Melissa Keith

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
B.A., Saint Louis University
M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University

Phone: (419) 372-2371
Email: mgkeith@bgsu.edu
Office: Room 247, Psychology Building
Lab Page: N/A
CV: PDF

Taking Graduate Students? Yes
Sponsoring Undergraduate Research? No 

Undergraduate Resources: How to Apply to Graduate School

Research Interests:

• Creativity
  
• Motivation
• Online Samples in Psychological Research
  
• Work in the Gig Economy

My current research focuses on creativity, online samples, and alternative work arrangements. In the area of creativity, I examine how motivation influences the creative process, how people evaluate creative ideas, and how creativity can be effectively measured. I also study the use of online samples in social and behavioral research, with an emphasis on best practices for ensuring high quality data. Additionally, my research on alternative work arrangements—such as gig and contract work—explores how these forms of employment shape the experience of work and well-being.

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ix0bMCcAAAAJ&hl=en

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-keith-17422a68/

Selected Publications:

Keith, M. G., Freier, L., Childers, M., Ponce-Pore, I., & Brooks, S. (2024). What makes creative ideas risky? The influence of idea novelty and usefulness on perceptions of risk. Journal of Creative Behavior. Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.621

Montag-Smit, T., & Keith, M. G. (2023). Changes in positive and negative affect during creative process engagement. Journal of Creative Behavior, 57(4), 690-710. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.610

Keith, M. G., & Jagacinski, C. M. (2023). Tell me what to do not how to do it: Influence of creative outcome and process goals on creative performance. Journal of Creative Behavior. 57(2), 285-304. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.577

Keith, M. G., & Ponce-Pore, I. (2023). Creativity in the gig economy: Opportunities for creativity researchers in the new world of work. In R. Reiter-Palmon & S. Hunter (Eds.) Handbook of Organizational Creativity: Leadership, Interventions, and Macro Level Issues (pp. 145-160). Elsevier.

Zickar, M. J., & Keith, M. G. (2023). Innovations in sampling: Improving the appropriateness and quality of samples in organizational research. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 10, 315-337. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-120920-052946

Keith, M. G., Stevenor, B. A., & McAbee, S. T. (2023). Scale mean and variance differences in MTurk and non-MTurk samples: A meta-analysis. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 22(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000309

Keith, M. G., Harms, P.D., & Long, A. C. (2020). Worker health and well-being in the gig economy: A proposed framework and research agenda. In P. L. Perrewé, P. D. Harms, & C.-H. Chang (Eds). Research in Occupational Stress and Well-Being (Vol. 18, pp. 1-34). Emerald Publishing.

Porter, C. M., Keith, M. G., & Woo, S. E. (2020). A meta-analysis of network positions and creative performance: Differentiating creativity conceptualizations and measurement approaches. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and Arts, 14(1), 50-67. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000198

Keith, M. G., Harms, P. D. & Tay, L. (2019). Mechanical Turk and the gig economy: Exploring differences between gig workers. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 34(4), 286-306. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-06-2018-0228

Courses Taught:

• PSYC 7580 Motivation & Morale 
• PSYC 7560 Staffing
• PSYC 7800 EEO Law
• PSYC 6500 Contemporary Issues in the World of Work
• PSYC 3580 Psychology of the Workplace