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Dr. Patricia J. Holahan

Associate Professor

Location:Babbio Center 429
Phone:201.216.8991
Fax:201.216.5385
Email:pholahan@stevens.edu

Courses:
EMT 740 - Team Leadership Development in Technical Organizations
MGT 111 - Social Psychology and Organizational Behaviour
MGT 612 - The Human Side of Project Leadership
MGT 690 - Designing Complex Organizations
 

Research & Education

Education
  • Ph.D. (1992) Purdue University (Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management)
  • M.Ed. (1981) University of Maryland
  • B.A. (1975) University of Maryland
Research
  • Conflict Management and Team Effectiveness
  • Technology Adoption and Diffusion
  • Innovativeness and New Product Development Processes 
 

Experience & Service

General Information
Dr. Holahan conducts research on managing product development teams and the implementation and diffusion of new technology. She has served as a consultant to several Fortune 500 companies advising them on issues related to the installation of self-managing teams, team effectiveness, and team reward and recognition systems
 

Achievements & Professional Societies

Honors & Awards
  • Bright Idea Award, Conflict Resolution, 2008 
  • Outstanding Research Award, Howe School of Technology Management 2007, 2005
  • Alexander H. Crombie, Distinguished Associate Professor
  • Awarded NSF research grant to study technology transfer and diffusion processes
  • Awarded GE Foundation grant to develop case studies of crossfunctional teamwork
  • Ameritech Scholar, 1990-1991
  • David Ross Fellow, 1989
Professional Societies
  • Academy of Management
  • Product Development and Management Association
  • American Psychological Association
  • American Educational Research Association

Publications

    Book Chapters

    • Mooney, A.C., Holahan, P.J., & Amason, A.C. (2008). "Don’t take it personally: Exploring cognitive conflict as a mediator of affective conflict. ", Reprinted In The Seventh Annual Volume of Publications by New Jersey’s Business Faculty.
    • Markham, S., & Holahan, P.J. (2004) . "Influence and politics in product development. ", In K. B. Kahn (ed.), Handbook of New Product Development, 2nd Edition, 144-157. , NY: John Wiley & Sons
    • Holahan, P. J., & Markham, S. (1996). "Factors affecting crossfunctional team effectiveness. ", In M. Rosenau (ed.), Handbook of New Product Development, 119-135. , NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    • Markham, S., & Holahan, P. J. (1996). "Political behavior in the product development process. ", In M. Rosenau (ed.), Handbook of New Product Development, 107-117., NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

    Books

    • Mooney, A.C., Holahan, P.J., & Amason, A.C.. (2007). "An Alternative Approach to Understanding Conflict", The Human Side of Project Leadership, Project Management Institute, Newtown Square, PA
    • Markham, S., & Holahan, P.J. (2004). "Influence and Politics in Product Development", K. B. Kahn, Handbook of New Product Development, 2nd Ed., NY: John Wiley & Sons
    • Holahan, P.J., & Markham, S. (1996). "Factors Affecting Crossfunctional Team Effectiveness", M. Rosenau, Handbook of New Product Development, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

    Journals

    • Mooney, A. C., Holahan, P. J., & Amason, A. C.. (2007). "Don’t Take it Personally: Exploring Cognitive Conflict as a Mediator of Affective Conflict", Journal of Management Studies. 5 (44)
    • Holahan, P. J., Aronson, Z., Jurkat, P., Schoorman, D.. (2004). "Implementing computer technology: A multiorganizational test of Klein and Sorra’s model", Journal of Engineering and Technology Management (21)
    • Holahan, P. J., Shi, X., Jurkat, P.. (2004). "Satisfaction Formation Processes in Library Users: Understanding Multisource Effects", Journal of Academic Librarianship. 30
    • Holahan, P. J., Jurkat, P., Friedman, E.. (2000). "Evaluation of a mentor teacher model for enhancing mathematics instruction through the use of computers", Journal of Research on Computing in Education (32)
    • Holahan, P. J., Schoorman, D.. (1996). "Psychological antecedents of escalation behavior: Effects of choice, responsibility, and decision consequences", Journal of Applied Psychology (81)
    • Holahan, P. J., Medsker, G., Williams, L.. (1994). "A review of current practices for evaluating causal models in organizational behavior and human resources management research" (20)
    • Holahan, P. J., Williams, L.. (1994). "Parsimony based fit indices for multiple indicator models: Do they work?", Structural Equation Modeling (1)

      Conference Proceedings

      • Holahan, P.J., Mooney, A.C., & Paul, L.F. (2009). "An Examination of the Effects of Geographic Dispersion and Team Tenure on the Relationship between Task and Relationship Conflict", Proceedings Southern Management Association, Asheville, NC.
      • Holahan, P.J., Mooney, A.C., & Paul, L.F. (2009). "Does Task Conflict Trigger More Relationship Conflict in Geographically Distributed Teams?", Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Chicago, IL.
      • Holahan, P.J., Mooney, A.C., Mayer, R. & Paul, L.F. (2008). "Virtuality and Media Synchronicity: Their Effects on Conflict in Virtual Teams", Proceedings Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research, Kansas City, MO.
      • Holahan, P. J. (2007). "Not So Fast: Do Decision Attributes Really Mediate Conflict and Team Performance?", Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup Conference), Lansing, MI
      • Holahan, P.J, & Sullivan, Z.Z. (2006). "Exploring How Product Development Practices Differ for Incremental, More Innovative, and Radical Development Projects", Proceedings Portland International Conference Managament Engineering Technology, Istanbul, Turkey
      • Holahan, P.J., & Mooney, A.C. (2004). "Conflict, Decision Making, and Project Team Performance", Academy of Management Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA.
      • Mooney, A.C., & Holahan, P.J. (2004). "Managing Conflict in Project Teams: Gaining the Benefits, Avoiding the Costs", Academy of Management Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA.
      • Holahan, P. J., Mooney, A.. (2003). "Understanding conflict in project teams: An investigation of team, task, and organizational determinants", Portland International Conference on Engineering Technology and Management, Portland, OR.
      • Holahan, P. J., Lynn, G., Akgun, A.. (2003). "Determinants of cross-functional integration and speed-to-market in product development teams", Portland International Conference on Engineering Technology and Management, Portland, OR.
      • Holahan, P. Aronson, Z., Jurkat, P., Schoorman, D.. (2002). "Implementing computer Technology: A Field Test and an Extension of Klein and Sorra's Model", Academy of Management Conference, Denver
      • Holahan, P. J.. (2000). "Determinants of cross-functional integration and cross-functional team performance: A preliminary test of a theoretical model", American Soceity of Engineering Management Conference Proc., Washington, D.C.
      • Holahan, P. J.. (2000). "Integrating a team skills thread into an executive masters' of technology management program", American Society of Engineering Management Conference, Washington, D.C.

      Report

      • Holahan, P.J., & Jurkat, P.J. (1996). "Enhancing mathematics instruction through computer oriented active learning environments: An evaluation. . ", Report prepared under NSF contract #ESI-9253265
      • Holahan, P.J., & MacFarlane, R. (1999). "Using telecommunications technology to mentor at-risk middle school science students: Effects on students’ science achievement, vocational interest and the classroom environment. ", Report prepared for a research grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
      • Holahan, P. J. (1999). "Successfully transferring new technology to school systems: A study of key individual, organizational, and contextual determinants. ", Technical report prepared under NSF Contract REC-9603458.
      • Holahan, P.J., Paul, L.F., Reilly, R.R. "Virtuality, Media Synchronicity and Their Effects on Antecedents of Conflict in Virtual Teams", Work in process.
      • Holahan, P.J., & Sullivan, Z.Z.. (2007). "Best Practices for Radical, More Innovative and Incremental Innovations: Evidence from the Field"