Publications and Presentations

Names in bold are faculty or graduate students associated with the UCF program.


Recent Book Chapters

Ehrhart, M. G., & Kuenzi, M. (in press). Organizational climate and occupational health. In L. Tetrick, G. Fisher, M. Ford, & J. C. Quick (Eds.), Handbook of Occupational Health Psychology (3rd edition). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Whiting, S. W., Ehrhart, M. G., & Podsakoff, P. P. (in press). 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. 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

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.

Aarons, G. A., Conover, K. L., Ehrhart, M. G., Torres, E. M., & Reeder, K. (2021). Leader-member exchange and organizational climate effects on clinician turnover intentions. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 35, 68-87.

Ehrhart, M. G., Shuman, C. J., Torres, E. M., Kath, L. M., Prentiss, A., Butler, E., & Aarons, G. A. (2021). Validation of the Implementation Climate Scale in nursing. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 18(2), 85-92.

Maxwell, C. A., Ehrhart, M. G., Williams, N. T., Moore, T. M., Kendall, P. C., & Beidas, R. S. (2021). The organizational financial context of publicly-funded mental health clinics: Development and preliminary psychometric evaluation of the Agency Financial Status Scales. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 48, 780-792.

Moullin, J. C., Sklar, M., Ehrhart, M. G., Green, A., & Aarons, G. A. (2021). Provider REport of Sustainment Scale (PRESS): Development and validation of a brief measure of inner context sustainment. Implementation Science, 16, 86.

Powell, B. J., Mettert, K. D., Dorsey, C. N., Weiner, B. J., Stanick, C. F., Lengnick-Hall, R., Ehrhart, M. G., Aarons, G. A., Barwick, M. A., Damschroder, L. J., & Lewis, C. C. (2021). Measures of organizational culture, organizational climate, and implementation climate in behavioral health: A systematic review. Implementation Research and Practice, 2, 1-29.

Sklar, M., Ehrhart, M. G., & Aarons, G. A. (2021). COVID-related work changes, burnout, and turnover intentions in mental health providers: A moderated mediation analysis. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 44(3), 219–228.

Farahnak, L. R., Ehrhart, M. G., Torres, E. M., & Aarons, G. A. (2020). The influence of transformational leadership and leader attitudes on subordinate attitudes and implementation success. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 27, 98-111.

Shuman, C. J., Ehrhart, M. G., Torres, E. M., Veliz, P., Kath, L. M., Powers, K., Banaszak-Holl, J., Titler, M. G., & Aarons, G. A. (2020). EBP implementation leadership of frontline nurse managers: Validation of the Implementation Leadership Scale in acute care. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 17, 82-91.

Ehrhart, M. G., Torres, E. M., Hwang, J., Sklar, M., & Aarons, G. A. (2019). Validation of the Implementation Climate Scale (ICS) in substance use disorder treatment organizations. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 14, 35.

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Recent Presentations

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.

Kandah, A., Ehrhart., M. G., Sklar, M., Samuels, H., & Aarons, G. A. (2022, September). Measuring Implementation-focused organizational constructure: An update and extension. Lau, A., & Rangel, E. (Chairs). Advancing Pragmatic Implementation measure Development [Symposium]. Society for Implementation Research Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, USA

Locklear, L.R., Kane, M.E., & Ehrhart, M.G. (2022, August). The ripple effect of gratitude: A trickle-down model of gratitude expressions in organizations. Paper presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle.

Ehrhart, M. G., Lengnick-Hall, R., Williams, N. J, Willging, C. E., Bunger, A. C., Beidas, R., & Aarons, G. A. (2022). Recommendations for conducting rigorous multilevel implementation research with organizations. Oral presentation at the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) Biennial Conference, San Diego, CA.

Broksch, E. A.Ehrhart, M. G., Young, I., & LeBron, E. (2022, April). Influence of continuance: Applying continuance commitment to moral licensing theory. Poster presented at the 37th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Seattle, WA.

Broksch, E. A., Aranda, N., Valentin, A., Rahmankhan, O., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2022, April). Gratitude and indebtedness in the workplace: The predictors of reciprocity. Poster presented at the 37th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Seattle, WA.

Broksch, E. A., Gonzalez, M., Oney, S., Gonzalez, S., Rodermond, A., Zenon, I., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2022, April). Paying it forward: For the greater good. Poster presented at the 37th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Seattle, WA.

Cui, C.Baz, G.Ehrhart, M. G., Gates, M., Kath, L. M., & Stichler, J. F. (2022, April). Predicting burnout from supervisor-subordinate agreement about resources. Poster presented at the 37th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Seattle, WA.

Currie, R. A., Doshi, D., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2022, April). Supportive and nosy coworkers: Linking perceptions of coworker support and nosiness to employee knowledge sharing and knowledge hiding behaviors. In R. A. Currie M. G. Ehrhart (Co-Chairs), Transferring knowledge in the workplace: Why employees choose to hide knowledge. Symposium conducted at the 37th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Seattle, WA.

Schlotzhauer, A. E., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2022, April). The inherent femininity of perceived supervisor support and its implications. Poster presented at the 37th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Seattle, WA.

Crable, E. L., Kandah, A., Samuels, H., Sklar, M., Ehrhart, M. G., Aalsma, M., Johnson-Kwochka, A., Willging, C., & Aarons, G. A. (2021, December). Inner and outer context determinants driving Motivational Enhancement and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy implementation across state contracted provider organizations. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Virtual Conference.

Crable, E. L., Samuels, H., Kandah, A., Sklar, M., Ehrhart, M. G., Aalsma, M., Johnson-Kwochka, A., Willging, C., & Aarons, G. A. (2021, December). Impact of inner- and interorganizational (mis)alignment on systems wide effort to implement evidence-based interventions for substance use treatment. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Virtual Conference.

Schlotzhauer, A. E., Horan, K. A., Hill, E. G., Dye, K., Shoss, M. K., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2021, November). Like fine wine: Age, stress, and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presented at the 14th international Work, Stress, and Health conference, Virtual Conference.

Locklear, L. R., Sandvik, A. M., Ehrhart, M. G., Whiting, S. W., & Morrison, H. (2021, August). The emergence and impact of gratitude norms in work groups: Examining member attributes and behavior. In L. R. Locklear (Chair), Appreciating the relational nature of gratitude in the workplace. Symposium conducted at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Virtual Conference.

Currie, R. A., Lee, J., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2021, April). Helping hands: When psychological collectivism predicts citizenship behavior in teams. Poster presented at the 36th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

DiStaso, M., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2021, April). Stress outcomes of workplace helping: An application of hindrance appraisals. Poster presented at the 36th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

DiStaso, M., Nakahara, W., Lassu, R. A., Ehrhart, M. G., & Whiting, S. W. (2021, April). The role of task interdependence in helping reciprocation. Poster presented at the 36th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Williams, N., Esp, S., Aarons, G. A., Ehrhart, M. G., Ramirez, N., Sklar, M., Carandang, K., Brookman-Frazee, L., & Marcus, S. (2020, December). Characterizing and explaining interorganizational variance in therapists’ attitudes toward and use of measurement-based care. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health.

Maxwell, C. A., Ehrhart, M. G., Williams, N. J., Moore, T. M., Kendall, P. C., & Beidas, R. S. (2020, November). The financial climate in publicly-funded mental health clinics: Development and psychometric evaluation of the Agency Financial Status Scales. Poster (to be) presented at the 54th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.

Locklear, L. R., Ehrhart, M. G., & Whiting, S. W. (2020, August). Light versus dark: A team trait approach to helping and performance in teams. In L. Locklear (Chair), Help offers, receipt, and provisions at work: Individual and team perspectives. Symposium conducted at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Virtual Conference.

Locklear, L. R., Whiting, S. W. & Ehrhart, M. G. (2020, August). Returning the favor: Examining reciprocation of help received. In A. M. Zabinski, K. Byron, & D. Bergeron (Chairs), New directions in understanding the dynamics of helping at work. Symposium conducted at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Virtual Conference.

Broksch, E. A., Locklear, L. R., Ehrhart, M. G., & Whiting, S. W. (2020, June). A new hope: The light side of helping prevails. Poster presented at the 35th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Austin, TX.

Currie, R. A., Baz, G., Naranjo, A., Vermilion, B., Stichler, J. F., Kath, L. M., & Ehrhart, M. G. (2020, June). Job demands and burnout: The buffering role of relative leader-member exchange. Poster presented at the 35th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Austin, TX.

Nakahara, W., DiStaso, M., Lassu, R., Ehrhart, M. G., & Whiting, S. W. (2020, June). Helping type, hostile attribution bias, and state self-esteem at the daily level. Poster presented at the 35th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Austin, TX.