Industrial/Organizational Research Meeting Fall 2009

Fridays 12:00 - 12:50pm, Sewall Hall 303

9/18

Speakers: Larry Martinez & Kathy Ramos, Rice University - I/O Psychology Graduate Students

Topic: Present and facilitate discussion on the use of computer resources in conducting research. They'll discuss Zotero and Pages - possibly discuss use of EndNote, Web of Science, PsychLit, MS Word and Excel, SPSS....

9/25

Speaker: Michelle Martin - I/O Psychology Graduate Student

Topic: Presenting her first-year project work on situational judgment tests

10/09

Speaker: Stephanie Payne - Texas A&M Department of Psychology

Topic: "Supervisory Performance Ratings: What Have We Been Measuring?"

10/16

Speaker: Dr. Brandon Schmeichel - Texas A&M Department of Psychology

Topic: "Self Control Strength"

10/23

Speaker: Dr. Lisa Penney - University of Houston - Department of Psychology

Topic: "When conscientiousness is not enough: Personality and deviant reactions to job stress"

10/30

Speaker: Deborah Barrett, Ph.D - Program for Communication Excellence

Topic: "Writing for Scholarly Publication"

Summary: Academics regularly contribute to the knowledge in their disciplines through published articles, reports, conference papers, and on-line outlets of various kinds today. Students begin to join this scholarly conversation when they report on the research they do in their courses and for their theses. This brief introduction to writing for scholarly publication will emphasize the importance of writing clearly, concisely, coherently, and correctly whenever you join this conversation.

11/6 - CANCELLED

11/13

Speaker: Dan Putka - HumRRO 

Topic: "Ill-structured measurement designs and the evaluation of ratings data in organizational research"