INVITATION: Inaugural Kahlil Gibran Peace & Nonviolence Vigil APA 2020 Virtual Convention Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 1:00pm ET Jenny Baker / Wednesday, August 5, 2020 0 2131 Article rating: No rating Organized by: APA Division 52 International Psychology Kahlil Gibran Memorial Garden Foundation Registration: free & required at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Vb-wIy_tRk6y_5A_GSqaRA APA 2020 Virtual Convention registration not required. Read more
Research Request: Meta-analysis of Preventive Interventions Concerning Alcohol Use at Work Amber Stark / Friday, July 31, 2020 0 2120 Article rating: No rating A workgroup of Dr. Renate Soellner, a professor at the Institute of Psychology at the University of Hildesheim, Germany, is currently conducting a meta-analysis of studies that evaluate preventive interventions concerning alcohol use at work. Read more
Wellbeing Survey by the Division of Industrial-Organizational Psychology (DIOP) in Hong Kong Anonym / Wednesday, April 15, 2020 0 2202 Article rating: 3.0 A major imperative of DIOP is to strengthen its research capacity in investigating I/O related topics with community-wide impact. In doing so, we are excited to launch a research survey to better understand the wellbeing of the general public in 2020. Read more
Oswald Chairs Board on Human Systems Integration for National Academies By Robin Gerrow Anonym / Wednesday, March 11, 2020 0 2570 Article rating: No rating Dr. Frederick L. Oswald, longstanding member and former president of SIOP (2017-18), has been named chair of the Board on Human-Systems Integration (BOHSI) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. He assumed his duties on Jan. 1, 2020. BOHSI deals with a wide range of issues relevant to I-O psychology. Current projects address making recommendations on facility staffing requirements of the Veterans Health Administration, working with the U.S. Air Force on human capital management, and reviewing ways to improve patient care by reducing clinician burnout. “It is a real privilege to have worked with my BOHSI colleagues on a range of important and interesting issues, and now to be the chair is quite the honor and responsibility,” Oswald said. “Human factors psychology and expertise features strongly within BOHSI—but organizational psychology is also critical to every issue on the table, and I hope SIOP will be interested in increasing its involvement.” Oswald is a professor and Herbert S. Autrey Chair of Social Sciences in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University in Houston, Texas. His research and publications focus on developing, implementing, and statistically evaluating psychological measures in personnel selection and college admissions contexts. “My years of fortunate involvement in SIOP has allowed me to work with and listen to a wide range of I-O psychologists. This helps me communicate the many ways that SIOP might importantly inform the National Academies,” he said. “Although own research deals with personnel selection and testing, there are so many other areas of IO psychology that are relevant to BOHSI, such as training, teams, recruitment, diversity, and management and culture. In general, it is my role as BOHSI chair to bring the best objective science available to inform a variety of complex issues facing the world and workforce. I-O psychology, human factors, and other scientific disciplines are usefully brought to bear on these issues, and therefore I hope SIOP will become a strong supporter of BOHSI.” Read more
Announcing the New Disability Inclusion and Accessibility Committee Anonym / Wednesday, March 4, 2020 0 3164 Article rating: No rating We are thrilled to announce SIOP’s new Disability Inclusion and Accessibility Committee (DIAC). This ad-hoc committee seeks to help SIOP become a barrier-free Society by raising awareness of issues of disability and disability identity in the workforce and helping improve the experiences of all SIOP members, I-O students, and other people with disabilities in the workforce through science and practice. Given its mandate, the committee is composed of scientists and practitioners, US and international members, people with a lived experience of a disability and allies, and people at different career stages. Read more