Research

Current Studies

Leaders and Follower Health Behavior: We are currently exploring the differential ways in which a leader’s behavior towards their team influences the health behaviors, and ultimately health outcomes, of team members.

Antecedents of Leader Emergence: We are currently exploring individual differences and phyisological predictors of leader emergence within work teams.

Published Studies

Fletcher, K. A., Friedman, A., Mir, H., Sanders, R., & Piedimonte, G. (In Press). Personality Assessment and Physician Leadership: Data-Driven Self-Reflection as a Professional Developmental Tool. Journal of Physician Leadership.

Fletcher, K. A., & Kanfer, R. (In press). Workplace affect and motivation. In L. Q. Yang, R. Cropanzano, C. Daus, & V. Martinez Tur (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Workplace Affect, Cambridge University Press.

2019

Kanfer, R., & Fletcher, K. A. (2019). Work motivation and employment goals in later adulthood. In S. Czaja, & A. D., Jaret (Eds.), Aging and Work, Springer: New York, NY.

Allen, T. D., French, K. A., Braun, M. T., & Fletcher, K. A. (2019). The passage of time in work-family research: Toward a more dynamic perspective. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 110(B), 245-257.

Tornetta, P., Jacobs, J. J., Sterling, R., Kogan, M., Fletcher, K. A., & Friedman, A. (2019). Personality assessment in orthopaedic surgery. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 101(4), e13.

Fletcher, K. A., Friedman, A., & Piedimonte, G. (2019). Transformational and transactional leadership in healthcare seen through the lens of pediatrics. Journal of Pediatrics, 204, 7-9.

2018

Gisick, L. M., Webster, K. L., Keebler, J. R., Lazzara, E. H., Fouquet, S., Fletcher, K. A.,…Chan, R. (2018). Measuring shared mental models in healthcare. Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management, 23(5), 207-219.

Fletcher, K. A., Frick, S. E., Telford, B. N., & Bedwell, W. L. (2018). Enhancing training with well-designed checklists. International Journal of Training and Development, 22(4), 289-300.

Fletcher, K. A., Bedwell, W. L., Voeller, M., Coe, D., Morris, M. L., Marsh, B., & Zambroski, C. (2018). The art of critical thinking in nursing: A novel multi-modal humanities curriculum, Medical Science Educator, 28(1), 27-29.

Mangione, S., … Fletcher, K. A., Kahn, M. J. (2018). Medical students’ exposure to the humanities correlates with positive personal qualities and reduced burnout: A multi-institutional U.S. survey. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 33(5), 628-634.

2017

Fletcher, K. A., Potter, S. M., & Telford, B. N. (2017). Stress outcomes of four types of perceived interruptions, Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 60(2), 222-235.

Frick, S. E., Fletcher, K. A., Ramsay, P. S., & Bedwell, W. L. (2017). Understanding team maladaptation through the lens of the four R’s of adaptation. Human Resource Management Review, 28(4), 411-422.

Telford, B. N., Fletcher, K. A., & Bedwell, W. L. (2017). Informal learning in the healthcare industry: The detrimental effects of a hidden curriculum. In R. A. Noe & J. E. Ellingson (Eds.), Autonomous Learning in the Workplace (pp. 219-236). Informa UK Limited: New York, NY.

Fletcher, K. A., & Bedwell, W. L. (2017). Cognitive aids in emergency medical services. In E. H. Lazzara & J. Keebler (Eds.), Human factors in emergency medical systems (pp. 123-140). American Psychological Association: Washington D.C. 

2016 and before

Fletcher, K. A., & Bedwell, W. L. (2016) An initial look at the effects of interruptions on strain. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 60(1), 1269-1273.

Fletcher, K. A., Bedwell, W. L., Rosen, M., Catchople, K., & Lazzara, E. (2014). Medical team handoffs: Current and future directions. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 58(1), 654-658.

Fletcher, K.A., & Bedwell, W.L. (2014). Cognitive aids: Design suggestions for the medical field. In Proceedings of the 2014 International Symposium on Human factors and Ergonomics in Health Care: Leading the Way, 3(1), 148-152.