John Meriac, Ph.D.

Dr. John P. Meriac is an Associate Professor and department chair of Global Leadership and Management. His research interests are in the areas of individual differences, personnel selection issues, and performance management. He has published over 30 journal articles and book chapters, including top outlets such as Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Personnel Psychology. In addition, he has given over 60 conference presentations at national and international meetings. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Meriac teaches courses in Advanced Quantitative Methods, Human Resource Management, Leadership, and Organizational Behavior topics at the graduate and undergraduate levels. He is an Associate Editor of the journal Human Performance and serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Organizational Behavior and Journal of Business and Psychology.

Education

Ph.D. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, University of Tennessee, 2008

M.A. Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management, Appalachian State University, 2004

B.A. Psychology, East Carolina University, 2001

Courses

MGMT 3600: Management and Organizational Behavior

MGMT 3621: Human Resource Management

MGMT 3625: Leadership in Organizations

BUS AD 7101: Quantitative Methods I

BUS AD 7103: Quantitative Methods II

Awards

UMSL College of Business Administration Faculty Advisor of the Year (2023)

Research

Areas: Performance Management, Personnel Selection, Individual Differences

Selected Publications:

Meriac, J. P., Rasmussen, K., & Pang, J. (2023). Work ethic and grit: Explaining responses to dissatisfaction at work. Personality and Individual Differences, 203.

Davison, H. K., Braddy, P., Meriac, J. P., Gigliotti, R., Detwiler, R., & Bing, M. (2022). Ambition: A deterrent to workplace deviance among narcissistic leaders. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 43, 422-434.

Meriac, J. P., & Gorman, C. A. (2017). Work ethic and work outcomes in an expanded criterion domain. Journal of Business and Psychology, 32, 273–282.

Banister, C. M., & Meriac, J. P. (2015). Political skill and work attitudes: A comparison of multiple social effectiveness constructs. The Journal of Psychology, 149, 775-795.

Meriac, J. P., Slifka, J. S., & LaBat, L. R. (2015). Work ethic and grit: An examination of empirical redundancy. Personality and Individual Differences, 86, 401-405.

Meriac, J. P., Thomas, A. L. E., & Milunski, M. (2015). Work ethic as a predictor of task persistence and intensity. Learning and Individual Differences, 37, 249-254.

Meriac, J. P., Hoffman, B. J., & Woehr, D. J. (2014). A conceptual and empirical review of the structure of assessment center dimensions. Journal of Management, 40, 1269–1296.

Meriac, J. P., Woehr, D. J., Gorman, C. A., & Thomas, A. L. E. (2013). Development and validation of a short form for the multidimensional work ethic profile (MWEP). Journal of Vocational Behavior, 82, 155-164.

Morris, M. L., Blair, C. A., & Meriac, J. P. (2013). Core self-evaluation and goal orientation: Examining work stress. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 24, 35-62.