From the Editor

The July issue of The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist (TIP) revisits many themes from our 23rd Annual SIOP Conference in San Francisco—and sets new agenda for our future.

Features

In his inaugural column as SIOP president, Gary Latham speaks to his goals for the year. Gary begins with that of visibility through strategic partnerships. By the way, Gary reminded me that “goal setting works” when I commented that he beat TIP’s publication deadline with his first column submission.

I am pleased to feature a thought-provoking summary of Anthony Rucci’s closing keynote address, “I-O Psychology’s ‘Core Purpose’: Where Science and Practice Meet” from San Francisco. Jac Fitz-enz generously reprises his invited address, “Managing Tomorrow…Today: How to Change the Game.”

Elaine Pulakos offers new ideas on visibility and a call to action in “Having a Seat at the Table: I-Os in Visible, Strategic Roles.” Michael Gasser and colleagues evaluate “The Industrial-Organizational Psychology Curriculum: Is What We Teach Valued by Business?”

From the Editorial Board

I am proud to announce a new editorial column, Practice Perspectives, under the leadership of Rob Silzer. For the first column, the Professional Practice Committee reports findings from the recently administered Practitioner Needs Survey. The focus is practitioner satisfaction with SIOP in the July issue.

Did you know that as SIOP Historian Scott Highhouse has been leading an effort to preserve and catalogue a complete collection of TIP? For more information on this important endeavor—and a true SIOP mystery—be sure to read The History Corner. Check out that pic of the first TIP.

Lori Foster Thompson’s column Spotlight on I-O Organizations features José Peiró. José is chair of the 2009 EAWOP program committee, past president of EAWOP, and current president of the International Association of Applied Psychology’s Organizational Psychology Division. Lori’s column is strategically timed; it gives TIP readers who are interested in attending EAWOP and visiting Spain sufficient time to submit abstracts to the program.

My own personal research interest in shared decision making and disaster response heightened reading Stuart Carr’s interview with Douglas Paton, University of Tasmania, in the column "Pro-Social I-O"–Quo Vadis? Kudos on another terrific interview, Stu, and here’s to many more.

Derek Avery concludes his tenure as chair of SIOP’s Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) with his thoughts in The Diversity Report. Many thanks, Derek! Eric Dunleavy and Art Gutman review equal employment opportunity (EEO) enforcement activity during fiscal year (FY) 2007 in their column, On the Legal Front. Marcus Dickson and Jamie Madigan review a variety of important sessions from the conference in Good Science–Good Practice. Sylvia Roch takes on the critical topic of publication and data sources in The Academic Forum. In TIP-TOPics for Students, Clara Hess, Amy DuVernet, Tara Behrend, Reanna Poncheri, Jane Vignovic, and Jenn Lindberg McGinnis look at careers in I-O.

News and Reports

There are summaries of activities from San Francisco: specifically, a full report on our first 3-day conference, 2008 SIOP Award Winners, announcements of new SIOP Fellows, as well as brief notes from the Junior Faculty Consortium, the Master’s Student Consortium, and SIOPen.

There is an important announcement from Jeff McHenry about the 4th Annual Leading Edge Consortium. Executive Coaching for Effective Performance: Leading Edge Practice and Research will be held October 17–18, 2008 at the Westin Cincinnati. Tammy Allen provides the Secretary’s Report. As always, we highlight I-Os that were featured in the news media as well as the awards, transitions, appointments, and new affiliations of our members. David Pollack summarizes upcoming conferences and meetings of interest to our profession.

Be sure to note John Scott’s timeline for proposal submissions to next year’s conference—SIOP 2009 in New Orleans. There are two exciting theme tracks planned: evidence-based management and corporate social responsibility.

Note also that Steve Kozlowski shares his insight as incoming editor of the Journal of Applied Psychology. There is an important call for new members from Judy Blanton and SIOP’s State Affairs Committee.