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Division 13 of the American Psychological Association is seeking nominations for the 1999 RHR International Award. The RHR International Award is given to an APA member whose career achievements reflect outstanding service to organizations, public or private, by helping them respond more effectively to human needs. Primary emphasis is placed on the practice of consultation rather than other accomplishments in the field, such as teaching, research or publications. This award, accompanied by a check for $1,500, is funded annually by the consulting firm of RHR International in honor of a founding member, Perry L. Rohrer, who epitomized the standards of excellence which they and the Division of Consulting Psychology seek to perpetuate. Nomination dossiers should include a letter of nomination, the nominee’s current resume or C.V. and appropriate supporting documentation such as letters from colleagues or clients, publications, or other evidence of the significance and impact of the nominee’s work. Send Nominations (by December 15, 1998) to: Paul Lloyd, Ph.D., Chair, Division 13 Awards Committee, Corporate Development Group, 707 Seventeenth Street, Ste 2900, Denver, CO 80202, (314) 651-2437, Plloyd@semovm.semo.edu

Division 13 of the American Psychological Association is also seeking nominations for the 1999 Harry Levinson Award. This award is given to an APA member who has demonstrated exceptional ability to integrate a wide range of psychological theory and concepts and convert that integration into applications by which leaders and managers may create more effective, healthy, and humane organizations. The nominee need not be a member of the APA division of Consulting Psychology. This award, funded by the earnings from a trust fund established by Harry Levinson and administered by the American Psychological Foundation, will offer a check for $1,000. Nomination dossiers should include a letter of nomination, the nominee’s current resume or C.V. and appropriate supporting documentation providing evidence of the significance and impact of the nominee’s work. Send Nominations (by Dec. 15, 1998) to: Paul Lloyd, Ph.D., Chair, Div. 13 Awards Committee, Corporate Development Group, 707 Seventeenth Street, Ste 2900, Denver, CO 80202, (314) 651-2437, PLloyd@semovm.semo.edu.

The North Carolina Industrial Organizational Psychologists (NCIO) has grown over the past few years to include approximately 70 professional and student members. New members are welcomed at each meeting. Designed to "provide professional development opportunities for current and aspiring Industrial/Organizational Psychologists of North Carolina", NCIO has attracted academic and applied psychologists from around the North Carolina and Virginia with rich programs for learning and networking.

Our next meeting is October 23, at 9:30 a.m., in Greensboro, at the Center for Creative Leadership. The featured speakers will be John Hinrichs, "Using Data to Facilitate Change, or Turning Research into Practice," and Lyle Schoenfeldt, "What Psychologists Can Contribute to Organizations." Time for networking and an organization meeting are also planned. The Spring meeting; "Transcending Space and Time: High Tech/Soft Touch in I-O Psychology," featured a session of Open Space Technology and a panel of I-O professionals with the reputation for a high-tech approach in their practice.

Members are provided with "The Flyer", the newsletter of NCIO; a membership directory and no charge for meeting attendance. The annual membership fee for professional members is $25.

Bob Pond at North Carolina State University is Web Master. Michelle Joyce, IBM, is our current Chair. Valerie Sessa, Center for Creative Leadership, is our Vice Chair. Membership is available by contacting Membership Director, Carol Spain, Spain & Spain, (704) 544-2771; e-mail: CHSPAIN@Worldnet.att.net. If you would like more information, we are on the web at: http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/cep/2/NCIO/FIRST.html

The Center for the Study of Groups and Social Systems, part of the Boston Center of the A.K. Rice Institute, is holding a Group Relations Conference on January 20-24, 1999 at the Mont Marie Conference Center in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The theme of the conference is Authority Leadership and Partnership in Organizational Life. For more information contact: Marc Kessler, Ph.D., Associate Director for Administration, Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405-0134, phone: (802) 656-0880, fax: (802) 656-8783, e-mail: MKessler@dewey.uvm.edu or visit their website at: http://www.uvm.edu/~mkessler/csgss.1999conf.html

George Mason University announces the call for papers for the 20th Annual Industrial-Organizational/Organizational Behavior (IOOB) Graduate Student Conference. Submissions will be accepted from graduate students on any topic related to industrial-organizational psychology or organizational behavior. All submissions should take the form of a 200-300 word abstract. Authors should submit three copies of their abstract to: Deanna Banks, MSN 3F5, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444. Submissions should be received no later than January 22, 1999. The conference theme will be "The Changing World Of Work: IOOB for the 21st Century" and will be held in Fairfax, VA, March 19-21, 1999. For further information about the conference contact Deanna Banks, (703) 993-3706 ext. 3, dbanks@gmu.edu, or visit the IOOB webpage at http://mason.gmu.edu/ ~ion/iopsa /ioob.html.

Group and Organization Management is devoting a special issue to modeling the interface between leadership and team processes in work organizations. More specifically, papers are invited for consideration that contribute to an understanding of performance effectiveness within and/or of organizations, where

1. the units of analysis can be the individual, dyad, team/group, organizational subsystem, and/or the organization as a whole; and
2. the focus of analysis is on the interface of leadership and team processes as the locus for an explanatory mechanism.

Both empirical and conceptual papers are welcome. However, submitted papers must include aspects of both leadership and team processes as central to any treatment. Studies that focus exclusively on either leadership or team processes would not be appropriate. Papers that emphasize dyadic relationships between leaders and followers would be most appropriate if these relationships are embedded within a larger (e.g., team) context. Themes to be considered include (but are not restricted to):

1. The direct, mediating, or moderating influences of leadership processes on the antecedents, consequences or processes of team performance;
2. The direct, mediating, or moderating influences of team processes on the antecedents, consequences or processes of leader performance;
3. Collective performance under adversity;
4. How leaders create the conditions of effective self-management in work teams;
5. Leader/team processes in virtual teams;
6. How leadership and team processes interact to facilitate organizational change;
7. Integrated leadership and team training protocols;
8. The joint effects of leadership and team processes in top management teams.

We also encourage submissions emphasizing themes not listed above, provided that the central focus is on the integration of leadership and team processes and performance effectiveness. For further information, please contact the special issue editors: Stephen Zaccaro, (703) 993-1355, szcaro@gmu.edu; and Richard Klimoski, (703) 993-1356, rklimosk@gmu.edu.

Manuscripts are due December 1, 1998. All submissions should be prepared according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Authors should submit 5 copies of their papers to: Stephen J. Zaccaro, Department of Psychology, MSN 3F5, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444.

The Organization Development Journal is seeking original submissions regarding research, theory and practice in organizational change and development. The journal is published quarterly and all manuscripts are subject to peer review. Submissions (four copies) should be approximately 10-12 pages in length, and conform to APA style.

For articles written in the United States, please send submissions to: Dr. Bill Kahnweiler, RODC, Associate Editor, Peer Review-USA, Program Coordinator Human Resource Development, PAUS Department, School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, University Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA, Tel. (404) 651-1915/Fax: (404) 651-1378, e-mail: wkahnweler@gsu.edu

For articles written outside the United States, send submissions to: Dr. David Coghlan, Associate Editor for Peer Review—International, University of Dublin, Trinity College, School of Business Studies, Dublin 2, Ireland, Tel: 353-1-608-2323/Fax: 353-1-679-9503, dcoghlan@tcd.ie

The Division of Consulting Psychology (13) is seeking manuscripts for its quarterly publication Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research. An official APA division journal, CPJ is masked reviewed and publishes articles in the following areas:

1. theoretical and conceptual articles with implications for consulting
2. original research regarding consultation
3. in-depth reviews of research and literature on consulting practice
4. case-studies that demonstrate applications or critical issues
5. articles on consultation practice development
6. articles that address unique issues of consulting psychologists

Potential authors are encouraged to contact the editor for more information. Submissions (in triplicate) for review should be sent directly to Richard Diedrich Ph.D., Editor, The Hay Group, 116 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02116-5712, tel. (617) 425-4540, fax: (617) 425-0073.

APA President-Elect Dick Suinn has formally announced his interest in cancer as a major initiative for APA and its Divisions. To this end, he is making a call for short articles from SIOP members that reflect advice, applications, principles and guidelines with respect to cancer research and I-O psychology related areas to be published first in TIP and perhaps later in one summary volume. Submission information for TIP can be found on the front inside cover of each issue. For more information regarding Dr. Suinn’s initiative and interests, contact him directly at suinn@lamar.colostate.edu.