2024 October
Rick Yang and Dr. Kung’s paper “Individual preferences in multiple goal pursuit: Reconsidering the conceptualization and dimensionality of polychronicity” was published in Applied Psychology. Woohoo!
Huge congratulations to Dr. Kung for receiving the SAGE Early Career Trajectory Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)!
2024 September
Rick Yang and Dr. Kung’s paper “Toward a culturally sensitive perspective on silence in organizations" was published in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Congrats!
2024 August
The CMC welcomed its new graduate student Aryca Woodson and new research assistant Adelyn Karst! Woohoo!
2024 April
Noah Wilson and Minjae (Jason) Kim presented their poster on “Qualitative Analyses of Perceived Conflict between Organizational Diversity and Performance Goals” at the Purdue Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference. Amazing!
Minjae (Jason) Kim, Iris Yao, Raechel Johnson, Wen Yin, Brianna Woltz, and Vineeth Narra presented their poster on “Facilitating Constructive Dialogue: Wise Reasoning in Sociopolitical Conflict Communication” at the Purdue Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference. Well done!
The CMC lab hosted our inaugural Asian Leader Networking event in the Greater Lafayette Area.
Noah Wilson and Minjae (Jason) Kim’s poster on “Qualitative Analyses of Perceived Conflict between Organizational Diversity and Performance Goals” received the Honorable Mention recognition for the Purdue Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference. Well deserved and huge congrats!!!
Rick Yang presented his symposium talk on “Wise Reasoning and Subjective Values in Conflict Communication” at the 2024 MPA!
Dante Bruno presented his poster on “Cultural Mindset’s Influence on Engineering Team Outcomes” at the 2024 MPA!
Ziqi Yao presented her poster on “Lay Perceptions of Organizations’ Performance-Diversity Goal Relations” at the 2024 MPA!
2024 March
Noah Wilson and Minjae (Jason) Kim presented their poster on “Qualitative Analyses of Perceived Conflict between Organizational Diversity and Performance Goals” at the HHS Life Inspired conference at Purdue. So proud of you!
Lilly Linneweber and Melinda Michalski presented their poster on “Review of Factors Influencing Multicultural Team Effectiveness in Engineering” at the HHS Life Inspired conference at Purdue. Great job!
2024 February
Rick Yang presented his symposium talk on “A Dual-Engagement Framework and Measure of Goal Conflict Management Strategies” at the 2024 SPSP!
Dante Bruno presented his poster on “Review of Factors Influencing Multicultural Team Effectiveness in Engineering” at the 2024 SPSP!
Ziqi Yao presented her poster on “Organizational Goal Conflict Perception” at the 2024 SPSP!
Sharon Li presented her symposium talk on “People, Not Robots: Mechanistic Dehumanization of Asian Americans and Its Workplace Implications” at the 2024 SPSP!
2024 January
The CMC welcomed its new research assistants Hannah Idrissi Alami, Noah Wilson, and Iris Yao for the Spring 2024 semester!
2023 December
Dr. Kung gave a talk “Conflict Management in Organizations and a Polarized Society” at the Education University of Hong Kong.
Dr. Kung gave another talk “‘Robotic Asians’: A Mechanistic Dehumanization Perspective of Bias against Asians in the U.S.” at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Rick Yang gave a talk “The Dual-Engagement Model and Measure of Goal Conflict Management Strategies” at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
2023 November
Rick Yang gave a presentation on “Juggling Conflicting Goals: How to Achieve More and Feel Better” at the Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center (AAARCC) at Purdue. Go Rick!!!
Dr. Kung’s new paper "Mentorship practices that improve the culture of peer review" has been published in Nature Reviews Psychology! Congrats Franki!!
2023 October
Dr. Kung was featured in SPSP News. Congrats! We are so lucky to have you as our role model!!
Rick Yang’s symposium talk “A Dual-Engagement Framework and Measure of Goal Conflict Management Strategies” was accepted by the 2024 SPSP Annual Convention. We are so proud of you and excited for you!
Dante Bruno’s talk “Literature Review of Factors Influencing Multicultural Team Effectiveness in Engineering”, Sharon Li’s talk “People, Not Robots: Mechanistic Dehumanization of Asian Americans and its Workplace Implications”, and Ziqi Yao’s talk “Organizational Goal Conflict Perception” were accepted to the 2024 SPSP Annual Convention as well! Yay!!
2023 August
Rick Yang and Dr. Kung’s new paper “Employees’ mindset matters: Leveraging cultural mindset to harness the benefits of organizational polyculturalism" was published in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Huge congratulations!!!
The CMC welcomed its new research assistants Firesola (Desirée) Osobajo, Elias Knable, and Vineeth Narra for the Fall 2023 semester!
Dr. Sharon Li received her Ph.D. degree in the Summer 2023 graduation. We just know you are onto bigger and better things, Sharon! Congratulations again, we are so very proud of you!!!
Ziqi Yao received her Bachelor of Science degree in the Summer 2023 graduation. Ziqi will also step onto her new role as the incoming joint-lab manager of CMC and CHIP labs at Purdue. You did it. And welcome back!
2023 July
Ziqi Yao gave a presentation on her research “Organizational Goal Conflict Perception and Implications” at the 2023 Purdue Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. Well done, Ziqi!
Rainah Ross and Allie Zuniga presented their posters on “Student Team Goals and Experiences” — the project they have been working on during the Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP). Great job, Allie and Rainah!
Dr. Kung received the NSF CAREER award for the project “Mechanistic Dehumanization of Asians: Identifying Causes, Consequences, and Countermeasures for a More Inclusive STEM Workforce.” Congrats, Franki!!!
2023 June
Sharon Li and Dr. Kung’s paper “Supporting refugee employees’ psychological needs at work: the role of HRM practices ” was published in The International Journal of Human Resource Management. Congratulations!
Sharon Li successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation “People, Not Robots: The Mechanistic Dehumanization of Asian Americans and Its Workplace Implications.” She will be joining HumRRO as a Research Scientist in August. Congratulations, Dr. LI!! We are so proud of you!
Rainah Ross and Allie Zuniga joined our lab through the Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP). Welcome! They will be working on a study related to students’ diversity goals and team performance.
2023 May
It’s graduation season again! Huge congratulations to our graduates Haley O'Neal, Renhao (Kevin) Zhao, Hannah Myers, Christina Kelley, and Emma Showalter! You make us so proud!!!
2023 April
Sharon Li will present two posters at SIOP2023 in Boston:
“Robotic Asians”: Workplace Implications of Asian American Mechanistic Dehumanization
Organizational Diversity Regulatory Focus Scale (collaborated with former lab manager Carmen Huang and former honors thesis student Brianna Foreman)
Our lab had three poster presentations at the 21st Annual Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference at Purdue University
Emma Showalter presented her poster “Gender and Perceived Motivation: Understanding Gender Differences in Receiving Requests for Extra-Role (Low Promotability) Service Work.”
Emma was selected as the winner of the Best Poster Award! Congrats, Emma!
Emma also presented this work at the Spring Undergraduate Research Conference.
Lilly Linneweber, Hannah Myers, and Qing Yin presented their poster “A Literature Review of Recent Studies on Intergroup Conflict Resolution.”
Haley O’Neal and Jason Kim presented their poster “A Comprehensive Literature Review of Lay People’s Beliefs about Multitasking.”
2023 March
Sami Lapka and Dr. Kung published an article in the digital magazine Psyche about the downsides of having high self-control: “Wish you had more self-control? You should hear the downsides.”
Congratulations to our former lab manager Sami Lapka for getting an honorable mention for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program award! Go, Sami!
2023 February
Our lab has many exciting presentations at SPSP2023 Annual Convention in Atlanta. Come and check them out!
Rodrigo Pimentel has a poster presentation on “Do Foreign Experiences Make Us Wiser? The Links Between Wise Reasoning and Multicultural Experiences and Travel Exposure”
Dante Bruno has a poster presentation on “Productivity Tools Influence Multiple Goal Pursuit Experience for Project Managers”
Sharon Li has a poster presentation on “Observed and Internalized Mechanistic Dehumanization of Asian Americans at Work”
Rick Yang has a poster presentation on “Wise Reasoning and Subjective Value in Negotiation”
Sami Lapka and Dr. Franki Kung are organizing a symposium on “The Dynamic Effects of Self-Control”, in which Sami will present their work on “Determined yet Dehumanized: Hidden Costs for Perceptions of High Self-Control”
Dr. Franki Kung is also chairing two important sessions:
“Building Professional and Scholarly Communities”
Featured Session: “Hidden Stories of Marginalized Scholars and Scholarship: Reflections and Ways to Move Forward”
2022 December
Congratulations to Dr. Franki Kung on receiving the John C. Naylor Award for Teaching Excellence! So well deserved, Franki!!
Rodrigo Pimentel gave an oral presentation “Do Foreign Experiences Make Us Wiser?” at the annual conference of Social-Personality Undergraduate Research (SPUR). Well done, Rodrigo!
2022 November
Ziqi Yao and Haley O’Neal presented their poster “A Comprehensive Literature Review on the Relationship between Multitasking and Intrinsic Motivation” at the 2022 Fall Undergraduate Research Expo at Purdue University. Great job!
Rick Yang gave a guest lecture talk in the PSY475 class on the topic of how to pursue multiple goals and manage goal conflicts.
2022 September
On September 7th, graduate student Rick Yang gave his talk “Individual Differences in Multiple Goal Pursuit: Reconsidering the Conceptualization and Dimensionality of Polychronicity” at the Cognitive Psychology Colloquium.
2022 August
Dr. Kung received the 2021 Dr. William H. Hendrix Industrial Psychology Excellence Award for excellence in performing research, teaching, and mentoring graduate students. Well deserved, Dr. Kung!
The lab was awarded the Construction Industry Institute (CII) RT-405 “Leveraging Culture and Behavior to Drive AWP Success” grant.
Dr. Kung will serve as the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) for Purdue University’s Department of Psychological Sciences beginning 2022 Fall semester!
The CMC welcomes its new members for the 2022 Fall semester
Graduate Student: Dante Bruno
Lab Manager: Carmen Huang
Research Assistants: Haley O'Neil, Ashley Niebrugge, Melinda Michalski, Raechel Johnson, Bhavti Shah
PsyPost highlighted Sami Lapka’s and Dr. Kung’s research on high self-control and robotic dehumanization
2022 July
Purdue University highlighted research conducted by Sami Lapka and Dr. Kung on high self-control and robotic dehumanization
2022 May
Graduate student Rick Yang and research assistant Katelin Bauer each presented their research at the 2022 Society for the Science of Motivation Conference in Chicago. Way to go!
Huge congratulations to Ziqi Yao for being named one of the 2022 Outstanding Sophomores at Purdue University. No surprise there, you’re amazing!
Sami Lapka’s and Dr. Kung’s work was highlight in a PsychologyToday article!
2022 April
We have many big congratulations to shoutout this April!
Sami Lapka will be joining the Social Psychology PhD program at the Ohio State University as a Dean’s Distinguished University Fellow in Fall 2022! Congratulations, Sami!
Dante Bruno will be joining the Industrial-Organizational Psychology PhD program at Purdue University in Fall 2022! Congratulations, Dante, and welcome home!
Rick Yang successfully defended his Master’s Thesis on April 8th, way to go Rick!
Undergraduate research assistant Ziqi Yao was selected as a Summer Stay Scholarship Fellow to continue working on research with our lab this summer, congrats Ziqi!
And finally, big congrats to all the undergraduate research assistants who presented their work at Purdue University’s Undergraduate Research Conference: Katelin Bauer, Brianna Foreman, Broderick Schipp, Asher Denny, Emma Showalter, and Ariel Velasco. Great work all!
2022 March
Sami Lapka and Dr. Kung’s research on self-control and robotic-dehumanization was accepted for publication at Social Psychological and Personality Science! A preprint version of this article can be viewed here: https://psyarxiv.com/sp8aj/
2022 February
The CMC had a fantastic time at the 2022 SPSP Annual Convention in San Francisco!
Sharon and Sami gave a talk at the SPSP Mindset Symposium titled Cross-Cultural Mindsets in the Engineering Field.
Rick presented his poster Lay Theories of Multitasking and Implications for Multiple Goal Pursuit and Sami presented her poster Political Orientation and Climate Change Perceptions: How Fixed Natural World Mindset Mediates the Relationship.
2022 January
Rick Yang and Dr. Kung offer suggestions for framing negative feedback so it can be less harmful and more constructive to the person receiving it. Check it out in the latest Steps to Leaps Well-Being Tip!
2021 November
Sami Lapka and Dr. Kung’s book chapter “Signaling trustworthiness: A self-regulation account” was published in an eBook titled The Psychology of Trust, which can be found here. Congratulations, Sami and Franki!
2021 October
Sharon Li and Dr. Franki Kung had their paper “Assessing perceptions of immigrant contribution: Scale development and organizational implications” accepted at Academy of Management Discoveries, congrats both!
Dr. Kung also had his paper “Mixed reactions to multicultural (vs. colorblind) diversity management: A lay theories of culture perspective” accepted at the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied!
Congrats to both Sharon and Sami for receiving Diversity Travel Awards for the 2022 SPSP Annual Convention!
2021 September
With the start of the 2021-2022 academic year, the lab is excited to welcome some new faces to the CMC:
Victorial Garden, Charlotte Albrecht, Kendall Gregrich, Asher Denny, Ziqi Yao, and Arabelle Michael will be joining our lab as research assistants; we can’t wait to start working with you all!
We are also excited to announce Dr. Kung’s involvement as a co-director of the HHS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Science Consortium! More information about the consortium and its mission can be found here.
Sami Lapka and Dr. Kung offer suggestions for promoting more productive conversations with those you disagree with in this Steps to Leaps Well-Being Tip!
2021 August
It’s been a productive summer in the Conflict and Mindset Lab!
Rick Yang received funding from the Ross-Lynn Research Scholar Program to study multiple goals, congrats Rick!
Graduate student Sharon Li took and passed her Preliminary Exams, awesome work Sharon!
Research Assistant Dante Bruno and Dr. Franki Kung offered the Purdue University community some advice about how to optimize their goals. The piece was recognized by Purdue University’s Steps to Leaps Initiative and can be found here!
Lab manager Sami Lapka presented 3 posters this summer:
Political Orientation, Natural World Mindset, and Climate Change Attitudes and Behaviors at the APS 2021 Virtual Convention.
Too Much of a Good Trait: Perceived Self-Control and Robotic-Dehumanization at the APA 2021 Virtual Conference.
Essentialism and Support for Diversity Policies at the APA 2021 Virtual Conference, great work Sami!
Sami has also had her project Malleable Mindset and Cross-Cultural Interactions in Multicultural Engineering Teams accepted to the Annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education Conference!
2021 May
Congrats to research assistants Katelin Bauer and Ryan Sauter for receiving Honorable Mention recognition for their poster “Too Much of a Good Trait: Perceived Self-Control and Robotic Dehumanization” at Purdue University’s Spring 2021 Undergraduate Research Conference, great work!
2021 April
CMC research assistants presented their posters at Purdue University’s Spring 2021 Undergraduate Research Conference:
Megan Mitchell and Dante Bruno presented “Productivity Tool Use, Performance, and Productivity.” Check out their poster here!
Anglea Zhang and Dante Bruno presented their poster “Essentialism and Support for Diversity Policies” which can be located here!
Finally, Ryan Sauter and Katelin Bauer presented “Too Much of a Good Trait: Perceived Self-Control and Robotic Dehumanization” Their poster can be located here!
Congratulations to our research assistant Javier Camarillo for being accepted to the Purdue University-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Summer 2021 research program! We are excited to have you working with the CMC this summer!
Also, congratulations to our research assistant Ryan Sauter, who was awarded a scholarship from the Summer Stay Program to continue working on research with our lab this summer!
2021 March
Dr. Franki Kung received a grant from the NSF, Division of Undergraduate Education, for his study, “Developing and Analyzing an Online Cultural Mindset Module for Improving Multicultural Engineering Team Effectiveness”. Congrats Franki!
Lab manager Sami Lapka had 3 posters accepted to upcoming conferences:
“Essentialism and Support for Diversity Policies” and “Too Much of a Good Trait: Perceived Self-Control and Robotic-Dehumanization” were accepted to the 2021 APA Virtual Convention.
“Political Orientation, Natural World Mindset, and Climate Change Attitudes and Behaviors” was accepted to the 2021 APS Virtual Convention and Poster Showcase.
Research assistants Dante Bruno and Megan Mitchell had their poster "Productivity Tool Usage, Goal Models, and Quality of Goal Pursuit Experiences" accepted to the 2021 APS Virtual Convention and Poster Showcase!
2021 January
Graduate student Sharon Li’s book chapter “Leveraging mindsets to facilitate multiracial collaborations” was published in an eBook titled: Incorporating diversity in classroom settings: Real and engaging examples for various psychology courses, which can be found here. Congratulations, Sharon!
2020 December
Graduate student Sharon Li’s poster “Perceived Immigrant Contribution: Scale Development and Organizational Implications” was accepted for presentation at the 2021 SIOP Annual Conference. Great work, Sharon!
Graduate Student Rick Yang had 2 posters accepted to conferences:
“Development and Validation of the Goal Conflict Management Strategies (GCMS) Scale” was accepted for presentation at the 2021 SIOP Annual Conference.
“Goal Conflict Management Strategies: Conceptualization, Measurement, and Implications” was accepted for presentation at the SPSP 2021 Motivation Science preconference. Congrats Rick!
2020 October
Dr. Franki Kung’s paper “The Pursuit of Multiple Goals” was published in the journal Social and Personality Psychology Compass. Congrats Dr. Kung!
On October 22, graduate student Sharon Li gave her talk “Perceived Immigrant Contribution (PIC): Conceptualization, Scale Development, and Organizational Implications” at the I/O Psychology Colloquium.
2020 August
The CMC welcomes its new members for the 2020 Fall semester!
Graduate Students: Zhixu Yang (Rick) and Daphne Hou
Lab Manager: Sami Lapka
Research Assistants: Rhusha Arramreddy, Megan Mitchell, Brianna Foreman, Katelin Bauer, Lindsay Drake, Jenna Burow, Ryan Greaser, Ryan Sauter, and Kailee Mott
2020 May
Lab manager Kayla Goldsmid and research assistant Alex Swan’s poster “Understanding the Positive Effects of Social Class Essentialism” will be presented at the APS Virtual Poster Showcase on June 1st at 9:00 am EST. It has also been selected as an “Honorable Mention” for the 2020 RISE Research Award. Congrats Kayla & Alex!
2020 March
Due to COVID-19, all upcoming psychology conferences have been postponed (APS, MPA, SIOP). Additionally, our lab is taking precautionary measures to ensure the safety of ourselves and those around us by moving to an online format. We hope you all stay safe!
2020 January
Dr. Kung’s paper “Are Attention Check Questions a Threat to Scale Validity?” is among the most cited articles in the journal Applied Psychology: An International Review for papers published between January 2018 and December 2019. Congratulations Dr. Kung!
Lab manager Kayla Goldsmid and research assistant Alex Swan’s poster “Understanding the Positive Effects of Social Class Essentialism” has been accepted for APS 2020 in Chicago, IL. We are excited to share our findings!
Lab manager Kayla Goldsmid and research assistant Alex Swan’s poster “Essentialism and Perceived Legitimacy of Social Groups for Diversity Policies” has been accepted for MPA 2020 in Chicago, IL. They will be presenting April 25, 2020 from 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM, located at the Palmer House Hilton. We are looking forward to it!
Visiting Student Rick (Zhixu) Yang from Zhejiang University and Dr. Kung had their poster presentation “Multitasking vs. One Thing at a Time? Testing the Nature of the Polychronicity Dimensions” accepted for the Motivation Science Pre-Conference of Society of Personality and Social Psychology Convention 2020 in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Kung will be presenting at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans on February 27th. Congrats, Rick & Dr. Kung!
2019 December
Graduate Student Sharon Li's poster "A Psychological Needs Framework for Refugee Integration in the Workplace" has been accepted for SIOP 2020 in Austin, TX. She will be presenting April 25, 2020 from 3:00 PM to 3:50 PM, located in Griffin Hall. Great work, Sharon!
Melissa Keith & Dr. Kung have co-organized the symposium "Setting New Goals for Goal Research: Questioning Assumptions and New Directions" to be presented at SIOP 2020 in Austin, TX. The symposium will take place April 23, 2020 from 10:30 AM to 11:20 AM in the Lone Star Salon room. We can’t wait!
Dr. Kung’s talk in the symposium will be titled "A New Framework of Multiple Goal Pursuit: Lay Theories of Goal System”
2019 November
Visiting Student Rick (Zhixu) Yang from Zhejiang University presents “Individuals’ Preferences in Pursuing Multiple Goals” at Applied Psychology Forum 2019 in Beijing, China. Great work, Rick!
2019 September
Graduate Student Sharon Li receives the Dr. Charles H. Lawshe Graduate Fellowship (Purdue University) awarded by the I-O Psychology Department ($856). Congratulations, Sharon!
Dr. Kung has been selected to serve on SPSP's new Early Career Committee board, which helps develop/oversee programs and resources to help early career members. We look forward to his position as co-chair in 2022-2023!
Kayla Goldsmid from Santa Clara University joins us as a Lab Manager. Welcome, Kayla!
2019 August
Dr. Kung receives funding from the Negotiation and Team Resources Research Grant (PI: Franki Kung; co-PIs: Sarah Huff, Melody Chao; $8162) to investigate the impact of identity integration on negotiation.
Visiting Student Lily Xiao presents research on “Upside of Boundaries? The Link between essentialist beliefs and perceived legitimacy of social groups for diversity policies” at Purdue University’s Conference for Summer Research Opportunities Program.
Visiting Student Rick (Zhixu) Yang from Zhejiang University, China, joins us as a summer research student. Welcome, Rick!
2019 June
Visiting Student Lily Xiao from Smith College, Northampton, MA, joins us through Big Ten’s Summer Research Opportunities Program. Welcome, Lily!
2019 May
Dr. Kung’s article “Are Attention Check Questions a Threat to Scale Validity?” is a Top 20 most downloaded paper between January 2017 and December 2018 at the journal Applied Psychology: An International Review.
2019 April
Graduate Student Sharon Li presents her research poster “Iterative Failures: A Boundary Condition for Incremental Cultural Mindset Effects” at the 2019 Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting.
2018 September
Graduate Student Sharon Li receives the Andrew Fellowship to support her graduate studies. Congratulations, Sharon!