The 4th Annual River Cities I-O Psychology Conference
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
University Center
Chattanooga, TN
November 7th – 8th 2008
Yes, the increasingly popular RCIO conference is now being hosted and sponsored by the UTC Master's in I-O program and Department of Psychology in Chattanooga, TN. For 2008 our theme is "Applying psychology to everyday life." Come join us in the "scenic city" for a truly memorable two-day event.
Topics of particular interest this year include traditional areas of I-O Psychology such as employee selection, job analysis, training, organizational behavior, compensation, and motivation, as well as areas that have been under-represented in I-O, such as occupational health psychology, translational research, sport psychology, and psychology and the law.
Conference Details
The conference will take place on Friday, November 7th and Saturday, November 8th 2008. All presentations and sessions will be held on the campus of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in Chattanooga, TN. We have reserved a block of rooms for Friday evening at the Chattanooga Clarion (soon to be the Double Tree) at $85 per night. More information will be posted on this website in the coming months. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact Dr. Bart Weathington (click his name for e-mail). For a printable (and shareable) version of this call for papers, click here.
Call for Submissions
The RCIO conference planning committee invites faculty, students, and practitioners in I-O or related programs, and other professionals interested in applied psychology to submit proposals for poster and paper presentations. The submission deadline for this year's conference is September 10, 2008. However, we would appreciate receiving your proposals any time after May 1, 2008 to ease processing and provide you with a greater planning window. Submissions will be reviewed and authors notified of acceptance by September 26, 2008.
Presentations at this year’s RCIO Conference are scheduled to last 50 minutes. Each room in our conference facility will be equipped with a projector, screen, laptop computer, and internet connectivity. If other equipment will be needed, please specify in comments box.
Posters submitted to RCIO may be of two formats: (1) Research Proposals or (2) Completed Research accompanied by a paper. Submissions should be marked as either one or the other.
Research proposal submission should include names and affiliations of all authors, the poster title, an abstract (up to 400 words) and a one page summary of the project.
Completed projects should include names and affiliations of all authors, the poster/paper title, and abstract (up to 400 words), and a copy of the complete paper prepared according to APA style.
Top papers and posters of completed research (well-designed pilot studies are acceptable) with a student first author (undergraduate or graduate) will be selected to appear in a special issue of the journal Modern Psychological Studies that will be published in conjunction with the conference. All submissions should also be sent to Dr. Bart Weathington.
Conference Registration
More details about the workshop and special presenters are forthcoming, so keep checking back here for details. In the meantime, feel free to register by downloading and completing this form.
