Terry Beehr Ph.D.

Address:
Sloan Hall 233
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859

Email: beehr1ta@cmich.edu

Vita
Bio:

Dr. Beehr has had long term interest in several research topics, including job stress, career movement, job satisfaction and motivation, retirement, and leadership.  He currently is involved in projects on retirement, job stress, career movement, and job satisfaction. One of his specific current interests in the occupational stress area is the nature and effects of social support for the stressed employee.

Research Interest:

I conduct research primarily in areas often characterized as the social psychology of organizations, including leadership, groups, motivation, attitudes, health, careers, culture, life decisions, and organizational and individual effectiveness.  Two of my most active long-term research interests are older employees’ decisions to retire and occupational stress.

Recent Research:

Beehr, T. A., LeGro, K., Porter, K., Bowling, N. A., & Swader, W. M. (in press). Required volunteers: Community volunteerism among students, in college classes. Teaching of Psychology

Beehr, T. A., & Grebner, S. (2009). When stress is less (harmful). In A. G. Antoniou, C. L. Cooper, G. P. Chrousos, C. D. Spielberger, & M. W. Eysenck (Eds.), Handbook of managerial behavior and occupational health psychology (pp. 20-34). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

Beehr, T. A., Glazer, S., Fischer, R., Linton, L. L., & Hansen, C. P. (2009). Antecedents for achievement of alignment in organizations. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 82, 1-20.

Gobeski, K. T., & Beehr, T. A. (2009). How retirees work: Prediction of different types of bridge employment.  Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30, 401-425.

Semmer, N. K., Elfering, A., Jacobshagen, N., Beehr, T. A., & Boos, N. (2008). The emotional meaning of social support. International Journal of Stress Management, 15, 235-251.

Beehr, T. A., & Bennett, M. M. (2008). Unemployment and retirement. In J. Barling & C. Cooper (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Behavior (Vol. 1, pp 217-232). Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publishers.

Raabe, B., Frese, M., & Beehr, T. A. (2007). Action regulation theory and career self-management.  Journal of Vocational Behavior, 70, 297-311.

Beehr, T. A., & Bennett, M. M.  (2007).  Early retirement from a multi-level perspective.  In K. S. Shultz & Gary A. Adams (Eds.), Aging and work in the 21st Century (pp. 288-302).  Mahwah, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum, Publishers.

Bowling, N. A., Beehr, T. A., & Lepisto, L.   (2006).  Beyond Job Satisfaction:  A Five-Year Prospective Analysis of the Dispositional Approach to Work Attitudes. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 69,315-330.

Bowling, N. A., & Beehr, T. A.  (2006).  Workplace Harassment from the Victim’s Perspective:   A Theoretical Model and Meta-Analysis.  Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 998-1012.

Beehr, T. A., Glaser, K. M., Beehr, M. J., Beehr, D. E., Wallwey, D. A., Erofeev, D., & Canali, K. G.(2006).  The nature of satisfaction with subordinates: Its predictors and importance to supervisors.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36, 1523-1547.

Beehr, T. A., & Glazer, S.(2005).  Organizational Role Stress.  In J. Barling, E. K. Kelloway, & M. R. Frone (Eds.), Handbook of work stress (pp. 7-33).  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage Publications.

Beehr, T. A., & Bowling, N. A.  (2005).  Hardy personality, stress, and health.  In C. L. Cooper (Ed.), Handbook of stress medicine and health Second Edition (pp. 193-211).  London:  CRC Press.

Semmer, N. K., McGrath, J. E., & Beehr, T. A.  (2005).  Conceptual issues in research on stress and health.  In C. L. Cooper (Ed.), Handbook of stress medicine and health Second Edition (pp. 1-43).  London:  CRC Press. 

Bowling, N. A., Beehr, T. A., Johnson, A. L., Semmer, N. K., Hendricks, E. A., & Webster, H.A.  (2004).  Explaining potential antecedents of workplace social support:  Reciprocity or attractiveness?  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 9, 339-350.

Beehr, T. A., Nair, V. N., Gudanowski, D. M., & Such, M. (2004). Perceptions of reasons for promotion of self and others. Human Relations, 57, 413-438.

Beehr, T. A., Ivanitskaya, L., Glaser, K. M., & Erofeev, D., & Canali, K.    (2004).  Working in a violent environment:  The Accuracy of Police Officers’ Reports about Shooting Incidents.  Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 77, 217-235.

Subramony, M., Beehr, T. A., & Johnson, C. M.  (2004).  Employee and customer perceptions of service quality in an Indian firm.  Applied Psychology:  An International Review, 53, 311-327.