Overview
Jeffrey M. Stanton, Ph.D. (University of Connecticut, 1997) is Associate Dean for Research and Doctoral Studies in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. Dr. Stanton's research focuses organizational behavior and technology, with his most recent projects examining how behavior affects information security and privacy in organizations. He is the author with Dr. Kathryn Stam of the book, The Visible Employee: Using Workplace Monitoring and Surveillance to Protect Information Assets Without Compromising Employee Privacy or Trust (2006, Information Today, ISBN: 0910965749).
Stanton has published more than 60 scholarly articles in top peer-reviewed behavioral science journals, such as the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, and Human Performance. His work also appears in Computers and Security, Communications of the ACM, the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Information Technology and People, the Journal of Information Systems Education, as well as Behaviour & Information Technology. Dr. Stanton is an expert psychometrician with published works on the measurement of job satisfaction and job stress, as well as research on creating abridged versions of scales and conducting survey research on the Internet; he is on the editorial board of Organizational Research Methods, the premier methodological journal in the field of management. Dr. Stanton is an associate editor at the journal Human Resource Management. Dr. Stanton's research has been supported through more than ten different grants and awards including the National Science Foundations prestigious CAREER award.
Dr. Stanton's background also includes more than a decade of experience in business both in established firms and start-up companies. In 1995, Stanton worked as a human resources analyst for Applied Psychological Techniques, a human resource consulting firm based in Darien, Connecticut. His projects at this firm included the development, implementation, and assessment of a performance appraisal system, development of a selection battery for customer service representatives, and the creation of a job classification and work standards system for over 350 positions in the public utilities industry.
Contact information:
jmstanto@syr.edu
Office: (315) 443-2879
Fax: (315) 443-5806
Research Interests
Impacts of organizational behavior on information security; cognitive-affective models of motivation, evaluation, and behavior; organizational and societal impacts of engineering, science, and technology; research methods including psychometrics and statistics; response rates and data quality in web-based research
Teaching Interests
Recently, in the context of our doctoral programs, I have been experimenting with "blended learning" which merges features of asynchronous distance learning with traditional face-to-face classroom experiences. Blended learning is an exciting challenges because of the need to serve the interests of both local and distance students with a variety of learning opportunities. Blended learning takes advantage of the emergence of a variety of new media for communicating with students, which in turn allows me to accommodate a variety of learning styles.
Professional Interests
Statistical analysis; design of research surveys; web-based surveying; organizational consulting; the StudyResponse Project (
http://www.StudyResponse.org)
Personal Interests
I am the bass player in the "iBand," which is kind of a house band for the school. Together with professor's Dave Dischiave and Dave Molta, along with Assistant Dean Paul Brenner, we play a variety of rock favorites from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. The iBand is a great feature of the school and shows the family atmosphere of the place - only family would be willing to put up with our amateur performances!