Newsletter 2009 - Minnesota State University, Mankato

Who We Are...
I/O Program Faculty:
Andi Lassiter, Ph.D.
Lisa Perez, Ph.D.
Dan Sachau, Ph.D.
Affiliated Faculty:
Kristie Campana
Newsletter Editor:
Josh Wittrock
Alumni Advisory Panel:
Carrie Demay
Data Recognition Corp.
John Congemi
Best Buy
Carol Lynn Courtney, Ph.D.
Courtney Consulting
Tanya Gilbertson
Target
Doug Molitor
3M
Patti Naas
Ameriprise
Dick Olson, Ph.D.
Olson Consulting
Darcey Price
UnitedHealth Group
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
MSU I/O Update
A Publication of the Industrial/Organizational Psychology Program
Department of Psychology • Minnesota State University • Mankato, MN 56001
January 2009

Page 2 I/O Update
I/O students and faculty from MSU, UNI and Saint Cloud
State toured the Gallup Headquarters in Omaha. Nate
Dvorack, an MSU alum, arranged the trip. The folks at
Gallup were gracious hosts. Speakers included:
Matt Mosser – Chief of Worldwide Talent Resources
Gale Muller – Vice Chairman, Research and Development
Emily Meyer – Practice Manager, Strengths Alignment
Jan Miller – Strategic Consultant
Tom Rath – Workplace Practice Leader. Best selling author.
Jim Harter – Chief Scientist, Workplace Well-Being
Jessica Tyler – Practice Manager, Employee Engagement
Kimberly
O’Farrell
Departs
Kim O’Farrell left the
Psychology Department
this year and
moved to California.
We were very sad to
see her go. She is now
engaged to Eric ___,
You can reach her at:
kimofarrell@ca.rr.com
New Six Sigma Course
Kelly Coumbe is teaching a
new Six Sigma course for the I/
O students. Kelly is a Six Sigma
Black Belt who works for ING in
Minneapolis. Kelly is a graduate
of MSU and Cal State San Bernardino.
Students who complete
the course will earn a Six Sigma
Green Belt.
Tilman Sheets is battling Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- and he is winning the fight. Tilman is
now the Chair of the Psychology Department
at Louisiana Tech University. Send him your
good wishes at tilman@latech.edu.

Winter 2008
Alumni Focus: Ana Velez, Mercer Human Resources Consulting
It feels nice to say hello again, this time from Bogota, Colombia. I am very
excited to be back in my home country with my daughter Sofia, who is now
5 years old and goes to the same school I graduated from. After 8 years
abroad in Canada, the United States and Honduras, I can tell you that Colombia
feels like the best place to be.
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I would like to express how lucky I feel about the opportunities I have had
since graduating from MSU. I have worked mainly in Human Resources
Departments in the Banking industry. I started out at Key Bank in Cleveland,
Ohio, performing as an intern on the Website Development team. A
year later, I moved to Honduras to join CABEI (Central American Bank of
Economic Integration), a development bank with holdings in 9 member
countries from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. From a large
group of candidates, I was selected as the Colombian representative to the
Young Professionals Program, where I worked as an HR analyst. The Bank
was an excellent place to learn. Here, the HR team performed all HR processes
in a professional and transparent fashion. Furthermore, we needed to
be extremely careful about how we administered basic processes. Having access to the “best of the best” talent
across 9 countries, you can imagine how our complex our selection criteria were, particularly when facing the
need to defend HR principles above and beyond any possible country laws and regulations. This was not a
rare situation in an environment where politics are always present and where stakeholders are often government
representatives.
I next accepted an offer from Grupo Financiero Ficohsa, a main Financial Group in Honduras known for its
dynamism and creativity. In this firm, I acted as the Training and Development Manager within the HR Corporate
team. The Group consists of a private bank, an insurance group, and a variety of smaller financial companies.
Among my responsibilities, I was asked to develop a plan to take the group to a certifiable level in the
field of Corporate Social Responsibility; though challenging, this was one project that I particularly enjoyed.
After three and a half months of strategy design, team preparation, and implementation, the Group was certified
with the Socially Responsible Organization seal (Sello ESR-Empresa Socialmente Responsable) by FUN-
DAHRSE (Fundacion Hondureña de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial). We were especially proud of this
accomplishment as we were one of seven corporations in Honduras awarded this recognition.
A few months ago, I accepted an opportunity in Bogota, Colombia with Mercer Human Resources Consulting.
I now serve as the Regional Business Partner for Latin America in the Health and Benefits line of business.
My job consists of identifying strategic HR needs, helping the business to address them, and facilitating the
fulfilment of business objectives through people. I am excited to learn from the very interesting people that I
have known throughout eight Latin American countries in the Health and Benefits Joint Venture.
I believe that, as we stay open to learning, our opportunities broaden and we become better professionals and
human beings.
If anyone would like to reach me, feel free to write me an e-mail at ana.velez@mercer.com
Best of luck to all of you!

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The OERG is the consulting arm of the I/O program. Students and faculty serve as
consultants to local and national organizations providing HR and research consulting
services. Faculty and students donate their time and we use the funds from the projects
to pay for student trips, activities, and equipment. This year OERG funds helped
pay for office equipment , SIOP, IOOB, new computers, site visits, speakers, and international
trips.
Locations of I/O Program Trips, Tours and Site Visits
MSU I/O students work as volunteers prior to the conference. Class of 2004 reunites at the alumni party.
SIOP 2008 - San Francisco

Winter 2008
Andrea Larson is now Senior Analyst, HR Decision
Support at Merck & Co., Inc . Christine Staneck was
Married June 21, 2008 in Santa Barbara, CA to Jean-
Philippe Sitbon. She is now Christine Sitbon and is a still
Manager at Project Management Office at Baxter BioScience
in Thousand Oaks, CA. Tera Brown married
Charlie King in June. She is now Tera King. Christine
Davis is Product Implementation Analyst for the Software
Solutions Group
at Wilson Learning.
Mahlia Nguyen
Matsch (Right) won
the 2008 College of
Social and Behavioral
Sciences Thesis of the
Year Award. She then
went on to win the
MSU Thesis of the
Year Award. Paul
Eichberger is now
Project Manager for
South Central College in North Mankato, MN
Nancy Branton wrote an e-book entitled People Management
Primer: Coaching Leaders to be Principled Leaders
that Create Thriving Workplaces
Lisa Stevens (Left) Executive
Consultant, and Director
of Strategy and Talent Management
Consulting. She is
also an expert speaker for
The Conference
Board's Succession Management
conferences for the last
two years. Darcey Schoenbeck
gave birth to Eryn
Rae Schoenebeck. Darcey
has left UnitedHealth Group
and now working at Prime
Therapeutics. Her new title is Engagement Principle.
Angela Lins got married on May 23rd, 2008, to
Tim Christman. Her new name is Angela Lins Christman.
Kirsten Melby married Tim Michalke on April 5.
Kirsten is Director of Workforce Development at
Northland College. Jolene Kleeve Meyer and Dustin
had a baby boy named Jace. Jolene was promoted to a
Solution Design Consultant at PreVisor. Pam and John
Congemi had a baby, Elise Claire.
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Movers and Shakers 2008
Justin
Bethke married
Jen
Newhouse,
right in August.
Justin
moved to a
Consultant
position on
the Survey
Research and
Strategy
Team at Target.
Jen works at Cargill. Bruce Barthalow received
the Award for Distinguished Early Career
Contributions to Psychophysiology from the Society
for Psychophysiological Research. In addition,
Bruce currently has 12 publications.
Robert Allan is Assistant Director for Student
Programs and the Assistant Director for the Marine
Resource Management Program at the College
of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science in Oregon.
Andy Dybvig traveled to Nigeria in November
touring schools, orphanages, an organization
for women with AIDs, hospitals, clinics,
villages, and churches. Teresa Hopke is now
National Director of Talent Management for
RSM McGladrey. Ric Cedarholm works for
enetrix. Enetrix was acquired by Gallup in
December and will now operate as Gallup
Enetrix. Todd Walther is now Director of
Learning and Development
for Under
Armor and he is
teaching I/O Psychology
at the University
of Baltimore. Patti
Naas (Right) was
promoted to Director,
Employee Surveys/
Org. Development.
Lance Andrews
moved from Select
International to Previsor.
Katie Oien FINALLY got married! And
she is now Katie Lunsford. She left Accenture to
start her own small consulting firm. Congratulations
to all the MSU alumni and friends.

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I/O Program Visit to South Africa May 2008
In May, 25 students and faculty from the Construction Management , I/O Psychology and Clinical Psychology
Programs traveled to South Africa to participate in a service learning project. The trip was lead by Scott
Fee. Dr. Fee is an Assistant Professor in the Construction Management program at MSU. Students spent a
week in Karatara, South Africa working on development projects for Eden Campus. Eden Campus is Africa’s
first rural enterprise free rural eco-business school for entrepreneurs. Students completed a variety
of projects on campus and developed long lasting ties with the students and staff at Eden Campus. We
would like to offer special thanks to Nidhi Chaitow for her help with group process, tai chi, and tour guiding
Upper left, moving clockwise. Ashley
Johnson with Eden students. Chris
Durand, Nihdi Chaitow and Bill Gerber.
Yes that’s a rhino in front of our
Rangerover. Luke Simmering on
Steve Carver’s Farm. MSU and Eden-
Campus students during a drumming
session on our first night on campus.
Scott Fee and three Eden Campus students
are on the cover.

Winter 2008
Kids Against Hunger 2008
Students in the clinical and I/O psychology programs
volunteered at the Mankato Kids Against
Hunger. The I/O Program donated $500 and the
students collectively bagged over 15,000 meals.
The meals will be distributed to kids who would
otherwise starve if not for the food.
Consigliore
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2008-2009 Incoming Students
Joseph Wohkittel, University of Minnesota. Eric Garvey, University of Minnesota. Whitney Smith,
Indiana University. Craig Talmage, University of Arizona. Marquita Oleson, DePaul University. Sherian
Kurian, U. of St. Thomas - Houston, TX. Benjamin Divine, University of Utah. Lynn Hartmann,
University of Wisconsin - River Falls. Michael Taylor, Alvernia College. Masakatsu (Bob) Ono, Soka
University of America. Nicole Keehn, University of Wisconsin - Parkside.
Joshua Wittrock is this year’s consigliore.
He has done a super job as TA, party organizer,
& trip planner. Thanks Josh.
2008 Saint Award — Pari Becker
This year’s Alumni Saint
Award goes to Pari
Becker. Pari set-up an internship
and served as
speaker at the Fall Conference.
In addition to this, she
spoke at the MSU Colloquium
Series, and she
hosted the Consulting Challenge.
Oh yes, she also
helped Cargill win the Malcolm
Baldrige National Quality
Award!

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I/O Speaker Series
Kristie Campana, Associate Professor, MSU,
Kelly Coumbe, M. A., Six Sigma Black Belt, ING.
Connie Wanberg, Ph.D., Director of IR Center,
Chair of HRIR Program University of Minnesota
Rod McCloy, Ph.D., Principle Staff Scientist, HumRRO
Michael Anderson – CPP
2008 Consulting Challenge
Winning Team, Ashley Johnson MSU, Kasha Lashley,
UNI, and john Kennan, Jr. SCSU.
Cargill Corn Milling hosted the 2008 Consulting Challenge.
Teams comprised of students from MSU, UNI
and St. Cloud State participated in the three day event.
Pari Becker was the host this year.
Graduating Class
Nate Dvorak, Mahlia Matsch, Jeremy Jones
Jessica Gertz, Jenny Gill, Aimee Pierce,
Mike Pate, Beth Peters, Ashley Stanoch, Alexis
Tange, & Corey Woods. Not in order.
IOOB Conference
Students participated in the Industrial/
Organizational, Organizational Behavior (IOOB)
Conference in Denver, CO. Second-year students
presented research and attended sessions.

Winter 2009
Clockwise from
the upper left:
MSU Big Bobber
Ice Fishing Tournament,Graduation
Dinner, Fall
Conference, Halloween
Party and
Christmas Party.
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Social Events 2008

Page 10 I/O Update
Faculty, Student & Alumni Publications, Presentations and Posters
Bane, D., Lehman, J., Lassiter, A., & Wagstrom, L. (2008, March). Effectiveness of the Take-Care – Use Antibiotics Responsibly Program to
influence antibiotic use behaviors and attitudes among pork producers. Paper presented at the American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual
Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Durando, M., & Perez, L. M. (2008, March). Exploring the link between incivility and counterproductive work behaviors. Paper presented at
the Work, Stress, & Health 2008 Conference, Washington DC.
Dvorak, N. & Jones, J. (2008, March) Guided Practice: Putting to use scientist-practitioner skills. In A. L. R. Lassiter (Chair) Practicing what
we preach: Examples of academic-practice experiences. Symposium submitted for 2008 SIOP Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Dvorak, N., & Lassiter, A. (2008, March). A two-year longitudinal evaluation of a leadership development program: Leadership behaviors and Job
Satisfaction. Paper submission for the 29th Annual IOOB Conference, Denver, CO.
Gertz, J., Matsch, M. & Sachau D. (2008, March ). How perceptions of fairness affect turnover intentions of Airmen in the United States Air
Force. Paper presented at the 29 th Annual IOOB Conference, Denver, CO.
Gill, J., & Lassiter, A. (2008, March). Examining job embeddedness in public sector employees. Paper presented at the 29th Annual IOOB Conference,
Denver, CO.
Jones, J. & Perez, L. (2008, March). Secondary traumatic stress, burnout and social support among law enforcement agents exposed to violent
and disturbing media images. Paper presented at the 29th Annual IOOB Conference, Denver, CO.
Larson, A., & Sachau, D. (In press). Effects of incentives and the Big Five on Internet panelists’ product ratings. International Journal of Market
Research.
Matsch, M., Gertz, J. & Sachau, D. (2008, March). Antecedents of spousal support for Special Investigation Agents of the United States Air
Force. Paper presented at the 29 th Annual IOOB Conference, Denver, CO.
Meyer, K. D., & Foster, J. L. (2008). Considerations for creating multi-language personality norms: A three-component model of error. International
Journal of Testing, 8(4), 384.
O’Farrell, K. J. (2008). Secret tests of relationship status. In S. K. Sprecher and H. Reis (Eds). Encyclopedia of Human Relationships.
Perez, L, Jones, J., Englert, D., & Sachau, D. (2008). Secondary Traumatic Stress, Burnout, and Turnover Intentions among Law Enforcement
Agents Exposed to Violent and Disturbing Media Images. Paper presented at the 2008 Meeting of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology,
Walnut Creek, CA.
Pate, M., & O’Farrell, K. J. (2008, March). From satisfaction to support: Job status and satisfaction with professional development opportunities
predict perceived organizational support. Paper presented at the 29th Annual IOOB Conference, Denver, CO.
Peters, B. & Sachau, D. (2008, March). Linking employee and customer satisfaction in a healthcare setting. Paper presented at the 29 th Annual
IOOB Conference, Denver, CO.
Pierce, A., & Lassiter, A. (2008, March). Older adults and professional development trends: Data from the field. Paper presented at the 29th
Annual IOOB Conference, Denver, CO.
Roybal, A. J. & Lassiter, A.L.R. (2008). Examining organizational commitment and turnover in a military sample. Poster presented at the 2008
SIOP Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Sachau, D., Andrews, L., Gibson, B., & DeNeui, D. (2009). Tournament validity: Testing golfer competence. Measurement in Physical Education
and Exercise Science. 13.
Sachau, D. (2008, September). Short-term study abroad programs. In G.H. Newman (Chair) Strategies for InternationalizingPsychological Education.
Plenery session at the 2008 American Psychological Association Educational Leadership Conference, Washington, DC.
Stanoch, A., Page, J., Perez, L., & Page, C. (2008, March). Cognitive processes in professional police drivers: Does stress effect attentional
narrowing? Paper presented at the 29th Annual IOOB Conference, Denver, CO.
Tange, A. and Perez, L. (2008, March). Personality as a Moderator of the Job Stress-Need for Recovery Relationship. Paper presented at the 29th
Annual IOOB Conference, Denver, CO.
Woods, C. & Norasakkunkit, V. (2008, March). The moderating effects of self- construal on the relationship of fear of negative evaluation and
flow. Paper presented at the 29th Annual IOOB Conference, Denver, CO.
Beacom, A. (2009). Career Stages, Job Embeddedness, and Turnover Intentions in Public Sector Employees. Paper submitted to the 2009 IOOB
Conference, Chicago, IL.
Gerber, B. (2009). Paper submitted to the 30th Annual IOOB Conference, Chicago, IL..
Gordon, N., & Sachau, D. (2009). A new measure of academic job engagement. Paper submitted to the 30th Annual2009 IOOB Conference,
Chicago, IL.
Harm, C. D. & (2009). Abusive Supervision: The Role of Coworker Support.. Paper submitted to the 30th Annual IOOB Conference, Chicago,
IL.
Johnson, A. & Sachau, D. (2009) The Relationship between Identification, Embeddedness, and Turnover Intentions at the Organizational and
Occupational Levels. Paper submitted to the 30th Annual IOOB Conference, Chicago, IL.
Lagle, S. (2009). Rewards and rebates: Examining the utility of gains and savings in a consumer context Paper submitted to the 30th
Annual IOOB Conference, Chicago, IL.
Simmering, L. (2009). Paper submitted to the 30th Annual IOOB Conference, Chicago, IL.
Skelton, A. (2009). Applicant reactions to selection systems: a field study. Paper submitted to the 30th Annual IOOB Conference, Chicago, IL.
Zarns, N. (2009). My title is "Negative work events, mood, and motivation: The role of core self-evaluations. Paper submitted to the 30th Annual
IOOB Conference, Chicago, IL.
Wittrock, J. & Sachau, D. (2009). Antecedents of retention: A critical examination of engagement and embeddedness. Paper submitted to the
30th Annual IOOB Conference, Chicago, IL.

Winter 2009
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MSU I/O Program Welcomes Kristie Campana
Carol Lynn Courtney and Dick Olson
We have been very fortunate this year that Carol Lynn Courtney,
President of Courtney Consulting, and Dick Olson, President
of Olson Consulting (right) have worked closely with
students and staff in the I/O program. Drs. Olson and Courtney
have proven to be outstanding professional coaches for
the students, advisors for the faculty, and travel partners for all
of us. In fact, Carol Lynn even started a new band, and filled it
with I/O psychologists including our own graduate JR
Rowenhorst. Learn more about The Options at http://
www.myspace.com/theoptionsmpls.
Special thanks goes out to Bob Hoffman, VP for Strategic
Partnerships, Ann Goebel, Director of Twin Cities Partnerships,
and John Frey, Director of Business and Industry
Partnerships for their help establishing consulting
projects and research partnerships between the I/O Program
and businesses in Minnesota.
Kristie is just finishing up her first semester at
MNSU, after teaching graduate-level statistics and
undergraduate research methods courses. Next
semester she will focus on teaching Introduction to
Psychology and more research methods courses ,
and she would like to develop a course on negotiation
and conflict in the near future. She enjoys
working on research examining relationships in the
workplace, and how they can help enrich or damage
individuals' satisfaction and well-being. She also
loves working with students on research projects.
Furthermore, she is focused on helping students
become better writers to help them differentiate
themselves once they enter the work
world. When she's not working, Kristie likes to
knit, run, and cook.
Special thanks may, or may not, go to Jeremy,
Nate, Corey and Nate for their help
“preserving “ the office.

Industrial/Organizational
Psychology Program
Minnesota State University
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Mankato, MN 56001
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