Dr. Alex Barelka
Professor
Department of Management
Office
SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business 204
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- About
- Education
- Research
Biography
Alex has been a professor at Wright State University and the Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton, Ohio. He is also a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and holds a Ph.D. in management (minor in information systems) from Michigan State University.
Current Courses
MGT 220.006 Business Organization And Management
MGT 380.001 Leadership: Teams And Team Development
Teaching Interests & Areas
Organizational Behavior
Management
Research Interests & Areas
Organizational Behavior
Management
PhD Management/Organizational Behavior
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
MS Information Systems Management
Air Force Institute of Technology
Dayton, OH
BS Optical Physics/Imaging Science
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester NY
Grants & Contracts
Cyber Suspicion (2017)
Trust and Suspicion (2016)
Trust and Suspicion (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Barelka, A., Dustin, S., & Richey, M. Turning a negative into a positive: Developing transformational leaders using negative feedback. Academy of Management Annual Conference (2019)
Sizemore, S., Brown, J., Anderson, E., Tucker, J., & Barelka, A. Competency Modeling in the USSF. I/ITSEC
Journal Article
Barelka, A., Bobko, P., & Wesselmann, E. Enhancing the Understanding of Suspicion Development Across Time: Two Studies on Human versus Virtual Teammates, Goal Type, Impulsivity, and Contrast Effects. Behaviour and Information Technology 42.8 (2022): 1253-1269.
Barelka, A., & Downes, M. A Career-Stage Approach to Understanding Glass Ceiling Perceptions. Southern Journal of Business and Ethics 11 (2019): 10-23.
Hirshfield, L., Bobko, P., Barelka, A., Sommer, N., & Velipasalar, S. Toward Interfaces that Help Users Identify Misinformation Online: Using fNIRS to Measure Suspicion. Augmented Human Research 4 (2019)
Bowling, N., Khazon, S., Alarcon, G., Blackmore, C., & Bragg, C. Building better measures of role ambiguity and role conflict: The validation of new role stressor scales. Work and Stress 31.1 (2017): 1-23.
Bobko, P., Barelka, A., & Hirshfield, L. A Review of the Construct of "Suspicion" with Applications to Automated and Information Technology (IT) Contexts: A Research Agenda. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (2014)
Bobko, P., Barelka, A., Hirshfield, L., & Lyons, J. The Construct of Suspicion and How It Can Benefit Theories and Models in Organizational Science.. Journal Of Business And Psychology 29 (2014): 335-342.
Eschleman, K., Madsen, J., Alarcon, G., & Barelka, A. Benefiting from creative activity: The positive relationships between creative activity, recovery experiences, and performance-related outcomes. Journal Of Occupational And Organizational Psychology 87 (2014): 579-598.
Hirshfield, L., Bobko, P., Barelka, A., Hirschfield, S., & Farrington, M. Using Noninvasive Brain Measurement to Explore the Psychological Effects of Computer Malfunctions on Users during Human-Computer Interactions. Advances in Human-Computer Interaction (2014)
Barelka, A., Jeyaraj, A., & Walinski, R. The Emergence of a Content Acceptance Model: New Thoughts Regarding the Trial, Adoption, and Usage of New Media. Journal Of Computer Information Systems (2013)
Alarcon, G., Lyons, J., Schlessman, B., & Barelka, A. Leadership and Coping in the Military. Military Psychology (2012)
Lambert, L., Tepper, B., Carr, J., Holt, D., & Barelka, A. Forgotten but not gone: An examination of fit between leader consideration and initiating structure needed and received. Journal Of Applied Psychology (2012)
Lyons, J., Stokes, C., Eschleman, K., Alarcon, G., & Barelka, A. Trustworthiness and IT suspicion: An examination of the nomological network. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (2011)
Other
Downes, M., & Barelka, A. The Cultural Novelty of CEO Experience and Its Effect on Firm Performance. CEO International Experience and Firm Performance Revisited: What’s Culture Got to do with it?. The JGM Bitblog, Emerald Publishing (2024)
Presentations
Downes, M. and Barelka, A. (2022). Applying Multiple Theoretical Perspectives in Connecting International Boards to Firm Performance. International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD). Las Vegas, NV, October 23-26, 2022.
International Experience and Firm Performance Revisited. International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines. (2021)
Development of Airman's Foundational Competency Model. Military Operational Research Society 88th Annual Symposium. (2019)
The Development of a Leadership Self-Efficacy Measure. Academy of Management Annual Meeting. (2017)
Leadership Criteria under Maximum Performance Conditions. Southern Management Association. (2015)
Non-work recovery experiences and coworker ratings of performance. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. (2013)
The effects of recovery experience on resilience among Air Force Captains. Work, Stress, & Health Conference (APA). (2013)
Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Leadership Profile Measure. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. (2012)
Faking in High Stakes and Low Stakes Scenarios. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. (2012)
A Prototype Hybrid Learning Environment for the U.S. Air Force Air and Space Basic Course Preliminary Observations and Thoughts. Air Force Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Symposium. (2011)
Avatars, Media Usage, and the Linkages to E-learning Effectiveness. Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference. (2011)
Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling and Leadership. American Psychological Association. (2011)
Leadership and Career Attitudes of Company Grade Officers. Air Force Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Symposium. (2011)
Measuring Performance in a Developmental Assessment Program: The New SOS DG Program. Air Force Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Symposium. (2011)
Response Inconsistencies in Conscientiousness Scales. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. (2011)
The Leadership Profile Measure: Developing Full Range Leadership Across the Spectrum of Officer PME. Air Force Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Symposium. (2011)
Trust and suspicion: An examination of the nomological network. American Psychological Association. (2011)
The Emergence of a Content Acceptance Model: New Thoughts Regarding the Trial, Adoption, and Usage of New Media. Americas Conference of Information Systems. (2009)
The Social Influence Qualities of Social Network Sites: A qualitative and Experimental Investigation. Southern Management Association. (2009)