Ron Karren

Education

PhD, University of Maryland, 1978 MA, New School for the Social Research, 1973 BA, Rutgers University, 1971

Academic Appointments

Professor of Management, University of Massachusetts, 9/2014-9/2016 Associate Professor of Management, 9/1989-9/2014 Assistant Professor of Management, 9/1982-9/1989

Research Interests

• Personnel Selection
• Hiring
• Job Interviews
• Job Loss
• Age Discrimination
• Career Decision Making
• Personality and Honesty Tests
• Decision Making
• Research Methods
• Policy Capturing

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate

• Human Resource Management
• Current Issues of HRM

Masters

• Human Resource Management
• Staffing

PhD

• Research Methods
• Human Resource Management

Professional Background

Professional Experience

Professor, 1982-Present, University of Massachusetts Ph.D. Director, 1989, 1990-1998, Isenberg School of Management Personnel Psychologist, 1981-1982, U.S. Department of Justice Personnel Research Psychologist, 1978-1981, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Selected Publications

Karren, R. and Sherman, K. (2012). Layoffs and unemployment discrimination: A new Stigma. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 27 (8), 848-863.

Karren, R. (2012). Introduction to the special issue on job loss. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 27 (8), 772-779.

Till, R. and Karren, R. (2011). Organizational justice perceptions and pay level satisfaction. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 26 (1), 42-57.

Peters, L. Shmerling, S., & Karren, R.J. (2011). Constructivist pedagogy in asynchronous online education: Examining proactive behavior and the impact on student engagement levels. International Journal on E-Learning, 10 (3), 311-330.