Margaret Nauta

Professor

Psychology

Office

DEG Degarmo Hall 444

Office Phone

(309) 438-7057office
phone

mmnauta@ilstu.eduemail

About
Education
Awards & Honors
Research

Current Courses

PSY 110.003 Fundamentals Of Psychology

PSY 290.031 Special Projects: Research Apprenticeship

PSY 291.031 Special Projects:Undergraduate Teaching

PSY 465.001 Vocational Counseling

Teaching Interests & Areas

Fundamentals of Psychology; Vocational Counseling; Group Psychotherapy and Counseling

Research Interests & Areas

Social and Cognitive Influences on Career Choice and Development; Academic and Professional Role Model Influences; Women's Career Development

Ph D Psychology (Counseling)

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

MS Psychology

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

BS Liberal Arts and Sciences (Psychology)

University of Illinois

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

Outstanding University Teacher Award

Illinois State University

2009

Outstanding College Teacher Award (social sciences)

Illinois State University College of Arts and Sciences

2007

Teaching Initiative Award

Illinois State University

2002

Teaching Excellence Award

Iowa State University Graduate College

1997

Book Review

Nauta, M. Review of John L. Holland’s Autobiography. Robert C. Reardon (EDs), Essays Celebrating John L. Holland’s Autobiography and Contributions to Career Theory, Research, and Practice: A Festschrift. Florida State Open Publishing (2022)

Book, Chapter

Nauta, M. Holland's Theory of Vocational Choice and Adjustment. S. D. Brown and R. W. Lent (EDs), Career Development and Counseling: Putting Theory and Research to Work. Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2020): 61-93.

Nauta, M. Holland's Theory of Career Choice: Matching Personalities and Environments. Dr. Nancy Arthur, Dr. Roberta Neault, and Dr. Mary McMahon (EDs), Career Theory and Models at Work: Ideas for Practice. CERIC (2019): 261-269.

Nauta, M. Holland's theory of vocational choice and adjustment. S. D. Brown & R. W. Lent (EDs), Career development and counseling: Putting theory and research to work. Wiley (2013): 55-88.

Nauta, M. Career Planning survey. E. Whitfield, C. Wood, & R. Feller (EDs), A counselor's guide to career assessment instruments. National Career Development Association (2009): 107-111.

Journal Article

Nauta, M. Disentangling Trait Affect from Situational Affect in the Prediction of Academic Major Satisfaction. The Career Development Quarterly 73.(2) (2025): 142-150.

Nauta, M. Exploratory Actions as Mediators of the Association between Career Exploration Self-Efficacy and Decisional Outcomes: Does Exploration Type Matter?. Australian Journal of Career Development 33.2 (2024): 144-153.

Hynes, K., Lannin, D., Kanter, J., Yazedjian, A., & Nauta, M. Do materialistic adolescents ruminate more about their social media posts? (2022)

Lehman, A., & Nauta, M. The Role of Situational Affect in Students’ Academic Major Satisfaction. The Career Development Quarterly 70 (2022): 27-37.

Bouchard, L., & Nauta, M. The Associations of Health Symptoms and Perceptions with Work Volition. The Career Development Quarterly 69 (2021): 165-171.

Yeoward, J., & Nauta, M. Perceived interpersonal influences and college-major nontraditionality as predictors of women’s leadership aspirations. Journal of Career Development 48 (2021): 787-800.

Zobell, C., Nauta, M., & Hesson-McInnis, M. Career Indecision Profile-65 scores: Test-retest reliability and measurement equivalence in college and non-college samples. Journal of Career Assessment 27.3 (2019): 510-526.

Bouchard, L., & Nauta, M. College students' health and short-term career outcomes: Examining work volition as a mediator. Journal of Career Development 45.4 (2018): 393-406.

Liu, C., Nauta, M., Yang, L., & Spector, P. How do coworkers “make the place”? Examining coworker conflict and the value of harmony in China and the United States. Applied Psychology: An International Review 67.1 (2018): 30-60.

Turton, G., Nauta, M., & Wesselmann, E. The Associations of Greek and Religious Organization Participation with College Students’ Social Well-being and Purpose. The Journal of Psychology Interdisciplinary and Applied (2018): 179-198.

Turton, G., Nauta, M., Wesselmann, E., McIntyre, M., & Graziano, W. The associations of Greek and religious organization participation with college students' social well-being and purpose. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied 152.4 (2018): 179-198.

Austin, M., & Nauta, M. Entrepreneurial role-model exposure, self-efficacy, and women’s entrepreneurial intentions. Journal of Career Development 43 (2016): 260-272.

Yang, L., Liu, C., Nauta, M., Caughlin, D., & Spector, P. Be mindful of what you impose on your colleagues: Implications of social burden for burdenees' well-being, attutides, and counterproductive work behavior. Stress & Health 32 (2016): 70-83.

Liu, C., Li, C., Fan, J., & Nauta, M. Workplace conflict and absence/lateness: The moderating effect of core self-evaluation in China and the United States. International Journal of Stress Management 22 (2015): 243-269.

Behrens, E., & Nauta, M. The Self-Directed Search as a stand-alone intervention with college students. The Career Development Quarterly 62 (2014): 224-238.

Liu, C., Yang, L., & Nauta, M. Examining the mediating effect of supervisor conflict on procedural injustice-job strain relations: The function of power distance. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 18 (2013): 64-74.

Young, L., & Nauta, M. Sexism as a predictor of attitudes toward women in the military and in combat. Military Psychology 25 (2013): 166-171.

Nauta, M. Are RIASEC interests traits? Evidence based on self-other agreement. Journal of Career Assessment 20 (2012): 426-439.

Nauta, M. Temporal stability, correlates, and longitudinal outcomes of career indecision factors. Journal of Career Development 39 (2012): 540-558.

Presentations

Affect Frequency and Intensity as Determinants of Academic Major Satisfaction. Midwestern Psychological Association Conference. Midwestern Psychological Association. (2025)

Nauta, M. M. (2024, April). Trait and situational affect as determinants of academic major satisfaction. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Nauta, M. M., Skoog, Katherine L., Strain, A. J., & Wierzbicka, K. (2023, April). Affect and outcome expectations as determinants of academic major satisfaction. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Nauta, M. M. (2022, April). Associations among career exploration self-efficacy, exploratory actions, and decisional outcomes. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Vyakarnam, N., & Nauta, M. M. (2021, April). A diathesis-stress model predicting student depression and anxiety symptoms. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Yeoward, J. L., & Nauta, M. M. (2019, August). Interpersonal influences and major nontraditionality as predictors of women's leadership aspirations. Poster presented at the 127th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Nauta, M. M., Zobell, C. J., & Hesson-McInnis, M. S. (2018, April). Career Indecision Profile-65 scores' measurement equivalence in college and non-college samples. Poster presented at the 31st Annual Great Lakes Regional Counseling Psychology Conference, Kalamazoo, MI.

Bouchard, L. M., & Nauta, M. M. (2017, August). College students' health, work volition, and short-term career outcomes. Poster presented at the 125th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Bouchard, L. M., & Nauta, M. M. (2017, August). The association of health symptoms and cognitions with work volition. Poster presented at the 125th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Nauta, M. M. (2016, August). Evaluating the efficacy of the Missouri Occupational Card Sort. Poster presented at the 124th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.

Zobell, C. J., & Nauta, M. M. (2016, April). CIP-65 scores: Psychometric properties and relationship to maximizing tendency. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Great Lakes Regional Counseling Psychology Conference, Bloomington, IN.

Liu, C., Kainth, R. S., Gebhardt, S. T., Yang, L.-Q., Nauta, M. M., & Spector, P. E. (2014, May). Co-worker conflict in cross-cultural settings: The moderating effect of harmony. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference, Honolulu, HI.

Nauta, M. M., & Niemczyk, A. K. (2014, August). Leadership aspirations among students in traditional and non-tradiitional fields. Poster presented at the 122nd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Paxson, G. M., & Nauta, M. M. (2014, February). The associations between religious or Greek organization membership and college students' self-perceptions of loneliness, connectedness, and purpose. Poster presented at the 6th Annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology preconference on Psychology of Religion-Spirituality, Austin, TX.

Yeoward, J. L., & Nauta, M. M. (2014, October). Factors influencing the major satisfaction and leadership aspirations of men and women in traditional and nontraditional fields. Paper presented at the 85th Annual Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences Conference, Anderson, IN.

Yang, L.-Q., Liu, C., Nauta, M. M., Caughlin, D. E., & Spector, P. E. (2013, May). Be mindful of what you impose on your colleagues: Social burden in the workplace. In L.-Q. Yang & R. Wright (Chairs), Let all social partners in the social support process count: New perspectives on classical theory. Symposium conducted at the Biannual Conference of Work, Stress, and Health, Los Angeles, CA.

Liu, C., Yang, L.-Q., Nauta, M. M., Khan, S. I., & Shahani-Denning, C. (2012, April). The relation between procedural injustice and conflict with supervisor. Poster presented at the 27th Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference, San Diego, CA.

Nauta, M. M., & Austin, M. J. (2012, August). Role models, self-efficacy, and women's entrepreneurial interests. Poster presented at the 120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.

Pfeiffer, N., Liu, C., Nauta, M. M., & Fan, J. (2012, April). Core self-evaluation and the relations between workplace conflict and withdrawal. Poster presented at the 27th Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference, San Diego, CA.

Young, L. M., Nauta, M. M., & Swerdlik, M. E. (2012, August). Sexism as a predictor of attitudes toward women in combat. Poster presented at the 120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.