Steven Mellor

Associate Professor

Psychological Sciences

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Education

Ph.D., Wayne State University

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Research Interests

Current Research Interests

• Union-management psychology
• Self-evaluation in the workplace

Other Areas of Expertise

• Work Motivation
• Survey Research
• Field Methods

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Teaching

Undergraduate Courses

• PSYC 2100WQ: Principles of Research in Psychology

Graduate Courses

• PSYC 5613: Organizational Psychology
• PSYC 5611: Work Motivation

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Recent Publications

Mellor, S., & Elliott, R. (2024/online first article). No fear or need? Perceived respect from one’s supervisor as a moderator of a mediation model of subordinates’ willingness to join a union. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-06657-3

Mellor, S., & Elliott, R. (2023/online first article). Nonunion supervisors’ humility at work and union intolerance: An exploratory study centered on one hypothesis. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10672-023-09482-1

Mellor, S. (2023/online first article). Unlocking local union meeting attendance for employees identified by gender, minority status, and language of origin: Psychological safety and meeting effectiveness. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10672-023-09474-1

Mellor, S. (2023/online first article). Understanding the gap between union sentiment and union joining: A moderated mediated psychological model of willingness to join. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10672-023-09461-6

Mellor S. (2023). A cognitive dissonance field study of American public-sector fee-paying employees in relation to the Janus Decision. Current Psychology, 42, 24812-24821.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03595-w

Mellor, S. (2023). Psychological safety at local union meetings: A key to unlock meeting attendance. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 35, 189-208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10672-022-09408-3

Mellor, S. (2023). Intolerable vices: An empirical analysis of union intolerance in relation to willingness to join a union. Current Psychology, 42, 2031-2048. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01356-9

Mellor S. (2022). A construct validity study for the union intolerance scale: Convergent-discriminant validity and concurrent criterion-related validity. Merits, 2, 210-223. https://doi.org/10.3390/merits2030015

Noteworthy Publications

Mellor, S. (2019). Confidence at work and individualism-collectivism: An empirical demonstration of the distinctiveness of American union employees. Current Psychology, 38, 542-555.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-017-9636-2

Mellor, S., & Holzer, K. (2018). Humiliation at work and union interest: An empirical analysis of community union satisfaction as related to status enhancement. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 30, 99-118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10672-017-9313-5

Link
Union Tolerance/Intolerance Scale

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