The Chicago School - Faculty

Michael Barr

Professional Faculty
Business Psy.D.
Director of Corporate Education and Consulting Services
Assistant Professor

 

Contact Information

Room Number: 733
Phone: (312) 329-6620
Email: mbarr@thechicagoschool.edu

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Barr’s involvement with The Chicago School began with the inception of the master's program in I/O Psychology in 2001. He is responsible for the school’s external consulting services and supervises students and other faculty engaged in consulting across several disciplines. Dr. Barr is a member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the Society of Consulting Psychology—Division 13 of the American Psychology Association. He also serves on the Presidential Task Force for the Standards for Education for Consulting Psychologists. His interests/expertise cover a wide variety of workplace issues including job satisfaction, employee motivation and loyalty, leadership development, stress, trends, team building, 360 feedback, and work/life balance.

Read the latest paper co-written by Dr. Barr:
Employee Attitudes, Utilization, and Customer Satisfaction.

Education

• B.A. in Psychology, Chicago State University
• M.S. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology
• Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology

Classes Taught

• PB521—Statistics
• IO512—Statistics
• IO531—Organizational Attitudes & Survey Development
• IO400—Professional Development

Areas of Interest/Expertise

• 360 feedback
• consumer psychology
• employee motivation
• job satisfaction
• organizational assessment
• performance management
• stress
• team building
• work/life balance
• workplace psychology

Presentations

• Barr, M.A. (2000, April). The importance of employee commitment to organizational effectiveness. Presentation to the Valley Human Resources Association, Aurora, IL
• Barr, M.A. (2002, July). Public relations and social psychology. Presented to the Public Relations Society of America, Suburban Chicagoland Chapter
• Barr, M.A., Grunsten, R., Davis, N., & Klawsky, J. (2005, January). The psychology of motivation: Influencing decision making. Presented to the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Alumni Association

Publications

• Barr, M.A., Sweet, J., Smallwood, R., & Smallwood, S. (2001, April). Employee commitment in a temporary staffing organization: Test of Model. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA
• Corrigan, P.W., Steiner, L., McCracken, S.G., Blaser, B.B., & Barr, M.A. (2001). Strategies for disseminating evidence based practices to staff who treat people with serious mental illness. Psychiatric Severices, 52, 1598-1606 
• Barr, M.A., & Raju, N.S. (2003). IRT-based assessments of rater effects in multiple-source feedback instruments. Organizational Research Methods, 6, 15-43

Q&A

Q: Why did you choose to enter the field of psychology?

A: My undergraduate advisor involved me in many applied projects which got me involved in the field while I was selecting graduate school programs.

Community Involvement

• Beverly Hills University Club Scholarship Foundation

Professional Memberships

• Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychologists (SIOP)
• American Psychological Association (APA) Division 13 - Society of Consulting Psychology
• National Celeration Society