Dr. Burak Ozkum
Assistant Professor
Psychology
- About
- Education
- Research
Current Courses
PSY 475.001 Seminar In Personnel Psychology
PSY 290.048 Special Projects: Research Apprenticeship
PSY 340.001 Statistics For The Social Sciences
PSY 340.002 Statistics For The Social Sciences
PSY 392.001 Senior Seminar
PSY 290.048 Special Projects: Research Apprenticeship
PSY 340.001 Statistics For The Social Sciences
PSY 340.002 Statistics For The Social Sciences
PSY 416.001 Statistics For The Social Sciences
PSY 416.002 Statistics For The Social Sciences
Teaching Interests & Areas
Personality, Statistics, Testing and measurement, I/O Psychology
Research Interests & Areas
Personality, Teams, Assessment of individual differences, eSports
PhD Industrial and Organizational Psychology
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK
MS Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Middle East Technical University
Ankara, Turkey
BA Business Administration
Middle East Technical University
Ankara, Turkey
Conference Proceeding
Ozkum, B., Narayan, A., & Lin, M. Measurement invariance in burnout: A multicultural study. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2020)
Tett, R., & Ozkum, B. Personality and motivational job features: Fit beyond demands.. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2020)
Ozkum, B., & Sumer, C. The effect of social media information on recruiters’ hiring decision making processes: A policy capturing approach. European Congress of Psychology (2019)
Journal Article
Ozkum, B. Do selection tests “really” work better than we think they do?. Industrial and Organizational Psychology 17.3 (2024): 283-287.
Tett, R., Toich, M., & Ozkum, B. Trait Activation Theory: A review of the literature and applications to five lines of personality dynamics research. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior 8 (2021)
Ozkum, B., Lannin, D. G., Wu, S. (2023). Divergent reactions to COVID-19 exhibited in grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. Advance online publication. http://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12849
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
Personality and performance in gaming teams. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. (2025)
Individual differences in career success. Midwestern Psychological Association Conference. (2024)
Trait-ability interactions in career success. Industrial and Organizational Psychology Congress. (2024)
Factors affecting SD rho in personality-work outcome meta-analyses: A second-order analysis. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. (2022)
The effect of leader personality on team trust and team effectiveness. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. (2022)
Grants & Contracts
New Faculty Initiative Grant (NFIG). Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2022)