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Prof. Eisenberger named SIOP fellow
11:57 a.m., May 22, 2006--Robert Eisenberger, professor of psychology at UD, was elected a fellow in the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) on May 5 at the organization's national conference in Dallas. The award is the society's highest honor. Eisenberger, an expert on the motivations of people at work and leisure, was one of eight SIOP members named a fellow. “SIOP fellows have distinguished themselves by their outstanding contributions to the field,” Leaetta Hough, society president, said. “It is a significant honor granted only to a small percentage of industrial-organizational psychologists.” Eisenberger joined the Delaware faculty in 1978 after teaching at the State University of New York at Albany for seven years. Author of more than 60 publications, his work has been published in many journals, including the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and the Journal of Applied Psychology. A research study he co-authored was awarded the Best Paper on Organizational Behavior at the 2001 Academy of Management conference. Eisenberger has been invited to present his research at numerous conferences and meetings, and his work has been featured on National Public Radio. An active researcher in the field of employee motivation, Eisenberger focuses on how employee commitment and work effort is tied directly to employees' perceptions of how an organization values their work and contributions. Eisenberger has been elected a fellow in three other organizations, including the American Psychological Association. Established in 1982, SIOP's 6,300 members are dedicated to applying psychology to the workplace to improve employees' satisfaction in their work, employers' ability to select and promote the best people, and to improve workplace atmosphere. Article by Julia Parmley, AS '07 |
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