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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.