Education:

• Ph.D., Ohio State University
• MA, Ohio State University
• BA, University of South Florida

Honors and Activities:

• Awarded secondary appointment, professor of psychology, 2004-2008

• Nominated for MBA teaching award, 2007

• Nominated for university excellence in teaching awards, 2004, 2005

• Guest editor, special issue of the Journal of Organizational Behavior on workplace commitment and identification (with John Meyer and Rolf van Dick), 2005-2006

• Organizer, Ohio State commitment Conference (with Howard Klein and John Meyer), 2005

• Belgian International Francqui Chair in the Human Sciences, 2003

• CBE Continuing Excellence in Research Beyond Tenure Award, 1998

• Department of Management and Systems Advising Excellence Award, 1995

• Seafirst Distinguished Faculty Award, 1993

• Shell Instructional Excellence Award, 1992

Recent Publications:

• Klein, H. J., Becker, T. E., & Meyer, J. P. (Eds.).  (in press).  Commitment in organizations: Accumulated wisdom and new directions.  Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

• Becker, T. E. (in press).  Interpersonal commitments.  In H.J. Klein, T. E. Becker, & J.P. Meyer (Eds.), Commitment in organizations: Accumulated wisdom and new directions. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

• 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 best paper of the year award.]

• Becker, T. E., & Bennett, R.  (2007).  Employee attachment and deviance in organizations. In J. Langan-Fox, C. Cooper, and R. Klimoski (Eds.), Research Companion to the Dysfunctional Workplace: Management Challenges and Symptoms (pp. 136-151).  Northampton, MA: Elgar.
  

• Meyer, J. P., Becker, T. E., & Van Dick, R.  (2006).  Social identities and commitments at work: Toward an integrative model.  Journal of Organizational Behavior,  27, 665-683..

• Van Dick, R., Becker, T. E., & Meyer, J. P.  (2006).  Commitment and identification: Forms, foci, and future.  Introduction and overview.  Journal of Organizational Behavior, 27, 545-548.  (Editors’ introduction to a special issue.)

• 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. 

• Aquino, K., & Becker, T. E.  (2005).  Lying at work: How individual and situational factors influence the use of neutralization strategies.  Journal of Organizational Behavior, 26, 661-679.

• Becker, T. E.  (2005).  Development and validation of a situational judgment test of employee integrity.  International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 13, 225-232.

• 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.  (2004).  Why pragmatism is not practical.  Journal of Management Inquiry, 13, 224-228.

• 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.

• Locke, E. A., & Becker, T. E.  (1998).  Rebuttal to a subjectivist critique of an Objectivist approach to integrity in organizations.  Academy of Management Review, 23, 170-175.

• Becker, T. E., Billings, R. S., Eveleth, D. M., & Gilbert, N. W. (1997).  Validity of three attachment style scales: Exploratory and confirmatory evidence.  Educational and Psychological Measurement, 57, 477-493.

• 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.