Assistant Professor Industrial-Organizational Program Dr. Jeffrey Olenick joined the UGA faculty in Fall 2023 after earning his Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 2020 and a subsequent stint as an Assistant Professor at Old Dominion University. Dr. Olenick is broadly interested in the developmental processes of individuals and groups, and the application of computational models to the study of organizational phenomena. He applies these interests to study important topics including training and trasfer, teamwork in extreme environments, diversity and inclusion, and the role of organizational processes in the production of inequality. Education Education: Ph.D. - Organizational Psychology - Michigan State University - 2020 M.A. - Organizational Psychology - Michigan State University - 2017 M.A. - Social Sciences - University of Chicago - 2014 B.S. - Psychology - Michigan State University - 2013 B.A. - History - Michigan State University - 2013 Research Research Interests: Learning, training, and development; teamwork, especially in extreme environments; diversity and inclusion; the role of organizations in systems of inequality Selected Publications Selected Publications: Somaraju, A., Griffin, D. J., Olenick, J., Chang, C-H., & Kozlowski, S. W. J. (in press). An investigation of team conflict dynamics. Journal of Applied Psychology. Olenick, J. & Somaraju, A. (in press). Questionable assumptions and the study of emergent diversity effects. Academy of Management Perspectives. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/b9hek Olenick, J., & Dishop, C. (2022). Clarifying dynamics for organizational research and interventions: A diversity example. Organizational Psychology Review, 12(4), 365-386. https://doi.org/10.1177/20413866221112427 Somaraju, A., Nye, C., & Olenick, J. (2022). A review of measurement equivalence in organizational research: What's old, what's new, what's next? Organizational Research Methods, 25(4), 741-785. https://doi.org/10.1177/10944281211056524 Somaraju, A., Griffin, D. J., Olenick, J., Chang, C-H., & Kozlowski, S. W. J. (2022). The dynamic nature of interpersonal conflict and psychological distress in extreme work settings. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 27(1), 53-73. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000290 Olenick, J., Blume, B., & Ford, J. K. (2020). Advancing training and transfer research through the application of nonlinear dynamics. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 29(4), 541-555. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2019.1681501 Nye, C., Bradburn, J., Olenick, J., Bialko, C., & Drasgow, F. (2019). How big are my effects? Examining the magnitude of effect sizes in organizational studies of measurement equivalence. Organizational Research Methods, 22(3), 678-709. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428118761122 Blume, B., Ford, J. K., Surface, E., & Olenick, J. (2019) A dynamic model of training transfer. Human Resource Management Review, 29, 270-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2017.11.004 Olenick, J., Bhatia, S., & Ryan, A. M. (2016). The effects of g-loading and time-lag in retesting. The International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 24(4), 324-336. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12151
