Research
Ongoing studies spanning the virtual workplace.
Publications
Journal of Applied Psychology · 2024
Keating, D. J., Cullen-Lester, K. L., & Meuser, J. D. This integrative review identifies how eight conditions of virtual work facilitate ambiguity, anonymity, and (un)accountability as psychological enablers of perpetrators', victims', and bystanders' involvement in virtual negative work behavior (VNWB).
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Examining how virtual cues such as emoticons, formatting, and punctuation in computer-mediated communication shape employee perceptions and behaviors.
Examining what we know from 25 years of cyberloafing research and where we go from here.
Reconceptualizing Perceived Organizational Support for the virtual workplace — investigating how organizations can support virtual employees and demonstrating the value of building structured support systems for remote and hybrid teams.
Research investigating how forms of performance pressure unique to the virtual workplace — such as constant availability and rapid responsiveness — create a distinctive form of pressure for remote and hybrid employees.
This research examines how organizational culture and climate are perceived, transmitted, and interpreted by employees working in virtual and remote environments, and the unique challenges virtual employees face in forming a felt connection to their organization absent the physical and social cues present in the physical workplace.
We welcome new research partnerships across these areas.