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Dr. Alex Barelka

Professor
Office
SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business 204
  • About
  • Education
  • Selected 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

MGT 221.001 Organizational Behavior And Administration

MGT 482.001 Organizational Leadership

MGT 482.002 Organizational Leadership

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 and Contracts

Cyber Suspicion
Alex J Barelka, Eric Wesselman
2017 - 2017
Trust and Suspicion
Alex J Barelka
2016 - 2016
Trust and Suspicion
Alex J Barelka
2015 - 2015

Conference Proceeding

Turning a negative into a positive: Developing transformational leaders using negative feedback
Barelka, A., Dustin, S., & Richey, M.
Academy of Management Annual Conference, (2019)

Journal Article

Enhancing the Understanding of Suspicion Development Across Time: Two Studies on Human versus Virtual Teammates, Goal Type, Impulsivity, and Contrast Effects
Barelka, A., Bobko, P., & Wesselmann, E.
Behaviour and Information Technology, 42 (8), 1253-1269, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2022.2070077
A Career-Stage Approach to Understanding Glass Ceiling Perceptions
Barelka, A., & Downes, M.
Southern Journal of Business and Ethics, 11, 10-23, (2019)
Toward Interfaces that Help Users Identify Misinformation Online: Using fNIRS to Measure Suspicion
Hirshfield, L., Bobko, P., Barelka, A., Sommer, N., & Velipasalar, S.
Augmented Human Research, 4, (2019)
Building better measures of role ambiguity and role conflict: The validation of new role stressor scales
Bowling, N., Khazon, S., Alarcon, G., Blackmore, C., & Bragg, C.
Work and Stress, 31 (1), 1-23, (2017)
A Review of the Construct of "Suspicion" with Applications to Automated and Information Technology (IT) Contexts: A Research Agenda
Bobko, P., Barelka, A., & Hirshfield, L.
Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, (2014)
Benefiting from creative activity: The positive relationships between creative activity, recovery experiences, and performance-related outcomes
Eschleman, K., Madsen, J., Alarcon, G., & Barelka, A.
Journal Of Occupational And Organizational Psychology, 87, 579-598, (2014)
The Construct of Suspicion and How It Can Benefit Theories and Models in Organizational Science.
Bobko, P., Barelka, A., Hirshfield, L., & Lyons, J.
Journal Of Business And Psychology, 29, 335-342, (2014)
Using Noninvasive Brain Measurement to Explore the Psychological Effects of Computer Malfunctions on Users during Human-Computer Interactions
Hirshfield, L., Bobko, P., Barelka, A., Hirschfield, S., & Farrington, M.
Advances in Human-Computer Interaction, (2014)
The Emergence of a Content Acceptance Model: New Thoughts Regarding the Trial, Adoption, and Usage of New Media
Barelka, A., Jeyaraj, A., & Walinski, R.
Journal Of Computer Information Systems, (2013)
Forgotten but not gone: An examination of fit between leader consideration and initiating structure needed and received
Lambert, L., Tepper, B., Carr, J., Holt, D., & Barelka, A.
Journal Of Applied Psychology, (2012)
Leadership and Coping in the Military
Alarcon, G., Lyons, J., Schlessman, B., & Barelka, A.
Military Psychology, (2012)
Trustworthiness and IT suspicion: An examination of the nomological network
Lyons, J., Stokes, C., Eschleman, K., Alarcon, G., & Barelka, A.
Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, (2011)

Other

The Cultural Novelty of CEO Experience and Its Effect on Firm Performance
Downes, M., & Barelka, A.
The JGM Bitblog, Emerald Publishing, (2024)

Presentations

Applying Multiple Theoretical Perspectives in Connecting International Boards to Firm Performance
Meredith Downes, Alex J Barelka
International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD), Las Vegas, NV, October 22, 2022
International Experience and Firm Performance Revisited
Meredith Downes, Alex J Barelka
International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines, Las Vegas NV, October, 2021
Development of Airman's Foundational Competency Model
Alex J Barelka
Colorado Springs Colorado, June, 2019
The Development of a Leadership Self-Efficacy Measure
Alex J Barelka, Sue Dustin, Seth Platt
Atlanta Georgia, , 2017
Leadership Criteria under Maximum Performance Conditions
Alex J Barelka, Sue Dustin, Aaron Pauli
St Pete Florida, , 2015
Non-work recovery experiences and coworker ratings of performance
Alex J Barelka, Kevin J Eschleman, Gene M Alarcon
Houston Texas, , 2013
The effects of recovery experience on resilience among Air Force Captains
Alex J Barelka, Eschleman Kevin J, Alarcon Gene M, Alec Munc
Los Angles California, , 2013
Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Leadership Profile Measure
Alex J Barelka, Brad R Schlessman, Gene M Alarcon, Chelsey Credlebaugh, Erin Gerbec
San Diego California, , 2012
Faking in High Stakes and Low Stakes Scenarios
Alex J Barelka, Brad R Schlessman, Gene M Alarcon, Kevin Smith, Chelsey Credlebaugh
San Diego California, , 2012
A Prototype Hybrid Learning Environment for the U.S. Air Force Air and Space Basic Course Preliminary Observations and Thoughts
Alex J Barelka
San Antonio Texas, , 2011
Avatars, Media Usage, and the Linkages to E-learning Effectiveness
Alex J Barelka, Jason Royal
Orlando Florida, , 2011
Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling and Leadership
Alex J Barelka, Gene M Alarcon, Joseph B Lyons
Washington District of Columbia, , 2011
Leadership and Career Attitudes of Company Grade Officers
Alex J Barelka, Matt Schuelke
San Antonio Texas, , 2011
Measuring Performance in a Developmental Assessment Program: The New SOS DG Program
Alex J Barelka, Cory Hollon
San Antonio Texas, , 2011
Response Inconsistencies in Conscientiousness Scales
Alex J Barelka, Gene M Alarcon, Joseph B Lyons
Chicago Illinois, , 2011
The Leadership Profile Measure: Developing Full Range Leadership Across the Spectrum of Officer PME
Alex J Barelka, Mike Hower
San Antonio Texas, , 2011
Trust and suspicion: An examination of the nomological network
Alex J Barelka, Joseph B Lyons, Charlene K Stokes, Kevin J Eschleman, Gene M Alarcon
Washington DC District of Columbia, , 2011
The Emergence of a Content Acceptance Model: New Thoughts Regarding the Trial, Adoption, and Usage of New Media
Alex J Barelka, Ryan G Walinski
San Francisco California, , 2009
The Social Influence Qualities of Social Network Sites: A qualitative and Experimental Investigation
Alex J Barelka, J Paul Conner, Danny T Holt
Asheville North Carolina, , 2009