Dr.Thomas E. Becker

 

Professor of Management
Department of Business Administration

Website
beckertatlerner [dot] udel [dot] edu (Contact Information)

Education:

  • Ph.D. – The Ohio State University, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 1990
  • M. A. – The Ohio State University, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 1988
  • B. A. – University of South Florida, 1982

Research Interests:

  • Employee commitment
  • Integrity
  • Motivation
  • Job performance
  • Research methods and statistics

Recent Publications:

  • Klein, H. J., Becker, T. E., & Meyer, J. P. (Eds.). (2009). Commitment in organizations: Accumulated wisdom and new directions. New York: Routledge. 
  • Jeffries, F. J., & Becker, T. E. (2008). Trust, norms, and cooperation: Development and test of a simplified model. Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management, 9, 316-336. [Selected for the editor’s 2008 best paper of the year award.]  
  • Becker, T. E. (2005). Potential problems in the statistical control of variables in organizational research: A qualitative analysis with recommendations. Organizational Research Methods, 8, 274-289. 
  • Meyer, J. P., Becker, T. E., & Vandenberghe, C. (2004). Employee commitment and motivation: A conceptual analysis and integrative model. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89, 991-1007. 
  • Becker, T. E., & Kernan, M. (2003). Matching commitment to supervisors and organizations to in-role and extra-role performance. Human Performance, 16, 327-348. 
  • Gopinath, C., & Becker, T. E. (2000). Communication, procedural justice, and employee attitudes: Relationships under conditions of divestiture. Journal of Management, 26, 63-83. 
  • Becker, T. E. (1998). Integrity in organizations: Beyond honesty and conscientiousness. Academy of Management Review, 23, 154-161. 
  • Becker, T. E., Billings, R. S., Eveleth, D. M., & Gilbert, N. W. (1996). Foci and bases of commitment: Implications for performance. Academy of Management Journal, 39, 464-482. 
  • Becker, T. E., & Martin, S. L. (1995). Trying to look bad at work: Methods and motives for managing poor impressions in organizations. Academy of Management Journal, 38, 174-199.  
  • Becker, T. E. (1992). Foci and bases of commitment: Are they distinctions worth making? Academy of Management Journal, 35, 232-244. 
  • Becker, T. E., & Colquitt, A. L. (1992). Potential versus actual faking of a biodata form: An analysis along several dimensions of item type. Personnel Psychology, 45, 389-406. 
  • Becker, T. E., & Klimoski, R. J. (1989). A field study of the relationship between the organizational feedback environment and performance. Personnel Psychology, 42, 343-358. 

 

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