Elizabeth Boyd, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship | Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA, UNITED STATES
Dr. Boyd’s research focuses on gender issues in organizations and the challenges people face when attempting to balance multiple life roles
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Biography
Dr. Elizabeth M. Boyd is an assistant professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at Kennesaw State University and Research Director for the Women’s Leadership Center. Dr. Boyd’s research focuses on gender issues in organizations and the challenges people face when attempting to balance multiple life roles and goals.
Industry Expertise (3)
Research
Education/Learning
Women
Areas of Expertise (9)
Work-Life Balance
Psychological Measurement
Survey Research
Statistics
Psychological Testing
Quantitative Research
Organizational Behaviour
Career Development
Women & Leadership
Accomplishments (3)
Outstanding Contribution Award in Gender and Work Life Issues (professional)
2015-04-01
Awarded by Kennesaw State University.
Early Career Work-Family Scholars Program (professional)
2011-01-01
Awarded by Purdue University.
King-Chavez-Parks Future Faculty Fellowship (professional)
2009-01-01
Awarded by Purdue University.
Education (4)
Michigan State University: Ph.D., Organizational Psychology 2010
Michigan State University: Certification, College Teaching 2009
Michigan State University: M.A., Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008
Central Michigan University: B.S., Psychology 2003
Affiliations (7)
- Women's Leadership Center : Research Director
- Journal of Vocational Behaviour : Editorial Board
- Work Family Researchers Network (WFRN) : Sponsoring Member
- Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) : Member
- American Psychological Association (APA) : Member
- Academy of Management (AOM) : Member
- Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology : Member
Media Appearances (1)
The Discouraging Link Between Depression and Women in Power
Fast Company online
2015-01-15
"People like to think they’re less biased than they used to be, but evidence from scientific literature says otherwise," says Elizabeth Boyd, assistant professor of management and researcher at the Women's Leadership Center at Kennesaw State University. "People still make stereotype evaluations of women leaders."...
Recent Papers (5)
From “work–family” to “work–life”: Broadening our conceptualization and measurement
Journal of Vocational Behaviour
2013-01-01
Despite frequent reference to “work–life” issues in the organizational literature, little theoretical or empirical attention has been paid to nonwork areas beyond family. The purpose of the research described here is to move beyond work–family conflict to a broader conceptualization and measurement of work interference with life. A measure of work interference with life across eight nonwork domains and two forms of interference (strain-and time-based) was developed and tested in two studies of 1811 and 3145 university alumni ...
Detecting and deterring insufficient effort responding to surveys
Journal of Business and Psychology
2012-01-01
Responses provided by unmotivated survey participants in a careless, haphazard, or random fashion can threaten the quality of data in psychological and organizational research. The purpose of this study was to summarize existing approaches to detect insufficient effort responding (IER) to low-stakes surveys and to comprehensively evaluate these approaches. Design/Methodology/Approach In an experiment (Study 1) and a nonexperimental survey (Study 2), 725 undergraduates responded to a personality ...
The Blame Game Exploring the Nature and Correlates of Attributions Following Work–Family Conflict
Group & Organization Management
2011-01-01
Research focused on the work–family interface has explored many antecedents and consequences of work–family conflict (WFC) but has neglected to address cognitive reactions following conflict events. The purpose of this investigation is to explore one such reaction: attribution. Attributions of responsibility for conflict events are assessed with a focus on providing descriptive information about attributions and exploring correlates of attributions. Results indicate that attributions to external sources are much more frequent ...
The multitasking preference inventory: Toward an improved measure of individual differences in polychronicity
Human Performance
2010-01-01
This article describes the initial development of a new measure of individual polychronicity, a construct indicating a preference for multitasking as opposed to performing only one task at a time. Following a brief review of past definitional issues, a revised definition is offered and a new measure of polychronicity—the Multitasking Preference Inventory (MPI)—is created based on this definition. Three studies describe the creation, pilot testing, and psychometric refinement of an initial pool of items (Study 1); a convergent and ...
Wanting to appear smart: Hypercriticism as an indirect impression management strategy
Self and Identity
2008-01-01
Two experiments explored hypercriticism as a strategy used by people attempting to appear smart. People wanting to appear smart were more critical than either those wanting to be liked, or those in a no-goal control group. Further, more people in the “appear smart” condition selected a disliked topic in order to facilitate hypercritical evaluations. We also found that trying to appear smart led to a drop in the intelligence ratings of an interaction partner. These two studies extend previous work (Amabile & Glazebrook, 1982) by ruling ...