HAIOP Meeting Schedule

May 16, 2005 -- Dr. Margaret Beier, Rice University.

Title: Age and Work

Location: Sewall Hall , Rice University
Social Hour -- 4th- Floor Lounge
Presentation -- Sewall Hall 303

Time: Social Hour - 5:30 to 6:00 PM; Presentation - 6-7:00 PM;

Description: The demographics of the workforce are changing rapidly. By the year 2010, nearly 50% of all workers will be over the age of 40. This demographic shift will also be reflected in the applicant pool and will require organizations to make special considerations for selecting, training, and re-training older workers. This talk will present a review of relevant topics related to aging and work. Research conducted within a program examining adult intellectual development and implications for selection and training will be discussed.

About the Speaker:
Margaret E. Beier is an assistant professor of psychology at Rice University. She received her Ph.D. at Georgia Institute of Technology in 2003. Margaret's area is industrial/organizational psychology. Her research interest addresses adult intellectual development, working memory, domain specific knowledge, personality, and predicting success for adults in organizational and educational settings. Her work has appeared in Psychology and Aging, Journal of Educational Psychology, Intelligence, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Psychological Bulletin.

April 25, 2005 -- Dr. Dan Beal, Rice University.

Title: Conducting daily experience research with the Purdue Momentary Assessment Tool (PMAT)

Location: Sewall Hall , Rice University
Social Hour -- 4th- Floor Lounge
Presentation -- Sewall Hall 303

Time: Social Hour - 5:30 to 6:00 PM; Presentation - 6-7:00 PM;

Description: Daily experience methods involve assessing relatively immediate momentary states or events multiple times per day in a naturalistic setting. Studies of daily experiences have proven very useful in other areas of the social and medical sciences for many years, but organizational researchers have not yet taken full advantage of these techniques. In this presentation I will discuss the benefits and difficulties of conducting studies using daily experience methods and offer suggestions for how and when they can be used effectively. In addition, I will provide a brief "how-to" session for PMAT - a freely available Windows- or Mac-based program for designing and implementing daily experience studies on palmtop computers

About the Speaker:
Daniel J. Beal is an assistant professor of psychology at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He received his Ph.D. in social psychology from Tulane University. His primary area of research interest examines the affective, cognitive, and motivational processes underlying within-person performance. In addition, he has interests in several methodological topics, including multilevel and longitudinal modeling and meta-analytic techniques. His work has appeared in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Research Methods, and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

March 28, 2005 -- Ann Huffman, Ph.D., & Eden King, M.S.

Title: Workplace Diversity: Exploring the Work Experiences of LGBT Employees

Location: Sewall Hall , Rice University
Social Hour -- 4th- Floor Lounge
Presentation -- Sewall Hall 303

Time: Social Hour - 5:30 to 6:00 PM; Presentation - 6-7:00 PM;

Description: Gays and lesbians constitute a sizeable minority in the workforce and often encounter negative attitudes from coworkers who do not understand or accept their sexual orientation. However, their unique work-related experiences are not studied frequently. Huffman and Kings’s presentations today are part of a symposium that will be presented at SIOP this year (2005) which explore workplace stressors experienced by lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) employees. Ann Huffman’s talk, “Understanding Employee Work-Life Conflict in a Diverse Workforce” will bring a new perspective, that of LGB employees, to the work-life conflict literature through the use of role and minority stress theories. Eden King’s talk, "Antecedents, Manifestations, and Consequences of the Stigma of Homosexuality at Work: Applying a Dual-Perspective Multilevel Model" will offer a theoretical perspective from which to examine the experiences of gay and lesbian individuals, groups, and organizations.

About the Speakers:
Ann Huffman is currently a visiting assistant professor at Rice University . Ann received her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Texas A&M University in 2004. Her primary research interests include the work-life interface, military psychology, and diversity issues. Ann has published in the Academy of Management Journal , Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and Military Psychology. Prior to Texas A&M University , Ann worked as a principal investigator with the Walter Reed Army Research Institute-Europe.

Eden King is currently a doctoral student in Rice University 's graduate program in Industrial and Organizational Psychology under the mentorship of Dr. Mikki Hebl. Eden’s research interests include social stigma in the workplace, contextual performance, and discrimination in the workplace. She has begun work on her dissertation, "How Organizations Can Help Child Care Work: Reducing Incidences and Consequences of Child Care Disruptions" under the Administration for Children and Families' Child Care Bureau Scholars program.

Februrary 7, 2005 -- Mattison Grey, M.Ed.,

Title: Coaching Tools: Power Tools for Your Tool Kit

Location: Sewall Hall , Rice University
Social Hour -- 4th- Floor Lounge
Presentation -- Room 303

Time: Social Hour - 5:30 to 6:00 PM; Presentation - 6-7 PM;

Description: Coaching tools are available and useful for everyone, not just professional coaches. Come and learn some amazingly simple and amazing powerful tools to add to your tool box.

Mattison Grey, M.Ed. is a professional business, sales and team coach, trainer, speaker and mentor coach who has completed a four year leadership and high performance training curriculum. She is certified by the International Association of Coaches. Since 1997 Mattison has coached 1000’s of individuals, teams and in organizations. She is a principal in Greystone Guides.

January 18, 2005 -- Bruce Norton, Norton Associates

Title: How to Hire a Consultant: Getting what you expect from a consulting engagement

Location: Sewall Hall Rm TBD, Rice University

Time: Social Hour - 5:30 to 6:00 PM; Presentation - 6-7 PM;

Description: Leaders usually know when they have a problem, but often don't know how to solve it, or who to select to bring in the right solution. The consultant with the slickest presentation is not necessarily the best person or organization to hire. So what is important in selecting a professional consultant? There are a number of factors that will improve the selection process and increase your satisfaction with the results. This presentation is designed to help you understand these considerations and provide you and your clients the tools you need in making this important decision.

December 6, 2004 -- Dr. Christiane Spitzmüller, University of Houston

Title: "If You Treat Me Right, I Reciprocate": Examining the Role of Social Exchange in Organizational Survey Response

Location: Sewall Hall Rm 303, Rice University

Time: Presentation - 6:00 to 7:00 PM;

Social Hour immediately following at Mi Luna Rest. in the Village

Description: Organizational survey research generally assumes that respondents to organizational surveys are representative of the overall group of employees under study. However, past research has demonstrated that there are substantive differences between respondents and nonrespondents (e.g. personality variables). Up to this point, little has been done to investigate exchange-based organizational experiences as an antecedent of individualsdecisions to comply with requests for survey completion. Thus, the current study examines an interactionist model using social exchange related personality, organizational and behavioral variables as predictors of survey nonresponse. Implications for organizational survey research are discussed.

November 15, 2004 -- Dr. Pete Hudson, Waste Management

Title: "Its A Dirty Job: A Waste Management Overview"

Location: Sewall Hall, Rice University -- Room # TBD

Time: Social Hour - 5:30 to 6:00 PM; Presentation - 6:00 to 7:00 PM

Description: Waste Management is the leading provider of waste and environmental services in North America, a 51,000 person, $12B revenue, Fortune 200 company. It grew rapidly in the last two decades through roll-up aquisitions, and maintained a very decentralized management structure. In the late 1990's an accounting scandal resulted in a corporate/functional downsizing, senior executive ousters and indictments, and a loss of shareholder and analyst credibility. In 1999, a new Board, CEO, and senior executive team was put into place, and a series of initiatives were designed and implemented in an effort to re-start and turnaround a very disabled company. The entire HR function was reconstituted, and every human resources management system or process has been built virtually from scratch. This presentation will provide some brief background and factoids on the waste industry, describe some of the history, context, and culture of the company, and detail some of the human resources management/development efforts that have been designed to attack some of the key turnaround challenges (e.g. driver turnover)..

October 18, 2004 -- Dr. Clyde Mayo, Management and Personnel Systems

Title: "A Technique for Determining the Essentiality of Supervisory Jobs"

Location: Sewall Hall, Rice University -- Room # TBD

Time: Social Hour - 5:30 to 6:00 PM; Presentation - 6:00 to 7:00 PM

Description: Although current corporate profits tend to be healthy, top managers have paid much attention to opportunities for cost containment. One of the trends has been the elimination of middle level and supervisory positions in the hope that flatter structures can be as productive as taller ones. This paper presents a study technique for examining supervisory jobs as to their essentiality and current supervisors as to their utilization. Often I/O psychologists leave such tasks to industrial engineers and cost accountants; the paper presents a technique which can be added to the service inventories of the psychological or behavioral consultant.

September 27, 2004 -- Dr. Roger Blakeney, University of Houston

Title: "Expatriate Adjustment/Adaptation: Perspectives and Research in a Field Laboratory"

Location: Heyne Bldg. Room 135, University of Houston. See building information and directions.

Time: Social Hour - 5:30 to 6:00 PM; Presentation - 6:00 to 7:00 PM

Description: The presentation will discuss an on-going research project to learn about how expatriates settle into their new environments and what factors lead to high performance. We will also discuss how we are using The GFW INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM as a “field laboratory” as well as what it is taking get the research done. We will discuss research issues such as variables and measures as well as practical issues of running the program and collecting the data, plus how the data is fed back into the program and to the participants. During the presentation we will use vignettes as simulations to demonstrate some of the experiences and concepts. Q & As throughout are encouraged.

Fall Banquet August 23, 2004 -- Lynn Witham
Save the date! This year, the Fall Banquet will be held on Monday, August 23 in the Hilton Hotel at the University of Houston. The speaker will be Lynn Witham, President of Witham and Associates, an intercultural Training, consulting, and research organization. Banquet Information Flier (requires Adobe Reader)