Are You Turning Insights Into Action With Big Data?

Today’s advanced technology gives us the ability to access mountains of data. Although this is helpful for organizations, it can be difficult to implement all that data for smart business decisions. Big data alone can’t create insight, knowledge, or change. That’s where industrial and organizational (I-O) psychologists come in.

As experts in workplace psychology, I-O psychologists ask the right questions at the right time to harness large amounts of data that solve business challenges. To show the value that I-O psychologists bring to the big data table, SIOP’s Visibility Committee has released a video on the SIOP YouTube page.

​Customize the #SIOP19 Conference Experience

The 34th Annual SIOP Conference, April 4-6, 2019 at the spacious Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Washington DC/National Harbor will feature new research and best practices on just about every I-O psychology subject, with special emphasis on topics like diversity and inclusion and the future of work that are the focus of attention right now. Researchers, educators, and practitioners from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa gather to network and share experiences with colleagues.

​SIOP Foundation Launches 1st Ever Visionary Circle

The SIOP Foundation, Inc. launches their first ever Visionary Circle to fund innovative research on industrial and organizational psychology science and practice that will have a lasting impact in the workplace. Operated in collaboration with the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Inc. (SIOP), the SIOP Visionary Circle is a charitable program of the SIOP Foundation, and the program’s goal is to secure at least $100,000 to fund a grant in 2020.

The editorial team of Human Resources Management Journal would like to invite authors to submit proposals for the Journal’s Review & Provocation section. See this link for an overview of the papers published to date: https://0-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.library.alliant.edu/page/journal/17488583/homepage/provocation_papers.htm

Guest editors: Luciara Nardon (Carleton University, Canada), Betina Szkudlarek (University of Sydney Business School, Australia), Soo Min Toh (University of Toronto, Canada)

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