Thesis and Dissertation Advisors -
Human Resources, Human Resource Management

TOM DAVIDSON
Organizational/Industrial Psychology

Dr. Tom Davidson has been an advisor on more than a hundred research committees for students who have achieved their doctorate or master's degree. He specializes in students who are near the beginning of their thesis or dissertation work. He will help you choose a topic, select a quantitative or qualitative methodology, and develop an effective research design. Dr. Davidson has a great deal of research experience, including hundreds of research studies for private industry. He can quickly hone in on key constructs and measures, practical methodological designs and clear statistical tests for your thesis or dissertation study. And he keeps students focused on doing only what is necessary to graduate with their master's or doctorate degree as soon as possible. Dr. Davidson takes the confusion out of thesis and dissertation development, helping students save time and money by making swift progress.

"Dr. Davidson  was not only helpful but crucial in my Ph.D. journey.  He inspired me to identify a meaningful topic, control my topic scope, and formulate workable hypotheses.  He is particularly insightful in quantifying concepts in abstract domains like leadership, and effectively drives students to operationalize variables.  While completing a dissertation is a painfully long process, Dr. Davidson  patiently encouraged his students to go forward each day, and always with a sense of humor.  He is always available to respond to students' questions and requests, and never procrastinates.  I will forever be grateful to Dr. Davidson , who has become my role model when supervising other students." - Paul K. Sin

"Dr. Davidson had a profound impact on my dissertation experience and was instrumental to my successful completion. Thank you so very much Dr. Davidson , for being a great thinker and scholar, demonstrating tremendous patience, and providing reflective and generative guidance." - Don Pomraning

"I would like to thank Dr. Davidson for his patience, constructive feedback, guidance, encouragement and most of all for his ability to treat others as scholars in our own rights." - Melissa Minardo

"Dr. Davidson encouraged me consistently and brought clarity to a very scary process. He helped me define and simplify my research ideas into a manageable project, while maintaining the meaning of the study. I am so thankful for his approach." - Brigit Olsen

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