bauer, T. N., Truxillo, D. M., Mansfield, L., & Erdogan, B. (forthcoming). Contingent workers: Who are they and how can we select them for success? In N. Schmitt (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Assessment and Selection, Oxford University Press.
Bauer, T. N., Truxillo, D. M., Mack, K., & Costa, A. B. (forthcoming). Applicant reactions to technology-based selection: What we know so far. In N. T. Tippins & S Adler (Eds.), Technology-Enhanced Assessment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Truxillo, D. M., & Bauer, T.N. (2010). Applicant reactions to selection procedures. In S. Zedeck, H. Aguinis, W. Cascio, M. Gelfand, K. Leung, S. Parker, & J. Zhou (Eds.), APA Handbook of I/O Psychology. Vol. 2: Selecting Members, pp. 379-397, Washington, DC: APA Press.
Bauer, T. N., & Truxillo, D. M. (2006). User reactions to situational judgments tests: Research and practical issues. In J. Weekley & R. Ployhart (Eds.), SIOP Frontier Series: Situational Judgment Tests, pp. 233-249. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Truxillo, D. M., Donahue, L. M., & Kuang, D. (2003). Job sample tests, performance testing, and competency testing. In J. Thomas (Ed.), Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Vol. 4: Industrial/Organizational Psychology. (pp. 345-370). New York: Wiley.
Bauer, T. N., Truxillo, D. M., & Paronto, M. E. (2003). The measurement of applicant reactions to selection. In J. Thomas (Ed.), Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Vol. 4: Industrial/Organizational Psychology, (pp. 482-506). New York: Wiley.
External Grants
Hammer, L. B. (PI), & Truxillo, D. M. (Co-PI). National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Continuation Training Program Grant: Graduate Training in Occupational Health Psychology. July 1, 2010-June 30, 2015, $550, 000.
Krauss, A., Truxillo, D. M., & Bauer, T. N. Providing Explanations to Job Applicants: A Longitudinal Field Study of Applicant Reactions in the Online Context. Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Foundation, January 2011- December 2012, $67,500.
Krauss, A., Truxillo, D. M., & Bauer, T. N. A Longitudinal Field Study of Applicant Reactions in the Online Context. SIOP Foundation, April 2010-April 2011, $5,000.
Bauer,T. N., Truxillo, D. M., and Campion, M. A. (2002). What are the effects of new technology on recruitment? Are the best applicants attracted? Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Foundation, ($12,450).
Bauer, T. N.,Truxillo, D. M., & Campion, M. A. (2001). Recruiting in a High-Tech World: What do the Best Candidates Prefer? What is the Impact on Diversity? Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Foundation, ($25,000).

