SETH M. SPAIN
Area: Organizational BehaviorOffice: AA-312
Office Phone: (607) 777-6067
Email: sspain@binghamton.edu
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Most Significant Papers
Harms, P.D., Spain, S.M., & Hannah, S. (In press). Leader development and the dark side of personality. The Leadership Quarterly.
Spain, S.M., Miner, A.G., Kroonenberg, P.M., & Drasgow, F. (2010). Job performance as multivariate dynamic criteria: Experience sampling and multiway component analysis. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 45, 599 - 626.
Brummel, B.J., Rupp, D.E., & Spain, S.M. (2009). Constructing parallel simulation exercises for assessment centers and other forms of behavioral assessment. Personnel Psychology, 62, 137–170.
Spain, S.M., & Burrus, K.D. (2007). Quantitative task comparison: A method for reviewing job descriptions and class specifications. Technical report prepared for the State Universities Civil Service System, Urbana, IL.
Spain, S.M., Klafehn, J.L., & McCanse, A.S. (2007). A primer on classification and examination procedures. The System News: Illinois’ Public University Support Resource and Advocate, 5 (2), 2-6 [Special issue].
Gibbons, A.M., Rupp, D.E., Baldwin, A.M., Snyder, L.A., Spain, S.M., Woo, S.E., Brummel, B.J., Sims, C.S., & Kim, M.-J. (2006). Initial validation of developmental assessment center. The Psychologist-Manager Journal, 9, 75–98.
Spain, S.M., Jackson, J.J., & Edmonds, G.W. To be or not to be? Extending the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model to Include Binary Outcomes. Under 2nd review at Personal Relationships.
Harms, P.D., & Spain, S.M. Getting ahead or getting things done: Differing antecedents of leader potential and effectiveness (writing, target: Psychological Science).
Pearce, C.L., Olson, D.L., & Spain, S.M. A mathematical model of shared leadership (writing, target: Management Science).
Bornay-Barrachina, M.D., Uhl-Bien, M., Gilson, L.L., & Spain, S.M. An Examination of Team Innovation: The Role of Team Creative Processes, Psychological Climate, and Leadership. Under review at Academy of Management Journal.
Harms, P.D., Spain, S.M., & Hannah, S.T. You don’t know the power of the Dark Side: Subclinicals trump normal personality in predicting job performance ratings. Draft submitted to the SIOP conference.
Spain, S.M., Harms, P.D., & Jackson, J.J. The sociogenomics of leadership: A theoretical overview. In preparation for Leadership Quarterly’s special issue on the biology of leadership.
Spain, S.M., Harms, P.D., & Hannah, S.T. I just don’t see me the way you do: Dyadic approaches to leader-follower asymmetry.
Newman, D.A., Spain, S.M., Joseph, D., Glomb, T.M., & Fisher, C.A. Neither set points nor opponent processes account for affect’s intrinsic dynamics: A damped oscillator model of emotion regulation. In preparation for Administrative Science Quarterly (writing).
Spain, S.M., & Newman, D.A. A latent growth model of validity degradation. In preparation for Journal of Applied Psychology (writing).
Spain, S.M., Tay, S., Diener, E, & Miner, A.G. Exploring the dimensions of affective experiences with three-mode component analysis. In preparation for Organizational Research Methods (writing).
von Thaden, T.L., Spain, S.M., & Woo, S.E. Self-reported fatigue in multiple airlines. In preparation for Human Performance (analyzing data).
Milanak, M.E., Berenbaum, H., Spencer-Smith, J., & Spain, S.M. Exploring models of facial affect recognition: The roles of intensity and reaction time (revising).
Presentations
Spain, S.M. (2010). Personality and work performance over time: Different levels, different conclusions. Talk presented at the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, October 19, 2010.Spain, S.M. (2009). Structure and dynamics in job performance. Talk presented at the Global Leadership Institute, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, September 4, 2009.
Spain, S.M., Harms, P.D., & Hannah, S.T. (2011, January). Going off the rails: The impact of subclinical personality traits on leader development. Poster presented at the 12th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX, January 27-29.
Gibbons, A.M., Spain, S.M., & Vanhove, A. (2010, April). Describing Inconsistent Assessment Center Ratings: Simplex Models of Exercise Similarity. In D. Jackson & B. Hoffman (Chairs). Exercise-driven Variance in Assessment Center Ratings: Alternative Approaches, New Insights. Symposium presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA, April 8-10.
Newman, D.A., Spain, S.M., Joseph, D.L., Fisher, C.D., Glomb, T.M., & Miner, A.G. (2010, April). Intrinsic dynamic regulation of work satisfaction and mood. In P. Hanges & A. Fulmer (Chairs). New Developments in Modeling Longitudinal and Dynamic Data. Symposium presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA, April 8-10.
Spain, S.M., Tay, L., & Diener, E. (2010, January). Exploring the dimensions of affective experiences with three-mode component analysis. Poster presented at the 11th annual meeting of the Society for Social and Personality Psychology, Las Vegas, NV, Jan 28-30, 2010.
Spain, S.M. (2009, August). It’s about time (and change). (Chair) Paper session presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL, August 7-11.
Spain, S.M. (2009, April). Multivariate dynamic criteria: A practical approach. In D.A. Newman (Chair), Time and Job Performance. Symposium presented at the 24th annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA, April 2-4.
Newman, D.A., & Spain, S.M. (2009, April). A latent growth model of validity degradation. In D.A. Newman (Chair). Time and Job Performance. Symposium presented at the 24th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA, April 2-4.
von Thaden, T.L., Spain, S.M., & Woo, S.E. (2009, April). Self-reported fatigue and organizational risk in multiple airlines. In T.L. von Thaden (Chair), Organizational Safety and Effectiveness. Symposium Presented at the 2009 International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Dayton, OH, April 27-30.
von Thaden, T.L.,Woo, S.E., & Spain, S.M. (2009, April). Validating a four-factor model of safety culture in commercial flight operations. In T.L. von Thaden (Chair), Organizational Safety and Effectiveness. Symposium Presented at the 2009 International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Dayton, OH, April 27-30.
von Thaden, T.L., Woo, S.E., & Spain, S.M. (2009, April). Investigating national differences in commercial aviation safety culture: A comparison of flight operations. In T.L. von Thaden (Chair), Organizational Safety and Effectiveness. Symposium Presented at the 2009 International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Dayton, OH, April 27-30.
Spain, S.M., & Miner, A.G. (2008, August). Three-mode principal components analysis of daily affect at work. Interactive paper presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA, August 3-8.
Spain, S.M., Jackson, J., Edmonds, G.W., & Roberts, B.W. (2008, May). Hierarchical polynomial regression for modeling interaction effects with dyad data. Poster presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, May 22-25.
Spain, S.M., Jackson, J., Edmonds, G., & Roberts, B.W. (2008, February). Modeling personality complementarity in dyads with polynomial regression and response surfaces. Poster presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the Association for Research in Personality, Albuquerque, NM, February 6-7.
Rupp, D.E., & Spain, S.M. (2007, August). Corporate social responsibility and organizational justice: Multi-foci,-level,-motive perspective. (Chair) Symposium at the 2007 annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, August 3-8.
Spain, S.M., & Miner, A.G. (2007, August). Experience sampling and multiway analysis: The dynamic structure of job performance. Paper at the 2007 annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, August 3-8.
Spain, S.M., & Miner, A.G. (2007, January). Affect at work: Experience sampling and multiway analysis. Poster presented at the 2007 Emotions preconference of the 8th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN, January 24-27.
Brummel, B.J., & Spain, S.M. (2005, April). Constructing parallel simulation exercises for developmental assessment centers. In L. A. Snyder, & D. E. Rupp (Chairs), Developmental Assessment Centers: Special Considerations for Researchers and Practitioners. Symposium presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA, April 15-17.
Professional Affiliations
Association for Psychological Science-Member
Academy of Management-Student Affiliate (OB, RM divisions)
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology-Student Affiliate
Society for Personality and Social Psychology-Student Affiliate
Honors and Recognitions
- List of Teachers Rated as Outstanding by Their Students
- List of Teachers Rated as Excellent by Their Students
- Dean’s List, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
