Another Great Year for I-O at APS!
Reported by Deborah E. Rupp and Deidra Schleicher
The Association for Psychological Science held its 21st Annual Convention, May 22-25, in lovely San Francisco, and, as is the tradition, industrial-organizational psychology was well represented by the best and brightest scholars and most cutting-edge research to date. In addition to nearly 200 I-O poster presentations, there were a number of I-O symposia and invited addresses. Larry James, James LeBreton, and their colleagues offered a symposium on the assessment of personality via conditional reasoning. Deidra Schleicher chaired a symposium on the psychological ... Read more
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 Supreme Court Decides Ricci Case
Justices Side With Firefighters
On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court justices handed down their decision on the Ricci v. DeStefano case. In the 5-4 decision, the justices stated the city’s action in discarding the tests violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
You can read SIOP members’ posts on this topic and give your own opinion now on the SIOP Exchange! Read Dan A. Biddle’s opinion before the decision was handed down in Ricci v. DeStefano: An Opinionas well as comments from members like Art Gutman, who will also be writing a post on the aftermath of the decision. You can also read a brief background of the case as well as past TIP stories on the topic in The Ricci Case: Prelude to a Decision. To voice your own opinions on the decision and its implications for the field of industrial-organizational psychology, visit the SIOP Exchange today!
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