Current Projects

My current research and writing interests include the following:

I have written a chapter on employee engagement for publication in the "Handbook of Employee Engagement" currently being organized by Dr. Simon Albrecht from Monash University (click here to visit Dr. Albrecht's page). The chapter has been accepted by Dr. Albrecht. I am currently waiting for final editing requests to be made by the publisher.

I am collaborating with Dr. Anne Christo-Baker, professor of Organizational Leadership at Purdue University, to conduct a study on the engagement and personality traits of Human Resource professionals. The study will be a replication of my dissertation study with the inclusion of questions on William Kahn's "psychological conditions of engagement" - meaningfulness, safety, and availability.  The owner of Linked:HR, the largest HR group on Linkedin, has agreed to forward our invitation letter to approximately 200,000 Linked:HR members. The proposal has already been approved by both Wright State University and Purdue University's Institutional Review Boards. We are planning to send the survey to Linked:HR's members on April 12.

I am collaborating with Dr. Joyce Litten (Chair of Social Work at Lourdes College) to write an article based on my dissertation research. The article will focus on the relationship between engagement and the personalities of professionals in a county board of developmental disabilities.The study has already been approved by the Human Subject Research Boards of both Lourdes College and Wright State University.

I am studying to take the SPHR exam (Senior Professional in Human Resources) by the end of the year.