Announcement of New SIOP Fellows
Ann Howard
Development Dimensions International
We are delighted to announce that 11 SIOP Members were honored at the New Orleans conference with the distinction of Fellow.
FYI: The 2009 Fellow nominations process goes online on July 1. Visit the SIOP Web site for the process.
Here are the new Fellows:
Natalie J. Allen (The University of Western Ontario)
Dr. Allen has established an international reputation for her theorizing and programmatic research on organizational commitment. The multidimensional framework and measures resulting from this work are widely used in organizational research and have been profitably extended to such areas as commitment to occupations, teams, unions, and organizational change. Her organizational commitment work “has had a major impact on industrial-organizational psychology.” Her current research is focusing on teams and teamwork within organizations. She is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association and received the Distinguished Contribution to I/O Psychology in Canada award from the Canadian Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
Carsten K. W. De Dreu (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Dr. De Dreu is a leading scholar in conflict, negotiation, group decision making, and innovation. He has published 97 articles in refereed journals, many in top journals like the Journal of Applied Psychology and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology in addition to international journals. He has published several books, entire journal issues, and more than 25 book chapters. His research questions have been described as a “unique blend of theoretical interest and practical importance.” He directs one of the most vibrant programs in work and organizational psychology in Europe at the University of Amsterdam and has nurtured a “stable of outstanding graduate students.”
E. Kevin Kelloway (Saint Mary’s University, Canada)
Dr. Kelloway, Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health Psychology and current president of the Canadian Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, is widely recognized for his research on unionization, occupational health psychology, and workplace violence. The founding director of the CN Centre for Occupational Health and Safety at Saint Mary’s, he has authored seven books, about 30 book chapters, and more than 70 refereed journal articles since 1991. He is currently on the editorial boards of five journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, and he is frequently called upon to brief Canadian policy makers on I-O psychology-related issues.
Robert J. Lee (iCoachNewYork and Baruch College, CUNY)
Dr. Lee has been a leader in bringing needed professionalism to the practices of both outplacement and coaching. He cofounded a firm that became a pioneering provider of outplacement services and has used principles and practices of career development, vocational counseling, assessment, and feedback to help thousands of displaced employees to select and move into new jobs. He is also a founder and past president of the Association of Outplacement Counselors and a former president of the Center for Creative Leadership. During the past 25 years he has helped refine the practice of coaching, and he designed the iCoach program, a process to train and certify professionals.
Jose M. Peiró (University of Valencia, Spain)
Dr. Peiró has been instrumental in building links between the European I-O community and SIOP. A former president of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), he coordinated an interuniversity program in work and organizational psychology across five European universities and participated in setting a certification program in psychology in Europe. A prolific scholar, his research area has been job stress, which he has extended to cover topics such as multilevel organizational climate, psychological contracts, dyadic leader–member relationships, virtual teams, and customer relationships. He founded the Research Institute of Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Valencia 25 years ago.
David B. Peterson (Personnel Decisions International Corporation)
Dr. Peterson is the senior vice president for Executive Coaching Services at PDI where he provides executive coaching and consulting to CEOs and other top executives, provides strategy and direction for PDI’s coaching business, and develops and mentors coaches and team leaders. A pioneer and thought leader in the field of executive coaching, his research has been published both in scholarly journals and lay publications and has been cited in outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and Harvard Business Review. He has designed state-of-the-art coaching programs for multiple global-100 organizations and many smaller companies.
Paul E. Tesluk (University of Maryland)
Dr. Tesluk has produced breakthrough research that has “virtually redefined how people think about the construct of work experience,” including new knowledge about how to better evaluate the work experience of job applicants. His premier research on team effectiveness has shown how technological and procedural roadblocks can derail teams and identified problem management strategies for leaders and team members to reduce the impact of those barriers. He consistently ranks as one of the University of Maryland’s outstanding teachers. He serves as department chair and is co-director of a human capital research center that has brought in more than $2.5 million in research funding during his tenure.
Phyllis Tharenou (Australian Research Council)
Dr. Tharenou is the executive director of Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences, a division of the Australian Research Council, the equivalent of the National Science Foundation. This highly prestigious appointment was based on her experience as a member of the College of Experts assessing research grant proposals for the ARC over 3 years and her elevation to chair of her panel, as well as her success in conducting research, particularly on gender differences in career advancement, and attracting national grant funding. She has won lifetime achievement awards for her scholarship from the two leading professional associations in Australia.
Kecia M. Thomas (University of Georgia)
Dr. Thomas’s involvement in raising awareness about diversity has risen to prominence not because of a single emphasis but via a total package of contributions that include research, teaching, graduate supervision, course development, university administration, community service, and contributions to SIOP. She has developed multicultural courses that have had campus-wide impact and are described as “a perspective-changing experience.” She wrote the only diversity text written by an I-O psychologist (Diversity Dynamics), which has been adopted by 14 colleges. She has been a mentor and stimulus to students and has provided service to SIOP by chairing the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (2001–2003).
Peter B. Warr (Emeritus Professor, University of Sheffield, UK)
Dr. Warr’s most significant contributions fall into the areas of employment and mental health and work and aging. In a career spanning 45 years, he has published 27 books and 219 articles and chapters, and his research has been cited more than 3,600 times. His book, Psychology at Work, first published in 1971 and now in its fifth edition, has “influenced generations of students in I-O psychology and organizational behavior.” For 20 years he served as director of the Institute for Work Psychology at the University of Sheffield. The British Psychological Society has awarded him its three highest scientific awards for his distinguished contributions.
Thomas A. Wright (Kansas State University)
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Dr. Wright is best known for his innovative thinking on psychological well-being (happiness), which he has shown acts as a moderator to job satisfaction relative to both job performance and turnover. A Fellow of APS, he has also published widely on business ethics (human values, character development, social justice) and research methodology (power analysis, sample-size determination, hypothesis testing, meta-analysis). He has served on the editorial boards of a number of leading journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and the Journal of Organizational Behavior. He has also won several awards for his teaching and has consulted extensively with various firms.