L. Allen Slade
4751 Yeardley Loop
Williamsburg, VA 23185
757-229-0840
allen@sladeresearch.com
Education
Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, December, 1986
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Minor: Strategic Human Resource Management
B.A. (with Distinction) in Psychology, May, 1981
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Employment – Higher Education
Mason School of Business, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Director of the Leadership Advantage Program and Associate Clinical Professor of Business (May, 2008
to present)
• MBA classes: leadership development
• Coordinate network of 45 coaches for MBA students
• Manage budget, staff, and software system; coordinate leadership development activities across
MBA program
Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA (July, 2003 to May, 2008)
Associate Professor of Management and Adjunct Professor of Psychology
• Management classes: Principles of Management, Leadership, Human Resources and Strategic
Management
• Psychology classes: Cognitive Psychology, Industrial Psychology and Organizational Psychology
• Supervised senior thesis for 4 psychology students and 1 business student
• Organized symposium with 4 undergraduate students at the Southeastern Psychological Association.
University of Washington, Tacoma, Tacoma, WA (January 2003 to May 2003)
• Senior Instructor. Taught Research Methods; Titans, Technology & Transitions; and Managing and
Motivating Work Teams
Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA (November, 2002 to February 2003)
• Adjunct Professor. Taught Testing & Measurement
University of Delaware, Newark, DE (September, 1986 to August, 1990)
• Assistant Professor of Business Administration. Taught organizational behavior and management for
undergraduate and MBA students.
• Public Service Fellow (September, 1989 to May 1990). Developed export trade strategy for Delaware
Development Office and Governor’s International Trade Council.
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Employment – Fortune 100 Companies
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (August 1999 to August, 2002)
• Director, Microsoft People Research. Delivered web-based global employee opinion survey that
increased response rates, reporting speed and impact of survey data. Spurred use of conjoint
analysis, drivers analysis, and qualitative research. Created monthly attrition reports to drive
retention insight. Analyzed adverse impact of HR systems.
• Managed staff of 8 and budget of $3M.
Ford Motor Company, World Headquarters, Dearborn, MI (August, 1990 to August, 1999)
• Senior Manager, Organizational Survey Services (1994 to 1999). Designed and implemented Web
Survey System, saving company $2.4M per year. Managed staff of 8 (2 full time and 6 interns) and
budget of $3M.
• Employee Development Planning Associate (1990 to 1994). Developed competency models and
selection systems for supervisors, clerical, and marketing. Analyzed adverse impact and validity.
Developed performance management process and delivered manager training for Ford of Japan.
International Business Machines Corporation, Franklin Lakes, NJ (June 1984 to March 1985)
• Personnel Research Intern. Conducted research on skills, surveys and career development planning.
Employment – Research and Consulting
Valtera Corporation, Rolling Meadows, IL (March 2006 to present)
• Research Fellow. Developed discrete choice methods for employee research.
Slade & Associates, Research Consultants, http://www.sladeresearch.com
Managing Principal (January 1988 to present)
• Conducted survey research. Designed and delivered customized training programs
Research
Journal Articles
Slade, L. A. (Under review). Career transitions and seasons of calling.
Slade, L. A., Davenport, T. O., Roberts, D. R., & Shah, S. (2002). How Microsoft optimized its
investment in people after the dot com era. Journal of Organizational Excellence, 22 (1), 43-52.
Ryan, A. M., Horvath, M., Ployhart, R., Schmitt, N. & Slade, L. A. (2000). Hypothesizing differential item
functioning in global employee opinion surveys. Personnel Psychology, 53, 531-562.
Ryan, A. M., Chan, D., Ployhart, R. E., & Slade, L. A (1999). Employee attitude surveys in a multinational
organization: Considering language and culture in assessing measurement equivalence.
Personnel Psychology, 52, 37-58.
Slade, L. A., & Rush, M. C. (1991). Achievement motivation and the dynamics of task difficulty choices.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60, 165-172.
Kydd, C. T., Ogilvie, J. R., & Slade, L. A. (1990). "I don't care what they say, as long as they spell my
name right": Publicity, reputation, and turnover. Group & Organization Studies, 15, 53-74.
Slade, L. A., & Gordon, M. E. (1988). On the virtues of laboratory babies and student bathwater: A reply
to Dobbins, Lane, and Steiner. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 9, 373-376.
Gordon, M. E., Slade, L. A., & Schmitt, N. (1987). Student guinea pigs: Porcine predictors and
particularistic phenomena. Academy of Management Review, 12, 160-163.
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Bonvillian, J. D., Rea, C. A., Orlansky, M. D., & Slade, L. A. (1987). The effect of sign language rehearsal
on deaf subjects' immediate and delayed recall of English word lists. Applied Psycholinguistics, 8,
33-53.
Gordon, M. E., Slade, L. A., & Schmitt, N. (1986). The "Science of the Sophomore" revisited: From
conjecture to empiricism. Academy of Management Review, 11, 191-207.
Panek, P. E., Rush, M. C., & Slade, L. A. (1984). Locus of the age-Stroop interference relationship.
Journal of Genetic Psychology, 145, 209-216.
Book Chapters, Manuals and Proceedings
Slade, L. A. (in press). Minimizing promises and fears: Defining the decision space for conjoint research
for employees versus customers. Proceedings of the Sawtooth Software Conference, Santa Rosa,
CA, October, 2007.
Minor, F. J., & Slade, L. A. (1991). Managing employee career transitions. In D. W. Bray, J. W. Jones, &
B. Steffy (Eds.), Applying psychology in business: The manager's handbook (pp. 423-429).
Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.
Minor, F. J., Slade, L. A., & Myers, R. A. (1991). Career transitions in changing times. In R. F. Morrison &
J. Adams (Eds.), Contemporary Career Development Issues (pp. 109-119). Hillsdale, NJ:
Erlbaum.
Coulter, M., Krell, T. C., Rowley, D. J., & Slade, L. A. (1991). Integrated Instructor's Resource Manual
(Volumes I and II). For the introductory textbook on Management by K. M. Bartol & D. C. Martin.
New York: McGraw-Hill.
Ogilvie, J. R., & Slade, L. A. (1991). Developing organizational commitment: Congruency and strategic
human resource management perspectives. Proceedings of the Eastern Academy of
Management, Annual Meeting held in Hartford, CN, May.
Slade, L. A. (1988). Repeated task difficulty choices as a function of achievement motivation. In F. Hoy
(Ed.), Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (pp. 221-225).
Research Presentations
Slade, L. A. The scientist-practitioner model in undergraduate industrial psychology. Symposium
presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, March, 2006.
Slade, L. A. Total Rewards Optimization: Driving retention through rewards. Presented at the Human
Resources Institute’s 31st Annual Issue Management Conference, St. Petersburg Beach, February,
2003.
Englizian, M., Slade, A., & Davenport, T. Optimizing total rewards: controlling costs and maximizing
business value. Presented at the World at Work Conference, Orlando, May, 2002.
Slade, L. A. Lessons from survey system testing at Microsoft: The good, the bad and the ugly.
Presented at the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto, April, 2002.
Slade, L. A., Sandora, L., Hamill, L. S., & Suckow, K. J. Integrating research to create retention
intelligence at Microsoft. Presented at the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
Toronto, April, 2002.
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Hovarth, M., Chambers, B. A., Ryan, A. M., & Slade, L.A. Using uncertainty avoidance to predict
differential item functioning. Presented at the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
San Diego, April, 2001.
Slade, L. A. & Sandora, L. Survey technology and privacy. Presented at the Society of Industrial and
Organizational Psychology, San Diego, April, 2001.
Slade, L. A. Technology in I-O: Issues, experiences, and new applications (discussant). Presented at the
Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, April, 2001.
West, B. J., Horvath, M., Ryan, A. M., Ployhart, R. E., & Slade, L. A. The relationship between
perceptions of organizational survey feedback and attitudinal change. Presented at the Society of
Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, April, 2000.
Horvath, M., Ployhart, R. E., Ryan, A. M., & Slade, L. A. Assessing equivalence of subordinates’ ratings
of primary and matrix supervisors. Presented at the Society of Industrial and Organizational
Psychology, New Orleans, April, 2000.
Slade, L. A. Globalization, new technology, and chaos in employee surveying. Presented at the
Michigan Association of Industrial-Organizational Psychologists March 18, 1999.
Slade, L. A., & Mills, N. Global surveying via the web: Better, faster, cheaper, and more chaotic.
Presented at the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, April, 1999.
Horvath, M., Ryan, A. M., Ployhart, R. E., & Slade, L. A. Hypothesizing differential item functioning in
global employee opinion surveys. Presented at the Society of Industrial and Organizational
Psychology, Atlanta, April, 1999.
Ployhart, R. E., Horvath, M., Ryan, A. M., & Slade, L. A. Using estimates of within-group agreement to
assess the appropriateness of aggregate level survey reports in a multicultural survey. Presented
at the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, April, 1999.
Ryan, A. M., Chan, D., Ployhart, R. E., & Slade, L. A. Considering language and culture in assessing
measurement equivalence. Presented at the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
Dallas, April, 1998.
Hovarth, M., Ryan, A. M., & Slade, L. A. Cross-cultural equivalence in attitude surveys. Presented at the
Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, April, 1998.
Slade, L. A. Using opinion surveys to improve organizational effectiveness: The Ford Pulse. Paper
presented at the American Psychological Association/National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health Interdisciplinary Conference on Occupational Stress and Health, Washington, D.C.,
September, 1995.
Slade, L. A. Integrating selection, training, development and performance appraisal with core
competencies. Paper presented at the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
Orlando, May, 1995.
Slade, L. A., & Markus, R. M. Export promotion through legislation: Past failure and future opportunity.
Paper presented at the Academy of International Business/Northeast Division, Baltimore, June,
1990.
Slade, L. A., & Rau, P. State trade promotion through a trading company. Paper presented at the
Academy of International Business/Northeast Division, Baltimore, June, 1989.
Minor, F. J., & Slade, L. A. Career transitions: An organizational perspective. Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, San Diego, August, 1985.
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Rush, M. C., & Slade, L. A. Cognitively assimilated performance information and individual differences.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New
Orleans, March, 1984.
Panek, P. E., Rush, M. C., & Slade, L. A. Exploratory examination of the age-Stroop interference effect.
Presented at the Ninetieth Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association,
Washington, D. C., August, 1982.
Professional Associations
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Academy of Management - Member
American Psychological Association - Member
Attrition & Retention Consortium www.retentionconsortium.org–Principal Representative (2000–2002)
o Chair (2001-2002) and Board Member (2000-2001)
Christian Business Faculty Association - Member
Mayflower Survey Group www.mayflowergroup.org–Principal/Alternate Representative (1995–2002)
o Chair of International Committee (1998–1999)
Southeastern Psychological Association - Member
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology - Member
References
Richard D. Allen, Ph.D.
Professor of Management and Department Head
Covenant College
14049 Scenic Highway
Lookout Mountain, GA 30750-9901
(706) 419-1061
allen@covenant.edu
David J. Hoover, Ph.D.
Professor of Management
Covenant College
14049 Scenic Highway
Lookout Mountain, GA 30750-9901
(706) 419-1060
hoover@covenant.edu
Michael J. Rulon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Covenant College
14049 Scenic Highway
Lookout Mountain, GA 30750-9901
(706) 419-1563
rulon@covenant.edu