Terry Connolly

Degrees

Ph.D, Organizational Behavior

M.A., Sociology

B.Sc, Electrical Engineering

Areas of Expertise

• Decision making by individuals, groups and organizations
• Emotion in decision making
• Ethical decision making

Current Research

A: Books:

The psychology of decision making: People in Organizations (2nd Ed). (with L.R.Beach). London: Sage, 2005.

Publications and Working Papers , 2005-Present

A: Books:

The psychology of decision making: People in Organizations (2nd Ed). (with L.R.Beach). London: Sage, 2005.

Decision modeling in uncertain and complex environments T. Kugler, J.C.Smith, T. Connolly & Y.J.Son (Eds.). New York: Springer, 2008.

B: Book chapters:

“On optimal satisficing; How simple policies can achieve excellent results” (with J. N. Bearden). Pp. 79-86 in T. Kugler, J.C.Smith, T. Connolly & Y.J.Son (Eds.), Decision modeling in uncertain and complex environments. New York: Springer, 2008.

“Fools rush in: A JDM perspective on the role of emotions in decisions, moral and otherwise.” (with D. Hardman). In B. H. Ross (Series Ed.) & D. M. Bartels, C. W. Bauman,  L. J. Skitka, & D. L. Medin (Eds.), Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Vol. 50: Moral Judgment and Decision Making. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2009

“Judgment and Decision Making” (with L. Ordóñez & S. Barker) (2011). In Borman, W.C., Ilgen, D.R. & Klimoski, R.J. (Eds): _Comprehensive Handbook of Psychology, Volume 12: Industrial and Organizational Psychology. 2nd Ed. _New York: John Wiley. (Revision of Connolly & Ordóñez, 2002).

C: Journal articles:

“Regret in cancer-related decisions” (with J. Reb). _Health Psychology, 2005, 24,_529-534.

“Regret in economic and psychological theories of choice” (with D. Butler). _Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 2006, 19, _139-154.

"Possession, feelings of ownership and the endowment effect” (with J. Reb). Judgment and Decision Making, 2007, ­2, 29-36.

“Multi-attribute sequential search” (with J. N. Bearden).  Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2007, 103, 147-158

“Investigating unethical decisions at work: Justification and emotion in dilemma resolution” (with R. Coughlan). Journal of Managerial Issues, _2008, 20, _348-365.

“The effect of consequential thinking on trust game behavior” (with T. Kugler & E.E.Kausel).Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 2009, 22, 101-119.

“Myopic regret avoidance in repeated decision making” (with J. Reb). _Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, _2009, _109, _182-189.

"The effect of job offer timing acceptance, performance, and turnover" (with W.J. Becker, & J.E. Slaughter). Personnel Psychology, 2009, 63, 223-241

“The effects of action, normalcy, and decision carefulness on anticipated regret: Evidence for a broad mediating role of decision justifiability” (with J. Reb). _Cognition and Emotion, 2010, 24, _1405-1420.

“Emotion, decision and risk: Betting on gambles vs. betting on people” (with T. Kugler & L. Ordonez). _Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 2012, 25, _123-134.

“Regret aversion in reason-based choice” (with J. Reb). Theory and Decision, 2012, 73, _35-51._

“Towards interactive, internet-based aid for vaccination decisions: Better information is not enough” (with J. Reb).  Vaccine, 2012, 30, 3813-3818

“Regret aversion, accountability and justification in the decoy effect” (with J. Reb & E.E. Kausel). _Judgment and Decision Making, _2013, in press.

D: Working papers: 

“Emotional chess: How beliefs about others’ affect can shape expectations and behavior in interactive decisions” (with E.E. Kausel). Working paper, September 2011

Professional Associations

• American Psychological Society (Fellow)
• Academy of Management
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Society for Judgment and Decision Making (Board Member and Secretary-Treasurer 1990-1993; President, 1994-1995)
• European Association for Decision Making

Editorial & Advisory Boards

• Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 1994 – present; Associate Editor, 2001 – 2004
• Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 1990 - present
• National Science Foundation, Advisory Panel, Program in Decision, Risk and Management Science, 1990-1992; Behavioral Science Infrastructure Special Panel, 1999
• National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, Committee on Human Factors, 1994 - 1999
• Behavioral & Brain Sciences, Associate, 1995 – present
• Arizona State University Decision Center for a Desert City, External Advisory Committee
• Judgment and Decision Making, Associate Editor
• Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Executive Board Member and Chair, Publication Committee
• Conference of Behavioral Decision Research in Management, Program Committee, San Diego (April 2008)