I received his B.S. in psychology from the University of Washington, and my M.S. and Ph.D. in industrial and organizational psychology from Ohio University. He is currently an associate professor at Baruch College.

My research focuses on issues of diversity in the context of employee selection, measuring individual differences, and assessing employee attitudes. My research examines sources of bias and construct irrelevant variance on standardized and cognitive tests, non-cognitive predictors of job performance, detecting lying and dishonest responding, attitudes toward stigmatized employees, alternative validation strategies, attitude measurement, linking employee attitudes to organizational outcomes, and employee selection. My research draws heavily on recent advances in analytical and methodological techniques, and computer technology.

One of my main areas of research examines possible explanations for race-based differences on intelligence and cognitive ability tests. This research involves developing alternative formats and types of intelligence tests as well as the examining role previous experience and test taking skills in performance on these types of tests.

Other projects include: (1) utilizing item response theory to detect response distortion (i.e., faking) on measures of personality and biodata in employment contexts; (2) dynamic models of goal-striving and goal-revision processes; (3) modeling ability-performance relationships over time; (4) assessing attitudes toward employees with disabilities and female managers; (5) synthetic validity; (6) impact of stereotype threat on test-taking behaviors.

I teach courses in statistics, industrial and organizational psychology, human resource management, statistics, and psychometrics in the United States, Singapore, and Taiwan in our undregraduate, masters, executive, and Ph.D. programs.

Recent Publications

Naidoo, L.J., Scherbaum, C.A., & Goldstein, H.W. (in press). Examining the Relative Importance of Leader-Member Exchange on Group Performance Over Time.  In G. B. Graen and J. A. Graen (Eds.), Knowledge Driven Corporation: A Discontinuous Model.  LMX Leadership: The Series.  Volume VI.  Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing Inc.

Scherbaum, C. A., & Meade, A. W. (in press). Measurement in the Organizational Sciences: Theoretical and Conceptual Advances. In D. Buchanan & A. Bryman (Eds.), Handbook of organizational research methods. London: Sage.

Scherbaum, C. A., & Ferreter, J. M. (in press). Estimating statistical power and sample size requirement for organizational research using hierarchical linear models. Organizational Research Methods.

Scherbaum, C.S., & Goldstein, H. (in press). Examining the relationship between differential item functioning and item difficulty. Educational and Psychological Measurement.

Scherbaum, C.A., Popovich, P.M., & Finlinson, S. (2008). Exploring factors related to energy conservation behaviors in organizations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38, 818-835.

Vancouver, J.B., & Scherbaum, C.A. (2008). Do We Self-Regulate Actions or Perceptions? A Test of Two Computational Models. Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, 14, 1-22.

Scherbaum, C.A., Naidoo, L.J., & Ferreter, J.M. (2007). Examining component measures of team leader-member exchange (LMX-SLX) using item response theory. In G. Graen and J. Graen (Eds.) New Multinational Network Sharing. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Scherbaum C.A., Cohen-Charash, Y., & Kern, M. (2006). Measuring general self-efficacy: A comparison of three measures using item response theory. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 66, 1047-1063.

Scherbaum, C.A., Finlinson, S., Barden, K., & Tamanini, K. (2006). Applications of Item Response Theory to Measurement Issues in Leadership Research. Leadership Quarterly, 17, 366-386.

Scherbaum, C. A. (2005). Synthetic validity: Past, present, and future. Personnel Psychology, 58, 481-515.

Scherbaum, C.A. (2005). A basic guide to statistical discovery: Planning and selecting statistical analyses. In F. Leong & J. Austin (Eds.), The psychology research handbook: A guide for graduate students and research assistants (2nd ed., pp. 275-292). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Scherbaum, C.A., Scherbaum, K.L., & Popovich, P.M. (2005). Predicting job-related expectancies and affective reactions to employees with disabilities from previous work experience. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35, 889-904.

Vancouver, J.B., Putka, D.J., & Scherbaum, C.A. (2005). Triangulating on the goal-level effect: Experimental, computational, and correlational analysis. Organizational Research Methods, 8, 100-127.

Recent Presentations

Blanshteyn, V., Scherbaum, C., Marshall, E., McCue, E., & Strauss, R. (2008, April). Examining the Effects of Stereotype Threat on Test Taking Behaviors. Poster to be presented at the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

Cohen-Charash, Y., Erez, M., & Scherbaum, C. A. (2008, April). When good things happen to others: Envy and firgun reactions. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

Cohen-Charash, Y., Erez, M., & Scherbaum, C. A. (2008, April). Firgun - being happy for another person's good fortune. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

Ferreter, J., Goldstein, H., Scherbaum, C., Yusko, K., & Jun, H. (2008, April). Reducing Adverse Impact Using a Nontraditional Cognitive Ability Assessment. Poster to be presented at the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

Boyd, B. & Scherbaum, C. (2007, April). Examining Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Towards Female Managers. Poster presented at the 22nd annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York.

Kern, M. & Scherbaum, C. (2007, April). Measuring Goal Commitment: A Comparison of Two Measures Using Item Response Theory. Poster presented at the 22nd annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York.

Scherbaum, C.A. & Andreoli, N. (2007, May). Individual difference variables and perceived fakability of the IPIP. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the American Psychological Society, Washington, D.C.

Scherbaum, C. & Black, J. (2007, April). Financial and Managerial Determinants of Employee Engagement. Paper submitted in C. Scherbaum & J. Black’s (Chairs) Financial and managerial determinants of engagement symposium to the 22nd annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York.

Ferreter, J.M., & Scherbaum, C.A. (2006, August). A mixed measurement model analysis of the importance of intrinsic and extrinsic work rewards across cultures. Interactive poster presented at the 48th Meeting of the Academy of International Business, Beijing, China.

Ferreter, J.M., Scherbaum, C.A., & Kern, M.J. (2006, May). Examining faking on personality inventories using unfolding IRT models. Poster presented at the 21st annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.

Scherbaum, C.A., & Fyman, J. (2006, May). Influence of beliefs about team personality on team performance ratings. Poster presented at the 21st annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.

Scherbaum, C., Goldstein, H. & Hayrapetyan, L. (2006, May). Examining the relationship between differential item functioning and item difficulty. Poster presented at the 21st annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.

Contact Information:
Charles Scherbaum, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Baruch College, CUNY
Box B 8-215
One Bernard Baruch Way
New York, NY 10010
Email: Charles_Scherbaum@baruch.cuny.edu
Phone: 646-312-3807
Fax: 646-312-3781

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