Stephen M Colarelli
Biographic Data
| ID | 227742 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen M Colarelli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen M |
| FAMILY NAME | Colarelli |
| SIGNATURE | COLARELLI S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central Michigan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4244-9565 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Selection for Cooperative Relationships
The Evolutionary Mismatch Hypothesis: Implications for Psychological Science
Human psychological mechanisms are adaptations that evolved to process environmental inputs, turning them into behavioral outputs that, on average, increase survival or reproductive prospects. Modern contexts, however, differ vastly from the environments that existed as human psychological mechanisms evolved. Many inputs now differ in quantity and intensity or no longer have the same fitness associations, thereby leading many mechanisms to produc…
Exposure to nature counteracts aggression after depletion
Acts of self-control are more likely to fail after previous exertion of self-control, known as the ego depletion effect. Research has shown that depleted participants behave more aggressively than non-depleted participants, especially after being provoked. Although exposure to nature (e.g., a walk in the park) has been predicted to replenish resources common to executive functioning and self-control, the extent to which exposure to nature may cou…
A Companion Dog Increases Prosocial Behavior in Work Groups
Although organizations use a variety of interventions to improve group functioning, getting people to work effectively with each other remains challenging. Because the presence of a dog has been shown to have positive effects on mood and dyadic interaction, we expected that the presence of a companion dog would also have positive effects on people in work groups. One reason for this is that a companion dog is likely to elevate positive emotions, …
The Biological Foundations of Organizational Behavior
In recent years, evolutionary psychology and behavioral genetics have emerged as prominent theoretical perspectives within the social sciences. Yet despite broad levels of commonality between the disciplines—including an emphasis on adaptation, evolved mechanisms that guide behavior, and consequences of mismatch between these mechanisms and novel environments—studies that apply these perspectives on social behavior to organizations remain relativ…
Biological Foundations of Organizational Behavior
Women, power, and sex composition in small groups: An evolutionary perspective
Despite the massive influx of women into the workforce, women have made only minor gains into top management positions. Most explanations for this asymmetry have been based on sex differences in socialization and traits. We propose that an evolutionary psychological perspective offers an alternative explanation: sex differences in power are due to differences in the way men and women use influence behaviors in small groups , and these differences…
Letters of Recommendation: An Evolutionary Psychological Perspective
This article develops a theoretical framework for understanding the appeal and tone of letters of recommendation using an evolutionary psychological perspective. Several hypotheses derived from this framework are developed and tested. The authors’ theoretical argument makes two major points. First, over the course of human evolution, people developed a preference for narrative information about people, and the format of letters of recommendation …
Psychological interventions in organizations: An evolutionary perspective
Psychological interventions in organizations: An evolutionary perspective
Job Applicant Similarity on Cognitive Ability, Vocational Interests, And Personality Characteristics: Do Similar Persons Choose Similar Jobs
This study examines whether people who have similar cognitive ability, vocational interests, and personality characteristics choose similar jobs. Subjects were 139 job applicants at a private employment agency: 49 individuals applied for general laborer positions, 48 for bookkeeping positions, and 42 for secretarial positions. As expected, people who had similar cognitive ability and vocational interests chose similar jobs. Contrary to expectatio…
Sociometric and ability‐based assignment to work groups: Some implications for personnel selection
We conducted a longitudinal field experiment to examine whether sociometric and ability‐based assignment methods have different effects on multiple outcomes. We assigned subjects ( N = 258) to sociometric or ability‐based conditions, and assembled them into three‐person workgroups. Subjects in the sociometric condition chose their own workgroup members; we assigned subjects in the ability‐based condition to groups on the basis of ability. The res…
Development of the Career Exploration Survey (CES)
Cross-Validation of a Short Form of the Position Description Questionnaire
Although several managerial job analysis questionnaires have been developed, they are not widely used in industrial situations. One reason for this lack of use may be that the available instruments tend to require one or more hours to complete. The current study reports the cross-validation of the Short Form of the Position Description Questionnaire (PDQ). A secondary analysis of data with the PDQ on a cross-validation sample of 2,280 managers in…
The Career Exploration Survey: A Summary of its Dimensionality, Reliability, and Validity
Dimensions of career exploration, reactions to exploration, and beliefs about exploration are defined and operationalized through the Career Exploration Survey. The results of several studies which support the survey's dimensionality, reliability, and validity are summarized
Career Exploration: Development of Dimensions and Some Preliminary Findings
The behaviors of career exploration of 42 students are investigated at two points in time across four dimensions: intended-systematic, environment-oriented, self-oriented, and degree of focus. The results suggest that (1) a theory of career exploration can be operationalized, (2) exploratory behaviors can be reliably measured, and (3) exploratory behavior varies as a function of the closeness in time to the point at which a career decision must b…
A Companion Dog Increases Prosocial Behavior in Work Groups
Although organizations use a variety of interventions to improve group functioning, getting people to work effectively with each other remains challenging. Because the presence of a dog has been shown to have positive effects on mood and dyadic interaction, we expected that the presence of a companion dog would also have positive effects on people in work groups. One reason for this is that a companion dog is likely to elevate positive emotions, …
Women, power, and sex composition in small groups: An evolutionary perspective
Despite the massive influx of women into the workforce, women have made only minor gains into top management positions. Most explanations for this asymmetry have been based on sex differences in socialization and traits. We propose that an evolutionary psychological perspective offers an alternative explanation: sex differences in power are due to differences in the way men and women use influence behaviors in small groups , and these differences…
Letters of Recommendation: An Evolutionary Psychological Perspective
This article develops a theoretical framework for understanding the appeal and tone of letters of recommendation using an evolutionary psychological perspective. Several hypotheses derived from this framework are developed and tested. The authors’ theoretical argument makes two major points. First, over the course of human evolution, people developed a preference for narrative information about people, and the format of letters of recommendation …
Exposure to nature counteracts aggression after depletion
Acts of self-control are more likely to fail after previous exertion of self-control, known as the ego depletion effect. Research has shown that depleted participants behave more aggressively than non-depleted participants, especially after being provoked. Although exposure to nature (e.g., a walk in the park) has been predicted to replenish resources common to executive functioning and self-control, the extent to which exposure to nature may cou…
Career Exploration: Development of Dimensions and Some Preliminary Findings
The behaviors of career exploration of 42 students are investigated at two points in time across four dimensions: intended-systematic, environment-oriented, self-oriented, and degree of focus. The results suggest that (1) a theory of career exploration can be operationalized, (2) exploratory behaviors can be reliably measured, and (3) exploratory behavior varies as a function of the closeness in time to the point at which a career decision must b…
Cross-Validation of a Short Form of the Position Description Questionnaire
Although several managerial job analysis questionnaires have been developed, they are not widely used in industrial situations. One reason for this lack of use may be that the available instruments tend to require one or more hours to complete. The current study reports the cross-validation of the Short Form of the Position Description Questionnaire (PDQ). A secondary analysis of data with the PDQ on a cross-validation sample of 2,280 managers in…
The Career Exploration Survey: A Summary of its Dimensionality, Reliability, and Validity
Dimensions of career exploration, reactions to exploration, and beliefs about exploration are defined and operationalized through the Career Exploration Survey. The results of several studies which support the survey's dimensionality, reliability, and validity are summarized
Development of the Career Exploration Survey (CES)
Sociometric and ability‐based assignment to work groups: Some implications for personnel selection
We conducted a longitudinal field experiment to examine whether sociometric and ability‐based assignment methods have different effects on multiple outcomes. We assigned subjects ( N = 258) to sociometric or ability‐based conditions, and assembled them into three‐person workgroups. Subjects in the sociometric condition chose their own workgroup members; we assigned subjects in the ability‐based condition to groups on the basis of ability. The res…
Job Applicant Similarity on Cognitive Ability, Vocational Interests, And Personality Characteristics: Do Similar Persons Choose Similar Jobs
This study examines whether people who have similar cognitive ability, vocational interests, and personality characteristics choose similar jobs. Subjects were 139 job applicants at a private employment agency: 49 individuals applied for general laborer positions, 48 for bookkeeping positions, and 42 for secretarial positions. As expected, people who had similar cognitive ability and vocational interests chose similar jobs. Contrary to expectatio…
Psychological interventions in organizations: An evolutionary perspective
Psychological interventions in organizations: An evolutionary perspective
Letters of Recommendation: An Evolutionary Psychological Perspective
This article develops a theoretical framework for understanding the appeal and tone of letters of recommendation using an evolutionary psychological perspective. Several hypotheses derived from this framework are developed and tested. The authors’ theoretical argument makes two major points. First, over the course of human evolution, people developed a preference for narrative information about people, and the format of letters of recommendation …
Women, power, and sex composition in small groups: An evolutionary perspective
Despite the massive influx of women into the workforce, women have made only minor gains into top management positions. Most explanations for this asymmetry have been based on sex differences in socialization and traits. We propose that an evolutionary psychological perspective offers an alternative explanation: sex differences in power are due to differences in the way men and women use influence behaviors in small groups , and these differences…
The Biological Foundations of Organizational Behavior
In recent years, evolutionary psychology and behavioral genetics have emerged as prominent theoretical perspectives within the social sciences. Yet despite broad levels of commonality between the disciplines—including an emphasis on adaptation, evolved mechanisms that guide behavior, and consequences of mismatch between these mechanisms and novel environments—studies that apply these perspectives on social behavior to organizations remain relativ…
Biological Foundations of Organizational Behavior
A Companion Dog Increases Prosocial Behavior in Work Groups
Although organizations use a variety of interventions to improve group functioning, getting people to work effectively with each other remains challenging. Because the presence of a dog has been shown to have positive effects on mood and dyadic interaction, we expected that the presence of a companion dog would also have positive effects on people in work groups. One reason for this is that a companion dog is likely to elevate positive emotions, …
The Evolutionary Mismatch Hypothesis: Implications for Psychological Science
Human psychological mechanisms are adaptations that evolved to process environmental inputs, turning them into behavioral outputs that, on average, increase survival or reproductive prospects. Modern contexts, however, differ vastly from the environments that existed as human psychological mechanisms evolved. Many inputs now differ in quantity and intensity or no longer have the same fitness associations, thereby leading many mechanisms to produc…
Exposure to nature counteracts aggression after depletion
Acts of self-control are more likely to fail after previous exertion of self-control, known as the ego depletion effect. Research has shown that depleted participants behave more aggressively than non-depleted participants, especially after being provoked. Although exposure to nature (e.g., a walk in the park) has been predicted to replenish resources common to executive functioning and self-control, the extent to which exposure to nature may cou…
Selection for Cooperative Relationships
Psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Applied Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (5 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Biology (3 works) · Career Development and Diversity (3 works)