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LINC Lab Publications

Liu, Y., Song, Y., Trainer, H., Carter, D.R., Zhou, L., Wang, Z., & Chiang, J.T., (in press). Feeling negative or positive about fresh blood? Understanding veterans’ affective reactions toward newcomer entry in teams from an affective events perspective. Journal of Applied Psychology.

Larson, L. Harris, A., Carter, D.R., Asencio, R., DeChurch, L.A., Kanfer, R., & Zaccaro, S.J. (in press). Staying apart to work better together: Team structure in cross-functional teams. Academy of Management Discoveries.

Hyatt, C., Listyg, B., Owens, M., Carter, N.T., Carter, D.R., Lynam, D.R., Harden, K.P., & Miller, J. (2022) Structural brain differences do not mediate the relations between gender and personality. Journal of Personality.

Newton, D., Chamberlin, M., Maupin, C.K., Nahrgang, J., & Carter, D.R., (in press). Voice as a signal of human and social capital in team assembly decisions. Journal of Management.

[Invited Monograph] Cullen-Lester, K.L., Porter, C.M., Trainer, H.M., Solanelles, P., & Carter, D.R. (2021). Network structures of influence within organizations and implications for HRM. Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, 39, 129-174.

Rollins, L., Llewellyn, N., Ngaiza, M., Nehl, E., Carter, D.R., & Sands, J.M. (2021). Using the payback framework to evaluate the outcomes of pilot projects supported by the Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 5(1), E48.

Trainer, H. M., Jones, J. M., Pendergraft, J., Maupin, C. K., & Carter, D. R. (2020). Team membership change 'events': A review and reconceptualization. Group and Organization Management, 45, 219-251.

Carter, D. R., Cullen-Lester, K. L., Jones, J. M., Gerbasi, A., Chrobot-Mason, D., & Young Nae, E. (2020). Functional leadership in interteam contexts: Understanding ‘what’ in the context of why? Where? When? And who?. The Leadership Quarterly, 31, 101378-101397.

Carter, N.T., Lowery, M.E., Williamson-Smith, R.L., Harris, A.M., Lystig, B., Conley, K.M., Maupin, C.K., King, R.T., & Carter, D.R. (in press). Understanding job satisfaction in the causal attitude network model. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105(9), 959–993.

Llewellyn, N., Carter, D.R., DiazGranados, D., Pelfrey, C., Rollins, L., & Nehl, E. J. (2020). Scope influence, and interdisciplinary collaboration: The publication portfolio of the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program from 2006 Through 2017. Evaluation and the Health Professions, 43(3), 169-179.

Pendergraft, J.G., Carter, D.R., Tseng, S., Landon, L.B., Slack, K.J., & Shuffler, M. (2019). Learning from the past to advance the future: The adaptation and resilience of NASA’s spaceflight multiteam systems across four eras of spaceflight, Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1633-1655.

Shuffler, M., & Carter, D.R. (2018). Teamwork in multiteam systems: Key lessons learned and future opportunities. American Psychologist, 73(4), 390-406.

Carter, N.T., Carter, D.R., & DeChurch, L.A. (2018). Implications of observability for the theory and measurement of shared emergent team properties. Journal of Management, 44(4), 1398-1425.

McMillan, J., Shockley, K. M., & Carter, D. R. (2018). Gender differences in SIOP Research Fellows’ publication networks. Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 11(3), 439-448.

Llewellyn, N., Carter, D.R., Nehl, E. J., & Rollins, L. (2018) Charting the publication and citation impact of the NIH Clinical & Translational Science Award (CTSA) program from 2006-2016.Academic Medicine, 93(8) 1162-1170.

Lungeanu, A., Carter, D.R., DeChurch, L.A., & Contractor (2018). How team interlock ecosystems shape the assembly of scientific teams: A hypergraph approach. Communication Methods and Measures. 12(2-3), 174-198.

Cullen-Lester, K.L., Maupin, C.K., & Carter, D.R. (2017). Incorporating social networks into leadership development: An organizing framework and evaluation of research and practice. The Leadership Quarterly, 28(1), 130-152.

* Winner of the 2017 Leadership Quarterly Best Paper Award

Shuffler, M., Kramer, W., Carter, D.R., Thayer, A., & Rosen, M. (2017). Leveraging a team-centric approach to diagnosing multiteam system functioning: The role of intrateam state profiles. Human Resource Management Review, 28(4), 361-377.

Mesmer-Magnus, J., Carter, D.R., Asencio, R. & DeChurch, L.A. (2016). Space exploration illuminates the next frontier for teams research. Group and Organization Management, 41(5), 595-628.

Cutcher-Gershenfeld, J., Baker, K., Berente, N., Carter, D., DeChurch, L., Flint, C., ... & Knight, E. (2016). Build it, but will they come? A geoscience cyberinfrastructure baseline analysis. Data Science Journal, 15, 8.

Carter, D.R., DeChurch, L.A., Braun, M. & Contractor, N. (2015). Social network approaches to leadership: An integrative conceptual review. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100(3), 597-622.

Carter, D.R., Asencio, R., Wax, A., DeChurch L.A., & Contractor, N.S. (2015). Little teams big data: Big data provides new opportunities for teams research. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 8(4), 550-555.

Wax, A., Asencio, R., & Carter, D. (2015). Thinking big about big data. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 8(4), 545-550.

Murase, T., Carter, D.R., DeChurch, L.A., & Marks, M.A. (2014). Mind the gap: The role of leadership in MTS collective cognition. The Leadership Quarterly, 25(5), 801-1078.

Contractor, N.S., DeChurch, L.A., Carson, J., Carter, D.R., & Keegan, B. (2012). The topology of collective leadership. The Leadership Quarterly, 23, 994-1011.

Asencio, R., Carter, D.R., DeChurch, L.A., Zaccaro, S.J., & Fiore, S.M. (2012). Charting a course for collaboration: A multiteam perspective. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 2, 487-494.

Carter, D.R., & DeChurch, L.A. (2012). Networks: The way forward for collectivistic leadership research. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 5, 412-415.

Chapters in Edited Volumes

Pendergraft, J., Carter, D.R., Trainer, H.M. Jones, J., Shuffler, M., Schecter A., DeChurch, L.A. & Contractor, N.S. (2020). Supporting Spaceflight multiteam systems throughout long-duration exploration missions: A countermeasure toolkit. In L. Landon, K. Slack, & E. Salas (Eds.), Psychology and human performance in space programs. (237-257). CRC Press.

Jones, J., Mohan, G., Trainer, & Carter, D.R., (2020). The changing nature of teams. In B. Hoffman, M. Shoss, & L. Wegman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of the changing nature of work. (406-424). Cambridge University Press.

Smith, J.G., Flynn, M.L., Shuffler, M.L., Carter, D.R., & Thayer, A.L. (2020). Meetings as a facilitator of multiteam system functioning. In J. Allen, A. Meinecke, & N. Lehmann-Willenbrock (Eds), Managing meetings in organizations (Research on Managing Groups and Teams, Vol. 20) (pp. 231-250). Emerald Publishing Limited.

Carter, D.R., Asencio, R., Trainer, H., DeChurch, L.A., Kanfer, R., & Zaccaro, S.J. (2019). State-of-the-science: Best practices for working in multiteam systems. In K. Hall, A. Vogel, & R. Croyle (Eds.). Strategies for team science success (391-400). Springer.

DeChurch, L. A., Carter, D. R., Asencio, R., Wax, A. Seely, P. W., Dalrymple, K. Vaughn, S., Jones, B., & Plummer, G., Mesmer Magnus, J. R., (2018). From teams in organizations to organizing in teams. Organizational Psychology. In N. Anderson, D. S. Ones, H. K. Sinangil & C. Viswesvaran (Eds.), Handbook of Industrial, Work and Organizational Psychology (Vol. 1, 2nd ed.). London, UK: Sage.

Fiore, S. M., Carter, D. R., & Asencio, R. (2015). Conflict, trust, and cohesion: Examining affective and attitudinal factors in science teams. In (Eds.), Team cohesion: Advances in psychological theory, methods, and practice: Research on Managing Groups and Teams, Vol 17 (pp. 271-301). Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Montoya, A., Carter, D.R., DeChurch, L.A., & Martin, J. (2015). The five perils of team planning: Regularities and remedies. In M. Frese & M. Mumford (Eds.), Organization Planning: The Psychology of Performance (pp. 166. Organization and Management Series: Taylor & Francis.

Carter, D.R., & DeChurch, L.A. (2014). Leadership in multiteam Systems: A network perspective. In D.V. Day (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Leadership (pp. 483-505), Oxford University Press.

Carter, D.R., Seely, P.W., Dagosta, J., DeChurch, L.A., & Zaccaro, S.J. (2014). Leadership for global virtual teams: Facilitating teamwork processes. In R. Griffith & J. L. Wildman (Eds.), Leading Global Teams (pp. 225-252), Springer.

Published Conference Proceedings

Espinosa, A., Clark, M., Carter, D.R. (2017). Understanding shared familiarity and team performance through network analysis. Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).

McDonald, J.D., DeChurch, L.A., Asencio, R., Carter, D.R., Mesmer-Magnus, J.R., & Contractor, N.S. (2015). Team task switching: A conceptual framework for understanding functional work shifts. Paper Proceedings of the 59th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES).

Shum, C., Zhou, L., Carter, D.R., Shenjiang, M., & Chen, H. (2014). Influence of subordinates’ and supervisors’ network positions on the effect of abusive supervision. Paper Proceedings of the 74th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM). 15652.

Carter, D.R., DeChurch, L.A., & Zaccaro, S.J. (2014). Impact of leadership network structure on the creative output of multiteam systems. Paper Proceedings of the 74th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM).

DeChurch, L.A., Carter, D.R., Zaccaro, S.J., Contractor, N.A. (2014). Leadership and governance approaches for complex cooperative settings. Paper Proceedings of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Human Factors and Medicine Panel.

Posters & Presentations in 2019 & 2020

Jones, J., Lester, H., Cullen-Lester, K., & Carter, D.R. (2020). Do our multilevel models match our theories? Advanced multilevel models to represent heterogenous within-group dependencies. Poster presentation at the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup) Virtual Conference.

Alvarado, L., Smith, J.G., Shuffler, M.L., Carter, D.R., Pendergraft, J., Wolf, A.V., DeMass, R., Bryant, K., Nelson, A., & Pederson, T. (April 2020). Blast from the past? Historiometry for understanding spaceflight multiteam systems. Paper in M. Marcinkowski & S. Bell (Co-Chairs), Moon 2024: Translating research to practice for upcoming Artemis lunar exploration. The Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Annual Conference, Austin, TX.

Carter, D.R., Pendergraft, J.G., Shuffler, M., DeChurch, L., Schecter, A., Contractor, N., Trainer, H.M., Jones, J.M., Alvarado, L., Smith, J., Plummer, G., Larson, L., Zaccaro, S., Burke, S., & Landon, L.B. (January 2020). Project FUSION: Development of a four-phase countermeasure toolkit to support spaceflight multiteam system performance. Poster at the NASA Human Research Program Investigators’ Workshop (IWS), Galveston, TX.

Pendergraft, J.G., Alvarado, L., Smith, J., Carter, D.R., Shuffler, M., Zaccaro, S., Burke, S., & Landon, L.B. (January 2020). Project FUSION: Field studies providing a foundation of understanding about spaceflight multiteam system coordination and performance. Poster at the NASA Human Research Program Investigators’ Workshop (IWS), Galveston, TX.

Mohan, G., & Carter, D.R. (August 2019). Longitudinal effects of non-calculative & affective identity motivation to lead. Paper presentation at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management: Boston, MA.

Trainer, H.M., Carter, D.R., Cullen-Lester, K., Frear, K., & Jones, J.M. (August,2019). The followership gender gap. In Farro, A. (Chair). Gender as a substantive variable in leadership studies: Individual and team level perspectives. 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, MA.

Pendergraft, J.G., Carter, D. R., Tseng.S., Landon, L.B., Slack, K.J., & Shuffler, M. (July 2019). Learning from the past to advance the future: The adaptation and resilience of NASA’s mission control center multiteam system across four eras of spaceflight. In J. Pendergraft, G. Mohan, & D.R. Carter (Co-Chairs). Facilitating multiteam systems in high-stakes practical contexts. The 14th Annual Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup) Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.

Maupin, C.K., Fitzhugh, S., & Carter, D.R. (July 2019). Disruptive events and multiteam systems: Dynamic leadership and communication patterns. Paper presentation at the 14th Annual Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup) Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.

Trainer, H. M., Liu, Y., Carter, D.R., Zhou, L., & Che, X. (July 2019). Not always welcomed: Understanding team veteran reactions to newcomers from an affective events perspective. Paper presentation at the 14th Annual Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGroup) Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.

Jones, J.M., Mohan, G., Carter, D.R., Cullen-Lester, K.L., & Frear, K. (July 2019). The drivers of strategic conversations in upper-echelon teams. In J. Grand (Chair), Organizational Relational Networks. Paper presentation at the 14th Annual Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup) Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.

Carter, D.R., Pendergraft, J.G., Tseng, S., Landon, L.B., Slack, K.J., & Shuffler, M. (May 2019). Learning from the past to advance the future: The evolution of NASA’s mission control center multiteam system. In Carter, D.R. (Chair), Facilitating multiteam system collaboration in highstakes environments. Symposium at the 19th European Association for Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) annual congress. Turin, Italy,

Mohan, G., & Carter, D.R. (April, 2019). Informational diversity, team identity, and leadership decentralization. Poster presentation at the 34th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Washington, D.C.

Trainer, H. M., & Carter, D.R. (April, 2019). Leveraging longitudinal network analysis to evaluate interdisciplinary collaboration. Poster presentation at the 34th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Washington, D.C.

Jones, J. M., Carter, D.R., Espinosa, J.A., & Clark, M.A. (April, 2019). The impact of knowledge overlap networks on team coordination and performance. In Outland, N., Gupta, P. (Co-Chairs),Frontiers of team cognition research: Empirical and computational approaches. Symposium at the 34th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Washington, D.C.

Cullen-Lester, K., Carter, D. R., Frear, K., Busenbark, J., Jones, J., Mohan, G., Tawse, A., & Lystig, B. (March, 2019). Leveraging social network approaches to examine strategic conversations in the upper echelons of organizations. Paper presentation at the Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Carter, D.R. (February 2019). Leadership in and as networks: The implications of gender for leadership networks in modern organizations. Invited presentation at the Female leadership in mammalian and human societies small group workshop, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute for Advanced Study), Berlin, Germany.

Carter, D.R. (February 2019). Harness the potential of your strategic leaders. Invited webinar presentation for the Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC.

Pendergraft, J.G., Carter, D.R., Tseng, S., Landon, L.B., Slack, K.J., & Shuffler, M. (January, 2019). Adaptation and resilience of a spaceflight multiteam system: Evolution of NASA’s Mission Control Center. Paper presentation at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Human Research Program Investigator’s Workshop (HRP IWS), Houston, TX.

Carter, D.R., Shuffler, M., DeChurch, L., Contractor, N.S., Schecter, A., Zaccaro, S.J., Burke, S., Landon, L., Lungeneau, A., Pendergraft, J., Trainer, H., Jones, J., Larson, L., & Niler, A. (January, 2019). Developing a toolkit for facilitating spaceflight multiteam system coordination.Paper presentation at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Human Research Program Investigator’s Workshop (HRP IWS), Houston, TX.