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Tracy M. Kantrowitz, M.S., Ph.D.
Ph.D., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Spring 2005
Georgia Institute of Technology

Currently a content research and development manager, Previsor Inc.

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Professional Affiliations

American Psychological Association, student affiliate
American Psychological Society, student affiliate
Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, student affiliate
Academy of Management, student affiliate
Psi Chi, member

Publications

Kanfer, R., Wanberg, C. R., & Kantrowitz, T. M. (2001). Job search and employment: A personality-motivational analysis and meta-analytic review. Journal of Applied Psychology, 837-855.

Kanfer, R., & Kantrowitz, T. M. (2002). Ability and non-ability predictors of job performance. In S. Sonnentag (Ed.)., The psychological management of individual performance: A handbook in the psychology of management in organizations.Chichester: Wiley.



Kanfer, R., and Kantrowitz, T. M. (2002). Emotion regulation: Command and Control of emotions in work life. In R. Lord, R. Klimoski, & R. Kanfer (Eds.), Emotions in the Workplace: Understanding the Structure and Role of Emotions in Organizational Behavior (pp. 443-472). San Francisco, CA: Jossey- Bass.

Presentations

• Kanfer, R., Wanberg, C. R., & Kantrowitz, T. M. (2001). Job search and employment: A personality-motivational analysis and meta-analytic review. In M. Fugate (Chair) Job loss and reemployment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.
• Kanfer, R., & Kantrowitz, T.M. (2003). Individual differences in affectivity and emotion regulation during job search. In K. Fox and R. Tett (Chairs) IO IO IO It's off to work we go: What's emotion got to do with it? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, FL.
• Kantrowitz, T. M., & Kanfer, R. (2000). Job search and employment: A meta-analytic review. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Miami, FL.
• Kantrowitz, T. M., Wolf, M. B., Ko, C., & Kanfer, R. (2003). Trait and career determinants of job search and employment. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Atlanta, GA.
• Kantrowitz, T. M., Kanfer, R. (2001). Individual differences in work preferences: The development of the work orientation inventory. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Technical Reports

Kanfer, R., & Kantrowitz, T.M. (2002). Motivational determinants and consequences of job search among laid-off individuals. Technical report for the Georgia Department of Labor.

Professional Experience

2002-present      Intern, United Parcel Service, Corporate Learning and
                          Development

2004                  Instructor, General Psychology, Georgia Institute of
                          Technology

2004                  Lab Instructor, Graduate Statistics (Regression), Georgia
                          Institute of Technology

2002-2004          Intern/Contractor, United Parcel Service, Corporate
                          Learning and Development

1999-2002          Graduate Research Assistant, Knowledge and Skill Lab,
                          Georgia Institute of Technology

1999-2000          Graduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia Institute of
                          Technology

1997-1999          Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Miami

Education

2004, Ph.D.; Georgia Institute of Technology
Major: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Dissertation: Development and Construct Validation of a Measure of Soft Skills Performance

2000, Master of Science; Georgia Institute of Technology
Major: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Thesis: “A Meta-Analytic Review of Personality-Motivational Antecedents of Job Search Behavior and Employment Outcomes”
Advisor: Dr. Ruth Kanfer

1999, Bachelor of Arts; University of Miami
Major: Psychology
Honors Thesis: “Individual Differences in Dispositional Coping: Personality and Affective State Determinants”

Academic Advisor

Professor Ruth Kanfer
J.S. Coon Building, School of Psychology
Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, GA 30332-0170

Contact Information

E-mail:tkantrowitz@qwiz.com

Last Revised: July 2009

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