Department of Psychology
Western Michigan University

Alyce Dickinson, Ph.D., Western Michigan University (1985)

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SPECIALIZATION

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

EDUCATION

1985            Ph.D., Applied Behavior Analysis, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

1978            M.A., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Employee productivity, safety, quality and satisfaction

Individual and small group monetary incentives

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Johnson, D. A., Dickinson, A. M., & Huitema, B. E. (in press). The effects of objective feedback when individuals receive fixed and individual incentive pay. Performance Improvement Quarterly.

McGee. H. M., Dickinson, A. M., Huitema, B. E., & Culig, K. M. (2006). The effects of individual and group monetary incentives on high performance. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 19(4), 107-130.

Culig, K. M., Dickinson, A. M., McGee, H. M., & Austin, J. (2005). An objective comparison of applied behavior analysis and organizational behavior management research. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 25(1), 35-72. 

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

Hwang, H., & Dickinson, A. M. (2007, May). The relative effects of individual and social comparison feedback when individuals earn monetary incentives. Presented at the annual conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Diego, CA.

Dickinson, A. M., & Jaehnig, W. (2007, January). The effects of audio narration on e-learning. Presented at the bi-annual conference of the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis and the Organizational Behavior Management Network, Sarasota, FL.

Marmolejo, E. K. A., Crowley-Koch, B., Flossason, T., & Dickinson, A. M. (2007, January). The Progressive Organizational Intake Tree (POINT): A behavioral approach to project intake, assessment, and delegation. Presented at the bi-annual conference of the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis and the Organizational Behavior Management Network, Sarasota, FL.

COURSES 

Systems Analysis Practicum - graduate

Psychology of Work – graduate

Personnel Selection and Placement – graduate

Survey of Behavior Analysis Research - undergraduate

AWARDS/HONORS

2002      Fellow, Division 25, Experimental Analysis of Behavior, American Psychological Association

2000      Teaching Excellence Award, Western Michigan University Almuni Association

1995      Outstanding Contributions Award, Organizational Behavior Management Network, Association for Behavior Analysis

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Contact Information

Alyce M. Dickinson, Ph.D., Professor
Industrial/Organizational Psychology Faculty

Department of Psychology
Western Michigan University
1903 W. Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5439

Tel: 269-387-4473
E-mail: alyce.dickinson@wmich.edu