Rustin Meyer

The overarching theme of my research is interactionism—the belief that human behavior is inherently a function of individuals and the situations they experience. Thus, my specific streams of research focus on better understanding individuals and situations at work in mutually commensurate ways. This includes improving theoretical and empirical conceptualization of “situational strength” (the idea that various situational characteristics have the ability to restrict the expression and, therefore, criterion-related validity of dispositional characteristics); adapting the nature and structure of the Linnaean Taxonomy to the study of situations by creating an updateable, hierarchical taxonomy that categorizes types of situations on the basis of their defining characteristics; and better applying research methods that are relevant to interactionism.

• American Psychological Association
• Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Academy of Management
• International Public Management’s Assessment Council

• Meyer, R. D., Dalal, R. S., & Hermida, R. (in press) A review and synthesis of situational strength in the organizational sciences. in press at the Journal of Management.
• Meyer, R. D., & Dalal, R. S. (2009). Situational strength as a means of conceptualizing context. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 2, 99-102.
• Meyer, R. D., Dalal, R. S., & Bonaccio, S. (2009). A meta-analytic investigation into situational strength as a moderator of the conscientiousness-performance relationship. Journal of Organizational Behavior.
• Meyer, R. D. (2007). Incremental Validity. Encyclopedia of Industrial/Organizational Psychology. S. Rogelberg (Ed.). Sage Publications.
• Meyer, R. D. (2007). Verbal Protocol Analysis. Encyclopedia of Industrial/Organizational Psychology. S. Rogelberg (Ed.). Sage Publications.
• Reeve, C. L., Meyer, R. D., & Bonaccio, S. (2006). Intelligence-personality associations: The importance of distinguishing between general and narrow dimensions of intelligence. Intelligence, 34, 387-402.