Call for Submissions

Each year, the RCIO conference is tailored to a particular theme relevant to I-O or more general applied psychology. The focus of this year’s conference is on identifying, developing, and selecting high performing employees. Topics of interest, therefore, include traditional areas of I-O Psychology such as employee selection, job analysis, training, organizational behavior, compensation, and motivation, but also may include areas that have been under-represented in I-O, such as occupational health psychology, translational research, sport psychology, forensic psychology, and behavioral finance.

Given this year’s theme, we are pleased to announce two internationally known Industrial-Organizational Psychologists as featured presenters:

• Dr. Frank Schmidt, a leading authority on employee selection, will deliver the keynote address, presenting an update of the seminal article, “The validity and utility of selection methods in personnel psychology: Practical and theoretical implications of 85 years of research findings” published originally in 1998 with Dr. John Hunter in the journal Psychological Bulletin.
• Dr. Paul Muchinsky will hold a round-table discussion on issues of selection and the history and development of I-O as a social science. Dr. Muchinsky is a noted scholar and the author of “The High Society” commentary which appears in each issue of The Industrial Organizational Psychologist (TIP). He is also the author of Psychology Applied to Work, a popular introductory I-O text currently in its 10th edition.

The RCIO conference planning committee invites practitioners, faculty, and students who are interested in applied psychology to submit proposals for research/tutorial presentations and poster presentations. The submission deadline for this year's conference is September 21, 2012. However, we would appreciate receiving your proposals any time after May 1, 2012 to ease processing and provide you with a greater planning window. Submissions will be reviewed and authors notified of acceptance by September 30, 2012. The complete call for papers can be accessed by clicking here.

Research/Tutorial Presentation Submission Guidelines
Presentations at this year’s RCIO Conference are scheduled to last 50 minutes including time for Q&A following each presentation. Each presentation room will be equipped with a projector, screen, computer, and internet connectivity. If other equipment will be needed, please specify in the comments box of your submission. Research/tutorial presentation submissions should include names and affiliations of all presenters as well as a title and short summary of the proposed session. Please include a copy of your resume or CV with the submission.

Poster Submission Guidelines
Posters submitted to RCIO may be of two formats: Research Proposals and Completed Research accompanied by a paper. Submission should be marked as either a research proposal or completed project.

• Research proposal submissions should include names and affiliations of all authors, the poster title, a detailed abstract (of no more than 400 words), and a more detailed one page summary of the project. If accepted, the submitted abstract will be published in the conference program. The purpose of the one page summary is to provide enough information, beyond that presented in the abstract, to fully review the submission.
• Completed research submissions should include names and affiliations of all authors, the poster/paper title, a detailed abstract (of no more than 400 words), and a copy of the complete paper based on this research and prepared according to current APA style.
  

Submissions should be sent to this email address: Bart-Weathington@utc.edu.

Conference Details

The conference will take place from Friday afternoon, October 26th to Saturday, October 27th, 2012. All conference sessions are hosted in the University Center at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in Chattanooga, Tennessee. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Bart Weathington via email at Bart-Weathington@utc.edu or by phone at 423-425-4289.

Poster Session
Posters will be displayed on easels, so presenters should bring cardboard backing (e.g., a standard poster tri-fold) to support their posters. In general, posters should be approximately 3 feet x 3 feet in dimensions.

Presentations
Presentations at this year’s RCIO Conference are scheduled to last 50 minutes including a time for Q&A. Each room will be equipped with a projector, screen, laptop computer, and internet connectivity. If other equipment will be needed, please specify in comments box in the registration form.

Conference Registration

Registration is necessary for any and all primary conference events on Saturday. You may register for RCIO 2012 in two ways:

Option 1:

You can register online with a credit card or PayPal account. To do this, please follow these steps:
1) Complete our online registration form (click here)
2) Enter your payment details using the dropdown menu and PayPal link below:

Pre-registration options:

Student $20.00 USD Faculty/Professional $55.00 USD

Option 2:

If you do not wish to register online, but would prefer to pay by check or cash, you may download a complete registration form here (click here to download) and mail it to Bart Weathington at the address provided on the form.

Early registration (open until Monday, October 22, 2012) is discounted to $20 for students and $55 for professionals. On-site registration paid Saturday morning will be $30 for students and $75 for professionals (payable by cash or check only).

Conference Lodging

We have reserved a block of rooms for conference attendees at the Staybridge Suites in downtown Chattanooga (click here for hotel details). The discounted rate is $94 per night, including breakfast. To take advantage of this great deal, you will need to call the hotel directly (423-267-0900) and mention the "RCIO Conference" when you are placing your reservation. Please note, this deal will only be honored before October 1, 2012.