Guillermo Wated, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

gwated@mail.barry.edu
LIB 147
(305) 899-3274

Dr. Wated is an industrial/organizational psychologist who joined the faculty at Barry in 2005.  He earned both his B.B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of Miami, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Florida International University (2002). His consulting experience includes private and public organizations in the areas of job analysis, test development, work-related attitude surveys, and data collection and analysis. His major research areas are employee attitudes and the impact of work related stressors on organizational outcomes.

Research Interests

• Employee attitudes
• Stress in the workplace
• Counterproductive behavior in organizations

Selected Supervised Student Presentations

• Mohammed, S., & Wated, G. (2009, November).  Perceptions of Discrimination among Lesbians, Gay Men and Bisexuals: Personal/Group Discrimination Discrepancy. Presentation delivered at the 50th Annual Congress of the Society for         Scientific Study of Sexuality, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
• Babalola, A., Wated, G., & Szuchman, L. (2009, March).  The role of        personality and coping styles in the perception of work-family conflict. Poster presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Florida Academy of Sciences, St. Leo, FL.
• Cantt, J., & Wated, G. (2009, March). Beliefs associated with attrition among college students.  Poster presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Florida Academy of Sciences, St. Leo, FL.
• Kennedy, B., Wated, G., & Szuchman, L. (2009, March). Attitudes toward credit card debt among college students.  Poster presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Florida Academy of Sciences, St. Leo, FL.
• Knickerbocker, J., & Wated, G. (2008, October).The role of attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control in predicting intentions to provide reading interventions in teachers.  Poster presented at the 35th Annual Florida Association of School Psychologists' Conference, Orlando, FL.
• Lemos, M. R., Wated, G., & Major-Sanabria, M. (2008. March).  Role ambiguity and role conflict as predictors of teachers’ job satisfaction.  Poster presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Florida Academy of Sciences and Joint Meeting with the Georgia Academy of Science, Jacksonville, FL.
• Ally, S. J., Wated, G., & Lopez, M. (2007, March).  Help-seeking behavior in English-speaking Caribbean families. Paper presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Florida Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, FL.
• Stahl, Y., & Wated, G. (2007, February).  Perceived wellness among adults experiencing wellness. Paper presented at the 49th Annual Conference of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Selected Publications & Presentations

• Wated, G., & Bunk, J. (2009, November).  Academics and practitioners perspectives on          transferring OHP-related knowledge.  Co-chair in roundtable discussion at the 8th         International Conference on Occupational Stress and Health, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• Wated, G. (2009, February). Teaching industrial/organizational psychology: Activities and       challenges. Presentation delivered at the 21st Southeastern Conference on the Teaching          of Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
• Wated, G., Sanchez, J. I., & Gomez, C. (2008). An assessment of the beliefs that influence    attitudes toward privatization. Group and Organization Management: An International    Journal.
• Sanchez, J. I., Gomez, C., & Wated, G. (2008). A valued-base framework for understanding   managerial tolerance of bribery in Latin America. Journal of Business Ethics, 83, 341- 352.
• Wated, G., & Szuchman, L. (2008, June).  Theory of Planned Behavior Predicts Student          Participation in Research.  Poster presented at the Council of Undergraduate Research  National Conference: Frontiers and Challenges in Undergraduate Research, College of        Saint Benedict, Saint Joseph, MN.
• Wated, G., Major-Sanabria, M., Lemos, M., & Kierce, E. (2008, March). Teachers’ self            efficacy as a moderator of the relationship between work-stressors and organizational      outcomes.  Poster presented at the 7th International Conference on Occupational Stress and Health, Washington, D.C.
• Wated, G., Szuchman, L., & Ferrer-Wreder L. (2008, February).  Merging statistics with            research design and methods in psychology: A new approach. Poster presented at the        20th Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
• Wated, G., Major-Sanabria, M., & Kierce, E. (2007, March). Teachers’ self-efficacy as a          predictor of job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Paper presented at the 71st    Annual Meeting of the Florida Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, FL.
• Wated, G., & Williams, M. (2007, January).  Gauging attitudes in organizational settings: A       classroom demonstration.  Poster presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for         Personality and Social Psychology Teaching Pre-Conference, Memphis, TN.
• Wated, G., & Sanchez, J.I. (2006). The role of accent as a work stressor on attitudinal and      health related work outcomes. International Journal of Stress Management, 13 (3), 329-    350.
• Wated, G., & Sanchez, J. I. (2005).  The effects of attitudes, subjective norms, attributions,   and individualism-collectivism on managers’ responses to bribery in organizations:       Evidence from a developing nation. Journal of Business Ethics, 61(2), 111-127.  
• Wated, G., & Sanchez, J. I.  (2005, April). Beliefs associated with English speakers who have a Spanish accent: Effects on attitudinal and health-related work outcomes. In A. M. Ryan          and F. P. Morgeson (Co-Chairs), Not the usual suspects: Expanding our conception of          workplace stigma. Symposium presented at the 20th annual conference of the Society for  Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.
• Wated, G., & Sanchez, J. I. (2004, April).  The role of attitudes, subjective norms and  attributions on managers’ responses to bribery in organizations: Evidence from a   developing nation.  Paper presented at the 19th Annual Conference of the Society for  Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Chicago, IL.
• Wated, G., & Sanchez, J. I. (2001, August).  Antecedents of corruption in organizations: A       Pan-American study.  Paper presented at the Interactive Forum Human Resources and     Micro‑organizational Issues in an Iberoamerican Context. Academy of Management    Meetings, Iberoamerican Management Division, Washington, D.C.
• Wated, G., & Sanchez, J. I. (2001, April).  Beliefs associated with attitudes toward       privatization in a developing nation.  Paper presented at the 16th Annual Conference of     the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), San Diego, CA.
• Wated, G., & Sanchez, J. I. (2000, August).  An assessment of the beliefs that influence         attitudes toward privatization in Latin America: The case of Ecuador.  Paper presented at   the meeting of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, Toronto, Canada.
• Wated, G., & Sanchez, J. I. (2000, March).  An assessment of the beliefs that influence           attitudes toward privatization in Latin America: The case of Ecuador.   Paper presented at  the meeting of the Industrial and Organizational Psychology/Organizational Behavior            Graduate Student Conference, Knoxville, TN.
• Kraus, E., Sanchez, J. I., Sinha, N., Wated, G., & Williams, M. (1999, April).  Some    misconceptions about predictor-criterion links in validation studies: An example.  In R. G.       Jones (Chair), Criterion-related validation puzzles: understanding predictor constructs in context.  Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Society of Industrial and      Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Professional Memberships

• American Psychological Association (APA)
• Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
• Society for Occupational Health Psychology (SOHP)
• The Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP)
• Council for Undergraduate Research (CUR)
• Psi Chi – The National Honor Society in Psychology
• Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Society
• Florida Academy of Sciences (FAS)
• Academy of Management
• American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) Miami-Dade Chapter

Undergraduate Courses

• Research Methods and Analysis in Psychology
• Tests and Measurements
• Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• Work Stress and Occupational Well-being
• The Self in Film
• Community Psychology
• Consumer Psychology
• Personnel Management
• Industrial/Organizational Psychology Senior Lab
• Introduction to Psychology
• Introduction to Social Psychology

Graduate Courses

• Statistics and Research Design
• Community Psychology
• Attitude Theory and Formation
• Criterion Development
• Pro-seminar in Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• Staffing Organizations