Benjamin Moon

Biography

I am a 4th year PhD Candidate at the University of Calgary, supervised by Dr. Joshua Bourdage. My main research area pertains to self-presentation in organizations, particularly Impression Management (i.e.,behaviours that individuals use to convey positive impressions of themselves to others at work). A central objective in my IM research is to advance IM theory. For instance, my dissertation tests existing propositions in prior IM theory onto work teams, and also advances new theoretical frameworks of Team IM. As a secondary research stream, I investigate the impact of personality in the workplace, primarily through HEXACO personality framework (Lee & Ashton, 2018). Overall, my research also uses a wide variety of quantitative and qualitative methodologies, with a particular emphasis on meta-analysis and review papers.

I am currently applying for tenure-track professor jobs with start dates in Summer/Fall 2025. 

Published Manuscripts

Moon, B., Daljeet, K. N., O’Neill, T. A., Harwood, H., Awad, W., & Beletski, L. V. (In Press). Comparing the Efficacy of Faking Warning Types in Pre-Employment Personality Tests: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001224 TAMUGA/Financial Times 50 Journal

Moon, B., Law, S.J., Bourdage, J.S., Roulin, N., & Melchers, K.G. (2024). The Role of Interviewee Cognitive Capacities, Personality, and Perceived Incongruency on Impression Management in Face-To-Face and Virtual Interviews. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 32, 261-278. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12460  

Moon, B., Daljeet, K.N., Bourdage, J.S., & Roulin, N. (2024). Impression Management Profiles in Job Interviews: Relations with Applicant Individual Differences and Interview Outcomes. Journal of Business and Psychology, 39, 849-870.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-023-09918-3

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Daljeet, K. N., Moon, B., & Goffin, R. D. (2024). Individual Differences in Preferences for Social-comparative Performance Ratings. Current Psychology, 43, 6876-6889.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04847-z 

Moon, B., Lee, N. M. H., & Bourdage, J. S. (2022). Personalized and socialized need for power: Distinct relations to employee traits and behaviors. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 54(1), 28-39. https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000279 

Manuscripts Under Review

Moon, B., Bourdage, J. S., & Roulin, N. (1^st round revise and resubmit). [Title redacted to preserve blind review]. Submitted to the Journal of Business and Psychology. 

Feeney, J. R., Daljeet, K. N., Moon, B., Goffin, R. D., Factor, R., & Doyle, K. (1^st round revise and resubmit). [Title redacted to preserve blind review]. Submitted to Human Performance. 

Moon, B., Daljeet, K. D., Bourdage, J. S., & McCrimmon A. (Under review). [Title redacted to preserve blind review]. Submitted to the Journal of Applied Psychology. TAMUGA/Financial Times 50 Journal

Moon, B., & Bourdage, J. S. (Under review). [Title redacted to preserve blind review]. Submitted to Administrative Sciences Quarterly. TAMUGA/Financial Times 50 Journal