Names in bold are faculty or graduate students associated with the UCF program.
Recent Book Chapters
Ehrhart, M. G., & Kuenzi, M. (2024). Organizational climate and occupational health. In L. E. Tetrick, G. G. Fisher, M. T. Ford, & J. C. Quick (Eds.), Handbook of occupational health psychology (3rd ed., pp. 171–187). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Aarons, G. A., Ehrhart, M. G., Lengnick-Hall, R., & Moullin, J. C. (2023). The role of organizational processes in dissemination and implementation research. In R. C. Brownson, G. A. Colditz, & E. K. Proctor (Eds.), Dissemination and implementation research in health: Translating science to practice (3rd ed., pp. 192-211). New York: Oxford University Press.
Whiting, S. W., Ehrhart, M. G., & Podsakoff, P. P. (2023). Organizational citizenship behavior: Revisiting Smith, Organ, & Near (1983) and lessons learned in persistence, determination, and citizenship. In N. Steffens, F. Rink, & M. Ryan (Eds.), Organizational psychology: Revisiting the classic studies (pp. 97-110). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Aarons, G. A., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2022). Leading implementation by focusing on strategic implementation leadership. In F. Rapport, R. Clay-Williams, & J. Braithwaite (Eds.), Implementation science: The key concepts (pp. 178-180). New York: Routledge.
Ehrhart, M. G., & Aarons, G. A. (2022). Alignment: Impact on implementation processes and outcomes. In F. Rapport, R. Clay-Williams, & J. Braithwaite (Eds.), Implementation science: The key concepts (pp. 171-174). New York: Routledge
Aarons, G. A., Moullin, J. C., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2018). The role of organizational processes in dissemination and implementation research. In R. C. Brownson, G. A. Colditz, & E. K. Proctor (Eds.), Dissemination and implementation research in health: Translating science to practice (2nd ed., pp. 121-142). New York: Oxford University Press.
Ehrhart, M. G. (2018). Helping in organizations: A review and directions for future research. In P. M. Podsakoff, S. B. MacKenzie, & N. P. Podsakoff (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of organizational citizenship behavior (pp. 475-505). New York: Oxford University Press.
Ehrhart, M. G., & Kuenzi, M. (2017). The impact of organizational climate and culture on employee turnover. In H. Goldstein, E. Pulakos, J. Passmore, & C. Semedo (Eds.), The Wiley Blackwell handbook of the psychology of recruitment, selection, and employee retention. Chichester, UK: Wiley.
Recent Journal Articles
Corbin, C. M., Ehrhart, M. G., Brown, E. C., Locke, J., Cook, C. R., Aarons, G. A., & Lyon, A. R. (in press). “Going above and beyond” for implementation in the education sector: Extension and validation of the School Implementation Citizenship Behavior Scale (SICBS). Implementation Science Communications.
Currie, R. A., & Ehrhart, M. G. (in press). Mind your business: Developing and validating the workplace nosiness scale. Journal of Business and Psychology.
Locke, J., Corbin, C. M., Goosey, R., Collins, V. K., Ehrhart, M. G., Hatch, K. D., Espeland, C., & Lyon, A. R. (in press). Not getting better but not getting worse: A cluster randomized controlled pilot trial of a leadership implementation strategy. Implementation Research and Practice.
Locke, J., Williams, N. J., Sridhar, A., Ehrhart, M. G., Dopp, A., Thirion, M., Espeland, C., Riddle, B., Schmitz, K., Hatch, K., Buehler, L., & Lyon, A. R. (in press). Study protocol for testing the efficacy of the Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) implementation strategy in elementary schools: A hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial. Implementation Science.
Williams, N. J., Aarons, G. A., Ehrhart, M. G., Esp, S., Vega, N., Sklar, M., Carandang, K., Brookman-Frazee, L., & Marcus, S. C. (in press). Effects of an organizational implementation strategy on sustainment of measurement-based care in community mental health. Psychiatric Services.
Schlotzhauer, A. E., Ehrhart, M. G., & Jex, S. M. (2025). Extraversion, workplace support, and burnout: The moderating role of neuroticism. Personality and Individual Differences, 232, 112845.
Aarons, G. A., Sklar, M., Ehrhart, M. G., Roesch, S., Moullin, J. C., & Carandang, K. (2024). Randomized trial of the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) strategy in substance use treatment clinics. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 165, 209437.
Crable, E. L., Sklar, M., Kandah, A., Samuels, H. C.,Ehrhart, M. G., Aalsma, M. C., Hulverhsorn, L., Wilging, C. E., & Aarons, G. A. (2024). Utility of the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation-Systems Level (LOCI-SL) strategy for a statewide substance use treatment implementation effort. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 164, 209433.
Locke, J., Corbin, C., Collins, V., Ehrhart, M. G., Goosey, R., Hatch, K., Espeland, C., Cook, C., & Lyon, A. (2024). Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM): The iterative redesign of the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) intervention for use in schools. Implementation Research and Practice, 5, 1-14.
Sklar, M., Ehrhart, M. G., Ramirez, N., Carandang, K., Kuhn, N., Day, A., Aarons, G. A., & Williams, N. J. (2024). Implementation leadership and implementation climate in context: A single organization intrinsic case study for implementation of digital measurement-based care. Implementation Research and Practice, 5, 1-14.
Williams, N. J., Ehrhart, M. G., Aarons, G. A., Esp, S., Sklar, M., Carandang, K., Vega, N. R., Brookman-Frazee, L., & Marcus, S. C. (2024). Improving measurement-based care implementation in youth mental health through organizational leadership and climate: A mechanistic analysis within a randomized trial. Implementation Science, 19, 29.
Zhang, Y., Larson, M., Ehrhart, M. G., King, K., Locke, J., Cook, C. & Lyon, A. R. (2024). Inter-organizational alignment and implementation outcomes in integrated mental healthcare for children and adolescents: A cross-sectional observational study. Implementation Science, 19, 36.
Lengnick-Hall, R., Williams, N. J., Ehrhart, M. G., Wilging, C. E., Bunger, A. C., Beidas, R. S., & Aarons, G. A. (2023). Eight characteristics of rigorous multilevel implementation research: A step-by-step guide. Implementation Science, 18, 52.
Merle, J. L., Cook, C. R., Locke, J. J., Ehrhart, M. G., Davis, C. J. Brown, E. C., & Lyon, A. R. (2023). Teacher attitudes toward evidence-based practices: Exploratory and confirmatory analyses of the School-adapted Evidence-based Practice Attitudes Scale. Implementation Research and Practice, 4, 1-16.
Shuman, C. J., Ehrhart, M. G., Veliz, P. T., & Titler, M. G. (2023). Perceptual differences in nursing implementation leadership and climate: A cross-sectional study. Implementation Science Communications, 4, 9.
Zhang, Y., Cook, C. R., Fallon, L., Corbin, C. M., Ehrhart, M. G., Brown, E. C., Locke, J. J., & Lyon, A. R. (2023). The interaction between general and strategic leadership and climate on their multilevel associations with implementer attitudes toward universal prevention programs for youth mental health: A cross-sectional study. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 50, 427-449.
Borge, R. H., Egeland, K. M., Aarons, G. A., Ehrhart, M. G., Sklar, M., & Skar, A-M. S. (2022). ‘Change doesn’t happen by itself”: A thematic analysis of first-level leaders’ experiences participating in the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) strategy. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 49, 785-797.
Lyon, A. R., Corbin, C. M., Brown, E., Ehrhart, M. G., Locke, J., Davis, C., Picozzi, E., Aarons, G. A., & Cook, C. R. (2022). Leading the charge in the education sector: Development and validation of the School Implementation Leadership Scale (SILS). Implementation Science, 17, 48.
Skar, A-M. S., Braathu, N., Peters, N., Bækkelund, H., Endsjø, M., Babaii, A., Borge, R. H., Wentzel‑Larsen, T., Ehrhart, M. G., Sklar, M., Brown, C. H., Aarons, G. A., & Egeland, K. M. (2022). A stepped-wedge randomized trial investigating the effect of the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) intervention on implementation and transformational leadership, and implementation climate. BMC Health Services Research, 22, 298.
Thayer, A., Brown, E., Cook, C. R., Ehrhart, M. G., Locke, J., Davis, C., Aarons, G. A., Picozzi, E., & Lyon, A. R. (2022). Construct validity of the School-Implementation Climate Scale. Implementation Research and Practice, 3, 1-14.
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Recent Presentations
Kane, M. E., Locklear, L. R., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2025, July). The Impact of Gratitude Variability on Employee Well-Being. [Paper]. In J. Völker (Co-Chair) & J. Iser-Potempa (Co-Chair), Interpersonal Interactions and Employee Well-Being: Exploring Coworker, Leader, and Follower Roles. [Symposium]. 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen.
Schlotzhauer, A. E., Meerson, A., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2025, April). Actions speak louder than words: How employees define success of constructive voice [Conference Poster]. Poster presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Denver, CO.
Locklear, L. R., Kane, M. E. & Ehrhart, M. G. (2025, July). The Relational Impact of Appreciation in Leader-Follower Dyads. [Paper]. In F. Bernays (Co-Chair) & M. Nour Eddin (Co-Chair), Emerging Perspectives on Gratitude and Appreciation in Organizations. [Symposium]. 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen.
Kane, M. E., Chaviano, G., Locklear, L. R., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2025, May). Trait Gratitude in Positive Organizational Scholarship: Evaluating and Advancing Current Measures. [Paper]. 2025 POS Research Conference, Ann Arbor.
Filippi, M. J., Roberts, L. E., Ehrhart, M. G., & Burke, C. S. (2025, April). Implementation Teams” in Implementation Science: Connections to I-O Psychology [Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.
Kane, M. E., Zachman, J., Locklear, L. R., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2025, April). Envy’s shadow: How envy weakens the impact of support on gratitude and helping. [Poster]. 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Denver.
Kane, M. E., Chaviano, G., Philio, M., Orellana, A., Sonnenberg, S., Locklear, L. R., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2025, April). Lost in translation: Exploring perceived shortcomings in workplace gratitude. [Poster]. 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Denver.
Ironside, M. L., Sklar, M., Ehrhart, M. G. & Aarons, G. A. (2024, October). When substance use treatment providers are offered access to a motivational interviewing fidelity monitoring tool, who chooses to engage? Poster presented at the 2024 Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Kane, M. E., Gupta, A., Locklear, L. R. & Ehrhart, M. G. (2024, October). Thankful at Work, Thankful at Home: How workplace gratitude strengthens relationships via spillover and crossover. [Paper]. 2024 Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, San Antonio.
Kane, M. E. (2024, October). Integrating ChatGPT into our Classrooms. [Paper]. 2024 Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, San Antonio.
Kenneally, R. G., Sklar, M., Crable, E. L., Ehrhart, M. G., & Aarons, G.A. (2024, October). Using implementation strategies to strengthen organizational molar climate and facilitate evidence-based practice use. Poster presented at the 2024 Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Byeon, V., Aarons, G. A., Sklar, M., Ehrhart, M. G., & Lau, A. (2024, October). Vertical alignment of EBP implementation climate between leaders and providers: testing a theorized mechanism for organizational implementation strategies. Presentation at the 7th biennial Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) conference, Denver, CO.
Ironside, M. L., Sklar, M., Willging, C., Ehrhart, M. G., & Aarons, G. A. (2024, September). Multilevel predictors of engagement with feedback-based learning tools for motivational interviewing skill development in behavioral healthcare settings. Poster presented at the 7th biennial Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) conference, Denver, CO.
Kane, M. E., Locklear, L. R., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2024, August). I (Actually) Can’t Thank You Enough: How Expectations for Gratitude Expressions Impact Relationships. [Paper]. In M.E. Kane (Co-Chair) & S. Sheridan (Co-Chair), Diving Deep and Expanding Wide: Fresh Perspectives on Gratitude and Appreciation at Work. [Symposium]. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago.
Filippi, M.J., Burke, C. S., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2024, July). A Proposal of Factors Tied to the New Team Member’s Comprehension of the Team’s Shared Mental Model. In Team Composition. Symposium conducted at the 2024 INGroup Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC.
Kane, M. E., Locklear, L. R., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2024, April). I (actually) can’t thank you enough: How expectations for gratitude expressions impact relationships. In M. E. Kane & S. Sheridan (Co-Chairs), Diving deep and expanding wide: Fresh perspectives on gratitude and appreciation at work [Symposium]. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago.
Hill, E. G., Ehrhart, M. G., Shoss, M. K., & Powell, A. (2024, April). Faking it ‘til you’re fired: Exploring the link between the imposter phenomenon and job insecurity on employee work outcomes. In E. J. Ready, T. Bardwell, & A. Bazzoli (Co-Chairs) The bigger picture: Unsiloeing economic and financial stressors research [Symposium]. Paper presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
Kandah, A., Ehrhart, M. G., Sklar, M., & Aarons, G. A. (2024, April). How change fatigue impacts the positive effect of implementation leadership [Poster]. Poster presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
Kane, M. E., Geisler, P., Philio, M., Patel, R., Locklear, L. R., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2024, April). Don’t thank me like that: When and why gratitude expressions violate our expectations. Poster presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
Lengnick-Hall, R., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2024, March). Eight characteristics of rigorous multilevel implementation research: A step-by-step guide. Invited virtual presentation for the VA Health Systems Research Cyberseminars.
Corbin, C. M., Lyon, A. L., Collins, V. K., Goosey, R., Ehrhart, M. G., & Locke, J. (2023, December). Reducing teacher burnout through a strategic implementation support. Paper presented at the Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health.
Byeon, Y. V., Aarons, G. A., Sklar, M., Ehrhart, M. G., & Lau, A. S. (2023, December). Clinic-level predictors of organizational vertical alignment among mid-level supervisors and front-line providers in substance use disorder treatment clinics. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Arlington, VA.
Kenneally, R., Kandah, A., Sklar, M., Ehrhart, M. G., & Aarons, G. A. (2023, December). Role overload, burnout, and citizenship behavior to support implementation in behavioral healthcare providers working amidst the workforce shortage: A moderated mediation analysis. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Arlington, VA.
Williams, N. J., Esp, S., Vega, N., Wilson, A., Sklar, M., Carandang, K., Choy-Brown, M., Ehrhart, M. G., & Marcus, S. C. (2024, January). Creating organizational climates to support implementation of evidence-based practices for vulnerable populations: Results from the WISDOM hybrid type III effectiveness-implementation trial. Paper presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C.
Burke, C. S., & Ehrhart, M. G.(2023, October). Team measurement: Insights and sample resources for implementation science. Invited virtual presentation at the Advancements in Implementation Science Workshop, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA.
Locklear, L. R., Kane, M., & Ehrhart, M. G.(2023, October). Top-down: The trickle-down effects of gratitude expressions in the workplace. Paper presented at the 2023 Meeting of the Southern Management Association, St. Petersburg, FL. Note: Winner of the Best Paper in the Organizational Behavior track and the Best Conference Paper awards.
Kane, M., Locklear, L. R., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2023, September). The Goldilocks effect of gratitude expressions at work. Flash talk presented at the TLC Global Gratitude Summit, Virtual.
Locklear, L. R., Kane, M., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2023, September). Thanks, I hate it: Antecedents of inauthentic gratitude expressions at work. Flash talk presented at the TLC Global Gratitude Summit, Virtual.
Kane, M. E., Gupta, A., Locklear, L. R., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2023, August). Trickle out: How gratitude spills over from work to home and crosses over to partners. In A. Gupta & M. E. Kane (Co-Chairs), The blurred lines between work and home: Highlighting the importance of emotional spillover [Symposium]. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston.
Kane, M. E., Gupta, A., Locklear, L. R., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2023, August). Trickle out: How gratitude spills over from work to home and crosses over to partners. In A. Gupta & M. E. Kane (Co-Chairs), The blurred lines between work and home: Highlighting the importance of emotional spillover [Symposium]. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston.
Kane, M. E., Locklear, L. R., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2023, August). Trickle down effects of manager gratitude expressions: An affective, behavioral, and cognitive approach. In M. E. Kane & L. R. Locklear (Co-Chairs), Gratitude at multiple levels of the organization [Symposium]. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston
Kane, M. E., Locklear, L. R., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2023, April). Trickle down effects of manager gratitude expressions: An affective, behavioral, and cognitive approach. In M. E. Kane & L. R. Locklear (Co-Chairs), Gratitude, appreciation, anger, oh my! Moral emotions in the workplace [Symposium]. 38th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Boston, MA.
Schlotzhauer, A. E., Ehrhart, M. G., & Jex, S. M. (2023, April). Personality’s effects on burnout via workplace support [Conference Poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference. Boston, MA, USA.
Kandah, A., Schlotzhauer, A. E, & Ehrhart, M. G. (2023, April). Gender as a moderator of the effect of supervisor support on citizenship behavior [Conference poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference. Boston, MA, USA.
Kandah, A., Ehrhart., M. G., Aarons, G., & Sklar M. (2023, April). Buffering the negative impact of change fatigue on citizenship behavior [Conference poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference. Boston, MA. USA.
Schlotzhauer, A. E., Kandah, A., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2023, April). Leaders’ gender stereotype congruence and followers’ organizational commitment [Conference poster]. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference. Boston, MA, USA.
Kane, M. E., Locklear, L. R., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2023, April). Thanks, I Hate It: Antecedents of inauthentic gratitude expressions at work. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Boston.
Kane, M. E., Pandey, P., Chaviano, G., Mazur, S., Locklear, L. R., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2023, April). When and why gratitude expressions spillover from work to home. Poster to be presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Boston.
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