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Dr. Scott Highhouse is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Bowling Green State University (BGSU), affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences. He holds a B.A. from the University of Akron and a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri. His research focuses on judgment and decision making in workplace contexts, particularly examining risk-taking behaviors and resistance to hiring decision aids. Dr. Highhouse is actively involved in graduate student mentorship and teaches courses such as Human Judgment and Decision Making, Organizational Staffing, and Research Methods in I-O Psychology.
His research interests include assessment of individual differences, dark triad traits in the workplace, and the psychological underpinnings of organizational staffing practices. Notable contributions include studies on general risk propensity scales, the impact of sadism measures on workplace mistreatment, and the elective use of brainteaser interview questions by employers. Dr. Highhouse has no listed lab affiliations but maintains an active publication record in journals like Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the Journal of Research in Personality. Despite no explicit mention of awards, his extensive publication history reflects sustained scholarly impact. He advocates for evidence-based hiring practices and critiques overreliance on subjective decision-making in organizational settings.
