What is I-O?

Industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology is the scientific study of the workplace. Rigor and methods of psychology are applied to issues of critical relevance to business, including talent management, coaching, assessment, selection, training, organizational development, performance, and work-life balance.

Fritz Drasgow

2006 Leading Edge Consortium General Chair

Fritz Drasgow received his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  He was an Assistant Professor at Yale University's School of Organization and Management and returned to the University of Illinois, where he is a professor of Psychology and of Labor and Industrial Relations.  He is a past president of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). 
 

Drasgow's research focuses on psychological measurement and computerized testing.  He has examined numerous topics related to cognitive ability tests, including the equivalence of paper-and-pencil and computerized versions of a test.  He has also used multimedia computer technology to assess social and interpersonal skills not easily measured by paper-and-pencil tests. 

Drasgow is a former chairperson of the American Psychological Association's Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessments, the U.S. Department of Defense's Advisory Committee on Military Personnel Testing, the Department of Defense and Department of Labor’s Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Norming Advisory Group, and the American Psychological Association’s Taskforce on Internet Testing.  Drasgow is a member of the editorial review board of eight journals, including Applied Psychological Measurement, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Personnel Psychology.