Gary Burns

Gary Burns is a Professor at Florida Institute of Technology's School of Psychology within the College of Psychology and Liberal Arts, and serves as Program Chair for Organizational Leadership. His research focuses on individual differences, organizational behavior, and personality assessment.

• Academic Leadership: Director of the Social Cognitive and Sociotechnical Behavior Modeling Laboratory
• Research Initiatives: Workplace Personality Project (personality's role in workplace dynamics)
• Editorial Roles: Former associate editor for European Journal of Psychological Assessment; editorial board member at Journal of Business and Psychology

Research Interests encompass:

• Performance management systems refinement
• Human-machine team trust calibration
• Personality measurement validity in organizational contexts
• Dark triad traits and counterproductive behavior
• Psychometric analysis of workplace assessment tools

Publication Trends reveal sustained focus on:

• Personality assessment validity (2006-2025)
• Counterproductive work behaviors (2006-2024)
• Organizational culture alignment (2011-2014)
• Response distortion detection (2011-2024)
• Cross-cultural behavioral modeling (2014-2025)
• Psychometric innovation (2004-2025)

Laboratory: Directs the Social Cognitive and Sociotechnical Behavior Modeling Laboratory, focusing on behavioral modeling and human-automation interactions.