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Overview

J. Kevin Ford is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within business and social sciences, contributing extensively to understanding organizational behavior, human resource development, and applied psychology.

Their recent scholarly publications include the following papers:

  • The Science of Workplace Instruction: Learning and Development Applied to Work, 2020, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
  • Creating Energy for Change: The Role of Changes in Perceived Leadership Support on Commitment to an Organizational Change Initiative, 2020, The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
  • Factors Affecting Trust Among Natural Resources Stakeholders, Partners, and Strategic Alliance Members: A Meta-Analytic Investigation, 2020, Frontiers in Communication
  • Transfer of informal learning: The role of manager support in linking learning to performance, 2023, Business Horizons
  • Promoting transfer of hybrid training: Interaction of task-contingent conscientiousness and supervisor support, 2022, Human Resource Development Quarterly

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Jenna A. Van Fossen
  • Brian D. Blume
  • Jason L. Huang
  • Zhonghao Wang
  • Shawn J. Riley

J. Kevin Ford has published in several notable academic venues such as:

  • Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
  • Business Horizons
  • Human Resource Development Quarterly
  • American Behavioral Scientist
  • The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Their main fields of study include:

  • Business, Management and Accounting
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Within these fields, they focus on specific subfields such as:

  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
  • Applied Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • General Health Professions
  • Demography

Main topics covered by their work include:

  • Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Organizational Learning and Leadership
  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Digital Economy and Work Transformation
  • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Employer Branding and e-HRM

Best Publications

  • TRANSFER OF TRAINING: A REVIEW AND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH

    Timothy T. Baldwin;J. Kevin Ford

  • Application of cognitive, skill-based, and affective theories of learning outcomes to new methods of training evaluation.

    Kurt Kraiger;J. Kevin Ford;Eduardo Salas

  • THE APPLICATION OF EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY: A CRITICAL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS

    J. Kevin Ford;Robert C. MacCALLUM;Marianne Tait

  • International review of industrial and organizational psychology

    Ivan Robertson;Cary L. Cooper;Gerard P. Hodgkinson;J. Kevin Ford

  • Transfer of Training: A Meta-Analytic Review:

    Brian D. Blume;J. Kevin Ford;Timothy T. Baldwin;Jason L. Huang

  • Relationships of goal orientation, metacognitive activity, and practice strategies with learning outcomes and transfer

    J. Kevin Ford;Eleanor M. Smith;Daniel A. Weissbein;Stanley M. Gully

  • FACTORS AFFECTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM TRAINED TASKS ON THE JOB

    J. Kevin Ford;Miguel A. Quiñones;Douglas J. Sego;Joann Speer Sorra

  • Climate perceptions matter: a meta-analytic path analysis relating molar climate, cognitive and affective states, and individual level work outcomes.

    Jennifer Z. Carr;Aaron M. Schmidt;J. Kevin Ford;Richard P. DeShon

  • Transfer of Training: An Updated Review and Analysis

    J. Kevin Ford;Daniel A. Weissbein

  • Process tracing methods: Contributions, problems, and neglected research questions

    J.Kevin Ford;Neal Schmitt;Susan L Schechtman;Brian M Hults

  • DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF LEARNER EFFORT AND GOAL ORIENTATION ON TWO LEARNING OUTCOMES

    Sandra L. Fisher;J. Kevin Ford

  • A meta-analysis of ratee race effects in performance ratings.

    Kurt Kraiger;J. Kevin Ford

  • 100 years of training and development research: What we know and where we should go.

    Bradford S. Bell;Scott I. Tannenbaum;J. Kevin Ford;Raymond A. Noe

  • LEARNING WITHIN A LEARNER CONTROL TRAINING ENVIRONMENT: THE INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF GOAL ORIENTATION AND METACOGNITIVE INSTRUCTION ON LEARNING OUTCOMES

    Aaron M. Schmidt;J. Kevin Ford

  • Building adaptive expertise: Implications for training design strategies.

    Eleanor M. Smith;J. Kevin Ford;Steve W. J. Kozlowski

  • Extending the social information processing perspective: New links to attitudes, behaviors, and perceptions

    Mary D Zalesny;J.Kevin Ford

  • Improving Training Effectiveness in Work Organizations

    J. Kevin Ford

  • Transfer of Training 1988–2008: An Updated Review and Agenda for Future Research

    Timothy T. Baldwin;J. Kevin Ford;Brian D. Blume

  • Transfer of Training: The Known and the Unknown

    J. Kevin Ford;Timothy T. Baldwin;Joshua Prasad

  • The State of Transfer of Training Research: Moving Toward More Consumer‐Centric Inquiry

    Timothy T. Baldwin;J. Kevin Ford;Brian D. Blume

  • Study of race effects in objective indices and subjective evaluations of performance: A meta-analysis of performance criteria.

    J. Kevin Ford;Kurt Kraiger;Susan L. Schechtman

  • International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2005

    Gerard P. Hodgkinson;J. Kevin Ford

  • International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008

    Gerard P. Hodgkinson;J. Kevin Ford

Frequent Co-Authors

Ann Marie Ryan
Ann Marie Ryan Michigan State University
Merry Morash
Merry Morash Michigan State University
Neal Schmitt
Neal Schmitt Michigan State University
Steve W. J. Kozlowski
Steve W. J. Kozlowski University of South Florida
John R. Hollenbeck
John R. Hollenbeck Michigan State University
Eduardo Salas
Eduardo Salas Rice University
Raymond A. Noe
Raymond A. Noe The Ohio State University
Richard P. DeShon
Richard P. DeShon Michigan State University
Cary L. Cooper
Cary L. Cooper University of Manchester
Scott I. Tannenbaum
Scott I. Tannenbaum University at Albany, State University of New York

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