Jack Michael Feldman

My interests center about one goal: the application of psychological theory and method to problems of social and organizational importance. To this end, I have conducted both field and laboratory studies (some in cross-cultural contexts) on such issues as job satisfaction and motivation, performance appraisal, stereotyping and attribution processes, cognitive complexity, and interracial relations.

My past research involved the application of knowledge in social cognition to performance appraisal, decision making, motivation, and other problems. My current objective is to apply this information and experience in the areas of personal and national security. I intend this work to have both practical and theoretical implications.

• American Psychological Society (Fellow)
• Academy of Management
• Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Fellow)

• Feldman, J.M. (1981). Beyond attribution theory: Cognitive processes in performance appraisal. Journal of Applied Psychology, 66, 127-148.
• Feldman, J.M., and Lynch, J.G. Jr. (1988). Self-generated validity and other effects of measurement on belief, attitude, intention and behavior. Journal of Applied Psychology, 73, 431-435.
• Feldman, J.M. (1994). On the synergy between theory and application: Social cognition and performance appraisal. In R.S. Wyer, Jr., and T.K. Srull (Eds.) Handbook of social cognition (2nd ed., Vol. 2). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Feldman, J.M. (1999). Four questions about human social behavior. In J. Adamopoulos and Y. Kashima (Eds.) Social Psychology and Cultural Context: Essays in Honor of Harry C. Triandis. New York: Sage.

• PSYC 2210 Social Psychology (Undergraduate)
• PSYC 6012 Social Psychology (Graduate)
• Seminar: Performance Appraisal
• Seminar: Cross-Cultural Organizational Psychology