June 2013 Luncheon: Dr. Neal Schmitt, Polaris Assessment Systems / Michigan State University

When
06/12/2013
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Location
GMU Arlington Campus, Founder's Hall, Room 113

Registration

Attendee: Non-Member – $30.00
Attendee: PTC/MW Member – $20.00
Webcast: Non-Member – $10.00
Webcast: PTC/MW Member – $5.00

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Title: Validation, Meta-analysis, and the Scientific Status of Selection.

Presenter: Dr. Neal Schmitt, Polaris Assessment Systems/Michigan State University

Online registrations by 5pm ET the day before; Lunch buffet included on-site.

We will be raffling an autographed copy of one Dr. Schmitt's books to all in-person attendees!

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Location:

GMU Arlington Campus, Founder's Hall, 113

3351 N Fairfax Dr, Arlington, VA 22201 (map)
Metro Access and Parking Available

Abstract: Meta-analyses and validity generalization have supported the use of personnel selection procedures and the techniques of aggregation and meta-analytic results are now widely accepted. However, the data base on which validity generalization arguments are based is relatively old and deficient by today’s standards. I argue for a large global data collection on selection instruments that would address problems with the existing data base and various questions that have arisen in this important area of practice and research.

Speaker Bio: Neal Schmitt is a Senior Vice President with Polaris Assessment Systems in charge of the firm's research and development efforts. In addition to his role with Polaris, Dr. Schmitt has been Professor of Psychology for over 35 years at Michigan State University where he has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in personnel selection, psychological measurement and Organizational Psychology. During this time he has also conducted numerous research studies and worked on projects for a wide variety of organizations, both private and public. He developed and evaluated assessment centers for the selection of high school principals for the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Jointly with Dr. Elaine Pulakos, he developed and validated entry level procedures for the selection of Special Agents for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and has worked with the Alabama and Virginia state police on similar projects. For Ford Motor Company, he developed simulations used to select clerical personnel and validated procedures used to select skilled craftspeople. In other projects, he has developed and validated selection procedures for manufacturing personnel, supervisors, and clerical or administrative staff. Recently, his work supported by the College Board has involved the identification of college student potential using non cognitive instruments including biographical data and situational judgment measures.

Neal Schmitt obtained his Ph. D. from Purdue University in 1972 in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and is currently University Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Michigan State University. He was editor of Journal of Applied Psychology from 1988-1994 and has served on ten editorial boards. In 1987-88, he was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. He has received the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology's Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award (1999) and its Distinguished Contributions Award (1998) and served as the Society's President in 1989-90. In 2007-08, he served as the President of the Division of Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation of the American Psychological Association. He has received the Heneman Career Achievement Award from the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management, 2000 and the Career Achievement Award from the Research Methods Division of the Academy of Management, 2007. He has coauthored three textbooks, Staffing Organizations with Ben Schneider, Research Methods in Human Resource Management with Richard Klimoski, Personnel Selection with David Chan, co-edited Personnel Selection in Organizations with Walter Borman and Measurement and Data Analysis with Fritz Drasgow and published over 200 articles and book chapters. He is editor of a forthcoming volume to be published by Oxford University Press titled Handbook of Assessment and Selection. His current research centers on the effectiveness of organizations’ selection procedures and the outcomes of these procedures, particularly as they relate to subgroup employment and applicant reactions and behavior.

PTC/MW thanks GMU's Industrial-Organizational Psychology Student Association (IOPSA) for their continued support in organizing and hosting our monthly luncheons and workshops.