Assistant Professor, I-O Program Chair, Industrial-Organizational Program Dr. Olenick is not accepting PhD students for 2026 admissions. Dr. Jeffrey Olenick joined the UGA faculty in Fall 2023 after earning his Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 2020 and a subsequent stint as an Assistant Professor at Old Dominion University. Dr. Olenick is broadly interested in the developmental processes of individuals and groups, and the application of computational models to the study of organizational phenomena. He applies these interests to study important topics including training and trasfer, teamwork in extreme environments, diversity and inclusion, and the role of organizational processes in the production of inequality. Education Education: Ph.D. - Organizational Psychology - Michigan State University - 2020 M.A. - Organizational Psychology - Michigan State University - 2017 M.A. - Social Sciences - University of Chicago - 2014 B.S. - Psychology - Michigan State University - 2013 B.A. - History - Michigan State University - 2013 Research Research Interests: Learning, training, and development; teamwork, especially in extreme environments; diversity and inclusion; the role of organizations in systems of inequality Selected Publications Selected Publications: Olenick, J., & Outland, N. (in press). Artificial intelligence as theoretical workshop: Using AI to improve the theory problem in organizational sciences. Organizational Psychology Review.https://doi.org/10.1177/20413866251397842 Olenick, J., Eggler, K., Bowker, J., Kozlowski, S. W. J., Chang, C-H., Somaraju, A., & Griffin, D. (2025). A qualitative investigation of teamwork in extreme environments. Group & Organization Management, 50(5-6), 1787-1840. https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011241285662 (IF: 4.8; A) Davis, J., Eggler, K., Barthes, H., *Kann, R., *Monaghan, P., *Bales, E., & Olenick, J. (2025). From framing to training: Using training needs analysis to tailor DEI training. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 18(2), 263-267. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2025.4 Kuljanin, G., Braun, M. T., Grand, J. A., Olenick, J., Chao, G. T., & Kozlowski, S. W. J. (2024). Advancing leadership and organizational science with computational process theories. Leadership Quarterly, 101797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2024.101797 Somaraju, A., Griffin, D. J., Olenick, J., Chang, C-H., & Kozlowski, S. W. J. (2024). A dynamic systems theory of intrateam conflict contagion. Journal of Applied Psychology 109(6), 871-896. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001172 Olenick, J. & Somaraju, A. (2024). Questionable assumptions and the study of emergent diversity effects. Academy of Management Perspectives, 38(1), 120-131. https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2022.0231 Gedik, E., Olenick, J., Chang, C-H., Kozlowski, S. W. J., & Hung, H. (2023). Capturing interaction quality in long duration (simulated) space missions with wearables. Transactions on Affective Computing, 14(3), 2139-2152. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAFFC.2022.3176967 Olenick, J., & Somaraju, A. (2023). On the undervaluing of diversity in the validity-diversity tradeoff consideration. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 16(3), 353-357. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2023.29 Olenick, J., & Dishop, C. (2022). Clarifying dynamics for organizational research and interventions: A diversity example. Organizational Psychology Review, 12(4), 365-386. https://doi.org/10.1177/20413866221112427 Somaraju, A., Nye, C., & Olenick, J. (2022). A review of measurement equivalence in organizational research: What's old, what's new, what's next? Organizational Research Methods, 25(4), 741-785. https://doi.org/10.1177/10944281211056524 Somaraju, A., Griffin, D. J., Olenick, J., Chang, C-H., & Kozlowski, S. W. J. (2022). The dynamic nature of interpersonal conflict and psychological distress in extreme work settings. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 27(1), 53-73. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000290 Olenick, J., Blume, B., & Ford, J. K. (2020). Advancing training and transfer research through the application of nonlinear dynamics. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 29(4), 541-555. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2019.1681501 Nye, C., Bradburn, J., Olenick, J., Bialko, C., & Drasgow, F. (2019). How big are my effects? Examining the magnitude of effect sizes in organizational studies of measurement equivalence. Organizational Research Methods, 22(3), 678-709. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428118761122 Blume, B., Ford, J. K., Surface, E., & Olenick, J. (2019) A dynamic model of training transfer. Human Resource Management Review, 29, 270-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2017.11.004 Olenick, J., Bhatia, S., & Ryan, A. M. (2016). The effects of g-loading and time-lag in retesting. The International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 24(4), 324-336. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12151
