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Tin Nguyen, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- Psychology
- ASH 347 C
- Industrial Organizational Psychology
Additional Information
Bio
Tin L. Nguyen has over eight years of experience as an organizational consultant working with federal entities, non-profit organizations, and corporations on issues of employee innovation, teamwork, engagement, and retention.Nguyen’s expertise lies in the psychology and management of norm-violating behaviors, such as creativity, work-related deviance, and violence. His work spans basic and applied research, and he serves on the editorial review boards for creativity-focused psychology journals, Creativity Research Journal and The Journal of Creative Behavior. He has received more than $1.4 million in external funding in collaboration with federal partners and non-profit research institutes.
Research Interests
Creativity and innovation management, violence prevention and mitigation, workforce training, teamwork, event security, threat assessmentEducation
B.A. Psychology, Creighton University
B.S. Exercise Science, Creighton University
M.S. Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D. Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University
Selected Publications
Nguyen, T. L., Walters, K. N., d’Amato, A. L., Miller, S. R., & Hunter, S. T. (2024). Target personification influences the positive emotional link between generating and implementing malevolently creative ideas. Creativity Research Journal, 36(1), 42-57.
Nguyen, T. L., d’Amato, A. L., Miller, S. R., & Hunter, S. T. (2023). Malevolent Creativity as Parochial Altruism? Examining the Intergroup Bases of New and Harmful Ideas. Creativity Research Journal, 1-16.
Nguyen, T. L., Allen, M. T., & Parson, K. (2023). Advancing an Organizational Health Perspective for Insider Threat Prevention and Management. The MIROR Journal, 1(1), 45.
Additional Information
Bio
Tin L. Nguyen has over eight years of experience as an organizational consultant working with federal entities, non-profit organizations, and corporations on issues of employee innovation, teamwork, engagement, and retention.Nguyen’s expertise lies in the psychology and management of norm-violating behaviors, such as creativity, work-related deviance, and violence. His work spans basic and applied research, and he serves on the editorial review boards for creativity-focused psychology journals, Creativity Research Journal and The Journal of Creative Behavior. He has received more than $1.4 million in external funding in collaboration with federal partners and non-profit research institutes.
Research Interests
Creativity and innovation management, violence prevention and mitigation, workforce training, teamwork, event security, threat assessmentEducation
B.A. Psychology, Creighton University
B.S. Exercise Science, Creighton University
M.S. Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D. Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University
Selected Publications
Nguyen, T. L., Walters, K. N., d’Amato, A. L., Miller, S. R., & Hunter, S. T. (2024). Target personification influences the positive emotional link between generating and implementing malevolently creative ideas. Creativity Research Journal, 36(1), 42-57.
Nguyen, T. L., d’Amato, A. L., Miller, S. R., & Hunter, S. T. (2023). Malevolent Creativity as Parochial Altruism? Examining the Intergroup Bases of New and Harmful Ideas. Creativity Research Journal, 1-16.
Nguyen, T. L., Allen, M. T., & Parson, K. (2023). Advancing an Organizational Health Perspective for Insider Threat Prevention and Management. The MIROR Journal, 1(1), 45.