March, 1995



February, 2011

Curriculum Vitae

Allan W. Wicker

Permanent address:

1430 Sitka Ct.

Claremont, California 91711

Tel. (909) 445-0082

e-mail: allan.wicker@, allan.wicker@cgu.edu,

Education

Independence (Kansas) Community College, A.A., 1961

University of Kansas, B.A. in personnel administration "with highest

distinction," 1963 (elected to Phi Beta Kappa, 1963)

University of Kansas, M.A. in psychology, 1965

University of Kansas, Ph.D. in psychology, 1967

Professional experience

2009 Consultant, Fulbright Senior Specialist, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

2003- 2007 Adjunct Professor, School of Education, Claremont Graduate University

2000-2001 Civic Education Project Visiting Lecturer, American University in Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

1999-present Professor Emeritus, Claremont Graduate University

1971-1999 Associate, Full Professor of Psychology, Claremont Graduate

University

Summer, Fall, Visiting Professor of Social Science, University of Malaysia, 1997 Sarawak [Fulbright appointment]

Spring, 1993 Visiting Professor of Administration, University of Ghana, Legon

[Fulbright appointment]

Spring, 1989 Visiting Professor of Psychology, University of Zimbabwe, Harare

[Fulbright appointment]

Fall, 1986 Visiting Professor, Psychological Institute, University of Tuebingen,

Germany

1985-1986 Acting Chairman, Department of Psychology, Claremont Graduate School

Fall, 1981 Visiting Professor, Department of Organizational Behavior, New York

State School of Labor and Industrial Relations, Cornell University

1969-1971 Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

1967-1969 Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Undergraduate courses most recently taught

Ecological psychology

Social psychology of work

NGO (Non-governmental organization) Administration (co-taught)

Qualitative research methods

Organizational behavior and industrial relations

Graduate courses most recently taught

Research conception and design

Qualitative research methods for education

Work and culture

Applied conceptual framing and analysis

Naturalistic inquiry

Theories of social behavior

Social psychology of work

Qualitative research methods for human resource professionals

Professional honors and memberships:

American Psychological Association honors

Fellow, Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Fellow, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Fellow, Society for Community Research and Action: Division of Community Psychology

Fellow, Population and Environmental Psychology

Division President, 1985-86

Association for Psychological Science

Charter Member Emeritus & Fellow

Fulbright Program

Fulbright scholar, Zimbabwe (1989), Ghana (1993), Malaysia (1997)

Fulbright Senior Specialist, Japan (2009)

Research interest areas

Ecological psychology, particularly occupants’ experiences of and in

behavior settings; person-environment relationships; and applications

of behavior setting theory to organizational and community problems

Social psychology of work, particularly cultural aspects, work in developing

countries, workload effects, psychological contract between employees and

employers

Sense-making processes in individuals and groups

Conceptual framing and analysis of practical and research problems

Applications of the naturalistic and pragmatic research paradigms

Research grants

Research grants from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, Fletcher Jones Foundation, National Science Foundation, National Institute of Mental Health

Reviewing

Editorial Boards: American Journal of Community Psychology, 1998-2000; Journal of

Environmental Psychology, 1980-1998; Environment and Behavior, 1986-1991;

Sociometry (now Social Psychology Quarterly), 1974-76; Applied Social

Psychology Annual, 1983-1985.

Occasional reviewer: Journal of Applied Psychology, 2003-2006

Selected Conference Presentations

Wicker, A. W., & Minami, H. (2012, June). Kansei and consumers’ experience of behavior settings. Paper presented at the meeting of the Environmental Design Research Association, Seattle.

Wicker, A. W. (2009, May). Toward a pragmatic ecological psychology. Invited address presented at the meeting of the Man-Environment Research Association, Tokyo.

Wicker, A. W. (2006, October). Two boys’ days: Engaging naturalistic social science and

documentary filmmaking. Paper presented at the regional meeting of the InterAmerican

Society of Psychology, Havana, Cuba.

Wicker, A. W. (2003, July). Contemporary ecological psychology: What can it contribute to the

“humane core of psychology?” Invited address presented at the meeting of the

InterAmerican Society of Psychology, Lima, Peru.

Wicker, A. W. (1999, September). Revisionist ecological psychology. Invited address presented

at the German Congress for Environmental Psychology, Magdeburg, Germany.

Wicker, A. W. (1999, June). Strategies for expanding and refining conceptual frameworks.

Workshop presented at the meeting of the InterAmerican Society of Psychology, Caracas, Venezuela.

Wicker, A. W. (1999, June). Counting and listening: Two strategies for enriching psychological

research on work and well-being. In C. Maslach (Chair), Work and Health. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the InterAmerican Society of Psychology, Caracas, Venezuela.

Wicker, A. W. (1998, August). Can the views of analysts and participants be reconciled? An

exploration of Ghanaians' work lives from multiple perspectives. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Association of Applied Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

Wicker, A. W. (1996, November). Ghanaians' stories of their working lives. Paper presented at the

meeting of the African Studies Association, San Francisco, CA.

Wicker, A. W. (1996, November). Interviewing workers about their jobs: A promising field

research methodology. Paper presented at the meeting of the West African Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Wicker, A. W. (1996, September). Conceptions of the person-environment relationship in

ecological psychology: A return to Lewinian life space? Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Advancement of Field Theory, Los Angeles, CA.

Wicker, A. W. (1996, June). The problem formulation stage of research. In L. Bardwell & S.

Kaplan (Chairs), Environmental problem-solving: Barriers, opportunities, strategies. Symposium conducted at the meeting the Environmental Design Research Association, Salt Lake City, UT.

Wicker, A. W. (1995, November). Work meanings in the Third World: An important contextual

consideration for evaluators. Paper presented at the joint meeting of the American Evaluation Association and the Canadian Evaluation Society, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Publications

Book

Wicker, A. W. (1984). An introduction to ecological psychology. New York:

Cambridge University Press. (Original work published 1979; Japanese

translation, 1994, Fukuoka, Japan: Kyushu University Press.)

On-line publication

Wicker, A. W. The "Working in Ghana" Project. .

Other publications

2012 Wicker, A. W. & Minami, H. (2012). Kansei and consumers’ experience of behavior settings. EDRA 43: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (pp. 151- 155). Seattle: EDRA.

2012 Wicker, A. W. (2012). Perspectives on Behavior Settings: With illustrations from Allison’s ethnography of a Japanese hostess club. Environment and Behavior. 44, 474-492.

2011 Wicker, A. W. (2011). Toward a pragmatic ecological psychology. MERA

Journal, 14(1), 11-17.

2002. Wicker, A. W. (2002). Arthur Hills Brayfield (obituary). American

Psychologist, 57, 787-788.

Wicker, A. W. (2002). Ecological psychology: Historical contexts, current

conception, prospective directions. In R. B. Bechtel & A. Churchman, Handbook of environmental psychology (pp. 114-126). New York:

Wiley.

2000 Wicker, A. W., & August, R. A. (2000). Working lives in context: Engaging the views of participants and analysts. In

W. B. Walsh, K. H. Craik, & R. H. Price. Person-environment

psychology: New directions and perspectives (2nd ed.)

(pp. 197-232). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

1995 Wicker, A. W., & August, R. A. (1995). How far should we generalize?:

The case of a workload model. Psychological Science, 6, 39-44.

1993 King, J. C., & Wicker, A. W. (1993). Demography for organizational

populations: Methodological review and application. In J. Katz & R. H. Brockhaus (Eds.), Advances in the study of entrepreneurship, firm

emergence and growth (Vol. 1) (pp. 83-143). Greenwich, CT: JAI.

Wicker, A. W., & Sommer, R. (1993). The resident researcher: An

alternative career model centered on community. American Journal of

Community Psychology, 21, 469-482.

1992 Wicker, A. W. (1992). Making sense of environments. In W. B. Walsh,

K. H. Craik, & R. H. Price (Eds.), Person environment psychology: Models and perspectives (pp. 157-192). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

1991 Sommer, R., & Wicker, A. W. (1991). Gas station psychology: The case

for specialization in ecological psychology. Environment and Behavior, 23(2), 131-149.

Wicker, A. W. (1991). Sense-making in behavior settings. In J.

Urbina-Soria, P. Ortega-Andeane, & R. Bechtel (Eds.), EDRA 22: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (pp. 274-278). Oklahoma City, OK:

EDRA.

Wicker, A. W. (1991). Successful revision of an environmental classic:

Review of Behavior Settings by P. Schoggen. Contemporary Psychology, 36, 298-299.

Wicker, A. W. (1991). A tribute to Roger G. Barker (1903-1990).

Journal of Environmental Psychology, 11, 287-290.

Wicker, A. W., & Burley, K. A. (1991). Close coupling in

family-work relationships: Making and implementing decisions

in a new family business and at home. Human Relations, 44, 77-92.

1990 Wicker, A. W. (1990). Levels of analysis as an ecological issue in the

relational psychologies. In P. Tolan, C. Keys, F. Chertok,

& L. Jason (Eds.), Researching community psychology: Issues of theory and methods (pp. 127-131). Washington, DC: American

Psychological Association.

Wicker, A. W. (1990). The Midwest Field Station: Some reflections

of one participant. Environment and Behavior, 22(4), 492-498.

Wicker, A. W., & Conn, L. (1990). The missing persons of entrepreneurship

research: Owners of discontinued businesses. In L. Jauch & J. L. Wall (Eds.), Academy of Management best paper proceedings 1990 (pp. 74- 78). Mississippi State, MS: Academy of Management Publications.

1989 Wicker, A. W. (1989). Substantive theorizing. American Journal of Community Psychology, 17, 531-547.

Wicker, A. W., & King, J. C. (1989). Employment, ownership, and

survival in microbusiness: A study of new retail and service

establishments. Small Business Economics, 1, 137-152.

1988 King, J. C., & Wicker, A. W. (1988). The population demography

of organizations: An application to retail and service establishments. In F.Noy (Ed.), Academy of Management best paper proceedings

1988 (pp. 373-377). Mississippi State, MS: Academy of Management.

Wicker, A. W. (1988). Commentary on Handbook of Environmental

Psychology. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 8, 171-172.

Wicker, A. W., & King, J. C. (1988). Life cycles of behavior settings. In J. E. McGrath (Ed.), The social psychology of time: New

perspectives (pp. 182-200). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

1987 Wicker, A. W., & King, J. C. (1987). Young and numerous: Retail/

service establishments in the greater Los Angeles area. In

N. C. Churchill, J. A. Hornaday, B. A. Kirchhoff, O. J. Krasner,

& K. H. Vesper (Eds.), Frontiers of Entrepreneurial Research,

1987: Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Babson College

Entrepreneurship Research Conference (pp. 124-137). Wellesley,

MA: Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Babson College.

Wicker, A. W. (1987). Behavior settings reconsidered: Temporal

stages, resources, internal dynamics, context. In D. Stokols

& I. Altman (Eds.), Handbook of environmental psychology

pp. 613-653). New York: Wiley.

1986 Wicker, A. W., & King, J. C. (1986). A profile of the retail and

service establishments in five Southern California counties.

Social and Behavioral Sciences Documents, 1986, 16(1), 18.

1985 Wicker, A. W. (1985). Getting out of our conceptual ruts: Strategies

for expanding conceptual frameworks. American Psychologist,

40, 1094-1103. [Reprinted in A. E. Kazdin (Ed.) (1998),

Methodological issues and strategies in clinical research (2nd ed.)

Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Also reprinted

in Polish: Koleiny mysli psychologicznej. Przeglad Psychologiczny, 3,

1989.]

1984 Wicker, A. W. (1984). Review of Industrial organization and location,

by P. McDermott & M. Taylor. Administrative Science Quarterly,

29, 292-293.

1983 Wicker, A. W. (1983). Discussion of "The enigma of ecological psychology"

by G. Kaminski. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 3, 180-182.

1981 Wicker, A. W. (1981). The nature and assessment of behavior settings:

Recent contributions from the ecological perspective. In

P. McReynolds (Ed.), Advances in psychological assessment

(Vol. 5, pp. 22-61). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

1980 Wicker, A. W. (1980). Review of The Social Psychology of Organizing

by Karl E. Weick. Administrative Science Quarterly, 25, 713-719.

Wicker, A. W. (1980). Commentary on "Attitudes versus actions."

Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences, 12(4), 14.

[Invited commentary for "Citation Classics" section. Reprinted

in Contemporary Classics in the Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Philadelphia: ISI Press, 1986.]

1979 Wicker, A. W. (1979). Ecological psychology: Some recent and

prospective developments. American Psychologist, 34, 755-765.

1978 Wicker, A. W. (1978). Importance of church size for new members.

In R. G. Barker & Associates, Habitats, environments, and human

behavior (pp. 257-264). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

1976 Wicker, A. W. (1976). Basic assumptions and concepts of ecological

psychology (approach according to Barker). In H. Knotig (Ed.), Proceedings of the Human Ecology Meeting (Vienna, 1975). St. Saphorin, Switzerland: Georgi.

Wicker, A. W., & Kirmeyer, S. (1976). From church to laboratory to

national park: A program of research on excess and insufficient

populations in behavior settings. In S. Wapner, S. Cohen, &

B. Kaplan (Eds.), Experiencing the environment (pp. 157-186).

New York: Plenum. [Also in D. Stokols (Ed.) (1977), Perspectives

and behavior: Theory, research, and application.

New York: Plenum.]

Wicker, A. W., & Kirmeyer, S. L. (1976, October). What the rangers

think. Parks & Recreation (pp. 28-30; 42-43.

Wicker, A. W., Kirmeyer, S. L., Hanson, L., & Alexander, D. (1976).

Effects of manning levels on subjective experiences, performance,

and verbal interaction in groups. Organizational Behavior and

Human Performance, 17, 251-274.

1975 Wicker, A. W. (1975). An application of the multitrait-multimethod

logic to the reliability of observational records. Personality

and Social Psychology Bulletin, 4, 575-579.

Wicker, A. W. (1975). Comment on artifacts due to demand

characteristics. SASP Newsletter, 1(5), 3-4. (Guest editorial)

Wicker, A. W. (1975). Commentary on Belk, "Situational variables and

consumer behavior." Journal of Consumer Research, 2,

165-167. (Invited commentary)

Wicker, A. W., & Farrell, B. (1975). Mothers' behavior influence

attempts with three-year olds at home. JSAS Catalog of Selected

Documents in Psychology, 5, 185. (Ms. No. 848)

1974 Petty, R. M., & Wicker, A. W. (1974). Degree of manning and degree

of success of a group as determinants of members' subjective

experiences and their acceptance of a new group member. JSAS

Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology, 4, 43. (Ms. No. 616)

Wicker, A. W. (1974, April). Theoretical developments pertaining to

personal space and crowding. Comments prepared for a roundtable

discussion session at the meeting of the Western Psychological

Association, San Francisco. (ERIC Document No. ED 106 693)

Wicker, A. W. (1974). Review of Qualities of community life by

R. G. Barker & P. Schoggen. Urban Studies, 11, 357-358.

Wicker, A. W., & Kauma, C. E. (1974). Effects of a merger of a small

and a large organization on members' behaviors and experiences.

Journal of Applied Psychology, 59, 24-30.

1973 Wicker, A. W. (1973). Undermanning theory and research: Implications

for the study of psychological and behavioral effects of

excess human populations. Representative Research in Social

Psychology, 4, 185-206. [Reprinted in H. M. Proshansky, W. H.

Ittelson, & L. G. Rivlin (Eds.) (1976), Environmental psychology:

People and their physical settings (2nd ed.). New York: Holt,

Rinehart, & Winston.].

1972 Wicker, A. W. (1972). Processes which mediate behavior-environment

congruence. Behavioral Science, 17, 265-277. [Reprinted in

R. H. Moos & P. Insel (Eds.) (1973), Issues in social ecology. Palo

Alto, Calif.: National Press Books. Also in J. Archea & C. Eastman

(Eds.) (1975), EDRA 2: Proceedings of the 2nd Annual

Environmental Design Research Association Conference.

Stroudsburgh, Pa.: Dowden, Hutchinson, & Ross.]

Wicker, A. W., McGrath, J. E., & Armstrong, G. E. (1972). Organization

size and behavior setting capacity as determinants of member

participation. Behavioral Science, 17, 499-513.

1971 Wicker, A. W. (1971). An examination of the "other variables"

explanation of attitude-behavior inconsistency. Journal of

Personality and Social Psychology, 19, 18-30.

Wicker, A. W., & Mehler, A. (1971). Assimilation of new members in a large

and a small church. Journal of Applied Psychology, 55, 151-156.

Wicker, A. W., & Pomazal, R. (1971). The relationship between

attitudes and behavior as a function of specificity of attitude

bject and presence of a significant person during assessment

conditions. Representative Research in Social Psychology, 2(2),

26-31. [Reprinted in A. E. Liska (Ed.) (1975), The consistency

controversy: Readings on the impact of attitude on behavior.

Cambridge, Mass.: Schenkman Publishing Co.]

1970 Wicker, A. W., & Bushweiler, G. (1970). Perceived fairness and pleasantness of social exchange situations: Two factorial studies of inequity.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 15, 63-75.

1969 Wicker, A. W. (1969). Attitudes versus actions: The relationship of verbal

and overt behavioral responses to attitude objects. Journal of Social Issues, 25(4), 41-78. [Reprinted in K. Thomas (Ed.) (1971), Attitudes and behaviour. London: Penguin,in N. Warren & M. Jahoda (Eds.) (1973), Attitudes. London: Penguin, and in a student workbook edited by S. Brown, J. Dunn, & R. Savitt (1976), Analysis for marketing strategies: A Canadian perspective. Edmunton, Alberta, Canada: University of Alberta. Translated and reprinted in S. E. Hormuth (Ed.) (1979), Sozialpsychologie der Einstellungsanderung (The social psychology of attitude change). Konigstein/Ts., Germany: Verlag Anton Hain Meisenheim GmbH.]

Wicker, A. W. (1969). Cognitive complexity, school size, and participation

in school behavior settings: A test of the frequency of interaction hypothesis. Journal of Educational Psychology, 60, 200-203.

Wicker, A. W. (1969). A failure to validate the lost-letter technique. Public

Opinion Quarterly, 33, 260-262.

Wicker, A. W. (1969). School size and students' experiences in

extracurricular activities: Some possible implications for school

planning. Educational Technology, 9(5), 44-47.

Wicker, A. W. (1969). Size of church membership and members' support

of church behavior settings. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 13, 278-288. [Reprinted in R. H. Moos & P. Insel (Eds.) (1973), Issues in social ecology. Palo Alto, Calif.: National Press Books, and in C. M. Loo (Ed.) (1974), Crowding and behavior. New York: MSS Information Corp.

1968 Wicker, A. W. (1968). Overt behaviors toward the church by volunteers,

follow-up volunteers, and non-volunteers in a church survey. Psychological Reports, 22, 917-920.

Wicker, A. W. (1968). Requirements for protecting privacy of human

subjects: Some implications for generalization of research findings. American Psychologist, 23, 70-72.

Wicker, A. W. (1968). Undermanning, performances, and students'

subjective experiences in behavior settings of large and small

high schools. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

10, 255-261. [Reprinted in D. R. Heise (Ed.) (1972), Personality and socialization. Chicago: Rand-McNally.]

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