Roxanne Wilkens

Roxanne Wilkens entered the I/O doctoral program in Fall 2006. She came into the program immediately after receiving her B.S. in Psychology, with Sociology as a second major, from SUNY Stony Brook. During her undergraduate career she worked with Dr. Manuel London on her honors thesis which looked at Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) teams in a hospital with a focus on group performance and processes. She is currently working in Dr. Loren Naidoo’s lab and helping with his study on leader influence on follower motivation.

Roxanne’s current research interests include: group processes, group commitment, group cohesion, leadership emotional displays (humor, positive/negative affect), socialization, culture, group learning, and transactive memory systems.

Publications:

Wilkens, R., & London, M. (In Press). Relationships between climate, process, and performance in continuous quality improvement groups. Journal of Vocational Behavior.

Last update: November 2006