Seth Kaplan

Current Research

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Selected Publications

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Aitken, J. A., Zhu, Z., Baines, J. I., Kim, J., Kaplan, S., Dalal, R. S., Hassani, J., & Gibson, J. (In press). Emotion regulation at work: A micro-randomized trial comparing three cognitive reappraisal interventions. Occupational Health Science.

Waller, M., Kaplan, S., Sanchez-Burks, J., Phillips, S., Torres, E.*, & Blount, S. (Online version available). More than a feeling: Rapport and complex task performance in teams. Team Performance Management.

Wonders, M. E., Hoover, A. N., Rupp, D. E., Kaplan, S., Strah, N., & Ratwani, K. (Online version available). The application of within-person methods to promote inclusive job analysis. Organizational Psychology Review.

Kim, J., Kaplan, S.A., Aitken, J.A., & Ponce, L. (Online version available). An examination of the daily relationship between job boredom and later burnout and turnover intentions along with mitigating strategies. Current Psychology.

Zhu, Z., Aitken, J., Kim, J., Baines, J.I., Kaplan, S, Dalal, R., & Hassani, J. (Online version available). Cognitive reappraisal emotion regulation interventions in the workplace and their impact on job performance: An ecological momentary intervention approach. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. 

Kaplan, S., Aitken, J.A., Allan, B. A., Alliger, G. M., & Zacher, H. (2025). Revisiting Keynes’ predictions about work and leisure: A discussion of fundamental questions about the nature of modern work. Industrial and Organizational Psychology (*the last four authors contributed equally)

Waller, M.A., & Kaplan, S.A. (2024). Crisis-ready teams: Data-driven lessons from flight crews, nuclear plants, trauma teams, and mine rescues. Stanford University Press.

Kim, J.J., Kaplan, S.A., Aitken, J. A., & Ponce, L. P. (2024). Within-person dynamics of job boredom and counterproductive work behavior: A latent change score modeling approach. Affective Science.

Cevasco, K.E., Brown, R.E.M., Woldeselassie, R., & Kaplan, S. (2024). Patient engagement with conversational agents in health applications 2016-2022: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Medical Systems.

Aitken, J., Cannon, J., Kaplan, S. & Kim, H. (2023). The benefits of work: A meta-analysis of the latent deprivation and agency restriction models.  Journal of Business and Psychology.

Fyffe, S., Lee, P., & Kaplan, S. (2023). “Transforming” personality scale development: Illustrating the potential of state-of-the-art natural language processing. Organizational Research Methods.

Zhu, Z., Aitken, J. A., Dalal, R. S., & Kaplan, S. A. (2023). The promise of just-in-time adaptive interventions for organizational scholarship and practice: Conceptual development and research agenda. Organizational Research Methods. [The last two authors contributed equally]

Grants and Fellowships

• Just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions for Emotion Regulation; National Science Foundation; Role: Co-PI
  
  
• Affective Forecasting Errors: Implications for Individual Learning and Performance; Army Research Institute; Role: PI            
  
  
• Emotion Management Orientation and Training Exercises II (EMOTE II); Army Research Institute; Role: Co-PI
  
  
• Emotion Management Orientation and Training Exercises (EMOTE); Army Research Institute; Role: Co-PI

Courses Taught

Occupational Health and Safety

Organizational Change and Development

Personality Psychology

Psychometrics

Multivariate Statistics

Structural Equation Modeling and Meta-analysis

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Recent Presentations

Mendis, T., Pollack, T., Bradley-Geist, J., & Kaplan, S. (2025, April). Personality and generative AI use at work [Poster session]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

Jia, Z., Jang, H., Bradley, J., Lee, P., & Kaplan, S. A. (2025, April). Identifying work situations and job affect via state-of-the-art NLP approaches: A demonstration. In Kim, J. J. (Co-Chair), Dalal, R. S. (Co-Chair), & Green, J. P. (Discussant). (2025). Decoding work situations: The nomological network of situational content and strength [Symposium]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2025 Conference, Denver, CO, USA.

Zakzewski, J. E., Wonders, M. E., Kaplan, S. A., Mendis, T., Clark, J. (2025, April). An empirical test of helicopter helping in teams.  In Hughes, I. M. (Co-Chair) & Gray, C. E. (Co-Chair) (2025). Support received: Exploring the nuanced effects of received social support at work [Symposium]. Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

Zeytonli, A., (Co-Chair), Jimenez, W. P. (Co-Chair), & Kaplan, S. (Discussant). (2025, April). Innovative investigations into individual differences in the workplace [Symposium]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

Aitken, J. A., Baines, J. I., Wonders, M. E., Kaplan, S. A., Clark, J. E., & Kim, J. (2024, April). A meta-analysis of the within-person relationship between affect and job performance [Poster]. Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Kim, J., & Kaplan, S. (2024, April). Within-person changes in job boredom and counterproductive work behavior [Symposium]. In Bowling, N. A. (Co-Chair) & Dye, K. (Co-Chair), Measurement, causes, and consequences of job boredom. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Ponce, L. P., Son, M., Moon, N.A., Kaplan, S. A., & Lee, P. (2024, April). Navigating the office arena: Developing a multidimensional measure for political will [Poster]. Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Zakzewski, J.E., Wonders, M. E., & Kaplan, S. (2024, April). Unhelpful helping behavior in emergency healthcare teams. In Hughes, I. M. (Co-Chair) & Keith, M. G. (Co-Chair), Helping revisited: Research on alternative workplace social support perspectives [Symposium]. Symposium presented at the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Zhu, Z., Aitken, J. A., Kim, J., Baines, J. I., Kaplan, S. A., Dalal, R. S., & Hassani, J. (2024, April). Ecological momentary emotion regulation intervention in the workplace [Poster]. Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

In the Media

• Wall Street Journal
  
  
• CNN
  
  
• The Huffington Post
  
  
• FastCompany
  
  
• The Washington Post
  
  
• The Daily Beast

Dissertations Supervised

John Aitken, The Dynamic Control of Work Behavior: The Influence of Velocity and Self-Regulation on Affect and Job Performance (2024)

Martin Biskup, Social Support for Abusive Supervision: A Model of Resource Substitution for Abused Subordinates (2021)

Hannah M. Markell-Goldstein , Work, Motherhood, and Breastfeeding—oh My!: Shame and Guilt as Conduits of the Effects of Perceived Self-discrepancies on Key Work and Breastfeeding Outcomes (2020)

Amber K. Hargrove, An Examination of the Functionality of Organizational Cynical Behavior: A Mixed Methods Person-centric Approach (2020)

Xue Lei, Injustice and Task Performance in the Ridesharing Context: Examining the Role of Emotions and Emotion Regulation (2020)

Ashley A. Membere, The Effects of Stereotype Threat on the Performance of Black Female Leaders (2018)

Carolyn Winslow, The Role of Affective Forecasting in Task Behavior: How – and for Whom – Does (in)Accuracy in Emotional Predictions Impact Task Performance? (2017)

Ronald Vega, Why Use Flexible Work Arrangements?: A Policy Capturing Study Examining the Factors Related to FWA Utilization (2015)

Xiaoxiao Hu, The Truth Behind the Smile: Employees’ Management of Emotional Expressions in Interactions with Leaders and Peers (2012)

Alicia Ann Stachowski, A Model of Time Use at Work: Individual Differences, Time Use, and Performance (2011)