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Gwen Fisher

Professor, Director, Occupational Health Psychology Concentration

Programs: Industrial Organizational Psychology

Office: Behavioral Sciences Building 225

Phone: 9704912837

Education:

  • Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2001

Curriculum Vitae: View Curriculum Vitae

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About

Area of Specialization: I/O Psychology: Occupational Health Psychology, Aging Workforce Issues, Work/Family Issues, Research Methods

Teaching Courses: Occupational Health Psychology (PSY345, PSY792D), Industrial Psychology (PSY 440), Research Methods & Design (PSY 655A), Survey Research Methods (PSY 792F)

Current Research: My research interests in I/O psychology center around occupational health psychology, including (a) health and wellbeing among older workers, (b) retirement, work ability, and prolonged working life, and (c) survey research measurement.

Publications

  • “Can high-quality jobs help adults learn new tricks? A multi-disciplinary review of work design for cognition.” Parker, S.K., Ward, M.K., & Fisher, G.G. Academy of Management Annals. , 2021
  • “Cognitive aging and work: A review and recommendations for research and practice.” Fisher, G. G., Chaffee, D. S.,* Tetrick, L. E., Davalos, D., & Potter, G. G. . Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 22(3), 314-336., 2017
  • “Retirement timing: A review and recommendations for future research.” Fisher, G. G., Chaffee, D. S.*, & Sonnega, A. Work, Aging and Retirement, 2, 230-261., 2016
  • “Developing and investigating the use of single-item measures in organizational research.” Fisher, G. G., Matthews, R. A., & Gibbons, A. M. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 21 (1), 3-23., 2016