Phone:  (864) 656-3931
Office:  319-A Brackett Hall
E-mail:  rsincla@clemson.edu

Education:

• PhD:  Industrial/Organization Psychology (Wayne State University, 1995)
• MA: Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Wayne State University, 1993)
• BA:  Psychology (University of Maine at Farmington, 1990)

Research Interests:

• Individual and organizational influences on work stress and well-being at work
• Organizational commitment, retention and the employment relationship
• Antecedents and outcomes of variations in work status and work schedules

Selected Publications:

• Sinclair, R. R., Oliver, C. M., Deese, N. (in press). Personality-based resilience: Individual differences in the stress-response process. In D. McCreary (Ed.). Psychological Resiliency in Military Personnel. Praeger.
• Tucker, J. S., Sinclair, R. R., Mohr, C. D., Adler, A. B., Thomas, J. L., Salvi, A. D. (2008). A temporal investigation of the direct, interactive, and reverse relations between demand and control and affective strain. Work & Stress, 22, 81-95.
• Martin, J. E., & Sinclair, R. R. (2007). A typology of the part-time workforce: Differences on job attitudes and turnover. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 80, 301-319.
• Sinclair, R. R., & Tucker, J. S. (2006). Stress-CARE: An integrated model of individual differences in soldier performance under stress. In A. Adler, T. Britt, & C. Castro (Eds.). Military Life: The Psychology of Serving in Peace and Combat (Vol. 1, pp. 202-231). Greenwood Publishing Group.
• Sinclair, R. R., Tucker, J. S., Cullen, J. C., & Wright, C. (2005). Performance differences among four organizational commitment profiles. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90, 1280-1287.
• Tucker, J. S., Sinclair, R. R., & Thomas, J. L. (2005). The multilevel effects of occupational stressors on soldiers' well-being, organizational attachment, and readiness. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 10, 276-299.

Awards and Honors:

• President, Society for Occupational Health Psychology (2008-2009)
• Nominee for Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excelllence in Work & Family Research: Hammer, Cullen, Neal, Sinclair, & Shafiro. (2005). The longitudinal effects of work-family conflict and work-family positive spillover on experiences of depressive symptoms among dual-earner couples. Jouranl of Occupational Health Psychology, 10, 138-154. Nominated as one of the 20 best papers on Work and Family Research in 2005.
• Scholarship of Teaching & Learning with Technology Award: Sinclair, R. R. (2003). PsychWeb: On-line resources to promote learning in psychology. 2002-2003 Scholarship of Teaching & Learning with Technology Award, Portland State University.
• Department Civic Engagement Award: Sinclair, R. R., Mankowski, E. S., & Hammer, L. B. (2002). Excellence in departmental civic engagement: Psychology in partnership with the community. Center for Academic Excellence Civic Engagement Award, Portland State University.
• Wherry Award, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Hannigan, M. A., & Sinclair, R. R. (March, 1995). Self-assessment as a mediator between work role stressors and life satisfaction. Best paper presented at the annual Industrial and Organization Psychology and Organizational Behavior graduate student conference. Boulder, CO.

Professional Affiliations:

• Society for Occupationa Health Psychology
• Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• American Psychological Association (Division 5, 14, 19)
• Academy of Management
• Association for Psychological Science
• European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology

Teaching Responsibilities:

• PSYCH 201: General Psychology
• PSYCH 310: Advanced Experimental Psychology
• PSYCH 368: Organizational Psychology
• PSYCH 471: Psychological Testing
• PSYCH 862: Organizational Development
• PSYCH 882: Occupational Health Psychology