Faculty in Organizational Psychology – Los Angeles

Nurcan Ensari
Associate Professor, Los Angeles
PhD, 1999
University of Southern California

Research Interests: Intergroup relations and prejudice, personalization model, leadership, diversity management, and cross-cultural psychology.

Recent News & Publications: Dr. Ensari Poster Presentation: “The Role of Organizational Commitment and Power on Sexual Harassment Reports” March 24-28, 2010: Western Academy of Management, Kona Hawaii

Jay Finkelman
Systemwide Associate Dean, Organizational Psychology Programs. Professor and Program Director (Los Angeles and San Diego)

PhD, 1970
New York University

Research Interests:Forensic industrial/organizational psychology; gender, race, age, disability and other sources of employment discrimination; sexual harassment; contingent workforce productivity; attitudes and organizational citizenship; human resource management practices; and human factors engineering.

Recent News & Publications:Drs. Jay Finkelman and Jonathan Troper, MGSM-LA Assistant Professor, are pleased to announce the release of their book titled: “The 7 Attributes of Highly Competitive Staffing Firms”. This book is being distributed by “Staffing Industry Analysts”, the premier staffing industry information source in the world.

Calvin C. Hoffman
Principal Lecturer, Los Angeles
PhD, 1984
University of Nebraska

Research Interests: Job analysis and job design, selection system design and validation, human resource systems, management and employee development, and performance evaluation and feedback.

Patricia “Denise” Lopez
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles
PhD, 1996
Columbia University

Research Interests: Managerial and team effectiveness, motivation and employee engagement, organizational change, gender and cross-cultural management, organizational issues related to globalization.
Recent News and Publications: Dr. P. Denise Lopez, (2010, May/June). Five approaches to working with difference: Applying leadership lessons Mandela thought. The California Psychologist. 43(4), 23-25

Jonathan Troper
Assistant Professor and Field Placement Coordinator, Los Angeles. Director, Center for Innovation and Change (CIC)

PhD, 1997
University of California, Los Angeles

Research and Practice Interests: Organizational change, employee surveys, organizational communication, consulting, training new consultants and students as consultants, leadership assessment and development, training and development, performance assessments, group leadership and learning.

Recent News & Publications:Drs. Jay Finkelman and Jonathan Troper, MGSM-LA Assistant Professor, are pleased to announce the release of their book titled: “The 7 Attributes of Highly Competitive Staffing Firms”. This book is being distributed by “Staffing Industry Analysts”, the premier staffing industry information source in the world.