Publications and Presentations

Our publications about the metaBUS platform

Our publications relying on metaBUS data

  • Gupta, A., & Bosco, F. A. (2023). Tempest in a teacup? An analysis of p-hacking in organizational research. PLOS ONE, 18(2): e0281938.
  • Chris, A., Provencher, Y., Fogg, C., Thompson, S., Cole, A., Okaka, O., Bosco, F.A., González -Morales, M.G. (2022). A meta-analysis of experienced incivility and its correlates: Exploring the dual path model of experienced workplace incivility. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 27, 317-338.
  • Woznyj, H. M., Banks, G. C., Whelpley, C. E., Batchelor, J. H., & Bosco, F. A. (2022). Job attitudes: A meta‐analytic review and an agenda for future research. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 43, 946-964.
  • Field, J. G., Bosco, F. A., Kraichy, D., Uggerslev, K. L., & Geiger, M. K. (2021). More alike than different? A comparison of variance explained by cross-cultural models. Journal of International Business Studies, 52, 1797-1817.
  • Steel, P., Schmidt, J., Bosco, F. A., & Uggerslev, K. L. (2019). The effects of personality on job satisfaction and life satisfaction: A meta-analytic investigation accounting for bandwidth–fidelity and commensurability. Human Relations, 72, 217-247.
  • Steel, P., Taras, V., Uggerslev, K. L., & Bosco, F. A. (2018). The happy culture: A theoretical, meta-analytic and empirical review of the relationship between culture and wealth and subjective wellbeing. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 22, 128-169.
  • Lee, C. I. S. G., Bosco, F. A., Steel, P., & Uggerslev, K. L. (2017). A metaBUS enabled meta-analysis of career satisfaction. Career Development International, 22(5), 565-582. (Special issue on meta-analysis)
  • Bosco, F. A., Aguinis, H., Field, J. G., Pierce, C. A., & Dalton, D. R. (2016). HARKing’s threat to organizational research: Evidence from primary and meta-analytic sources. Personnel Psychology, 69, 709-750.

Our presentations

2024

  • Lynch, I. J. & Bosco, F. A. (2024, April). Visualizing trends in one million I-O psychology findings. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Poster Format), Chicago, IL.

2023

  • Lynch, I., & Bosco, F.A. (2023, May). MetaBUS: A platform for managing one million applied psychology findings. Metascience 2023, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.

2021

  • Bosco, F. A. (2021, February). Using taxonomies to curate psychology’s research findings. Workshop: Workforce Science in the Big Data Era. Sponsors: Army Research Institute, Rice University. Invited presentation, Rice University Department of Psychology.

2020

  • Chang, Y., Field, J. G., Bosco, F. A., & Uggerslev, K. L. (2020, April). Using metaBUS to locate, synthesize, and visualize I-O research findings. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Master Tutorial Format), Austin, TX.
  • Field, J. G. (2020, February). A meta-presentation: Tools for building trustworthy cumulative knowledge. Invited presentation, I/O Psychology Department, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.

2019

  • Bosco, F. A. (2019, August). The metaBUS project. In V. Z. Chen (Organizer), Building a Management Knowledge Navigator: Organizational Performance for all Primary Stakeholders. PDW presented at the meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA.
  • Bosco, F. A. (2019, June). Leadership “vizzies”: Exploring more than 35,000 leadership findings using meta-analysis and advanced network visualization. International Center for Global Leadership, Placencia, Belize.
  • Bosco, F. A., Oswald, F. L., Field, J. G., & Uggerslev, K. L. (2019, May). Visualizing one million applied psychology findings. European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Turin, Italy.
  • Field, J.G., Geiger, M., Bosco, F. A., Kraichy, D. G., & Uggerslev, K. L. (2019, April). Global effect size benchmarks: Assessing culture, region, and country differences. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Fort Washington, MD.
  • Bosco, F. A. (2019, March). A review of disability research in employment: 1990 to present. Paper presented at the meeting of the Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity, Honolulu, HI.

2018

  • Field, J. G., Bosco, F. A., & Uggerslev, K. L. (2018, Novemeber). Using metaBUS to summarize and visualize one million organizational research findings. Professional Workshop, Southern Management Association, Lexington, KY.
  • Dubovoy, L., & Bosco, F. A. (2018, August). Practical applications of metaBUS for personnel selection. Annual meeting of the International Personnel Assessment Council, Alexandria, VA.
  • Bennett, A. A., Field, J. G., & Bosco, F. A. (2018, August). Bringing Meta-Analytic Evidence into the Classroom: Teaching with metaBUS. Teaching and Learning Symposium, Academy of Management, Chicago, IL.
  • Bosco, F. A. (2018, June). metaBUS: Summarizing and visualizing one million findings in psychology. Keynote Address for the Research Synthesis Conference, Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information, Trier, Germany.
  • Bosco, F. A. (2018, April). Bridging the scientist-practitioner gap. In S. Sarkar-Barney & G. Chen (co-Chairs), Significant Examples of Bridging the Scientist-Practitioner Gap. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology panel discussion, Chicago, IL.
  • Field, J.G., Geiger, M., Langlinais, L., List, S., & Bosco, F. A. (2018, April). A metaBUS analysis of gender differences in common I-O topics over the last 35 years. In D. Woehr & C. Williams (co-Chairs), Bias or difference: The impact of gender across domains. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Symposium Format), Chicago, IL.
  • MacLaren, N. G., Cao, Y., Kulkarni, A., Yammarino, F. J., Mumford, M. D., Dionne, S. D., Sayama, H., Connelly, S., Mulhearn, T. J., Martin, R., Todd, E., & Bosco, F. A. (2018). Agent-based model parameter estimation and variable reduction using metaBUS: An application to a collective leadership model. Poster presented at the Northeast Regional Conference on Complex Systems, Binghamton, NY.

2017

  • Bosco, F. A., Chen, G., Cortina, J., Landis, R., & Uggerslev, K. (2017, May). Reproducibility: A debate. European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Bosco, F. A., Landis, R., Kepes, S., Uggerslev, K. L., Steel, P., & Brooks, P. (2017, April). Dimension reduction as a vehicle for assessing construct redundancy. In. G. Howardson (Chair), Contemporary Views and Methods for Dimension Reduction. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Symposium Format), Orlando, FL.
  • Holland, S., Green, J., Markell, H. M., & Bosco, F. A. (2017, April). R Shiny: Using apps to support I/O research. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Master Tutorial Format), Orlando, FL.
  • Khosravi, J., Lee, C., Bosco, F. A., & Steel, P. (2017, April). Using new metaBUS functions to facilitate systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Master Tutorial Format), Orlando, FL.
  • Bosco, F. A., Uggerslev, K. L., Steel, P., Kepes, S., & Field, J. G. (2017, March). metaBUS: Leveraging one million published findings to conduct instant meta-analyses. Workshop held at the International Convention of Psychological Science, Vienna, Austria.

2016

  • Field, J. G. (2016, October). How open-access to big data can narrow the science-practice gap: A demonstration of the metaBUS platform. Brown bag seminar and workshop held at the George Mason University Department of Psychology, Fairfax, VA.
  • Uggerslev, K. L., Hambley, L., Bosco, F. A., & Steel, P. (2016, October). Estimating the relative importance of competencies associated with talent potential and performance. Paper presented at the 5th annual Workshop on Talent Management for the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management. Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Steel, P., Field, J. G., Bosco, F. A., & Uggerslev, K. L. (2016, August). Generating instant custom meta-analyses: A metaBUS tutorial for synthesizing management research. Professional Development Workshop held at the meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA.
  • Bosco, F. A., Uggerslev, K. L., & Steel, P. (2016, May). metaBUS as a vehicle for investigating construct redundancy. Invited guest presentation for the Personnel and Human Resources Research Group (PHRRG).
  • Steel, P., Bosco, F. A., & Uggerslev, K. L., (2016, May). The metaBUS Project: Large-scale curation of scientific findings for research synthesis. Invited presentation for the Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota.
  • Field, J. G., Baker, C. A., Bosco, F. A., McDaniel, M. A., & Kepes, S. (2016, April). The extent of p-hacking in I-O psychology. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Anaheim, CA.
  • Uggerslev, K. L., Bosco, F. A., Steel, P., & Field, J. G., (2016, April). Using metaBUS for literature searches and generating instant meta-analyses. Master tutorial presented at the meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Anaheim, CA.
  • Zhang, Y., Khosravi, J. Y., Arnold, C. B., Bosco, F. A., Uggerslev, K. L., & Steel, P. (2016, April). Predicting employee outcomes with different measures of workload. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Anaheim, CA.
  • Bosco, F. A., Steel, P., & Uggerslev, K. L., (2016, March). Cloud-based curation of scientific findings. Invited presentation and workshop held at Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder.
  • Bosco, F. A., Steel, P.S., Uggerslev, K. L., McDaniel, M., & Kepes, S. (2016, January). metaBUS: Tools for finding, curating, synthesizing, and disseminating scientific research. 2013 Transatlantic Digging Into Data Challenge Final Conference. Glasgow, Scotland.

2015

  • Bosco, F. A., Aguinis, H., Uggerslev, K. L., Steel, P., Singh, K., & Pierce, C. A. (2015, August). The one-minute meta-analyst: A metaBUS tutorial for synthesizing management research. Preconference development workshop held at the meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, BC.
  • Bosco, F. A., Uggerslev, K. L., & Steel, P. G. (2015, August). metaBUS: Tools and techniques for Big Data analytics. In R. Piccolo & C. Beungeler (Chairs), Big Data in team research: Applications, techniques, and implications. Symposium held at the meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, BC.
  • Field, J. G., Mihm, D. C., O’ Boyle, E. H., Bosco, F. A., Uggerslev, K. L., Steel, P. (2015, August). An examination of the funding-finding relation in the field of management. Paper presented at the meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, BC.
  • Bosco, F. A., Uggerslev, K. L., Steel, P., Aguinis, H., Field, J. G., Pierce, C. A., Munc, A. H., Daniel, J. M., Allen, D. A., Widlak, I., Sarkar-Barney, S. T., & Sriram, N. (2015, April). Using science-mapping and meta-analysis to bridge the scientist-practitioner divide. Alternative session presented at the meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.
    • Bosco, F. A., Aguinis, H., Field, J. G., Pierce, C. A., & Munc, A. (2015, April). Not all measures created equal: Reliability heterogeneity in I-O domains.
    • Daniel, J. M., & Allen, D. G. (2015, April). Translating I-O and HR research into practice: Challenges and opportunities.
    • Uggerslev, K. L. (2015, April). metaBUS: A tool for translating research findings into practical use.
    • Sriram, N. (2015, April). Constructing consensus classifications.
    • Steel, P. (2015, April). New analytic capacity.
    • Widlak, I., & Sarkar-Barney, S. (2015, April). Making meta-analytic findings actionable.
  • Bosco, F. A., Uggerslev, K. L., Steel, P., & Field, J. G. (2015, April). Generating instant meta-analyses using the metaBUS database and construct taxonomy. Master tutorial presented at the meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Field, J. G., Munc, A. H., Bosco, F. A., Uggerslev, K. L., & Steel, P. (2015, April). Effect size benchmarks for common I-O topics around the globe. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.
    *Selected as SIOP 2015 Best International Poster.
  • Bosco, F. A. (2015, February). metaBUS: Tools for the curation, analysis, and dissemination of scientific research. Invited presentation for Richmond IEEE.

2014

  • Bosco, F. A. (2014, October). metaBUS as a vehicle for curating and communicating HR research findings. Brown bag seminar held at HumRRO, Alexandria, VA.
  • Bosco, F. A., Uggerslev, K. L., & Steel, P. (2014, October). Scientific findings as Big Data for research synthesis: The metaBUS project. Paper presented at the IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Washington, DC.
  • Bosco, F. A. (2014, September). Mapping management findings in hopes of eventually making sense to others… and ourselves. Presentation for Dean’s Seminar Series, VCU School of Business, Richmond, VA.
  • In F. Bosco & P. Steel (Chairs), The “big science” revolution in management: Possibilities, technology, and applications. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA:
    • Bosco, F. A., Aguinis, H., Kepes, S., Gabriel, A. S., & Field, J. G. (2014, August). Assessing the impact of nonresponse bias: A “big science” approach.
    • Uggerslev, K. L., Bosco, F. A., & Steel, P. (2014, August). Imagining the possibilities of “big science”: The case of field mapping and real-time meta-analysis.
    • Sriram, N., & Nosek, B. (2014, August). A collaborative, standards-based international participant pool.
    • Steel, P. (2014, August). Mapping the nomological web of the social sciences.
  • Bosco, F. A., Uggerslev, K. L., Steel, P., & Kepes, S. (2014, July). Toward a field map for managing big data in personnel assessment. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Personnel Assessment Council, Denver, CO.
  • Bosco, F. A., Singh, K., & Field, J. G. (2014, May). Mapping I-O psychology: Content and trends from 1980 to 2010. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Honolulu, HI.
  • Bhupatkar, A., Norris, D. G., Kyte, T., Bosco, F. A., & Jones, J. A. (2014, May). Predictive analytics: Evolutionary journey from local validation to big data. Panel discussion conducted at the meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Honolulu, HI.

2013

  • Bosco, F. A., Aguinis, H., Singh, K., Field, J. G., & Pierce, C. A. (2013, August). Effect-size magnitude benchmarks: Implications for scientific progress and statistical inferences. In E. H. O’Boyle (Chair), Philosophy of Science. Paper presented at the meeting of the Academy of Management, Orlando, FL.
  • Field, J. G., Bosco, F. A., & Pierce, C. A. (2013, August). Variability in effect-size magnitude as a function of sample type. In C. Wiese & J. Marcus (Co-Chairs), Investigating understudied moderators in meta-analysis. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Academy of Management, Orlando, FL.
  • Bosco, F. A. (2013, December). Big science and the future of management research: Toward a collaborative effort for the curation and dissemination of research findings. Strategy & Organizations Research Seminar, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary.

2012

  • Bosco, F. A., Field, J. G., & Pierce, C. A. (2012, August). Accommodational plasticity in organizational science: Influence of hypothesis framing on effect size. Paper presented at the meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA.
    *Published in Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.