James A. Breaugh

James A. Breaugh
Professor of Management
Office: 218 Computer Center
Voice: 314-516-6287
Fax: 314-516-6420
E-Mail: jbreaugh@umsl.edu
Homepage: http://www.umsl.edu/divisions/business/
faculty/mob/breaugh.html

Degrees Held:
Ph.D. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Ohio State University, 1977
M.A. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Ohio State University, 1975.
B.A. Psychology, Boston College, 1972

Interests:

Teaching:

Areas: human resource management, organizational behavior.
Courses:
- BA 3621 - Human Resource Management
- MGMT 5621 - Managing Human Resources
- MGMT 5611 - Advanced Organizational Behavior

Research:

Areas: employee recruitment, job autonomy, personnel selection, work-family conflict
Selected Significant Publications:
- Breaugh, J. A., Macan, T. H., & Grambow, D. M. (in press/2008). Employee Recruitment: Current Knowledge and Directions for Future Research. Chapter to appear in International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. New York : John Wiley.
- Breaugh, J. A. & Arnold, J. (2007). Controlling Nuisance Variables by Using a Matched-groups
  Design. Organizational Research Methods, 10, 523-541.
- Breaugh, J. A. Frye, K. (2007). An Examination of the Antecedents and Consequences of the Use of
  Family-Friendly Benefits. Journal of Managerial Issues, XIX, 35-52.
- Breaugh, J. A. (2005). Rethinking the Control of Nuisance Variables in Theory Testing. Journal of Business and Psychology.
- Frye, K. & Breaugh, J. A. (2004). Family-Friendly Policies, Supervisor Support, Work-Family Conflict, Family-Work Conflict, and Satisfaction. Journal of Business and Psychology, 19, pp. 197-220.
- Breaugh, J. A. (2003). Effect Size Estimation: Factors to Consider and Mistakes to Avoid. Journal of Management, 29, pp. 79-97.
- Breaugh, J. A., Greising, L. A., Taggart, J. W., & Chen, H. (2003). The Relationship of Recruiting Sources and Pre-hire Outcomes: An Examination of Yield Ratios and Applicant Quality. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, pp. 2267-2287
- Breaugh, J., "Research on Employee Recruitment," Journal of Management, 26, 2000, 405-434.
- Breaugh, J., "Measuring Job Ambiguity Facets: Construct Validity Evidence," Journal of Applied Psychology, 79, 1994, 191-202.
- Breaugh, J., Employee Recruitment: Science and Practice, South-Western Publishing, 1992.

Other Information:

Department Chair: Management.
Associate Editor: Journal of Applied Psychology (1997-2002)
Fellow: Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Fellow: American Psychological Association
Fellow: Association for Psychological Science
Chair: Human Resources Division, Academy of Management (1996-97)