Research & Publications
Research Interests
Assessment and Selection:
My research has primarily focused on aspects of assessment and selection. This has included looking and various ways to measure personality (Weidner & Landers, 2020) and individual differences (Short & Weidner, 2019; Murray, Dukes, & Weidner, 2018) which are relevant for performance in organizations. I am particularly interested in examining how emerging technologies such as mobile assessment (Weidner & Landers, 2020) gamified and game-based assessments (Short & Weidner, 2019; Weidner & Short, 2019) and social media (Weidner, O'Brien, & Wynne, 2016).
Research Methods and Statistics:
I have long had an interest in applying unique and innovative methods to examine research problems. My research has used a variety of techniques ranging from analyzing response latency to measure personality (Weidner & Landers, 2020), using video game achievements as an objective measure of team performance (Short & Weidner, 2019). I am familiar with a variety of techniques used to examine and analyze community survey techniques (Lucas, Weidner, & Janisse 2012; Que et al., 2017; Que, Weidner, & Wang, 2017).
Publications (student co-authors are underlined)
Weidner, N. Thrasher, G. R., & Rudolph, C. W. (2022). Normative team age prototypes: Exploring follower, leader, and team characteristics. Work, Aging and Retirement, waac033 https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waac033
Weidner, N. & Landers, R. N. (2020). Swipe Right on Personality: A Mobile Response Latency Measure. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 35(4), 209-223. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-07-2018-0330
Short, E. & Weidner, N. (2019). Gamers at work: Predicting workplace relevant behaviors across domains. Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds, 11(2), 161-177. https://doi.org/10.1386/jgvw.11.2.161_1
Weidner, N. & Short, E. (2019). Chapter 7: Playing with a Purpose: The Roles of Games and Gamification in Modern Assessment Practices. In R.N. Landers (Ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of Employee Technology and Behavior. (p.151 -178) United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108649636
Murray, S. L., Dukes, S. & Weidner, N. (2018). Improving first-year STEM students’ performance and retention: Is grit the answer? Quality Approaches in Education, 9(2), 12 - 16. ( Link to Article )
Que, S., Awuah-Offei, K., Wang, L., Samaranayake, V.A., Weidner, N., & Yuan, S. (2018). Individual preferences for mineral resource development: Perspectives from an urban population in the United States. Journal of Cleaner Production, 189, 30-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.04.045
Que, S., Awuah-Offei, K., Weidner, N., & Wang, Y. (2017) Discrete choice experiment validation: A resource project case study. Journal of Choice Modelling, 22, 39-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocm.2017.01.006
Weidner, N., O’Brien, K, & Wynne, K. (2016) Social media use: Antecedents and outcomes of sharing. In R. Landers & G. Schmidt (Eds.) Using Social Media in Employee Selection: Theory, Practice, and Current Challenges. (p. 79-101) Switzerland: Springer International Publishing https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-29989-1
Lucas, T., Rudolph, C., Zhdanova, L., Barkho, E., Weidner, N. (2014) Distributive justice for others, collective angst, and support for exclusion of immigrants. Political Psychology, 35, 775-793 https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12204
Lucas, T., Weidner, N., Janisse, J. (2012) Where does work stress come from: A generalizability analysis of occupational stress in police officers. Psychology & Health, 27, 1426-1447 10.1080/08870446.2012.687738
Published Educational Materials
Dickson, M., Wright, A. M., & Weidner, N. (2011) Peer instruction slides for instructor resources. In. Krause, M., & Corts, D. Psychological Science: Modeling Scientific Literacy, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Dickson, M., Wright, A. M., & Weidner, N. (2011) Peer instruction slides for instructor resources. In Ciccarelli, S. & White, N. J. (2012) Psychology: An exploration (2nd Ed.).Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.