Geeta D’Souza
Assistant Professor, Chairperson Students Activities
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Central Michigan University, United States of America, 2010
ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
2015-Present Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, India Assistant Professor, Human Resources
2011-2015 Central Michigan University, United States of America Instructor, Global Campus
2011-2013 Central Michigan University, United States of America Postdoctoral Teaching Associate
2009-2011 Northwood University, United States of America Adjunct Faculty
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
2010-2011 Bay City Central High School, United States of America
Program Evaluator
Designed, administered and reported on formative and summative evaluations for Bay City Central High School’s after-school 21st Century Community Learning Centers program.
TEACHING/COURSE TAUGHT
- Organizational Psychology
- Organizational Behavior
- Diversity Management
- Human Resource Management
- Introductory Psychology
- Application of Research Methods
- Psychological Statistics
- Personnel Psychology
Expertise and Research Interest
No. of citations – 102
Selected Publications
(last five/six years)
- D’Souza, G., Prewett, M. S., & Colarelli, S. M. (2017). Selection for Virtual Teams. In H. W. Goldstein, E. D. Pulakos, J. Passmore, & C. Semedo (Eds.), The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Recruitment, Selection and Employee Retention (pp. 334-352). UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. doi: 10.1002/9781118972472.ch16
- Colarelli, S. M., Poole, D. A., Unterborn, K., & D’Souza, G. C. (2010). Racial prototypicality, affirmative action, and hiring decisions in a multi-racial world. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 18, 166-173.
- D’Souza, G. C. & Colarelli, S. M. (2010). Team member selection decisions for virtual versus face-to-face teams. Computers in Human Behavior, 26, 630-635.
- Colarelli, S. M. & D’Souza, G. C. (2008). Meet the new e-boss, not the same as the old boss: Exploring new research areas in distance leadership. PsycCRITIQUES, 53.
- Yang, C., D’Souza, G. C., Bapat, A. S., & Colarelli, S. M. (2006). A cross-national analysis of affirmative action: An evolutionary psychological perspective. Managerial And Decision Economics, 27, 203-216.
Conferences and Workshops
- D’Souza, G. C., Colarelli, S. M., Yang, C., & Han, K. (2010, April). Differential item functioning: Effects of group membership and bias correspondence. Poster session presented at the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
- D'Souza, G., Unterborn, K., Poole, D., & Colarelli, S. M. (2008, August). Racial prototypicality, affirmative action, and hiring decisions in a multi-racial world. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA.
- D’Souza, G. C., & Colarelli, S. M. (2006, April). Face-to-face versus virtual team-member selection decisions. Poster session presented at the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.
- Burns, G., D’Souza, G. C., & Wagner, S. (2006, April). Managers’ reactions to performance appraisals: A meta-analysis. Poster session presented at the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.
- Siers, B. P., Burns, G., Christiansen, N. D., Bailey, E., & D’Souza, G. (2005, April). Effects of test preparation on applicant reactions to selection. Poster session presented at the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.
- Colarelli, S. M., Brunner, L. A., Bennett, M., Dai, G., D'Souza, G., & Monnott, M. (2005, February). Immigration and economic productivity. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC.
- Brunner, L., Colarelli, S. M., & D’Souza, G. (2004, September). Economics meets evolutionary psychology: Productivity, human nature, and immigration. Presented at the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, Chicago, IL.
- Colarelli, S. M., D'Souza, G., Bapat, A. S., & Yang, C. (2004, July). A cross-national comparison of affirmative action programs from evolutionary and cultural perspectives. Presented at the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Berlin, Germany.
Contribution to Community
- Actively participate in the We Care Internship
- Referee for international journals
Awards
- Best accepted paper (August, 2008) for “Racial prototypicality, affirmative action, and hiring decisions in a multi-racial world” presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA.
- Team Award (1998) as part of the Human Resource Group at Citicorp Information Technology Industries Ltd., India.
- Individual Service Excellence Award (1994) at Citicorp Information Technology Industries Ltd., India.