EDUCATION

Ph.D., Industrial/Organizational Psychology
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

M.A. , Industrial/Organizational Psychology
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

B.S., Public Relations and Psychology
University of Miami, Miami, FL

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Bruk-Lee’s research is primarily focused on the topics of interpersonal conflict in organizations, employee satisfaction, occupational health and well-being, and job stress.  She is also interested in counter-productivity in organizations and the role of personality in the job stress process. Dr. Bruk-Lee has consulted with both private and public sector organizations in the areas of employee selection, job analysis, performance measurement, and competency modeling.  She has also led the development and localization of assessments used in global selection programs.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

Bruk-Lee, V., Khoury, H., Nixon, A., Goh, A., & Spector, P.E. (2009). Replicating and extending past personality/job satisfaction meta-analyses. Human Performance, 22, 156-189.

Spector, P.E., & Bruk-Lee, V. (2007). Conflict, health, and well-being. In C.K.W. De Dreu & M.J. Gelfand (eds.) The Psychology of Conflict and Conflict Management in Organizations. SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series, New York: Erlbaum.

Bruk-Lee, V. (2007). Conflict at work. In Rogelberg, S. G. (Ed.). Encyclopedia of industrial and organizational psychology (pp. 94-97).Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Bruk-Lee, V. (2007). Conflict Management. In Rogelberg, S. G. (Ed.). Encyclopedia of industrial and organizational psychology (pp. 97-99). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Bruk-Lee, V., & Spector, P.E. (2006). The social stressors-counterproductive work behaviors link: Are conflicts with supervisors and coworkers the same? Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 11, 145-156.

Connell, P., Bruk-Lee, V., & Spector P. E. (2004). Job stress assessment methods. In J. C.  & M. Hersen (Eds.). Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Volume 4: I/O assessment (pp. 455-469). New York: John Wiley.

SELECT PRESENTATIONS

Dainis, A., Gutierrez, S., & Bruk-Lee, V. (2009, February). An Application of Two Differential Item Functioning Detection Methods: An Integral Step in the Computer-Adaptive Test Development Process. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Test Publishers, Palm Springs, California.

Bruk-Lee, V., & Spector, P.E. (2007, April). Conflict, health, and well-being. In Carsten K.W. De Dreu (Chair), SIOP Organizational Frontiers Volume: Conflict in Organizations. Invited symposium for the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York, New York.

Bruk-Lee, V., & Spector, P.E. (2006, March). The impact of interpersonal conflict on personal well-being in organizations. In Tammy Allen (Chair), OHP research at the USF Sunshine ERC. Invited symposium for the Work, Stress, and Health conference, Miami, Florida.

Khoury, H.A., Goh, A., Bruk-Lee, V., & Spector, P.E. (2005, April). Beyond the big five: A meta analysis of job satisfaction and personality factors. In T.A. Beehr & N.A. Bowling (Chairs), Dispositional factors in job attitudes and affective reactions to work. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, California.

Bruk-Lee, V., & Spector, P.E. (2004, April). Sources of conflict at work and targets of counterproductive work behaviors. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, Illinois.

Bruk-Lee, V. (2004, March). Measuring social stressors in organizations: The development of an interpersonal conflict at work scale. Presentation given at the National Occupational Research Agenda Colloquium series, Tampa, Florida.

Bruk-Lee, V., & Spector, P.E. (2003, April). The interdisciplinary approach to Occupational Health Psychology. In Alen G. Walker, Steven G. Rogelberg, & Julie A. Fuller (Chairs), Student Perspectives on Innovations in Extending Training Beyond the Classroom. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.