Department of Psychology

WILLIAM BALZER

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Professor
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Dean, BGSU Firelands College
B.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1978
M.A., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1979
Ph.D., New York University, 1983
PHONE

(419) 372-8183

Email
wbalzer@bgnet.bgsu.edu
OFFICE
Room 250, Psychology Building
FIRELANDS PAGEhttp://www.firelands.bgsu.edu/offices/dean/index.html


Research Interests:

  • Performance appraisal
  • Applied decision making
  • Job satisfaction

Taking Grad Students?  Yes

Sponsoring Undergraduate Research? Yes

Selected Publications:

Zickar, M., Balzer, W.K., Aziz, S., and Wryobeck, J. (In Press). The Moderating Role of Social      Support between Role Stressors and Job Attitudes among Roman Catholic Priests. Journal      of Applied Social Psychology.

 

Balzer, W.K., & Gillespie, J.Z. (2006). Job satisfaction measurement. In S.G. Rogelberg & C.      Reeve (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA:      Sage Publications.

 

Aziz, S., Mullins, M.E., Balzer, W.K., Grauer, E., Burnfield, J.L., Lodato, M.A., & Cohen-Powless,      M.A. (2005).  Understanding training needs of department chairs.  Studies in Higher      Education, 3(5), 571-593.

 

Balzer, W.K., Smith, P.C., & Burnfield, J.L. (2004).  Boredom.  Encyclopedia of Applied       Psychology. San Diego, CA: Elsevier, Inc.

 

Balzer, W.K., Greguras, G.J., & Raymark, P.H. (2004).  Multisource Feedback.  In M. Hersen and      J. C. Thomas (Ed.), The Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Volume 4:      Industrial/Organizational Assessment.  New York: John Wiley & Sons.

 

Stanton, J.M., Sinar, E.F., Balzer, W.K., & Smith, P.C. (2002).  Issues and strategies for reducing      the length of self-report scales.  Personnel Psychology (Scientist-Practitioner Forum), 55,      167-194.

 


Courses Taught:

 

  • PSYC 270. Quantitative Methods I
  • Contemporary Issues in I-O Psychology
  • Special Topics
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