Michael K. Mount
Emeritus Professor in Management and Entrepreneurship
Current Positions
- Emeritus Professor, Management and Entrepreneurship
Education
- PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Iowa State University
- MS in Psychology, Iowa State University
- BS in Psychology, University of Iowa
Research Interests
- Performance Measurement
- Personality Assessment
- Personnel Selection
Selected Awards & Honors
- Faculty Career Achievement Research Award - Tippie College of Business, 2024
- Fellow - Society for Organizational and Industrial Psychology (SIOP), 2000
- Joyce and Robert Hogan Award for Personality and Performance - Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2013
- Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award - Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2009
Selected Publications
- Guay, R., Choi, D., Oh, I., Mitchell, M., Mount, M. K., & Shin, K. (2016). Why people harm the organization and its members: Relationships among personality, organizational commitment, and workplace deviance. Human Performance. 29 pp. 1-15.
- Gonzalez-Mule, E., Mount, M. K., & Oh, I. (2014). General Mental Ability and Non-task Performance: A Meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology. 99 pp. 1222-1243.
- Charlier, S., Oh, I., Mount, M. K., & Berry, C. (2014). The Two Faces of High Self-; The chameleonic effects of high self-monitors. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 35 pp. 92-111.
- Courtright, S., Posthlewaite, B., McCormick, B., Reeves, C., & Mount, M. K. (2013). A Meta-analysis of Sex Differences in Physical Ability: Revised Estimates and Strategies for Reducing Differences in Selection Contexts. Journal of Applied Psychology.
- Barrick, M. R., Mount, M. K., & LI, N. (2013). The Theory of Purposeful Work Behavior. Academy of Management Review. 38 pp. 132-153.
- Guay, R., Oh, I., Mitchell, M., Shin, T., & Mount, M. K. (2013). The Interactive Effect of Conscientiousness and Agreeableness on Job Performance in South Korea. International Journal of Selection and Assessment. 21 pp. 233-238.
- Gonzalez-Mule, E., DeGeest, D. S., & Mount, M. K. (2013). The Power of the Circumplex: Incremental Validity of Intersection Traits in Predicting Counterproductive Work Behaviors. International Journal of Selection and Assessment. 21 pp. 322-327.
- Gonzalez-Mule, E., DeGeest, D. S., & Mount, M. K. (2013). Gender Differences in Personality Predictors of Counterproductive Behavior. Journal of Managerial Psychology. 28 pp. 333-353.
- Barrick, M. R. & Mount, M. K. (2012). Personality and Employee Selection In Oxford Handbook of Personnel Assessment and Selection.
- Oh, I., Wang, G., & Mount, M. K. (2011). Validity of Observer Ratings of FFM Personality Traits: A Meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology. 96 pp. 762-773.
Selected Presentations
- "Biodata predictors of tournament performance on the PGA tour," Poster at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, April 2015.
- "Power of the Circumplex: Anger and Neglect Predicting Counterproductive Behaviors," Poster at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, San Diego, California, April 2012.
- "Sex differences in physical ability: Implications for adverse impact," Poster at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 2011.
- "Jerks at work," Poster at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 2011.
- "The Five-Factor Model of personality and job performance in East Asia," Poster at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, San Diego, California, April 2011.
- "Why people help the organization and its members," Poster at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, August 2010.
- "Self-Monitoring, personality traits, and counterproductive work behavior," Poster at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2010.
- "20 years Investigating Personality-Performance Relationships: Looking back, Looking Forward," Keynote/Plenary Address at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2010.
- "Linking leadership style and succession planning outcomes: A socio-analytic approach," Poster at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2009.
- "Renewing organizational vitality: Test of a model of organizational succession planning," Poster at European Association of Work and Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2007.
Editorial & Review Activities
- Editorial Board Member, Personnel Psychology, January 2002 - January 2015.