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Ruchi Sinha |
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Graduate Student Department of Psychology |
Home: (517) 256-5870 E-mail: sinharuc@msu.edu |
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Education |
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Graduate student , Industrial/Organizational
Psychology Department of Psychology Expected PhD degree: Fall 2009 M.A. (2002-2004)
Industrial-Organizational Psychology Thesis Chair: Dr. Anand Prakash, Ph.D. B.A. (1999-2002), Thesis Chair: Dr. Veena Tucker & Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia |
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Current Projects |
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Human-Computer
Trust:
Working with Paul Curran, Stephanie Merritt and Dr. Daniel Ilgen. In the
process of analyzing data that examines how affect, propensity to trust and
other individual difference variables influence trust in humans and trust in
machines. (First Author: SIOP 2008 Symposium submission) ·
Forgiveness: Role of
Individual Differences and Contextual Variables: Working with Dr.
DeShon. (First Author: Data Collection Stage) ·
Adverse Impact in College
Admissions: Working with Anna Imus, Dr. Oswald and Dr Schmitt on examining a
criterion-based approach to reducing adverse impact in college admission
selection decisions.(First Author – Revise and Resubmit at Applied
Measurement of Education Journal) ·
Personality
and Cognitive Ability Predictors of Counterproductive Behaviors: Working
with Dr. F. Oswald. (First Author: Data Analysis and Writing Stage) ·
Work-Life
Interference Measure: Working with Jessica Fandre, Liz Oberlander, Alyssa
Friede and Dr. Ryan on developing a measure of work-life interference.(Third
Author-Data Collection might start in the next few months) ·
Improving the
Prediction of Job Performance using Personality: Working with Liz
Oberlander, Paul Curran, Goran Kuljanin and Dr. DeShon on a conceptual and
empirical project on the nature of personality, the debate over trait versus
state. |
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Publications |
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Journal
Submissions Under Review
Revise
and Resubmit
Book
Chapters
Technical Reports §
Sinha, R., A., Imus, A., Schmitt, N., & Oswald, F. (April 2007).
Reactions to the LEAD and ALEQ: A Multiple-Stakeholder Perspective. §
Sinha, R., Oswald, F., Schmitt,
N., & Imus, A. (April
2007). Reactions to the LEAD and ALEQ: A Multiple-Stakeholder Perspective. Manuscripts under Preparation
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Sinha, R., Bhatia, S., & Tucker, V. (2007).
“HIV/AIDS victim: A Psychosocial Investigation.” |
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Professional
Presentations |
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Awards |
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Memberships |
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American Psychological Association (APA) –
2005 - present Society of Industrial and Organizational
Psychology (SIOP) – 2005 – present Association of Psychological Science (APS) –
2005 – present |
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Teaching Experience as a Teaching
Assistant |
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2002- 2004: During my Masters program at ·
Assisted Dr. Anand Prakash in teaching an introductory course in
Organizational Behaviour, Psychological Testing and
Change Management for management school students and other target groups
like, NATRASS, HR conferences, etc. ·
Assisted Dr.Girishwar
Misra (Professor of Applied Social Psychology,
Department of Psychology, ·
Designed and delivered a workshop on Negotiation skills
as classroom assignment. ·
Developed and assisted in delivery of a training module
on counseling skills for SOS counselors and staff members. Involved in
facilitation of role-plays, observing, debriefing and giving feedback to all
participants. |
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Research Experience as a Research
Assistant |
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2006 – 2008
With Dr. Schmitt and Dr.
Oswald ( ·
Working on the College Board Project – Collecting
reactions data on the non-cognitive measures of student potential from
multiple stakeholders like high school counselors, high school student,
parents of high school students and admission officers. 2005 – 2006
With Dr. Daniel Ilgen, PhD ( ·
Designed and collected data on a study that examines the
development of trust in humans and trust in machines. 2002- 2004
With Dr. Anand
Prakash, PhD ( ·
Assisted in research and validation of “Capacity Model”
for an HR consultancy firm-“Grow Talent India Limited.” Entailed analyzing
data from assessment centers and doing a factor analysis to ascertain the
dimensions being covered. ·
Change Management (Hindi translation: Parivartan) project for GAIL India: Assisted in
background research and identifying appropriate strategies for preparing
change agents. ·
Research & development of background material and
training manual, for a Change Management workshop at “National Academy of
Training and Research in Social Securities.” (NATRASS). |
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Internship
Experience |
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June 2003- Jan 2004 |
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Pizza
Hut –Worked as an intern in the Human Resources department
of Pizza Hut, for one year (2 days a week, as permitted by my Master’s
curriculum). Projects: §
Competency Mapping for Restaurant General Managers at
Pizza Hut. §
Psychological profiling of managers as a developmental
initiative. §
Compensation survey. Field
Supervisor:
Dr. V. P. Singh (Executive Director HR, Pizza Hut Devyani
International Private Limited |
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Consulting Experience |
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Jan
2006–Sept 2006 |
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Worked
with Kevin Ford on a consulting project with the Lansing Diocesan. Assisted
in conducting interviews, transcribing and qualitatively analyzing interview
data and developing the training program. I also facilitated group tasks
during the one day training program. |
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June
2004–June 2005 |
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Worked as a researcher cum consultant with MANTRANA A Projects Involved in: §
Designing an Organizational Priority Survey. §
Developing a personality tool for recruiting Call Centre
Executives in the BPO sector. §
Designing the course content for various skill training
programs, like Assertiveness Skill, Interpersonal & Communication Skills,
Leadership and Coaching Skills Team
Building Skills and Psychometric Testing amongst others. §
Currently working as a research associate on a long-term
Organizational Development project involving system improvement and skill up
gradation for support staff (counsellors) at an SOS
village. Reporting
to: Mr. Rajan Sinha (CEO, Mantrana
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Volunteer Experience |
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June 1999 -
July 2002 |
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Part-time: Worked
with VISIONS WORLDWIDE ( Activities involved in: §
Interaction and collaboration between §
Recruitment, Goal setting, Developing Training material,
Designing Workshops, Conducting Surveys, NGO Collaboration and Media
Management. §
Organised and conducted street-plays on HIV/AIDS
awareness at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade campus and other public
places) |
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Relevant Graduate Level Coursework |
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Core
Content: ·
Introduction to I/O Psychology ·
Organizational Psychology and Behavior ·
Personnel
Selection ·
Training and Development
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Multi Level Theory & Research ·
Organizational Development ·
Research Methodology (I) Quantitative Methods ·
Research Methodology (II) Qualitative Methods ·
Social Psychology ·
Organizational Behavior (Course titled: Individual
Behavior & Social Processes in Organizations) ·
Organizational Behavior: (Course titled: Psychology
& Human Resources) ·
Personality, Self and Personal Growth ·
Philosophy Of Psychology ·
Cultural Psychology ·
Cognitive Psychology ·
Neuro-Psychology Methods: ·
Research Methods in Applied
Psychology ·
Psychometric Theory & Test
Construction ·
Quantitative Research Design & Analysis ·
Structural Equation
Modeling |