MSU I/O Update
*Relaxing at Yachana Eco-lodge, Ecuador
Who We Are...
I/O Program Faculty:
Andi Lassiter, Ph.D.
Lisa Perez, Ph.D.
Dan Sachau, Ph.D.
Kristie Campana. Ph.D.
Newsletter Editor:
Pei See Ng
Alumni Advisory Panel:
Carrie Demay, Data Recog. Corp.
Jolene Meyer, Previsor
Kelly Coumbe, OptumHealth
Carol Lynn Courtney, Courtney Conslting
Tanya Gilbertson, Target
Andrea Larson, Merck &CO.
Doug Molitor, 3M
Patti Naas, Ameriprise
Dick Olson, Olson Consulting
Darcey Schoenebeck, CatalystRx
John Zehr, Target
Industrial/Organizational
Psychology
Minnesota State University
23 Armstrong Hall
Mankato, MN 56001
Office Location:
332 Wiecking Center
Office: 507-389-2724
Fax: 507-389-1099
Website: www.mnsu.edu/iopsych
Note from the Director
You Can Help
It’s been another eventful year for the The MSU I/O Psychology Program has crefaculty and students in the I/O Psychol- ated a microlending group through Kiva.
Microlending is the process whereby people
ogy Program. I want to thank all the
donate as little as $25 to an entrepreneur in
folks who provided jobs, arranged ina developing country. The entrepreneur
ternships, collaborated on research,
uses the money to start a small business.
contracted with the OERG, spoke to
The entrepreneur repays the loan to the
students, and coached students. As I
lender at no interest. To join MSU’s I/O
worked on the newsletter, I was parKiva group, go to kiva.org, create an acticularly impressed by the extent to
which the alumni have been instrumen- count, and load money in the account. Then,
select the community tab on the Kiva
tal in the success of the program. As
you read the newsletter look for the  website and search for the group MNSU
I-O Psychology Alumni & Friends. For
This indicates that an MSU alumni
the price of a night on the
provided an opportunity for the faculty
town, you can change
and students. We appreciate your
someone’s life.
support.
A Publication of the Industrial/Organizational Psychology Program
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Movers and Shakers 2010
Andrea Larson’s (Left) thesis was published as The Effects of
incentives and the Big Five personality dimensions on internet
panelists’ product ratings in the International Journal of Market
Research, 51(5), 687-706 and was nominated by the Market Research Society for best Collaborative Paper of 2009. Andrew
Preissner holds HR Manager position with A to Z Machine Co.
Bill Gerber was married this summer. Lord help. Terra King
became Sr. Planning Analyst with Hennepin County HealthWorks. Nancy Branton launched Workplace Coach Institute,
Inc. She and her partner Cynthia Kivland focus on leadership,
coaching, and consulting solutions for global talent and to bring
humanity to the workplace. Julie Moran was promoted to Manager at Accenture.
Jodi Schneiderman is working on Semester at Sea as a Living Learning Coordinator
for Career Development. She will spend the next year in South Africa. Lauren Henderson is involved in talent management and recruitment in the HR Department for
REI. Wendy Wright Zeller is now Director of Organizational Effectiveness at H&R
Block. Steve Netsch is founder of a new faith-based “YouTube” style web site called
Blessing Stream. Alicia Bollesen is living in Shanghai, China now and is enrolled at
Maritime University. Darcey Schoenebeck became President
of Sales for CatalystRx. Nate Dvorak (right), who works for
Gallup Consulting, will be a featured speaker at the SIOP Master’s Consortium this year. Elsa Maas is HR Manger at
Rochester Medical Corporation. Jolene Meyer and Dustin
had a baby in December. Kelly Coumbe became Sr. Director
of Quality for OptumHealth Care Solutions. Tina Halphen
was married in August and is now a Training and Development
Coordinator for Dow Chemical Company in the Netherlands.
Christine Sizer Davis welcomed her fourth daughter in January. Christine works for Wilson Learning in Minneapolis. Beth Peters is an OD Specialist at Black Hills Corporation in South Dakota. Andy Dybvig and his wife welcomed their daughter into the world, Naomi
in March. Ann Beacom is now a personnel research psychologist for the Office of Personnel Management. Katie Federer
received the SPHR certification in January. She is creating an on
-line retail auto parts company. Ashley “Small Hands” Johnson (left) was married to Patrick Palmer this summer. Congratulations “Small Palms. “
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Winter 2011
Alumni
After graduating from MSU, I returned home to Southern
California and worked as a technical trainer with SAIC. I delivered and helped develop operator training for the Vehicle
and Cargo Inspection System, a gamma-ray imaging detection
device used to screen vehicles and cargo containers for
weapons, drugs, stowaways, and other contraband. For the
next year, I traveled three or four weeks a month to locations around the US and other countries. Most destinations
were border towns and remote military bases. Not quite
pure I/O work, but it was a great experience with unique
travel opportunities.
I applied to PhD programs that year and was fortunate to
receive a few offers. I was persuaded by a friend I met at the
Consulting Challenge to go to the University of Tulsa, where he was completing his
PhD. I moved to Tulsa in August of 2005 and began the PhD program. Fortunately most
of my credits from MSU transferred, so I only had a couple years of classes to take plus
comprehensive examinations and the dissertation, of course. I completed a PhD in I/O
Psychology in March of 2008.
After being at the University of Tulsa for only a semester, I interviewed for an internship at Hogan Assessment Systems. I began as a Research Assistant at Hogan in January
of 2006 and have been working at Hogan ever since. I spent the first three years at Hogan on the research side of the house. Early on, most of my work centered on client
validation studies, establishing custom selection profiles for clients using Hogan's personality and values assessments to hire "better" employees. After the first year or so, I
moved into the international side of research where I devoted all of my time to establishing analyses and processes for a) assessing the equivalence of translated forms of the
assessments and b) creating local norms. A couple years ago I transitioned to the consulting side of Hogan where I continue to work as an International Consultant today. My primary role is to support distributors of our tools who operate in countries
primarily throughout Latin America and Europe. I consult with them to position our
tools for use with their own clients. I regularly travel around the world to conduct
workshops, deliver seminars, present at conferences, and meet with clients. In addition
to supporting distributors, I also maintain relationships with several direct clients, both
domestic and global. Although I do not have as many opportunities to "play with the
data" as much on the Consulting side, I am still a regular presenter at conferences both
domestic and international, and I try to steal away some time with SPSS to explore the
random and inane research questions that come to mind.
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The OERG is the consulting arm of the I/O Master’s Program. Students and faculty
serve as consultants to local and national organizations providing HR and research
consulting services. Some of our 2010 clients and research partners appear below:
aTrain Case Study Project. 
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CatalystRx Company Satisfaction Survey. 
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aTrain Sales SJT Development .
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CatalystRx User Satisfaction Survey. 
Faribault Schools Program Assessment .
Huntington Banks Wellness Survey.
Mankato Free Press Survey.
Minnesota DOT Survey.
Minnesota State Colleges and
Minnesota State University
Universities Info. Tech. Survey.
7700 France Marketing Projects( 2).
MnSCU Needs Assessment for
United States Air Force OSI
Professional Master’s Programs.
Exit Interview Program .
Previsor Address Study. 
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Patterson Dental Project .
Riverland Community College
Riverland Community College
Nursing Assistant Program Assessment.
On-line Class Assessment.
Sage Electrochromics Culture Study.
Vskapes Lab Study.
OptumHealth Customer Sat Survey. 
Assessment Centers
Over the last few years, the Personnel Board of Jefferson County Alabama has utilized the talent of
MSU's I/O Psychology graduate students. Every semester they invite students from I/O graduate students to participate as assessors in their assessment centers. Jefferson County pays for the students' flights, hotel accommodations, meals, and other related expenses of the trip. The students
volunteer their time, often missing classes, in order to take advantage of this learning opportunity.
Thanks to Tamela Parrish, Dr. Martinique (Marty) Alber and Jefferson County for providing this
unique learning opportunity. You can read more about the program by going to http://
www.jeffcojobs.org/.
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Papers, Publication & Presentations
Abadin, H., Lassiter, A., & Akey, L. (2011). Assessing Community College Transfer Student Performance at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Paper submitted to the 32nd Annual IOOB Conference, San Diego, CA.
Blackhurst, E., Sachau, D., Fee, S., & Campana, K. (2011). Creating and validating a measure of first-line manager readiness. Paper
submitted to the 32nd Annual IOOB Conference, San Diego, California.
Diaco, J. & Campana, K. (2011). Applicant Reactions as a Predictor of Satisfaction and Intent to Stay: Evidence in a Nursing Sample.
Paper submitted to the 32nd Annual IOOB Conference, San Diego, CA.
Divine, B., Perez, L., Bourke, M., & Sachau, D. (2010). The anguish of aiding: Secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and coping
among federal law enforcement agents. Paper presented submitted to the 31st Annual IOOB Conference, Houston, TX .
Divine, B. B., & Perez, L. M. (2010, September). The anguish of aiding: Secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and coping among
law enforcement officers exposed to disturbing media. Paper presented at the 39 th Annual Conference of the Society for Police and
Criminal Psychology, Honolulu, HI.
Feil, J. & Perez, L. (2011). Religious Coping Versus Non-Religious Coping and the Effects on Reducing Strain Caused by Financial
Stress. Paper submitted to the 32nd Annual IOOB Conference, San Diego, CA.
Garvey, E.C. & Sachau, D. (2010). The positive side of type A. Paper presented at the 31st Annual IOOB Conference, Houston, TX.
Hammoud, S. & Campana, K. (2011). The Relationship between Emotional Labor and Organizational Justice in a Healthcare Setting. Paper submitted to the 32nd Annual IOOB Conference, San Diego, CA.
Harms, A. & Perez, L. (2011). The role of emotion in development of burnout and sts in federal officers exposed to disturbing media.
Paper submitted to the 32nd Annual IOOB Conference, San Diego, CA.
Hartmann, L. R. & Campana, K. (2010). Predicting cheating in unproctored personnel selection testing: An application of rest component model of morality and the theory of planned behavior. Paper presented at the 31st Annual IOOB Conference, Houston, TX
Houlihan, S., Perez, L., & Morales, J. (2011). Creation of an Indigenous Student Selection Program. Paper Submitted to the 32nd
Annual IOOB Conference, San Diego, CA.
Johnson, A., Sachau, D., & Englert, D. (2010). Organizational and occupational embeddedness of federal law enforcement personnel. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 25(2), 75-89.
Jungemann, K. & Sachau, D. (2011). The development and validation of the 5Plus5: A ranking personality measure. Paper Submitted
to the 32nd Annual IOOB Conference, San Diego, CA
Kurian, S. (2010). Examining the effectiveness of work-life balance interventions on perceptions of work-to-family and family-towork conflict. Paper presented at the 31st Annual IOOB Conference, Houston, TX.
Martell, B. & Stark, E. (2011). Diverse Knowledge, and its Relationship with Creativity in Individuals. Paper submitted to the 32nd
Annual IOOB Conference, San Diego, CA.
Ng, P.S. & Lassiter, A. (2011). Cultural intelligence and collective efficacy in virtual team effectiveness. Paper submitted to the 32nd
Annual IOOB Conference, San Diego, CA.
Ono, M., Taylor, M. D., & Sachau, D. (2010). Emotional intelligence and cognitive intelligence as predictors of investigator performance. Paper presented at the 31st Annual IOOB Conference, Houston, TX.
Oleson, M. (2010).The effect of gender bias on perceptions of competence in a selection context. Paper presented at the 31st Annual
IOOB Conference, Houston, TX.
Perez, .M., Jones, J.,Englert, D. R., & Sachau, D. (2010). Secondary traumatic stress and burnout among law enforcement
investigators exposed to disturbing media images. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 25, 113-124.
Sachau, D., & Naas, P. (2010). The Consulting Challenge: A case competition. Journal of Management Education, 34(4), 605-631.
Sachau, D., Brasher, N., & Fee, S. (2010). Three models for short-term study abroad. Journal of Management Education, 34(5), 645670. * Featured in the Journal of Management Education Podcast Fall 2010
Talmage, C. A. & Lassiter, A. (2010). How do we make web recruitment successful: An in-depth look at source differences and prehire outcomes. Paper presented at the 31st Annual IOOB Conference, Houston, TX.
Smith, W & Campana, K. (2010). Developing a situational judgment test to measure applicant integrity. Paper submitted to the 31st
Annual IOOB Conference, Houston, TX.
Taylor, M. D., Sachau, D., & Oleson, M. S. (2010). Creation of a new measure of organizational culture. Paper presented at the 31st
Annual IOOB Conference, Houston, TX.
Tseng, T. & Lassiter, A. (2011). Development of an assessment center as a selection method of I/O graduate applicants. Paper submitted to the 32nd Annual IOOB Conference, San Diego, CA
Wohkittel, J.M. & Lassiter, A. (2010). The relationship between motivation and applicant withdrawal: An expectancy theory driven
model. Paper presented at the 31st Annual IOOB Conference, Houston, TX.
Woodruff, P., Perez, L., Fox, M., & Campana, K. (2011). The Moderating Effect of Proactive Personality on the Recovery-Strain Relationship. Paper submitted to the 32nd Annual IOOB Conference, San Diego, CA
Yong, L. & Sachau, D. (2011). Exploring the antecedents of organizational citizenship behavior in a professional virtual community.
Paper submitted to the 32nd Annual IOOB Conference, San Diego, CA.
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The boys at the end of No-shave November. No, they don’t
know why either.
Thanks to all the faculty who served on student thesis committees this year.
The 2010 Alumni
Award
Goes to Joshua Wittrock who
arranged 6 internships and 5 OERG
consulting projects. Josh is a Consultant with aTrain Germany.
Thanks for your hard work Josh.
Dr. Richard Auger
Dr. Kevin Elliot
Dr. Stephen Bohnenblust
Dr. Scott Fee
Dr. Kathy Dale
Dr. Marlin Fox
Lieutenant
Pei See Ng is the Chief Graduate
Student for the 2010 –2011 school
year.
Dr. Brenda Flannnery
Dr. Paul Schuman
Dr. Howard Miller
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Winter 2011
2010 - 2011 Incoming Students
Amanda Halabi, U of Oklahoma
Hitoshi Nishina, Soka U of America
Jason Jaber, U of Wisconsin - Madison
Justin Dumond, U of Southern Indiana
Olivia Martin, Seattle U
Scott Dillon, U of St. Thomas
Christopher Wedge, U of Texas at Dallas
Jake Forsman, U of St. Thomas
Jessica Morales, Minnesota State U
Michael Leytem, U of Iowa
Paul Fursman, U of Minnesota - Duluth
Stevie Collin, Albion College
Frequent Fliers
Sherine Kurian and Mike Taylor on a day off in Bamberg, Germany while working with aTrain.
Students and Faculty logged many miles in
2010. Here are the locations they visited for
work, conferences, and school-related travel.
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2010 I/O Speaker Series
Craig Crossley, Ph.D., Metrics Consultant, Corporate Strategy, Schwan’s
Dan Ostgaard, Ph.D., Principal, Workforce Architects
Mahlia Matsch, M.A., Patterson Dental 
Bill Handschin, Ph.D., Talent Management Consultants
Grant Freedman, Ph.D., JvR Consulting, South Africa
Mike Carey, M.B.A., SPHR, VP Global HR - PDI Ninth House
Lois Tetrick, Ph.D., Program Director/Professor - George Mason U.
Lance Andrews, M.A. Senior Consultant - PreVisor 
Lisa Leslie, Ph.D., Assistant Professor - Carlson School of Management
Cheryl Paullin, Program Manager - HumRRO
2010 Consulting Challenge
Personnel Decisions International
hosted the 2010 Consulting Challenge. Teams comprised of students from MSU, UNI , St. Cloud
State and Roosevelt University
participated in the three-day
event. Thanks to Dr. Lisa
Stevens who hosted the event.
Jamie Bell, UNI; Kristy Jungemann, MSU; Maja Osolnik, SCSU
Take Me Back
1990
1996
2001
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Reunion 2010
2010
marked the 10th anniversary of
the I/O Program Fall Conference. All I/
O Alumni were invited back for the
event. The reunion was held at Clamshell
Beach Resort on Clamshell Lake. Clockwise from upper left: First-year students
in group process exercise. Kim O’Farrell Neumann and Michael Durando;
Kristie Campana and Ann Beacom; Ashley Stanoch, Dan Bender, Jessica Gertz
and John Zehr; Karaoke with Tilman
Sheets, Hyder Abadin, and Eric Garvey.
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Social Events 2010
Clockwise from upper left: Group of students skydive. Spring Gala. Teambuilding
on MSU ropes course. Bad-sweater holiday
party. Halloween party. SIOP party.
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Trip to
Ecuador,
Amazon &
Galapagos
May 2010
Students and faculty traveled to Ecuador in May.
We visited the Galapagos
and we completed a service
learning project at the Yachana Technical High
School. The high school is a
1 hour flight from Quito
than a 2 hour boat ride up
that Napo River. The
school and accompanying
eco-lodge focus on economic development. Sean
Houlihan is returning to Yachana this spring to collect
data on student success.
We encourage you to follow the progress of the
school by visiting their web
site Yachana.com.
MSU I/O Update
Graduate
Placement
Graduate
Craig Talmage
Arizona State University
Eric Garvey
Bob Ono
Claremont University
Whitney Smith
Joe Wohkittle
University of Minnesota
Sherine Kurian
Lynn Hartmann
JB Hunt Transportation
Mike Taylor
Marquita Oleson Park Nicollet Health Services
Ben Devine
US Office of Personnel Management 
Industrial/Organizational
Psychology Program
Minnesota State University
23 Armstrong Hall
Mankato, MN 56001
Placement
PDI Ninth House
NA
SciTrain
aTrain Germany