Cort W. Rudolph Ph.D.

I am an Industrial and Organizational Psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI (USA).

I specialize in conducting quantitative research, especially focusing on longitudinal methodologies and meta-analysis. Through my work, I strive for the promotion of open science practices.

My research focuses broadly on topics ranging from aging workers and lifespan development, to occupational health, employee wellbeing, environmental sustainability, and leadership.

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications

  • Arain, G., Hameed, I., Babalola, M., Ren, S., Rudolph, C.W. (2025). Unpacking leader bottom-line mentality (BLM) in organizations: A meta-analytic review of its drivers, consequences, mechanisms, and boundary conditions. Journal of Business Ethics.

  • Zacher, H., Vesper, D. & Rudolph, C.W. (2025). Person-group political orientation fit: Relations with workplace friendships, job satisfaction, organizational identification, and turnover intentions. Collabra: Psychology.

  • Rudolph, C.W. & Zacher, H. (2025). A virtuous cycle: Reciprocal relations between work flexibilization and perceived organizational support. Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology.

  • Schubert, K., Rudolph, C.W., & Zacher, H. (2025). Antecedents and consequences of idle time at work. Journal of Management: Scientific Reports.

  • Cobb, H., Thomas, C., Piszczek, M., & Rudolph, C.W. (2025). Understanding boundary management fit: A systematic review of work-nonwork boundary management and person environment fit. Organizational Psychology Review.

  • Stein, M., Zacher, H., Rudolph, C.W., & Böhm, R. (2025). Reciprocal within-person relations between pandemic fatigue and protective behavior: A 20-wave longitudinal study during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Psychology.

  • Rudolph, C.W., Breevaart, K., & Zacher, H. (2025). When are job autonomy and workload “too much of a good thing” for job crafting? Journal of Business and Psychology.

  • Posch, M., Weigelt, O., Janzen, R., Rudolph, C.W., & Zacher, H. (2025). Interactive effects of disruptive environmental events and job characteristics on job engagement: Integrating event- and feature-oriented approaches. German Journal of Human Resource Management.

  • Stein, M., Zacher, H., Rudolph, C.W., & Semmer, N.K. (2025). Exploring stable between-person and dynamic within-person relations between illegitimate tasks and employee wellbeing. Work & Stress.

  • Mazei, J., Rudolph, C.W., Hüffmeier, J. & Zacher, H. (2025). Do not put all of your eggs in one basket: Multiverse analysis in applied psychology. Journal of Applied Psychology.

  • Rudolph, C.W., Friedrich, J.C., Koziel, R.J. & Zacher, H. (2025). Character strengths use at work: A meta-analysis of relations with work performance and employee wellbeing. Applied Research in Quality of Life.

Biography

I am a Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology at Wayne State University. I earned a B.A. from DePaul University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Wayne State University. Before returning to Wayne State as a faculty member, I held academic appointments at Florida International University and Saint Louis University.

My research interests are broad and cover a range of topics, however a central theme of my work is understanding issues related to the aging of the workforce through the lens of lifespan development theories. I also have interests in topics related to occupational health and employee wellbeing, environmental sustainability, careers and career development, proactivity, individual differences, and leadership. I have published over 130 peer-reviewed papers, 35 book chapters, and co-edited three books.

I am the Editor of Industrial & Organizational Psychology, and serve as a consulting editor for Work, Aging and Retirement, Psychology and Aging, and the International Journal of Stress Management, and an associate editor for Group and Organization Management.

I also serve on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Managerial Psychology, the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, the Journal of Vocational Behavior, Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Leadership Quarterly, the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, the Journal of Business and Psychology, and the Journal of Applied Psychology.

In 2022 I was elected a fellow of APA Division 14, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP).