Austin Lee Nichols

Dr. Austin Lee Nichols is Associate Professor of Organizational Psychology at CEU.

Prof. Nichols is a social psychologist who has dedicated himself to combining psychological principles and empirical research to improve people’s lives worldwide. He primarily accomplishes this through research on various aspect of leadership, including the personalities that people desire in their leaders and how leaders best manage others' impressions of them. In addition to his focus on leadership, he has researched various topics related to personality, work, health, and research methodology.

He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology and M.S. in Management from the University of Florida and has taught on these topics in the USA, Spain, Luxembourg, France, Croatia, China, and Bangladesh. He has also presented his research in over a dozen countries around the world and has published over 40 papers in over three dozen international, peer-reviewed journals that include Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Journal of Personality Assessment, Personality and Individual Differences, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Journal of Personnel Psychology, and International Journal of Social Research Methodology. In addition, he recently coedited a book entitled, “Advanced Research Methods for the Social and Behavioral Sciences” that is published by Cambridge University Press and is currently workin on the three-volume "Cambridge Handbook of Research Methods and Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences".

Currently, Prof. Nichols is the head of the Leadership Program for the CEU Executive MBA.

QUALIFICATION

• Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Florida
• M.S. in Management, University of Florida
• M.S. in Psychology, University of Florida
• B.S. in Psychology, Florida State University

Journal Articles:

• Alogna, V. K., Attaya, M. K., Aucoin, P., Bahník, S., Birch, S., ..., Nichols, A. L., ..., & Zwaan, R. A. (2014). Registered Replication Report: Schooler & Engstler-Schooler (1990). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9(5) 556–578.
• Classen, S., Nichols, A. L., McPeek, R., & Breiner, J. F. (2011). Personality as a predictor of driver performance: An exploratory study. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 14, 381-389.
• Cottrell, C. A., Richards, D. A. R., & Nichols, A. L. (2010). Predicting policy attitudes from general prejudice versus specific intergroup emotions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46(2), 237-486.
• Edlund, J. E., Nichols, A. L., Okdie, B. M., Guadagno, R. E., Eno, C. A., Heider, J. D., Hansen, E., Sagarin, B. J., Blackhart, G., Cottrell, C. A., & Wilcox, K. T. (2014). The prevalence and prevention of crosstalk: A multi-institutional study. Journal of Social Psychology, 154, 1-5.
• Horgas, A. L., Nichols, A. L., Schapson, C. A., & Vietes, K. (2007). Assessing pain in persons with dementia: Relationships among the non-communicative patient’s pain assessment instrument, self-report, and behavioral observations. Pain Management Nursing, 8(2), 77-85.
• Horgas, A. L., Yoon, S. L., Nichols, A. L., & Marsiske, M. (2008). The relationship between pain and functional disability in black and white older adults. Research in Nursing and Health, 31(4), 341-354.
• Hughes, S., Lyddy, F., Kaplan, R., Nichols, A. L., Miller, H., Saad, C., Dukes, K., & Lynch, A. (2015). Highly prevalent but not always persistent: Undergraduate and graduate students’ misconceptions about psychology. Teaching of Psychology, 42, 34-42.
• McPeek, R. W., Nichols, A. L., Classen, S., & Breiner, J. F. (2011). Self-bias in older adults' driving assessments: The role of personality. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 14(6), 579-590.
• Nichols, A. L. (2014). Actual vs. reported behavior: Increasing handwashing in public restrooms. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 73(1), 41-46.
• Nichols, A. L., Classen, S., McPeek, R. W., & Breiner, J. F. (2012). Does personality predict safe driving in middle and older age? An evidence-based literature review. Traffic Injury Prevention, 13, 133-143.
• Nichols, A. L., & Cottrell, C. A. (in press). Establishing vs. preserving impressions: Predicting success and confidence in the multiple audience problem. International Journal of Psychology.
• Nichols, A. L., & Cottrell, C. A. (2014). What do people desire in their leaders? The role of leadership level on trait desirability. Leadership Quarterly, 25, 711–729.
• Nichols, A. L., & Edlund, J. E. (in press). Practicing what we preach (and sometimes study): Methodological issues in laboratory research. Review of General Psychology.
• Nichols, A. L., & Maner, J. K. (2008). The good subject effect: Investigating participant demand characteristics. Journal of General Psychology, 135, 151-165.
• Nichols, A. L., & Webster, G. D. (2015). Designing a Brief Measure of Social Anxiety: Psychometric Support for a Three-Item Version of the Interaction Anxiousness Scale (IAS-3). Personality and Individual Differences, 79, 110-115.
• Nichols, A. L., & Webster, G. D. (2014). The single-item need for consistency scale. Individual Differences Research, 12(2), 50-58.
• Nichols, A. L., & Webster, G. D. (2013). The single-item need to belong scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 55, 189-192.
• Webster, G. D., DeWall, C. N., Pond, Jr., R. S., Deckman, T., Jonason, P. K., Le, B., Nichols, A. L., Schember, T. O., Crysel, L. C., Crosier, B. S., Smith, C. V., Paddock, E. L., Nezlek, J. B., Kirkpatrick, L. A., Bryan, A. D., & Bator, R. J. (2014). The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Psychometric and behavioral evidence for an efficient measure of trait aggression. Aggressive Behavior, 40, 120-139.
• Webster, G. D., Nichols, A. L., & Schember, T. O. (2009). American psychology is becoming more international. American Psychologist, 64(6), 566-568.