Research

Recent Research and Representative Publications

• Sexual Harassment, Coping, and Stereotypes at Work
  • Schneider, K. T., & Radhakrishnan, P. (2018). Three dilemmas for academics: Gender disparities in scholarship, teaching, and service. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 11, 428-433.
    
  • Schneider, K. T., Wesselmann, E. D., & DeSouza, E. R. (2017). Confronting subtle workplace mistreatment: The importance of leaders as allies. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1-4.
    
  • Schneider, K. T., Pryor, J. P., & Fitzgerald, L. F. (2011). Sexual harassment research in the United States. In Einarsen, S., Hoel, H., Zapf, D., & Cooper, C. L. (eds.) Bullying and harassment in the workplace: Developments in theory, research, and practice (pp. 245-265). Taylor & Francis: London.
    
  • Hitlan, R. T., Schneider, K. T., & Walsh, B. (2006). Upsetting behavior: Reactions to personal and bystander sexual harassment. Sex Roles, 55, 187-195.
    
  • Schneider, K. T., Tomaka, J., & Palacios, R., (2001). Women’s cognitive, affective, and physiological reactions to a male coworker’s sexist behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 31(10), 1995-2018.
    
  • Schneider, K. T., Swan, S., & Fitzgerald, L. F. (1997). Job-related and psychological effects of sexual harassment in the workplace: Empirical evidence from two organizations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 82 (3), 401-415.
    
  • Glomb, T. M., Richman, W. L., Hulin, C. L., Drasgow, F., Schneider, K. T., & Fitzgerald, L. F. (1997). Ambient sexual harassment: An integrated model of antecedents and consequences. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 71 (3), 309-328.

• Racial and Ethnic Harassment at Work
  • Low, D. K. S., Radhakrishnan, P., Schneider, K. T., & Rounds, J. (2007). The experiences of bystanders to workplace ethnic harassment. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37, 2261-2297.
    
  • Hitlan, R. T., Kelly, K. M., Schepman, S., Schneider, K. T., & Zárate, M. A. (2006). Language exclusion and the consequences of perceived ostracism in the workplace. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 10, 56-70.
    
  • Schneider, K. T., Hitlan, R. T., & Radhakrishnan, P. (2000). The nature and correlates of ethnic harassment experiences in multiple contexts. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85, 3-12.

• Spirituality in the Workplace
  • Schneider, K. T., DeSouza, E. R., & Durst, R. N. (2015). Links between spirituality at work, job-related attitudes, and value fit in a non-profit agency. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 43, 199-210.

• Generalized Stress, Job Stress, and Burnout
  • Kahn, J. H., Schneider, K. T., Jenkins-Henkelman, T. M., & Moyle, L. L. (2006). Emotional social support and job burnout among high-school teachers: Is it all due to dispositional affectivity? Journal of Organizational Behavior, 27, 793-807.
    
  • Tomaka, J., Palacios, R., Schneider, K. T., Colotla, M., Concha, J. B., & Herrald, M. M. (1999). Assertiveness predicts threat and challenge reactions to potential stress among women. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76(6), 1008-1021.

• Graduate Training Issues in I/O Psychology
  • Schneider, K. T. & Mullins, M. (2020). The thesis process in I-O master’s programs. In Shoenfelt, E. L. (Ed.) Mastering industrial-organizational psychology: Training issues for master’s level I-O psychologists (Vol. 1: SIOP Professional Practice Series), pp. 78-95. New York: Oxford University Press.

Volunteer Program Assessment

• Other Research Interests:
  • Adolescents’ Workplace Experiences
  • Organizational Climate and Culture
  • Workplace Ostracism and Exclusion
  • Telecommuting and Work Stress

Recent Conference Presentations

Schneider, K. T., Flint, A., Melicio, C., Contreras, B., Nagy, P., Harris, E., & Behrem, G. (2022). BIPOC academics’ experiences disclosed via #BlackInTheIvory. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association conference.

Schneider, K. T., Radhakrishnan, P., & Inman, M. (2021). Context matters: Differential experiences of workplace racial harassment. In T. K. Dinh & M. S. Stockdale (Chairs) New perspectives on power and harassment. Symposium presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology annual conference.

Schneider, K. T., & Mullins, M. (2021). The thesis process in I-O master’s programs. In E. L. Shoenfelt (Chair) Mastering I-O Psychology: Training issues for master’s level I-O psychologists. Symposium presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology annual conference.

Radhakrishnan, P., & Schneider, K. T. (2021). Perceptions and experiences of oppressed groups in the workplace. Paper presented in M. Inman (Chair), Experienced racism versus bystanders’ views of racism. Symposium presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference.

George, A. R., Marvin, L., Schneider, K. T., & Carpenter, N. J. (2019). Descriptions of sexual objectification in #MeToo and #WhyIDidntReport tweets. In M. Dvir & E. D. Wesselmann (Chairs), Symposium on sexual harassment and objectification of women, Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Nisivaco, L., Muzzarelli, G., Augustyn, A., Schneider, K. T., & Wesselmann, E. D. (2018). Content of disparaging humor: Reactions and coping responses. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Schneider, K. T. (2018). Integrating organizational consulting competencies into I-O psychology training. Invited talk presented at Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Wesselmann, E. D., Schneider, K. T., Ford, T. E., & DeSouza, E. R. (2018). Disparaging humor as a form of social exclusion. In C. Liu (Chair), symposium, Are you ostracized at work? Investigating different forms of ostracism. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Chackoria, J., Rosenberger, E., & Schneider, K. (2017). Emerging adult volunteers’ motives: Links to engagement, turnover, burnout, productivity, and work satisfaction. Symposium paper presented at the Conference on Emerging Adulthood, Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood, Washington, DC.

Rosenberger, E., Chackoria, J., & Schneider, K. (2017). Emerging adults’ experiences as volunteers: Satisfaction, engagement, and burnout. Symposium paper presented at the Conference on Emerging Adulthood, Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood, Washington, DC.

VanCleave, M., Hesse, B., & Schneider, K. (2017). Competency and role ambiguity as predictors of negative work attitudes. Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association conference, Chicago, IL.

Dill, K. F., Deering, T. A., & Schneider, K. T. (2016). Emerging adults’ motivations to volunteer: Links to work engagement and burnout. Presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology conference.

Schneider, K. T. (2015). Volunteer Program Assessment: Applications to a MA program at Illinois State University. In M. Poteet (Chair), Volunteer Program Assessment: Lessons learned and opportunities for I-O outreach. Symposium presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology conference, Philadelphia.

Perez, K. M., Schneider, K. T., Gabka, K. A., McCarthy, A. S., Stephens, K. M., Whitely, A., & Eichler, F. A. (2015). Moderating effects of volunteers’ motives on satisfaction and burnout. Presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology conference, Philadelphia.

Archos, H. A., Gryzbowski, M., Weismann, T., & Schneider, K. T. (2015). Support for change and job attitudes in a non-profit organization. Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association conference, Chicago.

Schneider, K. T., DeSouza, E. R., & Durst, R. N. (2014). Links between workplace spirituality and job-related attitudes and value fit in a non-profit agency. Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association conference, Chicago.

Whitely, A., Schneider, K. T., & Binning, J. B. (2014). Ambient group affect and childcare workers’ job attitudes and behaviors.Presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology conference, Honolulu, HI.

Schneider, K. T., & Jarvis, P. A. (2014). Adolescents’ work and school engagement: Stressors and drug use.Presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence conference, Austin, TX.

Jarvis, P. A., & Schneider, K. T. (2014). Engagement in work and school: Job satisfaction as a function of adolescents’ reasons for working.Presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence conference, Austin, TX.

Gabka, K., McCarthy, A. S., Schneider, K. T., Whitely, A., Heider, C., Masso, J. C., White, E. R., & Weissman, T. (2014). Volunteers’ responses to open-ended survey questions: Evidence of negativity bias? Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association conference, Chicago.

Whitely, A., Eichler, A., Perez, K. L., Czesak, A. M., McCarthy, A. S., Gabka, K., & Schneider, K. T. (2014). A model examining volunteer satisfaction, burnout, constraints, and turnover intentions.Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association conference, Chicago.

Schneider, K. T., Jarvis, P. A., Pater, L. B., Strong, N. J., Waddy, K. L., & Harmon, M. M. (2012). Adolescents’ workplace harassment: Importance of skill development and work engagement.Presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology conference, San Diego, CA.

Jarvis, P. J., Schneider, K. T., & Harmon, M. (2012). Adolescent sexual harassment and coping experiences at work. Presented at the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood conference, Tampa, FL.

Bartels, J. C., Schneider, K. T., & Binning, J. B. (2011). A new model of the Perceived Work Environment: Conceptualization and instrument validation.Presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology conference, Chicago.