Janet A. Sniezek
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IN MEMORIAM
Professor Janet Sniezek died of cancer at the age of 51 on May 27, 2003, at her home in Champaign, Illinois. Social Psychology Network is maintaining this profile for visitors who wish to learn more about Professor Sniezek's work.
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- Janet Sniezek (Jdm-society)
Dr. Sniezek is a Professor at the University of Illinois Department of Psychology in the division of Personality, Social, and Organizational Psychology. Her research group consists of graduate students and post-docs who examine interpersonal processes and decision making in Judge Advisor Systems and groups.
Current projects focus on a variety of problems in judgment and decision making: the exchange of money for advice, videoconferencing technology, group process tracing, giving and taking unsolicited advice, and interpersonal trust
Dr. Sniezek's research program consists of both lab and field studies, with recent data collection efforts using undergraduate and MBA students, naval officers, army military intelligence officers, firefighter trainees, and career firefighters.
Research collaborations at present are with the Knowledge-Based Systems group of Professor David C. Wilkins at the Univeristy of Illinois' Beckman Research Institute and with Herb Clark and Stanley Peters of Stanford Univeristy. Ongoing research is supported by the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative, Office of Naval Research, Naval Research Lab, Consortium of Federated Labs, and Army Research Labs.
Professor Sniezek is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Forecasting and on the editorial board of the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, and an active member of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making and International Institite of Forecasters. A current project involves working with Prof. Margaret Neale of Stanford being Guest Editors for a special issue of the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making on information shaing in groups. Dr. Sniezek has previously held faculty positions at the University of Chicago Business School in the Center for Decision Research, Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management, and Purdue University.
Primary Interests:
- Communication, Language
- Group Processes
- Interpersonal Processes
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Organizational Behavior
Journal Articles:
- Chernyshenko, O, Miner, A., Baumann, M. R., & Sniezek, J. A. (In press). The Differential Cue Weighting Model of group member judgment. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 91(1), 12-25.
- Gelfand, M., Spurlock, D. G., Sniezek, J. A., & Shao, L. (1999). Culture and social prediction: The role of information in enhancing prediction in social interactions in the U.S. and China. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.
- Gohm, C., Baumann, M., & Sniezek, J. A. (2001). Personality in Extreme Situations: Thinking (or Not) under Acute Stress. Journal of Research in Personality, 35, 388-399
- Paese, P. W., & Sniezek, J. A. (1991). Influences on the appropriateness of confidence in judgment: Practice, effort, information, and decision-making. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 48(1), 100-130.
- Savadori, L., van Swol, L. M., & Sniezek, J. A. (2001). Information sampling and confidence within groups and judge advisor systems. Communication Research, 28(6), 737-771.
- Sniezek, J. A. (1992). Groups under uncertainty: An examination of confidence in group decision making. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 52(1), 124-155.
- Sniezek, J. A. (1980). Judgments of probabilistic events: Remembering the past and predicting the future. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 6(4), 695-706.
- Sniezek, J. A., & Buckley, T. (1995). Choice accuracy and confidence in judge advisor decision making systems. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 62(2), 159-174.
- Sniezek, J. A., & Buckley, T. (1995). Cueing and cognitive conflict in judge-advisor decision making. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 62(2), 159-174.
- Sniezek, J. A., & Henry, R. A. (1989). Accuracy and confidence in group judgement. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 43(1), 1-28.
- Sniezek, J. A., Paese, P. W., & Switzer III, F. S. (1990). The effect of choosing on confidence in choice. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 46(2), 264-282.
- Sniezek, J. A., Wilkins, D.C., Wadlington, P.L., & Baumann, M. R. (2002). Training for Crisis Decision Making: Psychological Issues and Computer-Based Solutions. Journal of Management Information Systems. Vol. 18, No. 4. In press.
- Sniezek, J. A., & van Swol, L. (2001). Trust, confidence, and expertise in judge advisor systems. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
- Van Swol, L. M., Savadori, L., & Sniezek, J. A. (In press). Factors that may affect the difficulty of uncovering hidden profiles. Group Processes and Interpersonal Relations.
- Zarnoth, P., & Sniezek, J. A. (1997). The social influence of confidence in group decision making. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 33(4), 345-366.
- van Swol, L. M., & Sniezek, J. A. Factors affecting the acceptance of expert advice. British Journal of Social Psychology, 44(3), 443-461.
Other Publications:
- Baumann, M. R., Sniezek, J. A., & Buerkle, C. A. (2001). Self-evaluation, stress, and performance: A model of decision making under acute stress. In E. Salas and G. Klein (Eds.), Linking expertise and naturalistic decision making (pp. 141-160). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Sniezek, J. A. (2001). The cognitive psychology of group decision making. In N. J. Smelser & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences.
- Sniezek, J. A. (1999). Issues in self-control theory and research: Confidence, doubt, expectancy bias, and opposing forces. In R. S. Wyer (Ed.), Themes and issues in the self-regulation of behavior: Advances in social cognition, vol. 12. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
- Sniezek, J.A., & Crede, M. (2002). Group Judgment Processes and Outcomes in Video Conferencing vs. Face-to-Face Groups. Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. (Nomination for best paper)