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| name = Ruth Kanfer▼
| image = Ruth Kanfer.jpg
| citizenship = American
| fields = [[Psychology]], [[Industrial and Organizational Psychology]]
| occupationworkplaces = Professor of Psychology at= [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] (current)▼
[[University of Minnesota]] (1984-1997)
[[University of Illinois]] (1983-1984)
| alma_mater = [[Arizona State University]] (Ph.D. in [[Clinical Psychology]])
 
[[Arizona State University]] (M.A. in [[Clinical Psychology]]
{{Orphan|date=December 2016}}
 
[[Miami University]] (B.A. in [[Psychology]])
▲{{Infobox person
| doctoral_advisor = [[Antonette Zeiss]]
▲| name = Ruth Kanfer
| known_for = [[motivation]], [[goal setting]], [[wikt:self-regulation|self-regulation]], [[adult learning]], work and aging, work transitions
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|02|01}}
| awards = (SIOP) William R. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award, the SIOP= Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award,Distinguished Scientificfrom Awardthe [[Society for anIndustrial Earlyand Career Contribution in Applied ResearchOrganizational Psychology]](2008)
 
▲| occupation = Professor of Psychology at Georgia Institute of Technology
William R. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award (with P. L. Ackerman) from the [[Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology]] (2006)
 
Outstanding Publication of the Year in Organizational Behavior Award (with P. L. Ackerman) from the [[Academy of Management]] (1989, 2004)
 
Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to [[Psychology]] ([[Applied Research]]) from the [[American Psychological Association]] (1989)
}}
 
'''Ruth Kanfer''' (born February 1, 1955) is a psychologist and professor at [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] in the area of [[Industrial/ and Organizational psychologyPsychology]]. She is best known for her research in the fields of [[motivation]], and[[goal selfsetting]], [[wikt:self-regulation|self-regulation]], in[[Job workhunting|job settingssearch]], [[Adult education|adult learning]], and future of work. Kanfer has received numerous awards for her research contributions including the [[American Psychological Association]] Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution in [[Applied science|Applied Research]] in 1989, the [[Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology]] (SIOP) William R. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award in 2006 and the [[Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology|SIOP]] Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award in 2007. Ruth Kanfer has authored influential papers on a variety of topics including the effectsinteraction of [[Advancedcognitive Placement]]abilities coursesand onmotivation collegeon performance,<ref>{{Cite motivationjournal|last1=Kanfer|first1=Ruth|last2=Ackerman|first2=Phillip inL.|date=1989|title=Motivation and cognitive abilities: An integrative/aptitude-treatment interaction approach to skill acquisition.|url=http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/0021-9010.74.4.657|journal=Journal of Applied Psychology|language=en|volume=74|issue=4|pages=657–690|doi=10.1037/0021-9010.74.4.657|issn=1939-1854}}</ref> the aginginfluence workforce,of emotion[[personality]] regulation,and [[motivation]] on [[job search]] and person[[employment]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=APA PsycNet|url=https://doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037/0021-9010.86.5.837|access-date=2021-03-23|journal=The determinantsJournal of contextualApplied workPsychology| year=2001 |doi=10.1037/0021-9010.86.5.837| pmid=11596801 | last1=Kanfer | first1=R. | last2=Wanberg | first2=C. R. | last3=Kantrowitz | first3=T. M. | volume=86 | issue=5 | pages=837–855 }}</ref> and a review chapter on [[motivation]] in an organizational behaviorssetting.
 
== Biography ==
Ruth Kanfer is the oldest child of Frederick and Ruby Kanfer.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=APA PsycNet|url=https://doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037/h0091605|access-date=2021-03-18|journal=American Psychologist| year=1990 | volume=45 | issue=4 | pages=465–467 |doi=10.1037/h0091605}}</ref>  As the child of an academic, she lived in a number of places throughout her childhood. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in [[Psychology]] from [[Miami University|Miami University of Ohio]] in 1976. Under the direction of [[Antonette M. Zeiss|Antonette Zeiss]], Ruth completed her thesis in 1981 on the topic of self-efficacy and depression.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=APA PsycNet|url=https://doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037/0021-843X.92.3.319|access-date=2021-03-18|journal=Journal of Abnormal Psychology| date=August 1983 | volume=92 | issue=3 | pages=319–329 |doi=10.1037/0021-843x.92.3.319| last1=Kanfer | first1=Ruth | last2=Zeiss | first2=Antonette M. | pmid=6619407 }}</ref>  After graduating, Ruth decided to pursue an academic career in [[Industrial and organizational psychology|Work Psychology]], and took a NIH post-doc in [[Quantitative psychology|Quantitative Psychology]] and retooled with [http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79064886/ Chuck Hulin] at the University of Illinois from 1981 to 1984.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=APA PsycNet|url=https://doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037/h0091605|access-date=2021-03-18|journal=American Psychologist| year=1990 | volume=45 | issue=4 | pages=465–467 |doi=10.1037/h0091605}}</ref>  She took her first position at the [[University of Minnesota]]. During her 14 years at Minnesota, she collaborated with [https://psycnet.apa.org/buy/2008-15274-001 Phillip Ackerman] on a resource allocation theory of motivation and abilities and co-developed an air traffic controller simulation to test basic tenets of the theory.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kanfer|first1=Ruth|last2=Ackerman|first2=Phillip L.|date=1989|title=Motivation and cognitive abilities: An integrative/aptitude-treatment interaction approach to skill acquisition.|url=http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/0021-9010.74.4.657|journal=Journal of Applied Psychology|language=en|volume=74|issue=4|pages=657–690|doi=10.1037/0021-9010.74.4.657|issn=1939-1854}}</ref> She was promoted to Professor in 1991. In 1997, she moved to the [[Georgia Tech|Georgia Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ruth Kanfer {{!}} Georgia Tech - School of Psychology|url=https://psychology.gatech.edu/ruth-kanfer|access-date=2021-03-18|website=psychology.gatech.edu|language=en}}</ref>
Ruth Kanfer received her Ph.D. from [[Arizona State University]] in 1981. Kanfer went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship at the [[University of Illinois]]. She began her career at the University of Minnesota and currently works at professor at the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]]. Throughout her career, Kanfer's research has addressed the impact that personality, motivation, self-regulation and emotion have on the behavior and performance levels of individuals in their work settings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Georgia Tech - School of Psychology|url=http://www.psychology.gatech.edu/people/faculty/363|website=www.psychology.gatech.edu}}</ref> Kanfer is a co director of the GT PARK Lab, which provides a space for graduate students to conduct research in cognitive, aging, personality, social, and applied psychology. Kanfer has edited volumes on Work Motivation, Emotions in the Workplace, and Abilities Motivation and Methodology.<ref>{{cite web|title=|url=http://kanfer-ackerman.gatech.edu/}}</ref> Support for Kanfer's research work has been provided by grants from the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.<ref>{{cite web|title=|url=http://kanfer-ackerman.gatech.edu/people}}</ref>
 
== Professional Affiliations ==
Ruth Kanfer has been on the [[editorial board]]s of the following journals: [https://academic.oup.com/workar Work, Aging, and Retirement] (2016 - ), [[European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology]] (2013 - ), [[Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology]] (2004 - ), [[Human Performance (journal)|Human Performance]] (1997 - ), [[Applied Psychology: An International Review]], [[Journal of Applied Psychology]], [[Journal of Management]], [[Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes]], and [[Basic and Applied Social Psychology]]. She has also been the Chair of the [[Academy of Management Journal|Academy of Management]] Organizational Behavior Division (1997 - 2001) and on the [[Board of Governors]] for the [[Academy of Management]] (2004-2007). She has also been a member of the [http://sloanresearchnetwork.bc.edu/ Sloan Research Network on Aging & Work Steering] committee, the Scientific Advisory Board of the [https://inomics.com/institution/jacobs-center-on-lifelong-learning-and-institutional-development-jacobs-university-1133098 Jacobs Center for Lifelong Learning] (Bremen University, Germany), and is the founding Director of the [https://work21.gatech.edu/ Work Science Center] at the [[Georgia Tech|Georgia Institute of Technology]].
 
== ResearchAwards ==▼
''Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award'', [[Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=winners|url=https://www.siop.org/Foundation/Awards/winners|access-date=2021-03-18|website=SIOP|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
''William R. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award'' (with [https://psycnet.apa.org/buy/2008-15274-001 Phillip Ackerman]), [[Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=winners|url=https://www.siop.org/Foundation/Awards/winners|access-date=2021-03-18|website=SIOP|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
''Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology'' (in Applied Research)'','' [[American Psychological Association]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 2021|title=APA Distinguished Scientific Awards for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology|url=https://www.apa.org/about/awards/early-career-contribution?tab=4|access-date=March 18, 2021|website=American Psychological Association}}</ref>
 
''Elected Fellow:'' [[Academy of Management]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leadership Directory|url=https://my.aom.org/leadership/toc.aspx?action=AFFIL&code=FELLOWS|access-date=2021-03-18|website=my.aom.org}}</ref> [[American Psychological Association]], [[Association for Psychological Science]]s,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Association for Psychological Science: APS Fellows|url=https://www.psychologicalscience.org/fellows/fellows-new.cfm|access-date=2021-03-18|website=www.psychologicalscience.org}}</ref> [[Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology]]
 
==Influential Publications==
▲== Research ==
The following publications each have over 1,000 citations according to [[Google Scholar]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ruth Kanfer|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=22Ph80MAAAAJ&hl=en|access-date=2021-03-23|website=scholar.google.com}}</ref>
Ruth Kanfer is a psychologist known for her research in the role of motivation in a work setting. One of her research studies focused on age and reemployment success after a job loss. She focused on people who were aged 40 and over but were unemployed. Kanfer proposed that chronological age affects job search and reemployment outcomes after job loss. She used a meta-analysis and two supplemental datasets to examine the strength of the relationship between age and speed of reemployment, and whether the relationship between age and reemployment was mediated by job search activities. Her research documented difficulties that people over the age of 50 have in finding jobs, which affects their lives and how they will live after that age.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Wanberg|first1=C. R.|last2=Kanfer|first2=R.|last3=Hamann|first3=D. J.|last4=Zhang|first4=Z.|title=|date=2015|doi=10.1037/bul0000019|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/bul0000019}}</ref>
* Kanfer, R., & Ackerman, P. L. (1989). Motivation and cognitive abilities: An integrative/aptitude-treatment interaction approach to skill acquisition. ''Journal of Applied Psychology, 74''(4), 657–690.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=APA PsycNet|url=https://doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037/0021-9010.74.4.657|access-date=2021-03-23|journal=Journal of Applied Psychology| year=1989 | volume=74 | issue=4 | pages=657–690 |doi=10.1037/0021-9010.74.4.657| last1=Kanfer | first1=Ruth | last2=Ackerman | first2=Phillip L. }}</ref>
*Kanfer, R. (1990). Motivation theory and industrial and organizational psychology. In M. D. Dunnette & L. M. Hough (Eds.), Handbook of industrial and organizational psychology (p.&nbsp;75–170). Consulting Psychologists Press
* Kanfer, R., & Ackerman, P. L. (2004). Aging, adult development, and work motivation. ''The Academy of Management Review, 29''(3), 440–458.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kanfer|first1=Ruth|last2=Ackerman|first2=Phillip L.|date=2004|title=Aging, Adult Development, and Work Motivation|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20159053|journal=The Academy of Management Review|volume=29|issue=3|pages=440–458|doi=10.2307/20159053|jstor=20159053 |issn=0363-7425}}</ref>
* Kanfer, R., Wanberg, C. R., & Kantrowitz, T. M. (2001). Job search and employment: A personality–motivational analysis and meta-analytic review. ''Journal of Applied Psychology, 86''(5), 837–855.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kanfer|first1=Ruth|last2=Wanberg|first2=Connie R.|last3=Kantrowitz|first3=Tracy M.|date=2001|title=Job search and employment: A personality–motivational analysis and meta-analytic review.|url=http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/0021-9010.86.5.837|journal=Journal of Applied Psychology|language=en|volume=86|issue=5|pages=837–855|doi=10.1037/0021-9010.86.5.837|pmid=11596801 |issn=1939-1854}}</ref>
* Ageless Talent: Maximizing Talent in an Age-Diverse Workforce.  L. Finkelstein, L., D. Truxillo,  F. Fraccaroli, & R. Kanfer.  (2021).  NY:  Psychology Press.
 
== Published books ==
Another study conducted by Kanfer and colleagues focused on college achievement after completion of [[Advanced Placement]] (AP) exams. AP is a program administered by the [[College Board]] offering college level material in high schools and administering annual examinations to assess students' understanding of the material. Kanfer used a sample of 26,693 students who entered the Georgia Institute of Technology as first-year undergraduates over a ten year period (1999-2009) to explore the numbers of AP exams taken and performance on the exams in relation to college academic performance, interest in STEM versus non STEM majors, and graduation rates. They obtained admissions records and college transcripts, and examined whether performance on AP exams correlated with success in college. Students with more AP course credits tended to complete fewer lower-level college courses and more higher-level courses than students without AP credit. These students completed college coursework in fewer semesters and had a higher graduation rate. They found students to have more interest in choosing a STEM major if they had received credit for AP Calculus and completed of three or more AP exams in STEM areas. Kanfer and colleagues recommended that admissions committees should consider the actual AP exam performance data instead of just the AP enrollment data as predictors of college academic performance.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kanfer|first1=Ruth|last2=Ackerman|first2=Phillip|last3=Cadlerwood|first3=Charles|title=Teachers College Record|url=http://www.tcrecord.org/library|website=www.tcrecord.org}}</ref>
The following are books that have been written and edited by Ruth Kanfer:
 
* [https://www.amazon.com/Facing-Challenges-Multi-Age-Workforce-Organizational/dp/1848725183 Facing the Challenges of a Multi-Age Workforce: A Use-Inspired Approach] - Finkelstein, L., Truxillo, D., Fraccaroli, F., & Kanfer, R. (Eds.), (2015). Facing the Challenges of a Multi-Age Workforce. A Use-Inspired Approach. NY: Psychology Press
==Representative publication==
* [https://www.amazon.com/Work-Motivation-Organizational-Frontiers-1-Oct-2012/dp/B011T8A5AG/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1438981653&sr=1-2&keywords=Work+motivation%3A+Past%2C+present%2C+and+future Work Motivation: Past, Present and Future] - Kanfer, R., Chan G., & Pritchard, R.D. (Eds.). (2008)''Work motivation: Past, present, and future''. New York, NY: Routledge.
* Kanfer, R., & Ackerman, P. L. (2004). Aging, adult development, and work motivation. ''Academy of Management Review, 29''(3), 440-458.
* [https://www.amazon.com/Emotions-Workplace-Understanding-Structure-Organizational/dp/0787957364/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1438982835&sr=1-1&keywords=Emotions+in+the+Workplace Emotions in the Workplace: Understanding the Structure and Role of Emotions in Organizational Behavior] - Lord, R.G.; Klimoski, R.J.; and Kanfer, R. (Eds.). (2002). ''Emotions in the workplace: Understanding the structure and role of emotions in organizational behavior''. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
* [https://www.amazon.com/Abilities-Motivation-Methodology-Individual-Differences/dp/080580496X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1438981949&sr=1-1&keywords=Abilities+Motivation+and+Methodology Abilities, Motivation and Methodology: The Minnesota Symposium on Learning and Individual Differences] - Kanfer, R., Ackerman, P.L., & Cudeck, R. (Eds.). (1989). ''Abilities, motivation and methodology: The Minnesota symposium on learning and individual differences''. New York, NY: Routledge.
 
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