The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio, Ph.D. and M.A.
Major: Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Minor: Statistical Analysis
Miami University Oxford, Ohio, B.A. summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
POSITIONS
Co-Director, Office of Holistic Excellence (February 2024 to the present)
Office of the Chancellor
University of Michigan - Dearborn
Senior Research Scholar for the Chancellor (January 2025 to the present)
Office of the Chancellor
University of Michigan - Dearborn
University Bargaining Team - Lecturers’ Employee Organization Contract (October 2023 to April 2024)
Office of the Provost
University of Michigan
Associate Dean (July 2021 to December 2024)
College of Arts, Sciences, & Letters
University of Michigan - Dearborn
Professor (September 2017 to the present)
Department of Behavioral Sciences
University of Michigan - Dearborn
Associate Professor (September 1999 to August 2017)
Department of Behavioral Sciences
University of Michigan - Dearborn
Assistant Professor (August 1992 to September 1999)
Department of Behavioral Sciences
University of Michigan - Dearborn
PUBLICATIONS
Douglas, C., Grachek, E., Strickland, A., & Waung, M. (2025). A beautiful mind meets harsh reality: Practical tips for negotiators when bargaining strays from ideal conditions. Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy, 16.
Mason, B., Lakshmanan, S., McAuslan, P., Waung, M., & Jia, B. (2022). Lighting a Path for Autonomous Vehicle Communication: The Effect of Light Projection on the Detection of Reversing Vehicles by Older Adult Pedestrians. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Special Issue: Occupational Risk Perception, Safety Training, and Injury Prevention in the New Intelligent Yet Complex Work Environments, 19, 14700-14715.
Cao, Y., Lee, J. and Waung, M. (2022), Cultivating organizational attraction: a resource view on psychological contracts of career development among interns. Personnel Review, 52, 58-73.
Lee, J. H., Waung, M., & Beatty, J. (2022). Internships and promises of diversity: How anticipatory psychological contracts shape employment intentions in the US. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 33, 3560-3590.
Waung, M., McAuslan, P., & Lakshmanan, S. (2021). Trust and Intention to Use Autonomous Vehicles: Manufacturer Focus and Passenger Control. Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 80, 328-340.
Hymes, R. W., & Waung, M. (2018). A laboratory experiment examining the effects of resume format (paper or video or both) on applicant evaluation, employing resume stimulus materials generated by MBA students. In SAGE Research Methods Cases.
Waung, M., McAuslan, P., DiMambro, J. M., & Mięgoć, N. (2017). Impression management use in resumes and cover letters. Journal of Business and Psychology, 32. 722-746.
McAuslan, P., & Waung, M. (2016). Billboard Hot 100 songs: Self-promotion over the past 20 years. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 7, 171-184.
Waung, M., Hymes, R, Beatty, J. & McAuslan, P. (2015). Self-promotion statements in video resumes: Frequency, intensity, and gender effects on job applicant evaluation. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 23, 345-360.
Loeb, R., Waung, M., & Sheeran, M. (2015). Individual and familial variables for predicting successful completion of a juvenile justice diversion program. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 54, 212-237.
Waung, M., Hymes, R., & Beatty, J. E. (2014). The effects of video and paper resumes on assessments of applicant personality, social skills, mental capability, and resume outcomes. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 36, 238-251.
Waung, M. & Cochran-Miller, C. (2010). Industrial/organizational psychology appendix. In S. E. Hockenbury & D. H. Hockenbury, Introduction to Psychology, fifth edition. New York, NY: Worth Publishing.
Waung, M. & Brice, T. S. (2007). The effect of acceptance/rejection status, status notification, and organizational obligation fulfillment on applicant intentions. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37, 2048-2071.
Waung, M. & Jones, D. R. (2005). The effect of feedback packaging on ratee reactions. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35, 1630-1655.
Brice, T. S., & Waung, M. (2002). Website recruitment characteristics: American’s best versus America’s biggest. Society for the Advancement of Management Journal, 67, 4-8.
Brice, T. S., & Waung, M. (2001). Is the science-practice gap shrinking? Some encouraging news from an analysis of SIOP programs. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 38, 29-37.
Waung, M., & Brice, T. S. (2000). Communicating negative hire information to applicants: Fulfilling psychological contracts. Journal of Business and Psychology, 15, 247-263.
Waung, M., & Brice, T. S. (1998). The effects of conscientiousness and opportunity to caucus on group performance. Small Group Research, 29, 650-660.
Stiles, W. B., Lyall, L. M., Knight, D. P., Ickes, W., Waung, M., Hall, C. L., & Primeau, B. E. (1997). Gender differences in verbal presumptuousness and attentiveness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 759-772.
Waung, M., & Highhouse, S. (1997). Fear of conflict and empathic buffering: Two explanations for the inflation of performance feedback. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 71, 37-54.
Waung, M. (1995). The effects of self-regulatory coping orientation on newcomer adjustment and job survival. Personnel Psychology, 48, 633-650
Waung, M., MacNeil, M., & Vance, R. J. (1995). Reactions to feedback in goal choice and goal change processes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 25, 1360-1390.
Brice, T. S., & Waung, M. (1995). Applicant rejection letters: Do businesses send the wrong message? Business Horizons, 38, 59-62.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Waung, M., Hung-Berry, R., Carter, S. (2025). Building Intellectual Empathy and Diversity of Thought. The Coalition for Transformational Education National Conference. March/April, Miami, Florida
Cao, Y., Lee, J., & Waung, M. (2021). Challenging Work and Psychological Contracts at Pre-Organizational Entry. The 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Virtual, July/August.
Sommers, Z., McAuslan, P., & Waung, M. (2021). Fake News Detection and Political Engagement in the 2020 Election. Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Division 8), American Psychological Association Convention, Virtual, August.
Waung, M., McAuslan, P., & Lakshmanan, S. (2019). Communication with and Acceptance of an Autonomous Campus Shuttle. American Psychological Association's Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, August.
McAuslan, P., Waung, M., McCabee, M., Irvin, Z., & Mitton, B. (2019). How Self-Promotion in Resumes Influences Response to Women and Men in Three Fields. American Psychological Association's Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, August.
Waung, M., Lee, J. & Beatty, J. (2019). Written Upon: The Effects of Anticipatory Psychological Contract on Organizational Outcomes. Eastern Academy of Management's Managing in a Global Economy XVIII Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June.
Waung, M., Lee, J.H., & Beatty, J. E. (2017) The effect of recruitment websites on anticipatory psychological contract, breach perceptions, and organizational attractiveness. The Academy of Management Meetings, Atlanta, Georgia, August.
McAuslan, P., Waung, M., & Irvin, Z. (2015). Self-promotion in popular music: Changes over the past 20 years. Meetings of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC), Nashville, Tennessee, August.
Waung, M., Beatty, J., Hymes, R., & McAuslan, P. (2012). Video resume self-promotion tactics and gender. Presented at the Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, San Diego, California, April.
Waung, M., Hymes, R., and Beatty, J. (2010). The effect of video and paper resumes on candidate evaluation. Presented at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, Atlanta, Georgia, April.
Professor of Psychology: Department of Behavioral Sciences, The University of Michigan-Dearborn. Taught Introductory Psychology, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, History of Psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Research Methods in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Organizational Entry, Diversity and the Workplace, Careers in Psychology, and Advanced Methods and Statistics in Health Psychology.
Faculty Excellent Strategic Implementation Committee, Member, Office of the Provost (2022-2023)
First Year Experience Strategic Implementation Committee, Chair, Office of the Provost (2021-2022)
CASL Practice-Based Learning Task Force Chair (Winter 2021)
Provost Faculty Fellow (September 2020 - April 2021)
Dearborn Discovery Core Committee - (September 2019 - August 2021)
University Curriculum and Degree Committee - Digital Education Sub-Committee (March 2015 - June 2020)
CASL Digital Education Collaborative Manager (September 2019 - present)
CASL Online Planning Coordinator (January - August 2019)
CASL Digital Education Course Offerings Task Force, Chair (Winter 2017)
CASL Restructuring Committee (Winter 2017)
CASL Executive Committee, Behavioral Sciences Elected Representative (Fall 2016 – Winter 2019)
Department Executive Committee – non-voting member (Fall 2016 – Winter 2019)
Reviewer, Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Reviewer, International Journal of Selection and Assessment; Basic and Applied Social Psychology; Personnel Journal; Personnel Review
Reviewer, UM – Dearborn Distinguished Digital Education Award Selection Committee (Winter 2017, Winter 2018)