• Ph.D. - University of Illinois, Major: Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Minor: Quantitative Methods, 1987
• A.M. - University of Illinois, Industrial & Organizational Psychology, 1985
• M.A. - California State University, Counseling Education, 1979
• B.A. - California State University, Psychology, 1977

• Knowledge transfer and learning in virtual teams
• Group judgment and decision making
• Diversity in teams
• Creativity in organizations
• Work team performance
• Survey measurement methodology

• Understanding People in Organizations
• Organizational Development and Change
• Creativity and Innovation in New Ventures
• Business Consulting Practicum

Recent Publications:

• Griffith, T. L., & Sawyer, J. E. (2006) Supporting Technologies and Organizational Practices for the Transfer of Knowledge in Virtual Environments. Group Decision and Negotiation.
• Sawyer, J. E., Houlette, M. A., & Yeagley, E. L. (2006). Decision Performance and Diversity Structure: Comparing Faultlines in Convergent, Crosscut, and Racially Homogeneous Groups.  Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 99(1), 1-15.
• Donatello, J. M., & Sawyer, J. E. (2004) ROAM: The Research Opportunity Assessment Model for Targeted Innovation.  International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 1(1), 93-113.
• Griffith, T.L., Sawyer, J.E., & Neale, M.A. (2003) Virtualness and knowledge in Teams: Managing the love triangle of organizations, individuals and information technology.  MIS Quarterly, 27(2), 265-287.
• Sawyer, J. E., Ferry, D. L. & Kydd, C. (2001). Learning about, and from group support systems. Journal of Management Education, 25, 352-371.
• Ferry, D. L., Kydd, C. T., & Sawyer, J. E., (2001).  Measuring Facets of Media Richness. The Journal of Computer Information Systems, 41(4), 69-78.
• Sawyer, J. E., Latham, W. R., Pritchard, R. D., & Bennett, W. R., Jr. (1999). Analysis of Work Group Productivity in an Applied Setting: Application of a Time Series Panel Design. Personnel Psychology, 52, 927-967.
• Gopinath, C. & Sawyer, J. E. (1999). Exploring the learning from an enterprise simulation. Journal of Management Development, 18,.477-489.
• Sawyer, J. E., Kernan, M. C., Conlon, D. E., & Garland, H. (1999). Responses to the Michelangelo Computer Virus Threat: The Role of Information Sources and Risk Homeostasis Theory. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 23-51.
• Hedley-Goode, A., Sawyer, J. E., & Pritchard, R. D. (1995) Non-linear scaling of performance appraisal indicators: Application of PROMES measurement development. In R. D. Pritchard (Ed.) Productivity measurement and improvement: Organizational case studies (pp. 274-298). New York: Praeger.
• Sawyer, J. E. (1993). Judgment of nonlinear contingencies and applications of contingencies to organizational behavior. In N. J. Castellan (Ed.) Individual and group decision making: Current issues (pp. 65-86). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Sawyer, J. E. (1992). Work group norms and outcomes. In S. Worchel, W. Wood, & J. Simpson (Eds.) Group process and productivity (pp. 245-250). Newbury Park, CA: Sage. (Introductory chapter to unit on work group norms.)