Dr. John J. Donovan

Associate Professor

• Email Address: jdonovan@rider.edu
• Phone: (609) 895-5541
• Office: Sweigart Hall 243
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• Mailing Address: 2083 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Background Information

• Doctor of Philosophy, 1998, University of Albany, State University of New York, Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• Bachelor of Arts, 1994, University of Albany, Psychology

Recent Publications

• Hafsteinsson, L. G., Donovan, J. J. , & Breland, B. T. (2007).  An IRT Examination of Two Popular Goal Orientation Measures. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 67, 719-739.
• Donovan, J. J. & Hafsteinsson, L. G. (2006).  The Impact of Goal-Performance Discrepancies, Self-Efficacy and Goal Orientation on Upward Goal Revision. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36, 1046-1099.
• Breeland, B. T. & Donovan, J. J. (2005).  The Role of State Goal Orientation in Goal Establishment Process. Human Performance, 18, 23-53.
• Donovan, J. J. & Williams, K. J. (2003).  Missing the Mark: Effects of Time and Causal Attributiions on Goal Revision in Response to Goal-Performance Discrepancies. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88, 379-390.
• Donovan, J. J., Dwight, S. A. , & Hurtz, G. M. (2003).  An Assessment of the Prevalence, Severity and Verifiability of Entry-level Applicant Faking Using the Randomized Response Technique. Human Performance, 16, 81-106.
• Dwight, S. A. & Donovan, J. J. (2003).  Do Warnings Not to Fake Actually Reduce Faking? Human Performance, 16, 1-23.
• Hurtz, G. M. & Donovan, J. J. (2000).  Personality and Job Performance: The Big Five Revisited. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85, 869-879.
• Williams, K. J., Donovan, J. J. , & Dodge, T. (2000).  Self-regulation of performance: Goal establishment and goal revision processes in athletes. Human Performance, 13, 159-180.
• Donovan, J. J. & Radosevich, D. J. (1999).  A meta-analytic review of the distribution of practice effect: Now you see it, now you don t. Journal of Applied Psychology, 84, 795-805.
• Donovan, J. J. & Radosevich, D. J. (1998).  The moderating role of goal commitment on the goal difficulty-performance relationship: A meta-analytic review and critical re-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 83, 308-315. 

Recent Presentations
International

• Donovan, J.J., Esson, P. L., & Backert, R. G. (2007, April). An Examination of Goal Orientation Patterns and Task-Specific Self-Efficacy.   Accepted for Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York, New York.
• Quintela, Y. & Donovan, J. J. (2007, April). Feedback spillover: When one thing leads to another.   Accepted for Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York, New York.
• Donovan, J.J. (2006, May). The Evolution and Utilization of Personal Resources in Self-Regulation.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, Texas.
• McDaniel, M.A., Hurtz, G. M., & Donovan, J. J. (2006, May). An Evaluation of Publication Bias in Big Five Validity Data.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, Texas.
• Breland, B.T. & Donovan, J. J. (2005, April). The Role of State Goal Orientation in the Process of Goal Establishment and Tas Performance.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, California.
• Donovan, J.J., Meacham, K. A., & Byrd, T. G. (2005, April). The Role of Action-State Orientation in Goal Setting Processes.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, California.
• Donovan, J.J., Dwight, S. A., & Schneider, D. (2005, April). Prevalence and Impact of Faking in an Organizational Setting.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, California.
• Esson, P.L. & Donovan, J. J. (2005, April). An Examination of the Consequences of Work-Family Conflict.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, California.
• Hafsteinsson, L.G. & Donovan, J. J. (2005, April). The Interactive Effects of Achievement Goals and Task Complexity on Effort, Mental Focus, and Enjoyment.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, California.
• Schneider, D., Donovan, J. J., & Dwight, S. A. (2005, April). Research Collaboration Between Academics and Practitioners: Opportunities and Challenges.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, California.
• Byrd, T.G. & Donovan, J. J. (2004, April). Goal Revision in a Simultaneous Multiple-Goal Environment.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, Illinois.
• Byrd, T.G. & Donovan, J. J. (2004, April). What to Do? Multiple Goals, Resource Allocation, and Self-Regulation.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, Illinois.
• Donovan, J.J., Dwight, S. A., & Schneider, D. (2004, April). Goal Revision Processes in an Organizational Context.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, Illinois.
• Donovan, J.J., Dwight, S. A., & Schneider, D. (2004, April). Changes in Effortful Performance in Response to Goal-Performance Discrepancies.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Illinois, Illinois.
• Dwight, S.A., Donovan, J. J., & Schneider, D. (2004, April). Cognitive and Dispositional Predictors of Training Performance.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, Illinois.
• Hafsteinsson, L.G. & Donovan, J. J. (2004, April). The Impact of Faking on the Big Five Factor Structure.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, Illinois.
• Quintela, Y. & Donovan, J. J. (2004, April). Motivational Spillover in a Dual Task setting.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, Illinois.
• Breland, B.T., Hafsteinsson, L. G., & Donovan, J. J. (2003, April). An IRT Examination of VandeWalle's 3-Dimensional Goal Orientation Scale.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.
• Breland, B.T. & Donovan, J. J. (2003, April). The Impact of Goal Orientation and Conscientiousness on Goal Revision.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.
• Donovan, J.J. & Hafsteinsson, L. G. (2003, April). The Impact of Self-Efficacy and Goal Orientation on Goal Revision.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.
• Donovan, J.J. & Dwight, S. A. (2003, April). The Impact of Goal-Performance Discrepancies on Effort Expenditure.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.
• Dwight, S.A. & Donovan, J. J. (2003, April). Training Performance: Learning Goal Orientation, Self-Efficacy, and Goal Commitment Effects.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.
• Hafsteinsson, L.G., Donovan, J. J., & Breland, B. T. (2003, April). An IRT Examination of Button et al.'s Goal-Orientation Measure.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.
• Hauenstein, N. M. A., Sinclair A., Robson, V., Quintela, Y., & Donovan, J. J. (2003, April). Performance Dimensionality and the Occurrence of Ratee Race Effects.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.
• Hauenstein, N. M. A., Sinclair A., Robson, V., Quintela, Y., & Donovan, J. J. (2003, April). Ratee Sex Effects in Job Performance: Is the Tide Turning?   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.
• McKinney, A.P., Quintela, Y., & Donovan, J. J. (2003, April). Work Motivation: Theoretical Approaches to Understanding Contextual Performance Behaviors.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.
• Breland, B.T. & Donovan, J. J. (2002, April). Situational Goal Orientation: Enhancing Our Understanding of the Goal-Setting Process.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto, Canada.
• Donovan, J.J. & Swander, C. J. (2002, April). Situational Goal Orientation: An Antecedent and Outcome of Goal Setting.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto, Canada.
• Donovan, J.J. (2002, April). Antecedents of Discrepancy Production in an Achievement Context.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto, Canada.
• Hauenstein, N. M. A., Sinclair A., Robson, V., Quintela, Y., & Donovan, J. J. (2002, April). Ratee Race Effects in Performance: Task Performance Versus Contextual Performance.   Presented at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto, Canada.
  

Honors
2007:  Inducted into Sigma Iota Epsilon.

Awards
2007:  Rider University Summer Fellowship.