Psychology

Dr. Catherine Daus

Professor
Industrial-Organizational Psychology Program Director

(e-mail)

Education: Ph.D., 1994
Purdue University

Specialization:
Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Stress and Emotion, Statistics

Phone:
(618) 650-3119

Office:
AH-0142

About Dr. Daus

Catherine Daus teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in I/O Psychology, Organizational Psychology, Group Dynamics and Stress. She received her Doctorate in I/O Psychology from Purdue University in 1994. Her research interests include mood and emotion at work, stress and coping at work, and diversity and cross cultural issues. Her work has been published in the Academy of Management Executive and the International Review of I/O Psychology. Dr. Daus is active in various professional organizations, including Gateway I/O Psychologist, Society for I/O Psychology, American Psychological Society, and American Psychological Association. She also does stress management consulting and organizational attitude/survey development for organizations.

Mentoring Statement

Dr. Daus is available to mentor students interested in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Specific topical areas within organizational psychology that Dr. Daus has expertise in are emotions and emotions in the workplace; stress and work stress; and worker attitudes.

Representative Publications

• Amel, E.L., Manning, C.M., Daus, C.S., & Quinn, M.R. (in press). Fostering Sustainability in Higher Education: Amplifying Change By Understanding Human Behavior in Organizations. Springer. 
• Brown, S. G., & Daus, C. S. (2023). Decision rife with emotions: Understanding police decision making. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 1-17.
• Daus, C. S. (2023).  The emotionally intelligent preceptor (parts 1 & 2).  Training modules (content expert/designer) for grant, Sobszak, B.K. (Principal), Baecht, L. (Co-principal), Perea, A. A. (Co-principal), "Nurse eduation, practice, quality and retention - Clinical  faculty ad preceptor academies (NEPQR-CFPA) Program," Health Resources Services  Administration, Funded federal grant, $3,813,888.63
• Daus, C. S., Stein, K., & Baecht, L. (2023).  Redefining competencies for nurse anesthesia education - Integrating emotional intelligence assessment and training into a nurse anesthesia DNP program.  AANA Journal, 91(6), 1-8. 
• Tillery, M. G., & Daus, C. S. (2023). Effect of leaders’ use of humor on participants’ perceptions of leaders. Psychology of Leaders and Leadership.
• Berkley, R., Beard, R., & Daus, C. (in press). The emotional context of disclosing a concealable stigmatized identity: A conceptual model. Human Resource Management Review.
• Ashkanasy, N. M., & Daus, C. S. (in press). Advice from the Past to the Future: Comments and directions for integrating emotional intelligence with emotional labor. Invited chapter to appear in edited book: Emotional Labor in the 21st Century: Diverse Perspectives on Emotion Regulation at Work.
• Ashkanasy, N. M., & Daus, C. S. (in press). The challenge of managing emotions in the workplace. In K. Elsbach, A. Kays, & C. Kays (eds.). Contemporary organizational behavior in action. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice-Hall.
• Daus, C. S. & Brown, S "The emotion work of police" (in press) in edited book, Research on Emotions in Organizations, Vol.8.
• Brown, S. G., & Daus, C. S. (2015). The influence of police officers’ decision-making style and anger control on responses to work scenarios. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 4(3), 294-302.
• Brown, S. G., & Daus, C. S. (2015). Avoidant But Not Avoiding: The Mediational Role of Anticipated Regret in Police Decision-making. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 1-12.
• Daus, Jordan, Ashkanasy, Dasborough; "We are all mad in Wonderland: An organizational culture framework for emotions and emotional intelligence research" (in press) in edited book, Research on Emotions in Organizations, Vol.8.
• Jordan, P. J., Dasborough, M., Daus, C. S., Ashkanasy, N. M., (2010). A call to context: A need to consider contextual influences regarding EI., The Industrial Psychologist, 3.
• Daus, C.S. & Cage, T. (2008). Learning to face emotional intelligence: Training and workplace applications. Invited chapter in Cooper & Ashkanasy (Eds.), Research Companion to Emotion in Organizations. Edward Elgar.
• Daus, C. S. (2006). The case for the ability based model of emotional intelligence. Invited chapter to appear in Murphy (Ed.) A Critique of Emotional Intelligence: What are the Problems and How Can They Be Fixed?
• Ashkanasy, N. M. & Daus, C. S. (2005). Rumors of the death of emotional intelligence in organizational behavior are vastly exaggerated. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 26(4), 441-452.
• Daus, C. S. & Ashkanasy, N. M. (2005). The case for the ability based model of emotional intelligence in organizational behavior. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 26(4), 453-466.
• Daus, C. S. (2004). A review of bullying and emotional abuse in the workplace: International perspectives in research and practice. By S. Einarse, H. Hoel, D. Zapf, & C. Cooper. In Personal Psychology, Winter.