IOTAS
Anna L. Sackett
University at Albany
Awards & Recognition
Dave Baker and Cristina Banks have each been selected to receive an Innovative Practice Award Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association for outstanding and creative work in the application of psychology in consulting. Baker was selected for developing an institute for teamwork and team training at the Carilion Clinic in Roanoke and developing a corps of nearly 2,400 master trainers in the federal government’s dissemination of its standard team training program. Banks was selected for using the general methodology of job analysis to create a new methodology for identifying differences between job incumbents in tasks performed and for determining the amount of time spent on tasks in order to measure, on an individual basis, how much time is spent on managerial versus nonmanagerial work; Banks’s work helps to determine whether a job has been properly classified as “exempt” from overtime pay.
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) presented Benjamin Schneider with the $50,000 Michael R. Losey Human Resource Research Award. The Losey award recognizes human resource researchers whose contributions significantly advance the field of human resource management. As one of the world’s leading experts on service quality, Schneider has had worldwide impact on research and practice in this area and has also been a leading contributor to human resource management research over 4 decades, having authored or coauthored over 130 articles and 10 books. (see page 144 for more information.)
Development Dimensions International (DDI) has been named number six on the list of the Best Medium-Sized Companies to Work for in America by The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Great Place to Work Institute, Inc. (GPTW). The list ranks 25 medium-sized companies (between 251 and 999 employees) using “best practice” people management strategies to develop successful organizations with highly productive and satisfied workforces. DDI Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO Bill Byham said “This is a proud moment for DDI to be recognized nationally as a great place to work. Over the last 40 years, we have worked to create an engaging and inspiring workplace for our employees while helping other companies around the globe accomplish the same.”
CONGRATULATIONS!
Transitions, Appointments, and New Affiliations
Rich Klimoski returns to the role of professor of psychology and management at George Mason University after 8 years as dean of the School of Management at Mason. He rejoins colleagues in both I-O psychology (José Cortina, Steve Zaccaro, Lois Tetrick, Lou Buffardi, Reeshad Dalal, Seth Kaplan, and Eden King) and management (David Kravitz, Michelle Marks, Paige Wolf, Alison O’Brien, and Cindy Parker).
C. Allen Gorman has accepted an assistant professor position in the I-O program at Radford University. He joins SIOP member Nora Reilly in the Department of Psychology.
Loren Naidoo, Hannah Rothstein, Rob Silzer, and Lise Saari were recently elected to the doctoral faculty in I-O psychology at the City University of New York. They will join Baruch College I-O faculty members Joel Lefkowitz, Karen Lyness, Harold Goldstein, Yochi Cohen-Charash, Judi Komaki, Charles Scherbaum, and Frank Landy (visiting scholar).
The doctoral program in I-O psychology at Old Dominion University welcomes Richard Landers to the faculty. Landers received his PhD at the University of Minnesota and joins faculty members Debra Major and Karin Orvis.
BEST OF LUCK!
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