Dan Ispas
Professor
Psychology
Office
DEG Degarmo Hall 441
Office Hours
Fall 2024: On Sabbatical Leave
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Current Courses
PSY 499.045 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
PSY 498.001 Professional Practice - Internship Industrial & Organization
PSY 138.006 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics
PSY 138.007 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics
PSY 138.008 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics
PSY 138.009 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics
PSY 138.010 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics
PSY 138.011 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics
PSY 138.012 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics
PSY 138.013 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics
PSY 426.001 Research & Practice In I/O-Social Psychology
PSY 290.045 Special Projects: Research Apprenticeship
PSY 291.045 Special Projects:Undergraduate Teaching
Teaching Interests & Areas
I/O Psychology, Statistics and Research Methods
Research Interests & Areas
Individual Differences: how and why individual differences impact attitudes and behaviors in employment and academic contexts
Job Performance/Personnel Selection: testing/test validation, rater motivation, cognitive and non-cognitive predictors, OCB, CWB.
Career and Employment Issues (especially in relation to voluntary turnover): overqualification – underemployment, idiosyncratic deals, employability, mentoring.
NOTE on Letters of Recommendation: Every semester I receive a considerable number of requests for letters of recommendation. I will only write letters if the following conditions are met:
Undergraduate Students: you take at least 2 courses with me and work with me on a PSY290/291/390/391 for at least two semesters.
Graduate Students: only if I supervised your thesis.
Ph D Industrial and Organizational Psychology
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Illinois State University Research Initiative Award
Illinois State University
2013
S. Rains Wallace Best Dissertation Award
Society for Industrial and organizational Psychology (APA Division 14)
2013
Grants & Contracts
New Faculty Investigator Grant. Illinois State University. Illinois State University.
Pre-Tenure Faculty Grant. Illinois State University. Illinois State University.
Journal Article
Wesselmann, E., Ispas, D., Olson, M., Swerdlik, M., & Caudle, N. Does perceived ostracism contribute to mental health concerns among veterans who have been deployed?. PLoS ONE (2018)
DeSouza, PhD, E., Wesselmann, E., & Ispas, D. Workplace Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities: Subtle and Not-so-subtle. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences 34 (2017): 121-132.
Ion, A., Iliescu, D., Ilie, A., & Ispas, D. The emic-etic approach to personality measurement in personnel selection. Personality and Individual Differences 97 (2016): 55-60.
Iliescu, D., Ispas, D., Sulea, C., & Ilie, A. Vocational Fit and Counterproductive Work Behaviors: A Self-Regulation Perspective.. Journal of Applied Psychology 100 (2015): 21-39.
Ispas, D., Iliescu, D., Ilie, A., & Johnson, R. Exploring the Cross-Cultural Generalizability of the Five-Factor Model of Personality The Romanian NEO PI-R. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 45.7 (2014): 1074–1088.
Ispas, D., Iliescu, D., Ilie, A., Sulea, C., Askew, K., Rohlfs, J., & Whalen, K. Revisiting the relationship between impression management and job performance. Journal of Research in Personality 51 (2014): 47–53.
Ilie, A., Penney, L., Ispas, D., & Iliescu, D. The role of trait anger in the stressor-CWB relationship: convergent findings from multiple samples and methodologies. Applied Psychology: An International Review 61 (2012): 415-436.
Iliescu, D., Ilie, A., Ispas, D., & Ion, A. Emotional Intelligence in Personnel Selection: Applicant reactions, criterion, and incremental validity. International Journal of Selection and Assessment 20.3 (2012): 347–358.
Iliescu, D., Ispas, D., Ilie, A., & Ion, A. Emotional intelligence in personnel selection: Applicant reactions, criterion and incremental validity. International Journal of Selection and Assessment 20 (2012): 347-358.
Shockley, K., Ispas, D., Rossi, M., & Levine, E. A meta-analytic investigation of the relationship between state affect, discrete emotions, and job performance. Human Performance 20 (2012): 347-358.
Iliescu, D., Ilie, A., & Ispas, D. Examining the criterion related validity of the Employee Screening Questionnaire: A three sample investigation. International Journal of Selection and Assessment 19 (2011): 222-228.
Ispas, D. Tratamentul prin analiza de regresie a variabilelor de control în studiile non-experimentale [Control variables in non-experimental studies]. Psychology of Human Resources 9 (2011): 107-110.
Levine, E., Xu, X., Yang, L., Ispas, D., Pitariu, H., Bian, R., Ding, D., Capotescu, R., Che, H., & Musat, S. Cross-national explorations of the impact of affect at work using the State-Trait Emotion Measure (STEM): A coordinated series of studies in three countries. Human Performance 24 (2011): 1-38.
Francis, L., Ispas, D., Robbins, M., Ilie, A., & Iliescu, D. The Romanian translation of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity: internal consistency reliability, re-test reliability and construct validity among undergraduate students within a Greek Orthodox culture. Pastoral Psychology 58.1 (2009): 49–54.
Gibby, R., Ispas, D., Mccloy, R., & Biga, A. Moving beyond the challenges to make unproctored internet testing a reality. Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2.1 (2009): 64–68.
Ispas, D. Ponderarea relativa a predictorilor. Psihologia Resurselor Umane 7.2 (2009): 83-86.
HARRIS, M., Ispas, D., & SCHMIDT, G. Inaccurate performance ratings are a reflection of larger organizational issues. Industrial and Organizational Psychology 1.2 (2008): 190–193.
Ispas, D., & Borman, W. Beyond task performance: The concept of citizenship performance. Psihologia Resurselor Umane 4.2 (2008): 16-26.
Yang, L., Levine, E., Smith, M., Ispas, D., & Rossi, M. Person–environment fit or person plus environment: A meta-analysis of studies using polynomial regression analysis. Human Resource Management Review 18.4 (2008): 311–321.
Iliescu, D., Ispas, D., & Ilie, A. Industrial/Organizational Psychology in Romania. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist 45.1 (2007): 71–76.
Pitariu, H., Levine, E., Musat, S., & Ispas, D. VALIDAREA CHESTIONARULUI DE MASURARE A EMOTIILOR CA STARE SI TRASATURA (MEST-Ro) LA BASCHETBALISTE. PSIHOLOGIA RESURSELOR UMANE (2006): 16.
Ilie, A., Ispas, D., & Iliescu, D. Analiza efectelor moderatoare: Cazul variabilelor categoriale in regresia ierarhica. Psihologia Resurselor Umane 8.2: 52-55.
Iliescu, D., Ilie, A., Ispas, D., & Ion, A. Examining the psychometric properties of the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test: Findings from an Eastern European culture. European Journal of Psychological Assessment 29: 121-128.
Iliescu, D., Ispas, D., Ilie, A., & Ion, A. The structure of vocational interests in Romania. Journal of Counseling Psychology 60: 294-302.
Lannin, D., Flinn, T., Ilie, A., & Ispas, D. Unmonitored Online Exams: Valid Assessment or Score Inflation?. Teaching of Psychology
Schneider, K., Ozkum, B., Ilie, A., & Ispas, D. Emotional contagion in nonhuman working animals: Lessons from canine rescue teams.. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice
Presentations
Cognitive Reflection Tests and Academic Performance.. Midwestern Psychological Association. (2024)
Ilie, A., Archos, H.C., White, E., Ispas, D., Iliescu, D., & Askew, K. (2016, April). Mindfulness in the relationship between workplace stressors and strains. Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Anaheim, CA.
Archos, H.*, Ispas, D., Ilie, A., & Iliescu, D. (2015, April). Age and gender differences in the FFM. Paper presented at the Illinois State University Graduate Research Symposium.
Gabka, K.*, Ispas, D., & Ilie, A. (2015, April). Workplace stressors and employee well-being: the roles of affect, boredom proneness, and counterproductive work behaviors. Paper presented at the Illinois State University Graduate Research Symposium.
Ilie, A., McCarthy, A.*, Perez, K. M.*, Ispas, D., & Iliescu, D. (2015, April). Mediators of the workplace bullying – job attitudes relationship. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.
Ion, A., Iliescu, D., Ispas, D., & Ilie, A. (2015, April). Incremental validity of emic-etic personality dimensions in predicting job performance. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.
Ion, A., Ispas, D., Ilie, A., & Iliescu, D. (2015, May). The emic-etic approach to personality measurement in personnel selection. Paper presented at the 17th European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, Oslo, Norway.
White, E.*, Ispas, D., Ilie, A., Iliescu, D. (2015, April). Individual differences as predictors of maximum academic performance. Paper presented at the Illinois State University Graduate Research Symposium.
Wolfe, D.*, Ispas, D., Ilie, A., Iliescu, D. (2015, April). Personality Test Faking Detection and Selection Rates. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.
Wolfe, D.*, Ispas, D., Ilie, A., Iliescu, D. (2015, April). Personality test faking detection and selection rates. Paper presented at the Illinois State University Graduate Research Symposium.
Personality and job performance: Emic and etic perspectives in a unique setting. Annual Meeting of the Society of Industrial Organizational Psychology. Society of Industrial Organizational Psychology. (2013)
Vocational Interests and CWB. Annual Meeting of the Society of Industrial Organizational Psychology. Society of Industrial Organizational Psychology. (2013)
A psychometric analysis of the Romanian NEO PI-R. Annual Meeting of the Society of Industrial Organizational Psychology. Society of Industrial Organizational Psychology. (2012)
Beyond the Big Five: Additional Personality Traits as Predictors of Workplace Behaviors. Illinois State University Graduate Research Symposium. Illinois State University. (2012)
Developing an Overall Perceived Overqualification scale. Illinois State University Graduate Research Symposium. Illinois State University. (2012)
Equivalence of online and paper-and-pencil forms for three tests in Romania. 8th Conference of the International Test Commission. International Test Commission. (2012)
Exploring temporal dimensions of overqualification. Illinois State University Graduate Research Symposium. Illinois State University. (2012)
Impression Management and Objective Performance: Criterion and Incremental Validity. Illinois State University Graduate Research Symposium. Illinois State University. (2012)
Improving applicant reactions to personality tests: The role of frame of reference. Illinois State University Undergraduate Research Symposium. Illinois State University. (2012)
Incremental validity of CPAI-2 for Romanian and Chinese workers in Romania. 8th Conference of the International Test Commission. International Test Commission. (2012)
Rater motivation in validation studies. Department of Psychology, Old Dominion University. (2012)
The incremental validity of personality in predicting job performance, voluntary turnover and career success in high-stakes contexts. 6th Conference of the Romanian Psychological Association. Romanian Psychological Association. (2012)
Attitudes towards tests and testing in Romania. 12th European Congress of Psychology. European Congress of Psychology. (2011)
Conscious and unconscious influences on the formation and use of justice judgments. The Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Academy of Management. (2011)
Criterion related validity of the Employee Screening Questionnaire. Annual Meeting of the Society of Industrial Organizational Psychology. Society of Industrial Organizational Psychology. (2011)