Professor Michael Zyphur
Professor of Quantitative Methods
School of Business
Researcher biography
Michael Zyphur is a Professor of Quantitative Methods at UQ Business School, University of Queensland. He graduated in 2006 with a PhD in industrial and organizational psychology from Tulane University (New Orleans). He is a former ARC Future Fellow and he has been the lead CI on multiple successful ARC Discovery Project applications. He is currently Professor of Quantitative Methods at the University of Queensland and Director of Instats, and he has held academic positions at the University of Melbourne, University of Washington, and the National University of Singapore. His research focuses on the application of quantitative methods to answer questions in the social and health sciences, particularly with latent variable methods including structural equation modeling (SEM), multilevel modeling (MLM), and multilevel structural equation modeling (MSEM). The new empirical dynamic modeling (EDM) Stata and R packages resulting from his collaborations are now available for download at https://edm-developers.github.io/EDM/
For over a decade Dr Zyphur has taught statistical modeling to over 10,000 researchers and PhD students in seminars and university classes across the globe. He is proficient in Mplus, Stata, SPSS, R, LISREL, and HLM, and he has published roughly 100 academic papers using these software packages in a variety of top-tier journals. His work on statistical modeling and related topics in the social sciences with over 10,000 citations, and Dr Zyphur has helped thousands of researchers and research teams across the globe with their research problems, including in universities, research institutes, corporations, non-profits, government agencies, and the military. Dr Zyphur is currently Director of the Society for Quantitative Methods (SQM), and the Director of Instats, the Institute for Statistical and Data Science (instats.org).
Book Chapter
Zyphur, Michael J., Pierides, Dean C. and Roffe, Jon (2016). Measurement and statistics in ‘organization science’: Philosophical, sociological and historical perspectives. The Routledge Companion to Philosophy in Organization Studies. (pp. 474-482) edited by Raza Mir, Hugh Willmott and Michelle Greenwood. London, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203795248
Journal Articles
Zhang, Yucheng, Zheng, Yuyan, Wang, Dan, Gu, Xiaowei, Zyphur, Michael J., Xiao, Lin, Liao, Shudi and Deng, Yangyang (2025). Shedding Light on the Black Box: Integrating Prediction Models and Explainability Using Explainable Machine Learning. Organizational Research Methods. doi: 10.1177/10944281251323248
Neubauer, Andreas B., Koval, Peter, Zyphur, Michael J. and Hamaker, Ellen L. (2025). Experiments in daily life: When causal within-person effects do (not) translate into between-person differences. Psychological Methods. doi: 10.1037/met0000741
Ke, Zijun, Zhang, Yucheng, Hou, Zhongwei and Zyphur, Michael J. (2024). Addressing endogeneity in meta-analysis: instrumental variable based meta-analytic structural equation modeling. Journal of Management. doi: 10.1177/01492063241263331
Goodboy, Alan K., Dillow, Megan R., Shin, Matt, Chiasson, Rebekah M. and Zyphur, Michael J. (2024). Testing relational turbulence theory in daily life using dynamic structural equation modeling. Journal of Communication, 74 (3), 249-264. doi: 10.1093/joc/jqae010
Jankowski, Peter J., Sandage, Steven J., Wang, David C., Zyphur, Michael J., Crabtree, Sarah A. and Choe, Elise J. (2024). Longitudinal processes among humility, social justice activism, transcendence, and well-being. Frontiers in Psychology, 15 1332640, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1332640
Gleeson, John F. M., Koval, Peter, Zyphur, Michael, Lederman, Reeva, Herrman, Helen, Eleftheriadis, Dina, Bendall, Sarah, Cotton, Sue M., Gorelik, Alexandra and Alvarez-Jimenez, Mario (2023). A randomized controlled trial of moderated online social therapy for family carers of first-episode psychosis patients in a specialist treatment setting. Schizophrenia Research, 255, 203-212. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2023.03.019
Baes, Naomi, Vylomova, Ekaterina, Zyphur, Michael and Haslam, Nick (2023). The semantic inflation of "trauma" in psychology. Psychology of Language and Communication, 27 (1), 23-45. doi: 10.58734/plc-2023-0002
Zyphur, Michael J., Bonner, Cavan V. and Tay, Louis (2023). Structural equation modeling in organizational research: the state of our science and some proposals for its future. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 10 (1), 495-517. doi: 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-041621-031401
Diener, Ed, Northcott, Robert, Zyphur, Michael J. and West, Stephen G. (2022). Beyond experiments. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17 (4), 1101-1119. doi: 10.1177/17456916211037670
Shamsollahi, Ali, Zyphur, Michael J. and Ozkok, Ozlem (2022). Long-run effects in dynamic systems: new tools for cross-lagged panel models. Organizational Research Methods, 25 (3), 435-458. doi: 10.1177/1094428121993228
Martin, Chris C. and Zyphur, Michael J. (2022). Justice and inclusion mutually cause each other. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13 (2), 512-521. doi: 10.1177/19485506211029767
Junker, Nina M., van Dick, Rolf, Häusser, Jan A., Ellwart, Thomas and Zyphur, Michael J. (2022). The I and we of team identification: a multilevel study of exhaustion and (in)congruence among individuals and teams in team identification. Group and Organization Management, 47 (1), 41-71. doi: 10.1177/10596011211004789
Ozkok, Ozlem, Vaulont, Manuel J., Zyphur, Michael J., Zhang, Zhen, Preacher, Kristopher J., Koval, Peter and Zheng, Yixia (2021). Interaction effects in cross-lagged panel models: SEM with latent interactions applied to work-family conflict, job satisfaction, and gender. Organizational Research Methods, 25 (4), 673-715. doi: 10.1177/10944281211043733
Ward, Anna-Katherine, Beal, Daniel J., Zyphur, Michael J., Zhang, Haozhen and Bobko, Philip (2021). Diversity climate, trust, and turnover intentions: a multilevel dynamic system. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107 (4), 628-649. doi: 10.1037/apl0000923
Yew, Rui Ying, Dobson, Keith S., Zyphur, Michael and Kazantzis, Nikolaos (2021). Mediators and moderators of homework–outcome relations in CBT for depression: a study of engagement, therapist skill, and client factors. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 45 (2), 209-223. doi: 10.1007/s10608-019-10059-2
Li, Jinjing, Zyphur, Michael J., Sugihara, George and Laub, Patrick J. (2021). Beyond linearity, stability, and equilibrium: the edm package for empirical dynamic modeling and convergent cross-mapping in Stata. Stata Journal, 21 (1), 220-258. doi: 10.1177/1536867X211000030
Zyphur, Michael J., Hamaker, Ellen L., Tay, Louis, Voelkle, Manuel, Preacher, Kristopher J., Zhang, Zhen, Allison, Paul D., Pierides, Dean C., Koval, Peter and Diener, Edward F. (2021). From data to causes III: Bayesian priors for General Cross-Lagged Panel Models (GCLM). Frontiers in Psychology, 12 612251, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.612251
Haslam, Nick, Vylomova, Ekaterina, Zyphur, Michael and Kashima, Yoshihisa (2021). The cultural dynamics of concept creep. American Psychologist, 76 (6), 1013-1026. doi: 10.1037/amp0000847
van Berkel, Niels, Dennis, Simon, Zyphur, Michael, Li, Jinjing, Heathcote, Andrew and Kostakos, Vassilis (2021). Modeling interaction as a complex system. Human-Computer Interaction, 36 (4), 279-305. doi: 10.1080/07370024.2020.1715221
Zyphur, Michael J. and Pierides, Dean C. (2020). Statistics and probability have always been value-laden: an historical ontology of quantitative research methods. Journal of Business Ethics, 167 (1), 1-18. doi: 10.1007/s10551-019-04187-8
Zyphur, Michael J. and Pierides, Dean C. (2020). Making quantitative research work: from positivist dogma to actual social scientific inquiry. Journal of Business Ethics, 167 (1), 49-62. doi: 10.1007/s10551-019-04189-6
Zyphur, Michael J., Allison, Paul D., Tay, Louis, Voelkle, Manuel C., Preacher, Kristopher J., Zhang, Zhen, Hamaker, Ellen L., Shamsollahi, Ali, Pierides, Dean C., Koval, Peter and Diener, Ed (2020). From data to causes I: building a general cross-lagged panel model (GCLM). Organizational Research Methods, 23 (4), 651-687. doi: 10.1177/1094428119847278
Zyphur, Michael J., Voelkle, Manuel C., Tay, Louis, Allison, Paul D., Preacher, Kristopher J., Zhang, Zhen, Hamaker, Ellen L., Shamsollahi, Ali, Pierides, Dean C., Koval, Peter and Diener, Ed (2020). From data to causes II: comparing approaches to panel data analysis. Organizational Research Methods, 23 (4), 688-716. doi: 10.1177/1094428119847280
Roloff, Julia and Zyphur, Michael J. (2019). Null Findings, Replications and Preregistered Studies in Business Ethics Research. Journal of Business Ethics, 160 (3), 609-619. doi: 10.1007/s10551-018-3864-8
Waters, Lea, Loton, Daniel J., Grace, Dawson, Jacques-Hamilton, Rowan and Zyphur, Michael J. (2019). Observing change over time in strength-based parenting and subjective wellbeing for pre-teens and teens. Frontiers in Psychology, 10 2273, 1-21. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02273
Ozkok, Ozlem, Zyphur, Michael J., Barsky, Adam P., Theilacker, Max, Donnellan, M. Brent and Oswald, Frederick L. (2019). Modeling measurement as a sequential process: autoregressive confirmatory factor analysis (AR-CFA). Frontiers in Psychology, 10 (SEP) 2108, 1-19. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02108
Koval, Peter, Holland, Elise, Zyphur, Michael J., Stratemeyer, Michelle, Knight, Jennifer Makovec, Bailen, Natasha H., Thompson, Renee J., Roberts, Tomi-Ann and Haslam, Nick (2019). How does it feel to be treated like an object? Direct and indirect effects of exposure to sexual objectification on women's emotions in daily life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116 (6), 885-898. doi: 10.1037/pspa0000161
Connor, Paul, Sarafidis, Vasilis, Zyphur, Michael J., Keltner, Dacher and Chen, Serena (2019). Income inequality and white-on-black racial bias in the United States: wvidence from Project Implicit and Google Trends. Psychological Science, 30 (2), 205-222. doi: 10.1177/0956797618815441
Zyphur, Michael J. and Pierides, Dean C. (2017). Is quantitative research ethical? Tools for ethically practicing, evaluating, and using quantitative research. Journal of Business Ethics, 143 (1), 1-16. doi: 10.1007/s10551-017-3549-8
Metz, Isabel, Harzing, Anne-Wil and Zyphur, Michael J. (2016). Of journal editors and editorial boards: who are the trailblazers in increasing editorial board gender equality?. British Journal of Management, 27 (4), 712-726. doi: 10.1111/1467-8551.12133
Barsky, Adam P. and Zyphur, Michael J. (2016). Disentangling sunk-costs and completion proximity: the role of regulatory focus. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 65, 105-108. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2016.04.006
Lim, Michelle H., Rodebaugh, Thomas L., Zyphur, Michael J. and Gleeson, John F.M. (2016). Loneliness over time: the crucial role of social anxiety. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 125 (5), 620-630. doi: 10.1037/abn0000162
Zyphur, Michael J., Zammuto, Raymond F. and Zhang, Zhen (2016). Multilevel latent polynomial regression for modeling (in)congruence across organizational groups: the case of organizational culture research. Organizational Research Methods, 19 (1), 53-79. doi: 10.1177/1094428115588570
Preacher, Kristopher J., Zhang, Zhen and Zyphur, Michael J. (2016). Multilevel structural equation models for assessing moderation within and across levels of analysis. Psychological Methods, 21 (2), 189-205. doi: 10.1037/met0000052
Zyphur, Michael J., Li, Wen-Dong, Zhang, Zhen, Arvey, Richard D. and Barsky, Adam P. (2015). Income, personality, and subjective financial well-being: the role of gender in their genetic and environmental relationships. Frontiers in Psychology, 6 1493. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01493
Karpen, Ingo O., Bove, Liliana L., Lukas, Bryan A. and Zyphur, Michael J. (2015). Service-dominant orientation: Measurement and impact on performance outcomes. Journal of Retailing, 91 (1), 89-108. doi: 10.1016/j.jretai.2014.10.002
Zyphur, Michael J. and Oswald, Frederick L. (2015). Bayesian Estimation and Inference: A User’s Guide. Journal of Management, 41 (2), 390-420. doi: 10.1177/0149206313501200
Zyphur, Michael J., Oswald, Frederick L. and Rupp, Deborah E. (2015). Rendezvous Overdue: Bayes Analysis Meets Organizational Research. Journal of Management, 41 (2), 387-389. doi: 10.1177/0149206314549252
Geldhof, G.John, Preacher, Kristopher J. and Zyphur, Michael J. (2014). Reliability estimation in a multilevel confirmatory factor analysis framework. Psychological Methods, 19 (1), 72-91. doi: 10.1037/a0032138
Zyphur, Michael J., Zhang, Zhen, Barsky, Adam P. and Li, Wen-Dong (2013). An ACE in the hole: Twin family models for applied behavioral genetics research. Leadership Quarterly, 24 (4), 572-594. doi: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.04.001
Edwards, Bryan D., Warren, Christopher R., Tubré, Travis C., Zyphur, Michael J. and Hoffner-Prillaman, Rebecca (2013). The Validity of Narcissism and Driving Anger in Predicting Aggressive Driving in a Sample of Young Drivers. Human Performance, 26 (3), 191-210. doi: 10.1080/08959285.2013.795961
Zyphur, Michael J. and Frederick, Frederick L. (2013). Bayesian probability and statistics in management research: A new horizon. Journal of Management, 39 (1), 5-13. doi: 10.1177/0149206312463183
Chaturvedi, Sankalp, Zyphur, Michael J., Arvey, Richard D., Avolio, Bruce J. and Larsson, Gerry (2012). The heritability of emergent leadership: Age and gender as moderating factors. Leadership Quarterly, 23 (2), 219-232. doi: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.08.004
Dahlen, Eric R., Edwards, Bryan D., Tubré, Travis, Zyphur, Michael J. and Warren, Christopher R. (2012). Taking a look behind the wheel: An investigation into the personality predictors of aggressive driving. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 45, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.11.012
Colwell, Scott R., Zyphur, Michael J. and Schminke, Marshall (2011). When does Ethical Code Enforcement Matter in the Inter-Organizational Context? The Moderating Role of Switching Costs. Journal of Business Ethics, 104 (1), 47-58. doi: 10.1007/s10551-011-0888-8
Allen, T., Juric-Sekhar, G., Campbell, S., Mussar, K. E., Seidel, K., Tan, J., Zyphur, M., Villagracia, L., Stephanian, D., Koch, H., Ramirez, J. M. and Rubens, D. D. (2011). Inner ear insult suppresses the respiratory response to carbon dioxide. Neuroscience, 175, 262-272. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.11.034
Lawrence, Barbara S. and Zyphur, Michael J. (2011). Identifying Organizational Faultlines With Latent Class Cluster Analysis. Organizational Research Methods, 14 (1), 32-57. doi: 10.1177/1094428110376838
Preacher, Kristopher J., Zyphur, Michael J. and Zhang, Zhen (2010). A general multilevel SEM framework for assessing multilevel mediation. Psychological Methods, 15 (3), 209-233. doi: 10.1037/a0020141
Zhang, Zhen, Zyphur, Michael J., Narayanan, Jayanth, Arvey, Richard D., Chaturvedi, Sankalp, Avolio, Bruce J., Lichtenstein, Paul and Larsson, Gerry (2009). The genetic basis of entrepreneurship: Effects of gender and personality. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 110 (2), 93-107. doi: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2009.07.002
Zyphur, Michael J., Narayanan, Jayanth, Koh, Gerald and Koh, David (2009). Testosterone-status mismatch lowers collective efficacy in groups: Evidence from a slope-as-predictor multilevel structural equation model. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 110 (2), 70-79. doi: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2009.05.004
Zhang, Zhen, Zyphur, Michael J. and Preacher, Kristopher J. (2009). Testing multilevel mediation using hierarchical linear models: Problems and solutions. Organizational Research Methods, 12 (4), 695-719. doi: 10.1177/1094428108327450
Islam, Gazi and Zyphur, Michael J. (2009). Rituals in organizations: A review and expansion of current theory. Group and Organization Management, 34 (1), 114-139. doi: 10.1177/1059601108329717
Zyphur, Michael J. (2009). When mindsets collide: Switching analytical mindsets to advance organization science. Academy of Management Review, 34 (4), 677-688. doi: 10.5465/AMR.2009.44885862
Zyphur, Michael J., Narayanan, Jayanth, Arvey, Richard D. and Alexander, Gordon J. (2009). The genetics of economic risk preferences. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 22 (4), 367-377. doi: 10.1002/bdm.643
Islam, Gazi, Zyphur, Michael J. and Boje, David (2008). Carnival and spectacle in Krewe de Vieux and the Mystic Krewe of Spermes: The mingling of organization and celebration. Organization Studies, 29 (12), 1565-1589. doi: 10.1177/0170840608098772
Zyphur, Michael J., Kaplan, Seth A., Islam, Gazi, Barsky, Adam P. and Franklin, Michael S. (2008). Conducting multilevel analyses in medical education. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 13 (5), 571-582. doi: 10.1007/s10459-007-9078-y
Zyphur, Michael J., Kaplan, Seth A. and Christian, Michael S. (2008). Assumptions of Cross-Level Measurement and Structural Invariance in the Analysis of Multilevel Data: Problems and Solutions. Group Dynamics, 12 (2), 127-140. doi: 10.1037/1089-2699.12.2.127
Zyphur, Michael J., Bradley, Jill C., Landis, Ronald S. and Thoresen, Carl J. (2008). The effects of cognitive ability and conscientiousness on performance over time: A censored latent growth model. Human Performance, 21 (1), 1-27. doi: 10.1080/08959280701521967
Zyphur, Michael J., Chaturvedi, Sankalp and Arvey, Richard D. (2008). Job Performance Over Time Is a Function of Latent Trajectories and Previous Performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93 (1), 217-224. doi: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.1.217
Zyphur, Michael J., Islam, Gazi and Landis, Ronald S. (2007). Testing 1, 2, 3, ...4? The personality of repeat SAT test takers and their testing outcomes. Journal of Research in Personality, 41 (3), 715-722. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2006.06.005
Islam, Gazi and Zyphur, Michael (2007). Ways of interacting: The standardization of communication in medical training. Human Relations, 60 (5), 769-792. doi: 10.1177/0018726707079201
Zyphur, Michael J., Warren, Christopher R., Landis, Ronald S. and Thoresen, Carl J. (2007). Self-regulation and performance in high-fidelity simulations: An extension of ego-depletion research. Human Performance, 20 (2), 103-118. doi: 10.1080/08959280701332034
Ryan, Joseph P., Garnier, Philip, Zyphur, Michael and Zhai, Fuhua (2006). Investigating the effects of caseworker characteristics in child welfare. Children and Youth Services Review, 28 (9), 993-1006. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2005.10.013
Islam, Gazi and Zyphur, Michael J. (2006). The sweetest dreams that labor knows: Robert Frost and the poetics of work. Management Decision, 44 (4), 526-535. doi: 10.1108/00251740610663054
Zyphur, Michael J. (2006). On the complexity of race. American Psychologist, 61 (2), 179-180. doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.61.2.179
Islam, Gazi and Zyphur, Michael J. (2005). Power, voice, and hierarchy: Exploring the antecedents of speaking up in groups. Group Dynamics, 9 (2), 93-103. doi: 10.1037/1089-2699.9.2.93
Conference Papers
Colwell, Scott R. and Zyphur, Michael J. (2007). When supplier ethical policies matter to a buyer (Or don't): The moderating role of switching cost. Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2007.26534130
Islam, Gazi and Zyphur, Michael J. (2005). Institutionalizing identities: Communication skills and the making of doctors and patients. Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2005.18778541
Research Reports
Zyphur, Michael (2023). Introduction to Path Analysis, CFA, and SEM in Mplus (Free 1-hour Seminar). Instats Inc.. doi: 10.61700/erpewrkyk60a0469
Zyphur, Michael (2023). Multilevel Modeling and Multilevel SEM in Mplus. Instats Inc.. doi: 10.61700/k7ptxsg8judu9469
Zyphur, Michael (2023). Measurement Invariance: From Basic to Advanced Methods. Instats Inc.. doi: 10.61700/uaaq9qmn7s1jp469
Zyphur, Michael (2023). Introduction to SPSS (Free 1-hour Seminar). Instats Inc.. doi: 10.61700/4to4mzwfzdfkl469
Zyphur, Michael (2023). Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling in Mplus. Instats Inc.. doi: 10.61700/aypvl8azm5nlr469
Zyphur, Michael (2023). Mutilevel Location-Scale SEM in Mplus. Instats Inc.. doi: 10.61700/dkwsw7u5ct73s469
Zyphur, Michael (2022). From CFA to SEM with Moderated Mediation in R. Instats Inc.. doi: 10.61700/75sjvfs0ve1d4469
Zyphur, Michael (2022). Longitudinal SEM in Mplus: Latent Growth and Cross-Lagged Panel Models. Instats Inc.. doi: 10.61700/zvz8cn20pod2l469
Zyphur, Michael (2022). Beginning with SEM in Stata: Path Analysis. Instats Inc.. doi: 10.61700/4augeso7wrt0t469
Zyphur, Michael (2022). Instrumental Variable Analysis Using lavaan in R. Instats Inc.. doi: 10.61700/ff0rzg91cv2ku469
Zyphur, Michael (2022). Multilevel SEM with Moderated Mediation in Mplus. Instats Inc.. doi: 10.61700/khz0yfni0ofmb469
Zyphur, Michael (2022). Intermediate SEM in Stata: From CFA to SEM. Instats Inc.. doi: 10.61700/9qo0ssbbzp4nl469
Zyphur, Michael (2022). Path Analysis with Interactions and Indirect Effects in R (Free On-Demand Seminar). Instats Inc.. doi: 10.61700/vj7iesyxe78sm469