Research

Academic Research Articles

Maindidze, H. T., Randall, J. G., Martin-Raugh, M. P., & Smith, K. M. (2025). A Meta-analysis of Accent Bias in Employee Interviews: The Effects of Gender and Accent Stereotypes, Interview Modality, and Other Moderating Features. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 33(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12519.

Maindidze, H. T., *Brooks Dueland, L., *Randall, J. G., & *Taylor, A. (2024). Let Me In: Building an I/O Bridge That Combats the Subtle Redlining of the Scientist-Practitioner Gap. Industrial and Organizational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2024.34.

Professional Conference Presentations (Current and Future)

Recruitment and Selection

Maindidze, H. T., Randall, J. G., Martin-Raugh, M. P., & Smith, K. M. (2025, July). A Meta-analysis of Accent Bias in Employee Interviews: The Effects of Gender and Accent Stereotypes, Interview Modality, and Other Moderating Features [Poster]. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the International Personnel Assessment Council Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, United States.

Maindidze, H. T. & Randall, J. G. (2024, April). The impact of value alignment in online reviews on applicant attitudes and intentions [Poster]. Poster presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.

Maindidze, H. T., Randall, J. G., Martin-Raugh, M. P., & Smith, K. M. (2024, April). To AVI or not to AVI: A Modern Meta-analytic Look at Accent Bias in Employee Selection [Paper]. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.

Training and Development

Maindidze, H. T. & Montgomery, M. D. (2025, July). Training on Track: The Organizational Journey to Continuous Learning [Roundtable]. Session to be presented at the annual meeting of the International Personnel Assessment Council Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, United States.

Randall, J. G., Zajac, S. A., Banfi, J. T., Hohmann, M. K., Maindidze, H. T., & Walavalkar, J. (2025, July). The Emotional Underpinning of Informal Learning at Work [Paper]. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Work, Stress, and Health Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, United States.

Maindidze, H. T., & Randall, J. G. (2023, May). When in Need: Improving the Effectiveness of Diversity Training through Needs Assessments [Poster]. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington, DC.

Graduate Student Success and Scientific Communication in I/O

*Springle, M. (Co-Chair), *Maindidze, H. T. (Co-Chair), Kozlowski, S. W. J., Hambley Lovett, L., Reynolds, D., & Braun, M. T. (2025, April). Science Speaks: The Art of Scientific Communication for Non-Scientific Audiences. [Panel]. Panel discussion to be presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

Maindidze, H. T. & Potenza, T. (2025, February). Smooth Sailing: The Impact of High-Quality Mentor-Mentee Relationships on Graduate Students’ Professional Development [Presentation]. Paper presented at the Blacks in Industrial/Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, United States.

Discrimination and Abuse (Work & Non-work)

Maindidze, H. T. & Walker, H. (2021, April). Beyond Mere Diversity: Measuring Factors that Produce Equitable and Inclusive Work Environments. Research Proposal presented at the annual meeting of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (UMBC), Catonsville, MD.

Maindidze, H. T. (2019, June). The Shrieking Silence of the Suffering. Paper presented in the Gender Studies panel at the annual meeting of the Beacon Honors Conference, Schnecksville, PA.

Technology and Flexible Work Arrangements

Danna, G., Randall, J. G., Maindidze, H. T., & Le, H. (2023, April). Does Telework Harm Informal Learning? Roles of Social Support and Media Richness [Paper]. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Boston, MA.

Current Research Interests

Topics I am Currently Interested In Exploring Include:

  • Employee motivations to attend voluntary diversity training

  • Applicant reactions to online recruitment materials

  • Skills-based hiring

  • The appropriate implementation of AI in organizational selection and training processes (e.g., Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, etc…)

  • The concept of person-organization fit