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Overview

Jose M. Cortina is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the domains of sociology, political science, psychology, and organizational behavior. Their work spans multiple subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Social Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The researcher's recent publications cover a variety of topics and reflect a focus on psychometrics, organizational behavior, and methodological rigor. Notable papers include:

  • From alpha to omega and beyond! A look at the past, present, and (possible) future of psychometric soundness in the Journal of Applied Psychology, 2020
  • Where you came from and where you are going: The role of performance trajectory in promotion decisions, Journal of Applied Psychology, 2020
  • Assessing Publication Bias: a 7-Step User's Guide with Best-Practice Recommendations, Journal of Business and Psychology, 2022
  • Constructive replication, reproducibility, and generalizability: Getting theory testing for JOMSR right, Journal of Management Scientific Reports, 2023
  • Greater Male Variability in Cooperation: Meta-Analytic Evidence for an Evolutionary Perspective, Psychological Science, 2020

Cortina has collaborated frequently with several scholars, including Zitong Sheng, Kathleen R. Keeler, Sven Kepes, Tine Köhler, and Sheila K. Keener. These collaborations have resulted in multiple joint publications.

In terms of publication venues, Cortina's work has appeared predominantly in:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Journal of Applied Psychology
  • Psychological Methods
  • Journal of Business and Psychology
  • Journal of Management Scientific Reports

Their research topics emphasize meta-analysis and systematic reviews, job satisfaction and organizational behavior, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, fashion and cultural textiles, qualitative comparative analysis research, attachment and relationship dynamics, and challenges related to work-family balance.

This scientist's contribution to the academic community reflects a multidimensional approach to research questions spanning quantitative methodology, social and organizational psychology, and human behavior patterns.

Best Publications

  • What Is Coefficient Alpha? An Examination of Theory and Applications

    Jose M. Cortina

  • Meta-Analysis of Experiments With Matched Groups or Repeated Measures Designs

    William P. Dunlap;Jose M. Cortina;Joel B. Vaslow;Michael J. Burke

  • A meta-analytic investigation of conscientiousness in the prediction of job performance: examining the intercorrelations and the incremental validity of narrow traits.

    Nicole M Dudley;Karin A Orvis;Justin E Lebiecki;José M Cortina

  • Testing Interaction Effects in LISREL: Examination and Illustration of Available Procedures

    Jose M. Cortina;Gilad Chen;William P. Dunlap

  • Interaction, Nonlinearity, and Multicollinearity: implications for Multiple Regression:

    Jose M. Cortina

  • The shared leadership of teams: A meta-analysis of proximal, distal, and moderating relationships

    Vias C. Nicolaides;Kate A. LaPort;Tiffani R. Chen;Alan J. Tomassetti

  • The Roles of Self-Efficacy and Task Complexity in the Relationships Among Cognitive Ability, Conscientiousness, and Work-Related Performance: A Meta-Analytic Examination

    Gilad Chen;Wendy J. Casper;Jose M. Cortina

  • The incremental validity of interview scores over and above cognitive ability and conscientiousness scores

    Jose M. Cortina;Nancy B. Goldstein;Stephanie C. Payne;H.Kristl Davison

  • THE “BIG FIVE” PERSONALITY FACTORS IN THE IPI AND MMPI: PREDICTORS OF POLICE PERFORMANCE

    Jose M. Cortina;Mary L. Doherty;Nealschmjtt;Gary Kaufman

  • Effect Size for ANOVA Designs

    Jose M. Cortina;Hossein Nouri

  • Personnel Selection and Employee Performance

    Neal Schmitt;Jose M. Cortina;Michael J. Ingerick;Darin Wiechmann

  • On the Logic and Purpose of Significance Testing

    Jose M. Cortina;William P. Dunlap

  • The looming maladaptive style: anxiety, danger, and schematic processing.

    John H. Riskind;Nathan L. Williams;Theodore L. Gessner;Linda D. Chrosniak

  • Big Data Methods: Leveraging Modern Data Analytic Techniques to Build Organizational Science

    Scott Tonidandel;Eden B. King;Jose M. Cortina

  • The Social and Economic Imperative of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Supportive Organizational Policies

    Eden B. King;José M. Cortina

  • Conscientiousness and reactions to psychological contract breach: a longitudinal field study

    Karin A. Orvis;Nicole M. Dudley;Jose M. Cortina

  • Apples and Oranges (and Pears, Oh My!): The Search for Moderators in Meta-Analysis

    Jose M. Cortina

  • The role of organizational leaders in employee emotion management: A theoretical model ☆

    Seth Kaplan;Jose Cortina;Gregory Ruark;Kate LaPort

  • When small effect sizes tell a big story, and when large effect sizes don't.

    Jose M. Cortina;Ronald S. Landis

  • When is it acceptable to accept a null hypothesis: No way, Jose?

    Jose M. Cortina;Robert G. Folger

  • Play It Again, Sam! An Analysis of Constructive Replication in the Organizational Sciences:

    Tine Köhler;Jose M. Cortina

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald S. Landis
Ronald S. Landis Illinois Institute of Technology
Eden B. King
Eden B. King Rice University
Neal Schmitt
Neal Schmitt Michigan State University
Herman Aguinis
Herman Aguinis George Washington University
Reeshad S. Dalal
Reeshad S. Dalal George Mason University
Richard P. DeShon
Richard P. DeShon Michigan State University
Gilad Chen
Gilad Chen University of Maryland, College Park
Derek R. Avery
Derek R. Avery University of Houston
James M. LeBreton
James M. LeBreton Pennsylvania State University
Jeremy Dawson
Jeremy Dawson University of Sheffield

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