Nambury S. Raju Lecture Series: "Improving Scientific Practices in I/O Psychology"
Join the Department of Psychology for the next event in the Raju Lecture Series, “Improving Scientific Practices in I/O Psychology.” A panel of distinguished I/O psychology scholars will discuss the rigor and quality of scientific research in I/O psychology, with particular emphasis on sophisticated quantitative methods. The discussion will be moderated by Ron Landis, Nambury S. Raju Professor of Psychology.
JEFFREY R. EDWARDS, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Jeffrey R. Edwards is the Belk Distinguished Professor of Organizational Behavior and Strategy at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. His research examines person-environment fit in organizations, stress, coping, well-being, work-family issues, and research methods. His work has appeared in journals such as the Academy of Management Review; Academy of Management Journal; Journal of Applied Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes; Personnel Psychology; Organizational Research Methods; and Psychological Methods. He is past associate editor and editor of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, has served as associate editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior; Management Scienc; and Organizational Research Methods, and has held editorial board positions with the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology, and Personnel Psychology.
Edwards is a fellow of the Academy of Management, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the American Psychological Association, and has been elected to the Society of Organizational Behavior. Within the Academy of Management, he has served as representative-at-large for the Organizational Behavior Division and Research Methods Division, chair of the Research Methods Division, and is the program chair for the Organization Behavior Division. He is also founder and coordinator of RMNET, an electronic question-and-answer discussion group for members of the Research Methods Division.
LARRY J. WILLIAMS, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
Larry J. Williams is a professor of psychology at the University of North Dakota. Williams served as the Founding Editor of Organizational Research Methods (ORM), and he previously served as consulting editor for the Research Methods and Analysis section of the Journal of Management (1993-1996). In 1997, he established the Consortium for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA), an interdisciplinary center devoted to helping faculty and students advance their knowledge of organizational and social science research methods and data analysis techniques, where continues to serve as director today.
Williams is a member of the prestigious Society for Organizational Behavior and is a fellow of the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology. His distinguished career includes recognition by the Southern Management Association as an author of two of the six most highly cited articles in the 30 year history of the Journal of Management. In addition, he was the 2005 recipient of the Distinguished Career Contributions Award by the Academy of Management’s Research Methods Division, was recognized as one of the 150 most-cited authors in the field of management (1981-2004), and received the Academy of Management’s Distinguished Educator Award in 2015.
Light refreshments will follow the lecture. Please RSVP with Jacqueline McGhee at jmcghee@iit.edu or 312.567.3557.