WECT Project Papers & Presentations

Cite the WECT Project as follows:

• Cohen, T. R. & Panter, A. T. (2011-2012). The WECT Project: Workplace experiences and character traits [project information]. Available at: Open Science Framework https://osf.io/w3hgr/.

Publications that have used or described data from the WECT Project:

Cohen, T. R., & Panter, A. T. (2015). Character traits in the workplace: A three-month diary study of moral and immoral organizational behaviors. In C. B. Miller, R. M. Furr, A. Knobel, & W. Fleeson. (Eds.), Character: New Directions from Philosophy, Psychology, and Theology (pp. 150-163). Oxford University Press: New York.

Cohen, T. R., & Morse, L. (2014). Moral character: What it is and what it does. Research in Organizational Behavior, 34, 43-61. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.riob.2014.08.003

Cohen, T. R., Panter, A. T., Turan, N., Morse, L. A., & Kim, Y. (2014). Moral character in the workplace. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 107(5), 943-963. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0037245

Cohen, T. R., Panter, A. T., Turan, N., Morse, L. A., & Kim, Y. (2013). Agreement and similarity in self-other perceptions of moral character. Journal of Research in Personality, 47, 816-830. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2013.08.009

Halevy, N., Cohen, T. R., Chou, E. Y., Katz, J. J., & Panter, A. T. (2014). Mental models at work: Cognitive causes and consequences of conflict in organizations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40(1), 92-110. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167213506468

Cohen, T. R., Panter, A. T., & Turan, N. (2012). Guilt proneness and moral character. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 21, 355-359. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0963721412454874

Conference talks that have described studies based on the WECT Project:

• Kim, Y., Cohen, T. R., & Panter, A. T. (2015, July). The reciprocal relationship between counterproductive work behavior and workplace mistreatment: Its temporal dynamics and boundary conditions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGroup), Pittsburgh, PA.
• Cohen, T. R., Kim, Y., Morse, L., & Panter, A. T. (2015, April). Personality and counterproductive work behaviors: A three-month diary study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.
• Cohen, T. R., Kim, Y., & Panter, A. T. (2014, October). The reciprocal relationship between bad work environments and unethical work behaviors. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Columbus, OH.
• Kim, Y., Cohen, T. R., & Panter, A. T. (2014, July). The reciprocal relationship between mistreatment and counterproductive work behavior: A twelve-wave longitudinal study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Association for Conflict Management, Leiden, The Netherlands. [See also: Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.]
• Cohen, T. R., Panter, A. T., Turan, N., Morse, L. A., & Kim, Y. (2014, February). Moral character in the workplace. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
• Cohen, T. R., Panter, A. T., Turan, N., Morse, L. A., & Kim, Y. (2013, July). Moral character in the workplace. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Association for Conflict Management, Tacoma, WA. WECT 7.2013
• Halevy, N., Cohen, T. R., Chou, E. Y., Katz, J. J., & Panter, A. T. (2013, July). Mental models of conflict predict organizational discord. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Association for Conflict Management, Tacoma, WA.
• Cohen, T. R., Panter, A. T., Turan, N., Morse, L. A., & Kim, Y. (2013, June). Moral character in the workplace. Paper presented at the bi-annual meeting of the Association for Research in Personality, Charlotte, NC. WECT 7.2013
• Cohen, T. R., Panter, A. T., Turan, N., Morse, L. A., & Kim, Y. (2013, June). Moral character in the workplace. Invited talk at the Character Project Workshop, Wake Forest University. WECT 7.2013. Video Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKU-qwXaLd8#t=87
• Cohen, T. R., Panter, A. T., & Turan, N. (2012, July). Predicting counterproductive work behavior from guilt proneness. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Association for Conflict Management, Stellenbosch, South Africa. <Cohen IACM>
• Cohen, T. R. & Panter, A. T. (2012, June). Character traits in the workplace: A longitudinal study of moral and immoral organizational behaviors. Invited research presentation at the Character Project Workshop, Wake Forest University. <Cohen 2012 CP Workshop. character traits in the workplace>. Video of the talk:  http://youtu.be/thc40T9qdN8
• Cohen, T. R., & Panter, A. T. (2012, January). Feeling bad and doing good: Predicting immoral behavior from guilt proneness. In H. E. Hershfield & T. R. Cohen (Co-Chairs), Psychological approaches to understanding and preventing unethical behavior. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA. <Cohen SPSP2012 guilt. updated_results>