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

Debra A. Major and Rebekah Cardenas
Old Dominion University

Awards and Honors

SIOP Student Affiliate Jinyan Fan of Ohio State University won the 2002 Seymour Adler Scientist-Practitioner Award for his dissertation entitled, A New Orientation Program for International Graduate Students: A Field Experiment. The award, established in 2000 by Aon Consulting to honor longtime SIOP Fellow Seymour Adlers distinguished career as an I-O psychologist, provides a $5,000 grant to the recipient.

An advisee of John Wanous, professor of management and human resources at Ohio State, Fans dissertation is entitled A New Orientation Program for International Graduate Students: A Field Experiment. Fans 2-year study in a field setting represents the application of sound and professional theory and research to solve real-world problems.

Retired SIOP Fellows Fred E. Fiedler and Edwin A. Fleishman and Robert Glaser received the 2002 James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award. This award recognizes members of the American Psychological Society for their outstanding contributions to the area of applied psychological research.

Tahira Probst, SIOP member and assistant professor of psychology at Washington State University at Vancouver, has won the 2002 Research Award from the Society of Human Resource Management. Based upon surveys of production employees at a northwest manufacturer, her research examined the relationship between job insecurity and employee safety. The award carried a cash prize of $1,000.

SIOP Fellow James Campbell Quick received the 2002 Harry and Miriam Levinson Award from the American Psychological Foundation, a nonprofit organization affiliated with APA. This award recognizes an outstanding consulting psychologist who has demonstrated exceptional ability to convert psychological theory and concepts into applications through which leaders and managers can create more effective, healthy, and humane organizations. Quick is currently a professor of organizational behavior at the University of Texas at Arlington. 

Transitions, Appointments, and New Affiliations

David Arnold, SIOP member and vice-president of development and professional compliance for Reid London House, was re-elected to the position of General Counsel for the Association of Test Publishers (ATP). The ATP is comprised of approximately 150 companies that provide I-O, clinical, educational, and certification testing and assessment services throughout North America and Europe.

SIOP member Michael Cooper was appointed first dean of the Executive Leadership Institute at Stevens Institute of Technology. Cooper previously served as president of both Opinion Research Corporation and Hay Research for Management.

Retired SIOP Fellow, George Graen has returned from China after his external examiner visit to Chinese University of Hong Kongs International Business program. Graen is currently conducting a 5-year longitudinal panel study in Shanghai.

SIOP member Rhonda Gutenberg joined the executive team at the West coast office of Gantz Wiley Research.

SIOP member Jordan Orzoff was appointed vice-president of research and assessment at Walden University. Orzoff was previously manager of measurement systems and organization design for Cardean University and a senior consultant in training evaluation for Motorola University.

SIOP member Lesley A. Perkins was promoted to senior associate consultant with the personnel research group at Caliber Associates in Fairfax, Virginia.

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