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.

IOTAS

Lisa M. Germano and Debra A. Major
Old Dominion University

Awards

DiversityBusiness.com named Applied Psychological Techniques, Inc. (APT) one of the top 50 diversity-owned businesses in Connecticut for 2003. DiversityBusiness.coms Div50 Award annually honors each states top 50 diversity-owned businesses in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service, and professional services. The 2003 award recipients will be honored at DiversityBusiness.coms 4th Annual Multicultural Business Conference, March 1719, 2004.

SIOP Fellow W. Warner Burke was the first recipient of the 2003 Distinguished ScholarPractitioner Award from the Academy of Management. Burke also received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Organization Development Network. 

Milt Hakel, professor of psychology and an Ohio Eminent Scholar at Bowling Green State University, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his efforts to encourage investment in research addressing international concerns. He will receive this honor in February at the associations annual meeting in Seattle.

Transitions, Appointments, and New Affiliations

David Arnold, vice-president of development and professional compliance with Pearson Reid London House, was re-elected to serve as General Counsel for the Association of Test Publishers (ATP). ATP membership consists of approximately 150 of the largest test publishers from North America and Europe and is comprised of four different divisions representing the following areas of testing: I-O, clinical, educational, and certification.

Murray Barrick joins John Fleenor and Nancy Tippins in working with Ann Marie Ryan as an associate editor for Personnel Psychology.

In August 2003, Franois Chiocchio accepted an assistant professor tenure-track position at Universit de Montrals I-O program, where he joined Andr Savoie and Luc Brunet. Previously, Chiocchio was employed with the Personnel Psychology Center, a Canadian federal public service organization whose mandate is to provide assessment services to departments and agencies. 

Fritz Drasgow was a Visiting Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand where he worked on research and golf with Sasha Chernyshenko. 

Marilyn Gowing was promoted to senior vice-president and government practice leader at Aon. 

During the fall of 2003, Todd Maurer accepted a position at Georgia State Universitys Department of Management. Previously, he was a member of Georgia Institute of Technologys I-O psychology department.

Edmund Piccolino, who joined The Empower Group as managing director and head of Empowers New York office in January 2003, has been promoted to executive vice-president, Americas region, and will function as a member of The Empower Groups Global Leadership Team. Previously, Piccolino worked for Kodak Polychrome Graphics as vice-president and chief personnel officer.

David Pollack accepted a position as the senior director of HR process improvement with Sodexho, Inc. Previously, he was the director of research and development with the Department of Homeland Security.

Miguel Quiones taught at the Papal Catholic University of Chiles School of Psychology during October 2003. 

The University of North CarolinaCharlotte is very pleased to welcome new faculty member Charlie Reeve, starting the fall of 2004. He will be joining colleagues Anita Blanchard, Kim Buch, Dave Gilmore, Jo Ann Lee, Steven Rogelberg and Bill Siegfried in psychology and Bob Giacalone, Chris Henle, Doug Pugh, Beth Rubin, Ben Tepper, and Kelly Zellars in management. Reeve will be a member of the I-O psychology program and the forthcoming interdisciplinary doctoral program in organizational science. 

The I-O program at Auburn University welcomes the addition of Daniel J. Svyantek and Adrian Thomas to its faculty. They join current I-O affiliated faculty Virginia OLeary and Philip Lewis. Svyantek is the new director of the I-O PhD program at Auburn University. Questions about the program may be addressed to him at svyandj@groupwise1.duc.auburn.edu.

Mike Zickar, member of the Bowling Green State University I-O faculty, was elected to the Bowling Green City Council with a commanding 65% of the vote in his first run for public office.