Dan Ispas

Professor

Psychology

Office

DEG Degarmo Hall 441

Office Hours

Fall 2024: On Sabbatical Leave

Office Phone

(309) 438-7358office
phone

dispas@ilstu.eduemail

About
Education
Awards & Honors
Research

Current Courses

PSY 499.045 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

PSY 138.006 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.007 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.008 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.009 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.010 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.011 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.012 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.013 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 426.001 Research & Practice In I/O-Social Psychology

PSY 290.045 Special Projects: Research Apprenticeship

PSY 390.045 Advanced Research Apprenticeship

PSY 499.045 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

PSY 375.001 Personnel Psychology and People Analytics

PSY 485.001 Personnel Psychology and People Analytics

PSY 498.001 Professional Practice - Internship Industrial & Organization

PSY 138.006 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.007 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.008 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.009 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.010 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.011 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 138.012 Reasoning In Psychology Using Statistics

PSY 426.001 Research & Practice In I/O-Social Psychology

PSY 290.045 Special Projects: Research Apprenticeship

PSY 291.045 Special Projects:Undergraduate Teaching

Teaching Interests & Areas

I/O Psychology, Statistics and Research Methods

Research Interests & Areas

Individual Differences: how and why individual differences impact attitudes and behaviors in employment and academic contexts
Job Performance/Personnel Selection: testing/test validation, rater motivation, cognitive and non-cognitive predictors, OCB, CWB.
Career and Employment Issues (especially in relation to voluntary turnover): overqualification – underemployment, idiosyncratic deals, employability, mentoring.

NOTE on Letters of Recommendation: Every semester I receive a considerable number of requests for letters of recommendation. I will only write letters if the following conditions are met:
Undergraduate Students: you take at least 2 courses with me and work with me on a PSY290/291/390/391 for at least two semesters.
Graduate Students: only if I supervised your thesis.

Ph D Industrial and Organizational Psychology

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL

Illinois State University Research Initiative Award

Illinois State University

2013

S. Rains Wallace Best Dissertation Award

Society for Industrial and organizational Psychology (APA Division 14)

2013

Book, Chapter

Hedge, J., Borman, W., & Ispas, D. Personnel recruitment, selection, and turnover. G. Salvendy (EDs), Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2012): 475-489.

Journal Article

Wesselmann, E. D., Ispas, D., Olson, M.D. , Swerdlik, M. E., & Caudle, N. M. (2018). Does perceived ostracism contribute to mental health concerns among veterans who have been deployed? PLoS ONE, 13, e0208438. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208438.

DeSouza, E. R., Wesselmann, E. D., & Ispas, D. (2017). Workplace Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities: Subtle and Not-so-subtle. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 34, 121-132. DOI: 10.1002/CJAS.1438

Ion, A., Iliescu, D., Ilie, A., & Ispas, D. (2016). The emic-etic approach to personality measurement in personnel selection. Personality and Individual Differences, 97, 55-60.

Iliescu, D., Ispas, D., Sulea, C., & Ilie, A. (2015). Vocational Fit and Counterproductive Work Behaviors: A Self-Regulation Perspective. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100, 21-39.

Ispas, D., Iliescu, D., Ilie, A., & Johnson, R.E. (2014). Exploring the Cross-Cultural Generalizability of the Five Factor Model of Personality: The Romanian NEO PI-R. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 45, 1074-1088.

Presentations

Cognitive Reflection Tests and Academic Performance.. Midwestern Psychological Association. (2024)

Ilie, A., Archos, H.C., White, E., Ispas, D., Iliescu, D., & Askew, K. (2016, April). Mindfulness in the relationship between workplace stressors and strains. Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Anaheim, CA.

Archos, H.*, Ispas, D., Ilie, A., & Iliescu, D. (2015, April). Age and gender differences in the FFM. Paper presented at the Illinois State University Graduate Research Symposium.

Gabka, K.*, Ispas, D., & Ilie, A. (2015, April). Workplace stressors and employee well-being: the roles of affect, boredom proneness, and counterproductive work behaviors. Paper presented at the Illinois State University Graduate Research Symposium.

Ilie, A., McCarthy, A.*, Perez, K. M.*, Ispas, D., & Iliescu, D. (2015, April). Mediators of the workplace bullying – job attitudes relationship. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.

Ion, A., Iliescu, D., Ispas, D., & Ilie, A. (2015, April). Incremental validity of emic-etic personality dimensions in predicting job performance. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.

Ion, A., Ispas, D., Ilie, A., & Iliescu, D. (2015, May). The emic-etic approach to personality measurement in personnel selection. Paper presented at the 17th European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, Oslo, Norway.

White, E.*, Ispas, D., Ilie, A., Iliescu, D. (2015, April). Individual differences as predictors of maximum academic performance. Paper presented at the Illinois State University Graduate Research Symposium.

Wolfe, D.*, Ispas, D., Ilie, A., Iliescu, D. (2015, April). Personality Test Faking Detection and Selection Rates. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.

Wolfe, D.*, Ispas, D., Ilie, A., Iliescu, D. (2015, April). Personality test faking detection and selection rates. Paper presented at the Illinois State University Graduate Research Symposium.

Grants & Contracts

New Faculty Investigator Grant. Illinois State University. Illinois State University.

Pre-Tenure Faculty Grant. Illinois State University. Illinois State University.