William K Balzer
Biographic Data
| ID | 1502367 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William K Balzer |
| GIVEN NAMES | William K |
| FAMILY NAME | Balzer |
| SIGNATURE | BALZER W K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bowling Green State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0576-2250 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Obituary: Patricia Cain Smith (1917-2007)
Understanding the training needs of department chairs
Little empirical research has focused specifically on the process of identifying comprehensive training needs for department chairs and school directors in public universities. A case study is presented to demonstrate the systematic design and implementation of a program to comprehensively assess the training needs of department chairs and school directors in a public university. Findings from a six‐step process revealed that budgets and funding,…
Issues and Strategies for Reducing the Length of Self‐report Scales
Greater understanding of the complex interrelationships among work‐relevant constructs has increased the number of constructs on organizational surveys. Good psychometric practice also dictates the use of multiple items per construct. The net result has been longer surveys. Longer surveys take more time to complete, tend to have more missing data, and have higher refusal rates than short surveys. Arguably, then, techniques for reducing the length…
Development of a Compact Measure of Job Satisfaction: The Abridged Job Descriptive Index
The Job Descriptive Index is a popular measure of job satisfaction with five subscales containing 72 items. A national sample ( n = 1,534) and a sample of university workers ( n = 636) supported development of an abridged version of the Job Descriptive Index (AJDI) containing a total of 25 items. A systematic scale-reduction technique was employed with the first sample to decide which items to retain in each scale. The abridged subscales were the…
A General Measure of Work Stress: The Stress in General Scale
The present study focused on the development and validation of scores on the Stress in General scale. Three diverse samples of workers ( n = 4,322, n = 574, n = 34) provided psychometric and validity evidence. All evidence converged on the existence of two distinct subscales, each of which measured a different aspect of general work stress. The studies also resulted in meaningful patterns of correlations with stressor measures, a physiological me…
Effects of coworker information on perceptions and ratings of performance
This study examined the effects of performance information from the ratee's coworker both on rater's perceptions of the information and ratings of the ratee's performance. As part of a managerial role-play exercise, subjects were required to rate an employee's performance. Audiotaped interactions of the ratee and customers were manipulated to reflect either good or poor performance. In addition, the ratee's coworker provided performance informati…
The Many Meanings of Religiousness: A Policy‐Capturing Approach
This article reports the results of two policy‐capturing studies that investigated individual differences in the meaning of religiousness. Policy capturing requires judges to respond to a large number of hypothetical scenarios or profiles that differ along a number of potentially relevant cues or attributes. Multiple regression analyses are then conducted to ascertain which cues are influencing each judge's responses. For both studies, 100 profil…
Effects of cognitive feedback on performance
Revue de la litterature portant sur les travaux empiriques qui tentent de montrer que le feedback cognitif ameliore la performance, notamment lors de tâches de jugement. Les auteurs essaient de determiner l'aspect critique du feedback cognitif responsable de cet effet. Etude des facteurs influencant le feedback cognitif
Understanding the training needs of department chairs
Little empirical research has focused specifically on the process of identifying comprehensive training needs for department chairs and school directors in public universities. A case study is presented to demonstrate the systematic design and implementation of a program to comprehensively assess the training needs of department chairs and school directors in a public university. Findings from a six‐step process revealed that budgets and funding,…
Effects of cognitive feedback on performance
Revue de la litterature portant sur les travaux empiriques qui tentent de montrer que le feedback cognitif ameliore la performance, notamment lors de tâches de jugement. Les auteurs essaient de determiner l'aspect critique du feedback cognitif responsable de cet effet. Etude des facteurs influencant le feedback cognitif
Effects of cognitive feedback on performance
Revue de la litterature portant sur les travaux empiriques qui tentent de montrer que le feedback cognitif ameliore la performance, notamment lors de tâches de jugement. Les auteurs essaient de determiner l'aspect critique du feedback cognitif responsable de cet effet. Etude des facteurs influencant le feedback cognitif
The Many Meanings of Religiousness: A Policy‐Capturing Approach
This article reports the results of two policy‐capturing studies that investigated individual differences in the meaning of religiousness. Policy capturing requires judges to respond to a large number of hypothetical scenarios or profiles that differ along a number of potentially relevant cues or attributes. Multiple regression analyses are then conducted to ascertain which cues are influencing each judge's responses. For both studies, 100 profil…
Effects of coworker information on perceptions and ratings of performance
This study examined the effects of performance information from the ratee's coworker both on rater's perceptions of the information and ratings of the ratee's performance. As part of a managerial role-play exercise, subjects were required to rate an employee's performance. Audiotaped interactions of the ratee and customers were manipulated to reflect either good or poor performance. In addition, the ratee's coworker provided performance informati…
A General Measure of Work Stress: The Stress in General Scale
The present study focused on the development and validation of scores on the Stress in General scale. Three diverse samples of workers ( n = 4,322, n = 574, n = 34) provided psychometric and validity evidence. All evidence converged on the existence of two distinct subscales, each of which measured a different aspect of general work stress. The studies also resulted in meaningful patterns of correlations with stressor measures, a physiological me…
Issues and Strategies for Reducing the Length of Self‐report Scales
Greater understanding of the complex interrelationships among work‐relevant constructs has increased the number of constructs on organizational surveys. Good psychometric practice also dictates the use of multiple items per construct. The net result has been longer surveys. Longer surveys take more time to complete, tend to have more missing data, and have higher refusal rates than short surveys. Arguably, then, techniques for reducing the length…
Development of a Compact Measure of Job Satisfaction: The Abridged Job Descriptive Index
The Job Descriptive Index is a popular measure of job satisfaction with five subscales containing 72 items. A national sample ( n = 1,534) and a sample of university workers ( n = 636) supported development of an abridged version of the Job Descriptive Index (AJDI) containing a total of 25 items. A systematic scale-reduction technique was employed with the first sample to decide which items to retain in each scale. The abridged subscales were the…
Understanding the training needs of department chairs
Little empirical research has focused specifically on the process of identifying comprehensive training needs for department chairs and school directors in public universities. A case study is presented to demonstrate the systematic design and implementation of a program to comprehensively assess the training needs of department chairs and school directors in a public university. Findings from a six‐step process revealed that budgets and funding,…
Obituary: Patricia Cain Smith (1917-2007)
Psychology (8 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Scale (ratio) (4 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Data mining (2 works) · Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation (2 works) · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (2 works) · Measure (data warehouse) (2 works)