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Margaret E. Beier

Margaret E. Beier

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Psychology

D-Index
33
Citations
7618
World Ranking
10377
National Ranking
5442

Overview

Margaret E. Beier is affiliated with Rice University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their research spans a broad range of topics with particular emphasis on aging, career development, and workplace dynamics.

Beier's recent publications include several papers that address various aspects of workplace aging, career transitions, and team performance. Notable works are:

  • A Meta-analysis of University STEM Summer Bridge Program Effectiveness, 2021, CBE-Life Sciences Education
  • What's age got to do with it? A primer and review of the workplace aging literature, 2022, Personnel Psychology
  • The college-to-career transition in STEM: An eleven-year longitudinal study of perceived and objective vocational interest fit, 2020, Journal of Vocational Behavior
  • How Approaches to Animal Swarm Intelligence Can Improve the Study of Collective Intelligence in Human Teams, 2020, Journal of Intelligence
  • Life-Span Learning and Development and Its Implications for Workplace Training, 2021, Current Directions in Psychological Science

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Within these fields, Beier focuses on subfields such as:

  • Demography
  • General Health Professions
  • Social Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Safety Research

The core topics covered in their work encompass:

  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Career Development and Diversity
  • Team Dynamics and Performance
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • Psychological and Educational Research Studies

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Meghan K. Davenport
  • Brittany Bradford
  • Ashutosh Sabharwal
  • Anne Casper
  • Mona Cockerham

Development of their work is also reflected in repeated contributions to specific publication venues such as:

  • Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings
  • Personnel Psychology
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Best Publications

  • Working memory and intelligence: the same or different constructs?

    Phillip L. Ackerman;Margaret E. Beier;Mary O. Boyle

  • Individual differences in working memory within a nomological network of cognitive and perceptual speed abilities.

    Phillip L. Ackerman;Margaret E. Beier;Mary D. Boyle

  • Mind-wandering, cognition, and performance: a theory-driven meta-analysis of attention regulation.

    Jason G. Randall;Frederick L. Oswald;Margaret E. Beier

  • Age, ability, and the role of prior knowledge on the acquisition of new domain knowledge : Promising results in a real-world learning environment

    Margaret E. Beier;Phillip L. Ackerman

  • What we really know about our abilities and our knowledge

    Phillip L Ackerman;Margaret E Beier;Kristy R Bowen

  • Determinants of Individual Differences and Gender Differences in Knowledge.

    Phillip L. Ackerman;Kristy R. Bowen;Margaret E. Beier;Ruth Kanfer

  • The effect of authentic project‐based learning on attitudes and career aspirations in STEM

    Margaret E. Beier;Michelle H. Kim;Ann Saterbak;Veronica Leautaud

  • Determinants of health knowledge: an investigation of age, gender, abilities, personality, and interests.

    Margaret E. Beier;Phillip L. Ackerman

  • Goals and motivation related to work in later adulthood: An organizing framework

    Ruth Kanfer;Margaret E. Beier;Phillip L. Ackerman

  • Executive Function in Older Adults : A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

    Rachel Hull;Randi C. Martin;Margaret E. Beier;David Lane

  • Learning and motivational impacts of a multimedia science game

    Leslie M. Miller;Ching-I. Chang;Shu Wang;Margaret E. Beier

  • Trait complex, cognitive ability, and domain knowledge predictors of baccalaureate success, STEM persistence, and gender differences.

    Phillip L. Ackerman;Ruth Kanfer;Margaret E. Beier

  • Current-events knowledge in adults: an investigation of age, intelligence, and nonability determinants.

    Margaret E. Beier;Phillip L. Ackerman

  • Intelligence, Personality, and Interests in the Career Choice Process.

    Phillip L. Ackerman;Margaret E. Beier

  • Differentiating specific job knowledge from implicit trait policies in procedural knowledge measured by a situational judgment test.

    Stephan J. Motowidlo;Margaret E. Beier

  • Motivation in Training and Development: A Phase Perspective

    Margaret E. Beier;Ruth Kanfer

  • Determinants of domain knowledge and independent study learning in an adult sample.

    Phillip L. Ackerman;Margaret E. Beier

  • Overview: Self-Efficacy in STEM

    Ashley D. Rittmayer;Margaret E. Beier

  • Active aging at work: Contributing factors and implications for organizations

    Hannes Zacher;Hannes Zacher;Dorien T.A.M. Kooij;Dorien T.A.M. Kooij;Margaret E. Beier

  • Measuring Relationships between Personality, Knowledge, and Performance using Single-response Situational Judgment Tests

    Amy E. Crook;Margaret E. Beier;Cody B. Cox;Harrison J. Kell

  • Explorations of crystallized intelligence: Completion tests, cloze tests, and knowledge

    Phillip L Ackerman;Margaret E Beier;Kristy R Bowen

Frequent Co-Authors

Phillip L. Ackerman
Phillip L. Ackerman Georgia Institute of Technology
Ruth Kanfer
Ruth Kanfer Georgia Institute of Technology
Stephan J. Motowidlo
Stephan J. Motowidlo Rice University
Frederick L. Oswald
Frederick L. Oswald Rice University
Eduardo Salas
Eduardo Salas Rice University
Hannes Zacher
Hannes Zacher Leipzig University
Randi C. Martin
Randi C. Martin Rice University
Ashutosh Sabharwal
Ashutosh Sabharwal Rice University
Gwenith G. Fisher
Gwenith G. Fisher Colorado State University

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