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I/O faculty, students receive awards

Industrial-Organizational Psychology faculty members and students received three of nine Editor Commendation awards from the editorial board of the Journal of Business and Psychology.

The Journal of Business and Psychology has selected their best papers of 2015 for the Editor Commendation award. Over 500 papers were considered for the honor; of nine papers selected, three were authored or co-authored by Penn State Psychology faculty, doctoral students, or undergraduate students.

The three Penn State-affiliated recipients of the 2015 Editor Commendation award from the Journal of Business and Psychology are:

Allison S. Gabriel (undergraduate student), Jennifer D. Acosta (doctoral student), and Alicia A. Grandey (Professor of Psychology): The Value of a Smile: Does Emotional Performance Matter More in Familiar or Unfamiliar Exchanges?
Samuel T. Hunter (Assistant Professor of Psychology) and Lily Cushenberry (doctoral student): Is Being a Jerk Necessary for Originality? Examining the Role of Disagreeableness in the Sharing and Utilization of Original Ideas.
Scott Tonidandel (Davidson College) and James M. LeBreton (Professor of Psychology): RWA Web: A Free, Comprehensive, Web-Based, and User-Friendly Tool for Relative Weight Analyses.

A full list of winners can be accessed through the Journal of Business and Psychology's Facebook page.