Faculty Profiles

Ash, Ronald

Director of Marketing, Management, and Leadership, Professor


308 Summerfield Hall
University of Kansas, School of Business
1300 Sunnyside Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66045-7585

P: (785) 864-7550
rash@ku.edu

Education PhD University of South Florida - Industrial & Organizational Psychology, (1981) Masters Ohio State University - Industrial & Organizational Psychology, (1974) Bachelors Ohio State University - Psychology, (1972) Joined the University of Kansas in 1981
Academic Areas Human Resources Organizational Behavior
Current Activities In general my research interests center on the analysis of work, the performance of work, and human individual differences. Current research projects include: Determinants of team leader emergence Personality determinants of compensation preferences and satisfaction with work Characteristics and career paths of information technology workers
Selected Publications "Judgmental assessment of job-related experience, training, and education for use in human resource staffing." In J. Thomas (Ed.). Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment: Industrial/Organizational Assessment (Vol. 4). New York: Wiley, in press. Levine, E.L., Ash, R.A., and Levine, J.D. "Selecting employees for fit: Personality and preferred managerial style." Journal of Managerial Issues, 2001, vol. 13, no. 4, 500-517. Stevens, C.D. and Ash, R.A. "The practice of competency modeling." Personnel Psychology, 2000, vol. 53, no. 3, 703-740. Schippmann, J.S., Ash, R.A., Battista, M., Carr, L., Eyde, L., Hesketh, B., Kehoe, J., Pearlman, K., Prien, E.P., and Sanchez, J.I. "Additional validity evidence for a measure of morningness." Journal of Applied Psychology, 1995, vol. 80, no. 1, 186-190. "Gender earnings differentials in total pay, base pay, and contingent pay." Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 1994, vol. 47, no. 4, 634-649. Chauvin, K.W. and Ash, R.A. "A comparative study of mentoring among men and women in managerial, professional, and technical positions." Journal of Applied Psychology, 1990, vol. 75, no. 5, 539-546. Dreher, G.F. and Ash, R.A. "Do people make the place?: An examination of the attraction-selection-attrition hypothesis." Personnel Psychology, 1989, vol. 42, no. 3, 561-581. Bretz, R.D. Jr., Ash, R.A., and Dreher, G.F. "Job applicant training and work experience evaluation in personnel selection." In K.M. Rowland & G.R. Ferris (Eds.), Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management:1989, Vol. 7, 183-226. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press. Ash, R.A., Johnson, J.C., Levine, E.L., and McDaniel, M.A. "Benefit coverage and employee cost: Critical factors in explaining compensation satisfaction." Personnel Psychology, 1988, vol. 41, no. 2, 237-254. Dreher, G.F., Ash, R.A., and Bretz, R.D. "Job applicant training and work experience evaluation: An empirical comparison of four methods." Journal of Applied Psychology, 1985, vol. 70, no. 3, 572-576. Ash, R. A. and Levine, E. L. "The role of jobs and job-based methods in personnel and human resources management." In K. M. Rowland and G. R. Ferris (Eds.), Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management:1983, vol. 1. Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press. Ash, R. A., Levine, E. L., and Sistrunk, F. "Evaluation of job analysis methods by experienced job analysts." Academy of Management Journal, 1983, vol. 26, no. 2, 339-348. Levine, E. L., Ash, R. A., Hall, H. L., and Sistrunk, F. "Exploratory comparative study of four job analysis methods." Journal of Applied Psychology, 1980, vol. 65, no. 5, 524-535. Levine, E. L., Ash, R. A., and Bennett, N. "Exploratory study of a matching approach to personnel selection: The impact of ethnicity." Journal of Applied Psychology, 1979, vol. 64, no. 1, 35-41. Ash, R. A., Levine, E. L., and Edgell, S. L. "A note on the readability of the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ)." Journal of Applied Psychology, 1975, vol. 60, no. 6, 765-766.