University of HoustonDepartment of Psychology
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L. A. Witt

Professor of Psychology (College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences)
Professor of Management (C. T. Bauer College of Business)
Director, Ph.D. Program in Industrial and Organizational Psychology

L. A. Witt
L. A. Witt
Doctorate: Tulane University
Undergraduate: Tulane University


Research Interests
  • Strategy-culture alignment
  • Customer service
  • Social and political skill
  • Work performance (e.g., adaptive performance, core task performance, and counterproductive behavior)
  • Personality
  • Employee selection
  • Organizational politics and support
  • Work-family interface

Teaching

  • PSYC 3310: Introduction to I/O Psychology
  • PSYC 6371: Personnel Psychology
  • PSYC 7397: Organizational Psychology
  • PSYC 8393: Field work in organizational development
 
E-mail:  witt@uh.edu
 
Selected Publications
 
Witt, L. A., & Carlson, D. (In press). The work-family interface and job performance: Moderating effects of conscientiousness and perceived organizational support. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.

Hochwarter, W. A., Witt, L. A., Treadway, D. C., & Ferris, G. A. (2006). Interaction of organizational support and social skill on job performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 482-489.

Treadway, D. C., Ferris, G. R., Hochwarter, W. A., Pamela Perrewé, Witt, L. A., & Goodman, J. M. (2005). The role of age in the perceptions of politics-job performance relationship: A three-study constructive replication. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90, 872-881.

Witt, L. A., Andrews, M., & Carlson, D. (2004). When conscientiousness isn’t enough: Emotional exhaustion and call volume performance among call center customer service representatives. Journal of Management, 30, 149-160.

Witt, L. A., & Ferris, G. R. (2003). Social skill as moderator of the conscientiousness-performance relationship: Convergent results across four studies. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88, 809-820.

Witt, L. A., Burke, L. A., Barrick, M. R., & Mount, M. K. (2002). The interactive effects of conscientiousness and agreeableness on job performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 161-169.

Ferris, G. F., Witt, L. A., & Hochwarter, W. A. (2001). Interaction of social skill and general mental ability on job performance and salary. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 1075-1082.

Mount, M. K., Witt, L. A., & Barrick, M. R. (2000). Incremental validity of empirically keyed biodata scales over GMA and the five factor personality constructs. Personnel Psychology, 53, 299-323.