William Gabrenya
William Gabrenya received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology in the joint Psychology-Sociology program at the University of Missouri-Columbia. His exposure to sociological approaches to social psychology led to his move into the then-new field of cross-cultural psychology during his postdoctoral fellowship at Ohio State University, where he conducted the first cross-cultural research in the group performance paradigm termed “social loafing.”
Professor Gabrenya has had extensive experience living and working outside the United States in East Asia (Taiwan) and Europe (Germany). In addition to teaching in these two countries, he has taught workshops in China and has lectured at universities in Taiwan, Germany, China, and New Zealand.
In the mid-1990s, Professor Gabrenya served as editor of the Cross-Cultural Psychology Bulletin, the magazine-newsletter of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP). He was appointed to two four-year terms as chair of the IACCP Communication and Publications Committee through 2008. In 2008 he was elected Secretary-General of IACCP, and he was re-elected in 2012. More recently, he was elected President of IACCP.
Professor Gabrenya’s research has been focused primarily on social and personality topics within cross-cultural psychology. He is the leader of the Culture Research Group in the Florida Tech I/O psychology program, a research team that conducts research on topics in cross-cultural I/O psychology. Dr. Gabrenya’s area interest is Chinese society. Current research topics include culture competence, expatriate/repatriate adjustment and readjustment; training for overseas work; and modernity/modernization processes. He has also conducted research and published in the areas of indigenous psychology movements and cultural differences in sexual behavior.
Professor Gabrenya has been involved in international education in his university and internationally. He was chair of the College of Psychology and Liberal Arts’ International Education Committee in 2009-2010 and currently represents the College to the university’s Internationalizing the Campus Committee. He has presented papers at international conferences on international teaching collaborations with colleagues in China, Taiwan, and Poland; and established the International Education Special Interest Group within IACCP.
Primary Interests:
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Internet and Virtual Psychology
- Political Psychology
- Sexuality, Sexual Orientation
- Sociology, Social Networks
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Books:
- Jackson, L. T. B., Meiring, D., Van de Vijver, F., Idemudia, E. S., Gabrenya, W. (Eds.). (2014). Toward sustainable development through nurturing diversity. International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology.
- Roland-Levy, C., Denoux, P., Voyer, B., Boski, P., Gabrenya, W., Rhode, A. K., & Lemoine, J. E. (Eds.). (2016). Unity, diversity and culture. International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology.
Journal Articles:
- Chen, X., & Gabrenya, W. K., Jr. (2021). In search of cross-cultural competence: A comprehensive review of five measurement instruments. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 82, 37-55.
- Chen, X., Moon, N. A., Davy, A. K., Hong, J., & Gabrenya, W. K., Jr. (2022). Expatriate effectiveness: From conceptualization to operationalization. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 22(3), 459-485.
- Gabrenya, W., & Glazer, S. (2022). Bridging 50 years of theoretical and applied cross-cultural psychology: Contributions of IACCP and JCCP. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 53(7-8), 752-788.
- Gabrenya, W. K., Jr., Kung, M.-C., & Chen, L.-Y. (2006). Understanding the Taiwan indigenous psychology movement: A sociology of science approach. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 37(6), 597-622.
- Van Driel, M., & Gabrenya, W. K., Jr. (2013). Organizational cross-cultural competence: Approaches to measurement. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 44(6) 874-899.
Other Publications:
- Chen, X., & Gabrenya, W. K., Jr. (2023). Is there really any good way to measure cultural intelligence, and what exactly is it, anyway? In D. C. Thomas and Y. Liao (Eds.), Handbook of Cultural Intelligence Research, pp.72-88.
- Gabrenya, W. K., Jr. & Sun, C.-R. (in press). Kuo-Shu Yang: Scholar and activist. In G. J. Rich, U. P. Gielen (Eds.), International pioneers: Portraits and perspectives.
Courses Taught:
- Advanced Research Methods
- Cross-Cultural Psychology (undergraduate)
- Cultural and Cognition
- Culture and Psychology (postgraduate)
- Culture Research Methods (postgraduate)
- Honors Seminar (undergraduate)
- Logic of Comparative Research
- Research Methods (undergraduate and postgraduate)
- Social Psychology (undergraduate and postgraduate)
William Gabrenya
School of Psychology
Florida Institute of Technology
150 W. University Boulevard
Melbourne, Florida 32901
United States of America
- Phone: (321) 674-8104
- Fax: (321) 674-7105