Leslie DeChurch
Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Ph.D., Florida International University Office: (Orlando) Psychology Building Suite 320 Room 350 Phone: 407-823-3912 ldechurc@mail.ucf.edu

Recent Publications

• Mesmer-Magnus, J.R., & DeChurch, L.A. (2009). Information sharing and team performance: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94, 2, 535-546.
• DeChurch, L.A., & Haas, C. (2008). Examining team planning through an episodic lens: Effects of deliberate, contingency, and reactive planning on team effectiveness. Small Group Research, 39, 542-568.
• DeChurch, L. A., Hamilton, K., & Haas, C. (2007). Effects of conflict management strategies on perceptions of intragroup conflict. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 11, 66-78.
• DeChurch, L. A., & Marks, M. A. (2006). Leadership in multiteam systems. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 311-329.
• Marks, M. A., DeChurch, L. A., Mathieu, J. E., Panzer, F. J., & Alonso, A. (2005). Teamwork in multiteam systems. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90, 964-971.

Education

Ph.D.
Florida International University, 2002
Industrial/Organizational Psychology

M.S.
Florida International University, 2000
Industrial/Organizational Psychology

B.S. (General Honors)
University of Miami, 1996
Environmental Science

Research Interests

Leslie DeChurch is currently Assistant Professor of Organizational Psychology at the University of Central Florida. Dr. DeChurch joined the faculty at UCF in the Fall of 2007, after having been an Assistant Professor of IO Psychology and IO Graduate Program Director at Florida International University in Miami, FL. Dr. DeChurch's research interests include team and multiteam effectiveness, leadership, conflict and negotiations, and work and family balance. Dr. DeChurch leads the DELTA research laboratory at UCF, a team of talented graduate and undergraduate students creating knowledge useful for "Developing Effective Leaders, Teams, and Alliances" in modern organizations. The DELTA Lab is currently using pc-based gaming simulations to explore the impact of leadership processes on team collaboration, adaptability to change, and cross-team networking. Other DELTA research efforts include a review of leadership methodology, survey of work unit-based family facilitation behavior, and several meta-analytic investigations of factors important to team functioning. Dr. DeChurch's research has appeared in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, & Practice and the International Journal of Conflict Management, and she serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology and the Journal of Business and Psychology.

Classes Taught

• Organizational Psychology
• Team Effectiveness
• Leadership
• Research Methods
• Industrial/Organizational Psychology