Faculty Profile

Susan E. Murphy, Ph.D.
Assoc. Prof. and Assoc. Dir. of Kravis Institute

E-mail: susan.murphy@cmc.edu
Phone: (909) 607-2933
Campus Address: Seaman Hall 236

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Curriculum Vitae

Leave/Sabbatical
Fall (on leave or sabbatical for Fall term)

Educational Background

B.S., M.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Washington

Teaching Interests

  • Industrial/Organizational Psychology
  • Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior
  • Statistics for Psychologists
  • Mentoring
  • Organizational Communication and Leadership
  • Organizational Development
  • Organizational Intervention

Research Interests

  • Leadership
  • Youth mentoring
  • Small group decision making; motivational processes; organizational culture; and the effects of work stressors on employee performance and leader stress.
  • Emotional intelligence

Selected Research and Publications

  • Journal Articles
  • Darling, N., Bogat, A., Cavell, T., Murphy, S.E., & Sanchez, B. (in press). Gender, ethnicity, and development: Mentoring and the consideration of individual difference. Journal of Community Psychology.
  • Halverson, S.K., Murphy, S.E., & Riggio, R. E. (2004). Charismatic leadership in crisis situations: A laboratory investigation of stress and crisis. Small Group Research, 35(5), 495-514.
  • Ensari, N., & Murphy, S.E. (2003). Cross-cultural Variations in Leadership Perceptions and Attribution of Charisma to the Leader. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 92, 52-66.
  • Hoyt, C. L., Murphy, S.E., Halverson, S.K., & Watson, C.B. (2003). Group Leadership: Efficacy and Effectiveness. Group Dynamics, 7 (4), 259-274.
  • Ensher, E. A., Murphy, S.E., Sullivan, S. (2002). Reel women: Lessons from female TV executives on managing work and real life. Academy of Management Executive, 16(2), 1-14.
  • Murphy, S.E., & Ensher, E.A. The role of mentoring support and self-management strategies on reported career outcomes. (Accepted at Journal of Career Development to be published in Vol 27, June 2001).
  • Ensher, E.A., Murphy, S.E., & Vance, C.M. The application of career strategies from mentoring, self-management, and self-leadership for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs. International Journal of Entrepreneurship, 1(2), June 2000, 99-108.
  • Ensher, E. A, Thomas, C., & Murphy, S.E. Comparison of traditional, step-ahead, and peer mentoring on proteges support, satisfaction and perceptions of career success: A social exchange perspective. (In press, Journal of Business and Psychology).
  • Murphy, S.E., & Ensher, E. A. (1999). The effects of leader and subordinate characteristics in the development of leader-member exchange quality. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 1371-1394.
  • Ensher, E. A, & Murphy, S.E. (1997). The impact of race, gender, perceived similarity, and contact on mentor relationships. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 50, 460-481.
  • Ensher, E.A. & Murphy, S.E. (1997). Developing Successful Training in a Summer Jobs Training Program. Performance Improvement, 36(1), 22-27.
  • Book Chapters
  • Ensher, E. A., & Murphy, S.E. (In preparation). E-mentoring. In B.R. Ragins, and K.E. Kram, The Handbook of Mentoring. To be published by Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.
  • Murphy, S.E., & Ensher, E.A. (2006). Lessons from research on prosocial organizations for mobilizing adults for positive youth development. In E.G. Clary, & J.E. Rhodes, (eds.), Mobilizing adults for positive youth development: Strategies for Closing the Gap between Beliefs and Behaviors (The Search Institute Series on Developmentally Attentive Community and Society) (pp. 117-135). New York: Springer.
  • Murphy, S.E., & Halpern, D.A. (2005).Vision for the Future of Work and Family Interaction. In D. Halpern & S. Murphy, (eds.) Work family balance to work family interaction: Changing the metaphor. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.
  • Murphy, S. E., & Zagorski, D. A. (2005) Enhancing Work/Family and Work/Life Interaction: The Role of Management. In D. Halpern & S. Murphy, (eds.) Work family balance to work family interaction: Changing the metaphor. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.
  • Halpern, D., & Murphy, S.E. (2005). Integrating the demands of work and family. In D. Halpern & S. Murphy, (eds.) Work family balance to work family interaction: Changing the metaphor. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.
  • Murphy, S.E. (in press). Leader Self-Regulation: The Role of Self-Efficacy and "Multiple Intelligences". To appear in R. Riggio & S. Murphy, (Eds.), Multiple Intelligences and Leadership. Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Ensher, E.A., Murphy, S.E., & Sullivan, S. E. The boundaryless career in the entertainment industry: Examining the employment experiences of executive women. To appear in M. Peiperl "Creative Careers: Innovation in our Lives and Work" by Oxford University Press.
  • Murphy, S.E., Goto, S., Ensher, E. A. (1999). Advising young women of color. In S. Davis, M. Crawford, & J. Sebrechts, Coming into her own: Educational success in girls and women (pp. 244-259). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Murphy, S.E., & Ensher, E. A. (1997). The effects of culture on mentoring relationships: A developmental model. In S. Oskamp & C. Granrose, Cross-cultural work groups. Sage.
  • Toquam, J.L., Fujita, Y., Macaulay J.L., Westra, C.R., and Murphy S.E.. (1997). Assessment of nuclear power plant crew variability. In M. Brannick, E. Salas, & C. Prince, eds., Team performance assessment and measurement: Theory, research, & application. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.
  • Books
  • Ensher, E.A., & Murphy, S.E. (2005). Power mentoring: How successful mentors and protégés get the most out of their relationships. San Francisco: Wiley/Jossey Bass.