Seth Kaplan

Current Research

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Selected Publications

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Weiss, H.M, Kaplan, S., & Rupp, D.E. (In-press). An essay about work psychology and the psychology of working.  Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Catello, G. & Kaplan, S. (In-Press). Hybrid work and physical health behaviors: An experience sampling study comparing physical health behaviors across work locations. International Journal of Workplace Health Management

Loo, K., Kuykendall, L., Kaplan, S., Zhu, Z., & Wiese, C.C. (Online version available). Commute Experiences & well-being: Exploring positive and negative effects through work-personal conflict. Journal of Vocational Behavior.

Aitken, J. A., Baines, J. I., Wonders, M. E., Kaplan, S. A., & Clark, J. E. (Online version available). A meta-analytic review of the within-person relationship between affect and job performance. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 

Aitken, J. A., Zhu, Z., Baines, J. I., Kim, J., Kaplan, S., Dalal, R. S., Hassani, J., & Gibson, J. (Online version available). 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

Jang, H., Kaplan, S., Kuykendall, L., Lee, P., & Liao, X. (2026, August). How employees reconnect with work: Reattachment trajectories and early-week affect and engagement [Poster presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Waller, M., Kaplan, S., Haygood, A., Bartlett, A. & Campbell, L. (2026, July). Crisis ambiguity & team interaction patterns: Evidence from cockpit voice recorders. Paper to be presented at the INGRoup Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

Kaplan, S., Wonders, M., Lee, P., Lovine, E., & Willford, J. (2026, July). Performance in remote work teams: Aligning academic research with practitioner experience and organizational needs. Paper to be presented at the INGRoup Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

Catello, G. & Kaplan, S. (2026, April 30 – May 2). Hybrid work and physical health behaviors [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Hoover, A. N., Wonders, M. E., Felicelli, N. Y., Rupp, D. E., Kaplan, S. A., & Strah, N. (2026, April 30 – May 2). Empirical examination of ESM to promote inclusive job analysis [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Jang, H., Kaplan, S., Kuykendall, L., Liao, X., & Maguire, L. When the weekend ends: How Sunday affective thoughts shape Monday work. In Gonzalez, M. F. (Co-Chair), Mohan, N. S. (Co-Chair), Shah, A. (Co-Chair), & Spector, P. (2026, April 30 – May 2). Beyond the episode: Considering enduring forms of emotions at work [Symposium]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Jang, H., Wonders, M. E., Lee, P., Kaplan, S. A., & Rizzo, B. (2026). Fatal or not? Predicting accident outcomes from pre-incident narratives. In Haygood, A. N. (Co-Chair), Jang, H. (Co-Chair), Kaplan, S. A. (Co-Chair), & Burke, M. (Discussant). (2026). Transforming how we study safety: New directions for the 21st century workforce [Symposium, accepted]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Li, Y. (Chair), Wiese, C. W., Bakker, A. B., Kaplan, S., Liu, W., & Mills, M. J. (2026, April 30 – May 2). The science of flow at work: Emerging insights and unresolved questions [Panel]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Mendis, T., Kaplan, S. & Bradley-Geist, J. (2026, April 30 - May 2). The role of Generative AI at work in turnover intentions [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Ponce, L. P., Son, M., Moon, N. A., & Kaplan, S. A. (2026, April 30 – May 2). Political will in action: Shaping voice, reputation, and career growth [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Wonders, M. E., Kaplan, S. A., Jang, H., Haygood, A. N., & Frerichs, V. (2026, April 30 – May 2). To report or not to report? Insights from shipyard workers’ accident experiences. In Haygood, A. N. (Co-Chair), Jang, H. (Co-Chair), Kaplan, S. A. (Co-Chair), & Burke, M. (Discussant). (2026). Transforming how we study safety: New directions for the 21st century workforce [Symposium, accepted]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Wonders, M. E., Rupp, D. E., Hoover, A. N., Kaplan, S., Felicelli, N., Strah, N., & Ratwani, K. (2026, April 30 – May 2). Experience sampling methodology to promote inclusive job analysis. IGNITE! session presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

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)