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Copyright © 2014 by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology A Message From Your President 7 Tammy Allen The Editor's Out-Box: The Identity Issue 10 Morrie Mullins Letter to the SIOP Community 15 Letter to the Editor: Revisiting the Anchors Used in Supervisory Appraisals: 16 A Brief Note on the Topic Joel Moses Feature Articles A Critical Analysis of Topical Content and Authorship Trends in 20 Applied Psychology Kenneth P. De Meuse, King Yii Tang, and Jonathan Feil Reflections on "Making Your Own Way" in Your Career 36 Jane Brodie Gregory, Jimmy Davis, Bernardo Ferdman, Neta Moye, and Candice Young Confronting the Real Identity Crisis 40 Nathan Gerard It's Nice to Meet You Sir! 45 Ned Rosen Outreach to Nonprofit Volunteer Programs: Opportunity for Impact, 51 Improving Graduate Education, and an Invitation to Become a Part of the Volunteer Program Assessment Jessie L. Olien, Alexandra M. Dunn, Erika C. Lopina, and Steven G. Rogelberg The 2011 SIOP Graduate Program Benchmarking Survey Part 7: 62 Theses, Dissertations, and Performance Expectations Robert P. Tett, Cameron Brown, and Benjamin Walser The I-O Pipeline and The Educational Outreach Program (THEO) 74 Garett Howardson, Brian Kim, Mindy K. Shoss, Larissa K. Barber, and Dustin K. Jundt 2 April 2014 Volume 51 Issue 4 Editorials SIOP in Washington: Introducing I-O Advocacy 82 Seth Kaplan and Carla Jacobs Practice Perspectives: Professional Labels and Job Titles of SIOP Members 87 Rob Silzer and Chad Parson International Practice Forum: Making Virtual Work Work 101 Alex Alonso and Mo Wang The Modern App: Effectively Leveraging Multidisciplinary Teams to 105 Enhance I-O Interventions With Technology Tiffany Poeppelman and Nikki Blacksmith Good Science–Good Practice: Well-Being and Organizational Outcomes 113 Tom Giberson and Suzanne Miklos Spotlight on Humanitarian Work Psychology: Humanitarian Work 118 Psychology in South Africa: Poverty, Inequality, the Legacy of Apartheid, and the Role of I-O Psychology Lori Foster Thompson and Alexander E. Gloss Organizational Neuroscience: TIP Interview With Professor Sigal Barsade 126 M.K. Ward and Bill Becker The High Society: Blowout Theory Sale!!! 132 Paul Muchinsky The Academics' Forum: The Power of Words: A Vocabulary Lesson 134 Satoris S. Culbertson TIP-TOPics: Building Your Program’s Internal Strengths and Infrastructure: 140 Service to the Department Caitlin A. Demsky and Kevin O. Novak The Industrial Organizational Psychologist 3 History Corner: Personnel Research and General Electric 146 Kevin T. Mahoney and Tyler M. Miller Yes You Can: I-Os and Funded Research: The Balancing Act 151 Ashley Walvoord and Kristen Shockley Guest Column: A Young Scholar's Guide to Building a Professional Network 157 April D. Schantz Foundation Spotlight: Bill and Barbara Owens: Sustaining and Advancing I-O 164 Milt Hakel Reports Suggested Practices for Making I-O Connections: 166 Let’s Build Bridges and Grow I-O! Joseph A. Allen, Tara S. Behrend, Suzanne T. Bell, and Victoria J. Smoak SIOP 2014 Conference Highlights! 171 Evan Sinar and Robin Cohen SIOP 2014 Theme Track: Breakthrough: Expanding I-O Psychology 173 Through Connection Kristen Shockley From the LGBT Ad-Hoc Committee: Open Invitation to Allies 176 Larry R. Martinez, Thomas Sasso, and Nicholas P. Salter News From the SIOP United Nations Team 182 John C. Scott, Deborah E. Rupp, Lise Saari, Lori Foster Thompson, Mathian Osicki, Drew Mallory, and Alexander Gloss International Affairs Committee: Update and Announcements 185 Angelo DeNisi Highlights of SIOP's Programming at the 2014 APA Convention 187 Autumn Krauss 4 April 2014 Volume 51 Issue 4 Notes From APA Council of Representative Meeting 189 Deborah Whetzel Report of the SIOP Election Committee 193 José M. Cortina Obituary: Irwin L. Goldstein 195 Benjamin Schneider IOTAs 197 Rebecca Baker SIOP Members in the News 198 Clif Boutelle Conferences and Meetings 203 Marianna Horn SIOP Information back cover Photo courtesy of Daniel Freschi, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and Carroll University . Bird of Paradise flower, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, November 2007 Are you going to the SIOP Conference in Hawaii? If so, send us your photos! We will be putting together a pictorial for the July issue of TIP of all the wonderful sights of SIOP 2014. Your photo could even be featured on the cover! Submit your photos at http://www.siop.org/tippic/ The Industrial Organizational Psychologist 5 It is a fantastic time to be an I-O psychologist. Perhaps you saw one of the articles that appeared online (http://abcnews.go.com/Business/americas-20-fastest -growing-jobs-surprise/story?id=22364716) or the SIOP press release (https://www.siop.org/ article_view.aspx?article=1219#.Uw5URRYhzdk). The Bureau of Labor Statistics identified “industrial- organizational psychologist” as the fastest growing occupation with a projected 2012–2022 growth rate of 53%. I have also heard anecdotally that many I-O doc- toral programs experienced an increase in the number of applications for fall 2014 admissions. The demand for training and jobs looks bright. It is an even better time to be a member of SIOP!! The annual conference is around the corner in our most excit- ing venue yet and is jam packed with outstanding con- Tammy Allen tent. The new SIOP brand is ready to be rolled out. A University of South great deal has been happening on many fronts to grow Florida and enhance our Society. Want to know more? Minutes from Executive Board meetings and committee reports are available on my.SIOP. In this, my last (!) column, I want to provide some updates with regard to the priori- ties and objectives I listed in my closing plenary address. In that address I described five objectives. 1. Strengthen the connection between SIOP and local I-O groups. Over the past several years I, had the pleasure of giv- ing talks to various local I-O groups. Attending these meetings has always been a great experience. Mem- bership often includes individuals who do not regularly attend the annual SIOP conference or who may not even be SIOP members. The meetings can be an espe- cially important means of interaction for those in prac- tice who may be the only people in their organization The Industrial Organizational Psychologist 7 with a background in I-O or for those in practices for making I-O connections. independent practice. They are also a This is a grassroots campaign in which great way for graduate students to con- every single SIOP member can play a nect with members of the I-O commu- part. Volunteering to give a lecture on nity outside of the university. I-O in an Intro to Psych course, visiting a high honors/AP Psych class and discuss- However, developing and maintaining ing careers in I-O, and sharing best tal- these local groups is not always easy. ent management practices with a local The ad hoc Committee on Local I-O civic group are all ways which we can Groups chaired by Bill Farmer was connect I-O with others, increasing our formed to help in this regard. The com- visibility in the process. We are hoping mittee has developed a Local Group I-O that each SIOP member will commit to Toolkit. The toolkit will provide informa- engagement in at least one “bridge- tion and support for forming, growing, building” activity over the next year. and maintaining local I-O groups. The toolkit is also going to be made available 3. Consider new products for communi- to international communities interested cating our science and practice that in forming an I-O group. A meeting for reach a broad audience. representatives of local I-O groups will be held at the SIOP conference. If you A committee led by Allan Church has would like to be involved, please contact been working on the concept for a prac- Bill Farmer ([email protected]). tice-oriented journal, and discussion about the development of such a journal 2. Increase the presence of I-O psychol- has been ongoing with the SIOP Executive ogy in general psychology courses, Board. A number of different concepts texts, exams, and so on. have been considered. This initiative is still in the early stages, but forward mo- The E&T committee chaired by Scott tion is being made. With the partnership Tonidandel has been doing outstanding of Kevin Murphy, a special section of IOP work to facilitate and promote the inclu- will be published as a way to pilot the sion of I-O content in undergraduate concept. We are fortunate that Jeff curricula. Efforts are underway to ex- McHenry and Elaine Pulakos have agreed tend this work. I want to draw attention to serve as guest editors. Stay tuned for to the Bridge Builders initiative chaired more information as ideas for the format by Joe Allen. Look for the column by Joe continue to take shape. Allen, Tara Behrend, Suzanne Bell, and Victoria Smoak in this issue of TIP on 8 April 2014 Volume 51 Issue 4