Dr. Stephanie C. Payne

Associate Professor
Ray A. Rothrock Fellow
Ph.D. George Mason University (2000)

Department of Psychology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4235

Office: 283 Psychology Building
email: spayne@psych.tamu.edu
Phone: (979) 845-2090
Fax: (979) 845-4727

• Individual differences (e.g., goal orientation)
• Predictors of turnover including organizational commitment, mentoring, and work-family conflict
• Antecedents and outcomes of safety and diversity climate
• The measurement and prediction of efficiency in the workplace
• Criterion development and performance appraisal

Some research questions I am currently examining include:

• When is goal orientation likely to relate to performance?


• How does job satisfaction and organizational commitment change over time?


• When does telework facilitate work-family balance?


• What variables moderate the safety climate-accident relationship?


• What is the relative influence of rewards on organizational attractiveness?


• What is the relationship between efficiency and effectiveness and how do they each contribute to overall productivity?


• What task strategies predict efficiency?


• What are the antecedents and outcomes of a climate for efficiency vs. a climate for safety?

2007 - WorldatWork: The Total Rewards Association
2005 - Society for Human Resource Management Foundation
2003 - Consortium of Universities (U.S. Army Research Institute)
2002 - Texas A&M University New Proposal Development Program
2001 - PriceWaterhouseCoopers Endowment for the Business of Government

Payne, S. C., Bergman, M. E., Rodriguez, J. M., & Beus, J. M. (2009, October). Leading and lagging: The safety climate-unsafe events relationship. Paper to be presented at the 12th annual Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center International Symposium, College Station, TX.

Berry, J., Huffman, A. H., Payne, S. C.., & Ragsdale, G. E. (2009, April). Directionality of work-family conflict: The role of impression management. Poster paper presented at the 24th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Beus, J. M., Bergman, M. E., Payne, S. C., & Rodriguez, J. M. (2009, April). Safety climate strength and the influence of organizational tenure. Poster paper presented at the 24th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Beus, J. M., Payne, S. C., & Bergman, M. E. (2009, April). Safety climate-accident relationship across levels of analysis: A meta-analytic examination. Poster paper presented at the 24th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Culbertson, S. S., Henning, J. B., & Payne, S. C. (2009, April). Performance appraisal reactions: The role of feedback and goal orientation. Poster paper presented at the 24th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Horner, M. T., Payne, S. C., & Thompson, R. J. (2009, April). Toward an understanding of why situational constraints negatively influence performance. Poster paper presented at the 24th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Payne, S. C. panelist. (2009, April). In Krauss, A. (Chair), Performance management technology: Advantages, limitations, and possibilities. Panel discussion conducted at the 24th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Payne, S. C., Cook, A. L., Horner, M. T., Shaub, M. K., & Boswell, W. R. (2009, April). Changes in recruits’ importance ratings of organizational characteristics during recruitment. Poster paper presented at the 24th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Payne, S. C., Rodriguez, J. M., & Bergman, M. E. (2009, April). The impact of the BP Baker report and process safety survey. In J. Thompson (Chair), Safety culture and operating discipline symposium. Paper presented in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Process Plant Safety Symposium Proceedings, Tampa, FL.

Rodriguez, J. M., Bergman, M. E., Payne, S. C., & Beus, J. M. (2009, April). The impact of the BP Baker report. In J. B. Henning & T. Woodrick (Chairs), Personal vs. process safety: What’s the difference? Symposium presented at the 24th annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Simmons, A. L., Payne, S. C., & Pariyothorn, M. M. (2009, April). The influence of means efficacy on creative performance. In T. Rizzuto (Chair) Linking creative potential to innovative perceptions and behaviors with technology. Symposium presented at the 24th annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

2007 - Faculty Fellow of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center
2007 - Ray A. Rothrock Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts, TAMU
2007 - I/O Psychology Student Association, Distinguished George Mason University Alumni Award

Beus, J. M., Bergman, M. E., & Payne, S. C. (in press). The influence of organizational tenure on safety climate strength. Accident Analysis and Prevention.

Payne, S. C., Bergman, M. E., Beus, J. M., Rodriguez, J. M., & Henning, J. B. (in press). Safety climate: Leading or lagging indicator of safety outcomes? Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries.

Boswell, W. R., Shipp, A. J., Payne, S. C., & Culbertson, S. S. (2009). Changes in newcomer job satisfaction over time: Examining the pattern of honeymoons and hangovers. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94, 844-858.

Payne, S. C., Horner, M. T., Boswell, W. R., Schroeder, A. N., & Stine-Cheyne, K. J. (2009). Comparison of online and traditional performance appraisal systems. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 24.

Henning, J. B., Stufft, C. J., Payne, S. C., Bergman, M. E., Keren, N., & Mannan, M. S. (2009). The influence of individual differences on organizational safety attitudes. Safety Science, 47, 337-345.

Naemi, B. D., Beal, D. J., & Payne, S. C. (2009). Personality predictors of extreme response style. Journal of Personality, 77, 1-26.

Payne, S. C., Culbertson, S. S., Boswell, W. R., & Barger, E. J. (2008). Newcomer psychological contracts and employee socialization activities: Does perceived balance in obligations matter? Journal of Vocational Behavior, 73, 465-472.

Huffman, A. H., Youngcourt, S. S., Payne, S. C., & Castro, C. A. (2008). The importance of construct breadth when examining interrole conflict. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 68, 515-530.

Hendricks, J. W., & Payne, S. C. (2007). Beyond the Big Five: Leader goal orientation as a predictor of leadership effectiveness. Human Performance, 20, 317-344.

Payne, S. C., Youngcourt, S. S., & Beaubien, J. M. (2007). A meta-analytic examination of the goal orientation nomological net. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 128-150.

Undergraduate
PSYC 204: Experimental Psychology (Research Methods)
PSYC 353: Personnel Psychology

Graduate
PSYC 611: Personnel Psychology
PSYC 682: Seminar in Personnel Psychology: Individual Differences
PSYC 682: Seminar in Personnel Psychology: Performance Appraisal

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