Anna Godollei

Asst Professor

Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

Department: Psychology

Areas of expertise: Motivation; Self-Regulation; Technology at Work

Email Address: anna.godollei@baruch.cuny.edu

Biography
Research and Creative Activity
Grants

Dr. Anna F. Gödöllei is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Baruch College and a member of the Doctoral Faculty in The Psychology Program at CUNY’s Graduate Centre. She received her Ph.D. in I/O Psychology at the University of Waterloo and her M.S. in I/O Psychology from the University of Calgary. Her research focuses on two main areas: (1) uncovering the psychological impact of technology-driven changes at work, and (2) illuminating the role of employees’ phenomenological experience in their self-regulatory processes.

Dr. Gödöllei’s work has been published in outlets such as Journal of Vocational Behavior, Applied Psychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Computers in Human Behavior Reports, and Human Performance. She collaborates internationally with scholars from Canada, Australia, and the United States, and her scholarship has earned numerous awards, in excess of $180,000, from agencies such as AoM, SIOP, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Education

Ph.D., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, University of Waterloo Waterloo Canada

M.Sc., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, University of Calgary Calgary Canada

B.Sc., Psychology, University of Calgary Calgary Canada

Journal Articles

(2026). Socioeconomic status across the career life cycle: A review and research agenda. Applied Psychology, 75(4). e70134. In Progress.

(2026). The next frontier in I-O research on motivation: Toward a first-person perspective. Industrial and Organizational Psychology.,

(2026). Making fun functional: Work context features, task fun regulation and task performance. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 169. 104278.

(2025). More than How You Start or Finish: Performance Trajectories Predict Interns’ Post-Graduation Vocational Outcomes. Education + Training, 67(5-6). 581-594. In Progress.

(2023). Insecure or Optimistic? Employees’ Diverging Appraisals of Automation, and Consequences for Job Attitudes. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 12. 100342.

Godollei, A. F., & Beck, J. W. (2020). Development and validation of the state regulatory focus scale. Human Performance, 33(2-3). 104-129.

Shafa, M., Krawetz, R., Zhang, Y., Rattner, J. B., Godollei, A., Duff, H. J., & Rancourt, D. E. (2011). Impact of stirred suspension bioreactor culture on the differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells into cardiomyocytes. BMC Cell Biology, 12(53).

Lighting a fire: The role of automation-related job insecurity in driving employees’ voluntary skill development. Journal of Business and Psychology, In Progress.

Book Chapters

Beck, J. W., & Godollei, A. (2020). A dynamic perspective on workplace motivation. In Griep, Y., & Hansen, S. D. (Eds.), Handbook on the Temporal Dynamics of Organizational Behavior (pp. 237-250). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Chapman, D. S., & Godollei, A. (2017). E-recruiting: Using technology to attract job applicants. In Hertel, G., Stone, D. L., Johnson, R. D., & Passmore, J. (Eds.), The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of the Internet at Work (pp. 213-230). Wiley-Blackwell.

Presentations

Shultz, E. P., Manjezi, B., & Godollei, A. Writing on the wall: How job characteristics relate to automatability versus automation-related job insecurity. In Zipfel, M., & Bazzoli, A. (Co-Chairs), Job Insecurity in the Age of Automation: Individual, Team, and Global Perspectives [Symposium].. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. New Orleans, LA

MacLachlan, E., Nerio, R., Steele, D., & Godollei, A. (2026, October 26). Administrators as Linchpins: Creating a Culture that Fosters Undergraduate Research Success. Society of Research Administrators International. Honolulu, HI, United States

McLemore, P. B., Barber, L., Frame, M., Godollei, A. F., Lee, P., & Watts, L. L. Training AI skills in the classroom: Embedding AI skills in graduate I-O training [Panel]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. New Orleans, LA

Lefkowitz, J. J., Capman, J., Godollei, A., Gonzalez, M. F., Knapp, D., Watts, L. L., & Wiese, C. W. Consequences of generative artificial intelligence for graduate education in industrial-organizational psychology [Symposium]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. New Orleans, LA

Shultz, P., Godollei, A., & Behrend, T. S. (2026, April 26). Facing the future: Employee responses to technology-related job insecurity [Symposium]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Denver, CO

Farkovits, L., Godollei, A., Hall, J., & Ravishankar, R. Human Knowledge/Computer Knowledge: Navigating the Blended Workplace. AI and the Future of Work Panel. : Baruch College Provost Office’s Artificial Intelligence Think Tank.

Godollei, A., Pindek, S., Shen, W., & Nishioka, M. (2026, May 26). The Banality of boredom at work: A cross-temporal meta-analytic summary of boredom’s nomological network [Oral Presentation]. European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology. Prague, CzechiaIn Progress.

Shultz, P., & Godollei, A. (2026, April 26). Lighting a fire: The impact of job insecurity on preparations for automation. In E.P. Shultz & A.F. Gödöllei (Co-Chairs), & T. S. Behrend (Discussant), Facing the future: Employee responses to technology-related job insecurity [Symposium]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Denver, COIn Progress.

Bazzoli, A., Chatterjee, D., Godollei, A., & Phetmisy, C. (2026, April 26). Socioeconomic status, disadvantage, and stigma in the workplace: Current directions and a future research agenda. In J. Phillips (Chair), & Chatterjee, D. (Co-Chair), Considering status: A showcase of research with low-SES and blue-collar workers [Symposium].. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Denver, CO

Felman, A., Griffin, C., & Godollei, A. (2026, April 26). Reactions to workplace automation: Technological self-efficacy and gender differences [Poster Presentation]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Denver, COIn Progress.

Godollei, A. (2026, February 26). Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst: Employee Reactions to Automation at Work [Invited Talk]. : Michigan State University Brown Bag Colloquium.

Erhart, M., Godollei, A., Gonzalez, M., Fletcher, K., Wilmont, M., & Wu, R. (2026, April 26). Navigating the Academic Job Market [Panel].. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference. Boston, MA, United States

Godollei, A. (2026, March 26). Employee Reactions to Automation (PechaKucha). Cross-College Faculty Research Symposium. New York City, NY: Baruch College, CUNY.

Godollei, A. (2026, August 26). Hold on to your Day Job: Employee Preparations for Automation at Work [Oral Presentation]. Academy of Management. Boston, MA

Godollei, A., & Beck, J. W. (2026, June 26). Skill-gaps and automation-related job insecurity. In Jones-Chick, R. (Chair), CSIOP Student Symposium: The Future of IO Research [Symposium].. Canadian Psychological Association. Calgary, AB, Canada

Godollei, A., & Beck, J. W. (2026, August 26). Fear or embrace? Employees’ diverging appraisals of automation, and consequences for job attitudes [Poster Presentation]. Academy of Management. Seattle, WA

Godollei, A. Employee Perceptions and Reactions to Automation at Work [Job Talk]. Baruch College, CUNY, Psychology Department.

Nishioka, M., & Godollei, A. (2026, April 26). A meta-analytic investigation and future research agenda of boredom at work [Poster Presentation]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. New Orleans, LA

Godollei, A. Employee Perceptions and Reactions to Automation at Work [Job Talk]. George Washington University, Organizational Sciences and Communication. Washington, D.C.

Godollei, A., & Beck, J. W. (2026, April 26). Control at work helps employees see the upside of automation [Poster Presentation]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. New Orleans, LA

Godollei, A., & Beck, J. W. (2026, April 26). Fear, rejoice, or ignore? Employee perceptions of and reactions to automation at work [Poster Presentation]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Austin, TX

Godollei, A., & Beck, J. W. (2026, April 26). Development of a state regulatory focus scale [Poster Presentation]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Washington, DC

Godollei, A., & Beck, J. W. (2026, June 26). The effect of a regulatory focus induction on self-reported state regulatory focus [Poster Presentation]. Canadian Psychological Association. Halifax, NS, Canada

Godollei, A., & Griep, Y. (2026, August 26). Internship job performance trajectories and consequence for early career success [Oral Presentation]. Academy of Management. Chicago, IL

Godollei, A., & Griep, Y. (2026, April 26). Game-based selection assessments of cognitive ability: Validity and adverse impact [Poster Presentation]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Chicago, IL

Godollei, A., & Chapman, D. S. (2026, August 26). Gamified cognitive assessments in selection: Validity, discrimination, and applicant reactions [Oral Presentation]. Academy of Management. Anaheim, CA

Research Currently in Progess

Godollei, A., Yang, R., & Moon, N.(n.d.). Hill-climbing or meandering? An implicit theory perspective on people’s beliefs about progress and consequences for behaviors at work and beyond.. In Progress.

Lewis, B., & Godollei, A.(n.d.). In the eye of the beholder: Hiring managers perceptions of AI use among job applicants. . In Progress.

Godollei, A., Pindek, S., Shen, W., & Nishioka, M.(n.d.). Anything but banal: A meta-analytic investigation of the antecedents and consequences of work-related boredom.. In Progress.

Godollei, A., Yue, E., & Alakbarli, N.(n.d.). Goal Difficulty as an Antecedent of Perceived Progress. In Progress.

Godollei, A., Dunlop, P., & Weinhardt, J.(n.d.). The Role of Uncertainty and Goal Framing in Risk Averse Selection Decisions. In Progress.