The Wiley Award for Excellence in Organizational Surveys recognizes excellence and innovation in the design and implementation of organizational surveys and in their use to enhance organizational effectiveness and performance.
This annual award is open to projects that use employee or customer surveys within organizations for the purpose of improving organizational performance. Excellence and innovation can be visible in overall survey purpose, instrument design, populations or samples surveyed, survey methods, analysis and reporting of results, and use of results to affect positive organizational change. Preference will be given to work that (a) demonstrates excellence and innovation in multiple phases of the survey research process and (b) documents positive impact on team, unit, or organizational development and performance.
To be considered for the award, the survey project must have occurred within the last five calendar years (2020-2024).
Award recipients receive a plaque and a $3,000 cash prize (to be split in the case of multiple team members).
About Jack Wiley
Dr. Jack Wiley is an award-winning industrial-organizational psychologist with over three decades of experience helping leaders and their organizations achieve higher levels of performance. Jack is the President and CEO of Jack Wiley Consulting LLC, the Chief Scientific Officer of Engage2Excel, and Professor of Psychology at Manchester University. Throughout his consulting career, millions of employees world-wide have completed engagement surveys designed by Dr. Wiley. He has worked on-site with corporate leadership teams in over 25 countries.
Call for Nominations
Nomination Guidelines
Nominations may be submitted by any SIOP member. Self-nominations are welcome.
- Nominations may be submitted by any member of SIOP. Self-nominations are welcome.
- An individual or team can be nominated. A nominated individual must be a SIOP member. For a team nomination, at least one team member must be a SIOP member.
- If applicable, the names of all participants must be entered during the online nomination process. Please ensure that all participants in your nomination have current information in their siop.org profiles. All non-members should create an account at siop.org (creating accounts is not equivalent to applying for membership).
- A nomination letter should address how the project meets the criteria noted below.
- The nomination package should include a report that describes the project and its impact (a maximum of 20 pages) and up to 3 additional documents that may be helpful for evaluating the nomination (e.g., survey sample, sample feedback report, independent evaluations). Note that all nomination materials are confidential, and reviewers must delete all material after the review process is complete.
- The nomination letter and nomination support documents must be submitted online by the nominator.
- When submitting the nomination materials, nominators will also be asked if the nominee(s) are being investigated, or have been found responsible, for misconduct prohibited in SIOP’s Anti-Harassment Policy and to provide a brief explanation if this is the case.
Nomination deadline is June 30, 2025
Evaluation Criteria
Nominations will be evaluated on the following criteria:
- Illustrates a sound technical and scientific basis.
- Demonstrates excellence and innovation in the survey research process
- Documents a positive impact on organizational performance.
- Advances the understanding of survey research methods and processes.
- Advances the understanding of organizational development and performance
Administrative Procedures
- At least five members of the SIOP Awards Subcommittee will review and evaluate each nomination package.
- The Awards Subcommittee will recommend an award winner to the Executive Board of SIOP.
- The Executive Board may either endorse or reject the recommendations of the Awards Subcommittee but may not substitute a nominee of its own.
- In the absence of a project or publication that is deemed deserving of the award by both the Awards Committee and Executive Board, the award may be withheld.
Current Award Recipients
Award Type
Achievement & Best Paper Awards
