Updated
3/18/2013
Vita
Frederick L.
Oswald
Professor,
Department of Psychology – Rice University
Contact
Information
Rice
University - Department of Psychology
6100
Main Street - MS25
Houston
TX 77005-1827 USA
Education
Ph.D.,
Psychology (1999), University of Minnesota
M.A.,
Psychology (1997), University of Minnesota
B.A.,
Psychology (1992), University of Texas at Austin
Employment
April 2012 - present
– Professor, Rice University, Department of Psychology
July 2008 - March 2012 – Associate Professor,
Rice University, Department of Psychology
Aug 2006 - July
2008 – Associate Professor, Michigan State University, Department
of Psychology
Aug 2000 - July
2006 – Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, Department
of Psychology
Aug 1998 - June
2000 –
Assistant Professor, Purdue University, Department of Psychological Sciences
Honors
Fellow
- Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP, APA Div. 14),
2012
Fellow
- Evaluation, Measurement, & Statistics (APA Div. 5), 2012
Fellow
- American Psychological Association, 2012
Fellow
- American Psychological Society, 2012
SIOP
Scholar, 2012
Honorary
Memberships
Society
for Research Synthesis Methods (SRSM) – 2012-present
Memberships
American
Psychological Association (APA) – 1999-present
American
Psychological Society (APS) – 2004-present
Society
for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) – 1999-present
Evaluation,
Measurement, and Statistics – APA Div. 5 – 2002-present
International
Test Commission – 2010-present
Professional
Service – External
Editorial
Associate
Editor – Journal of Management (2011-present),
Psychological Methods (2013-present),
Research Synthesis Methods (2013-present),
Journal of Business and Psychology (2009-2012),
Editorial
Boards – Journal of Applied
Psychology (2005-present), Personnel
Psychology (2010-present), Journal of
Business and Psychology (2008-2009, 2013-present), Military Psychology (2011-present), Organizational Research Methods (2007-present), International Journal of Selection and
Assessment (2003-present), Journal of
Research in Personality (2011-present), Journal
of Management (2003-2011), Psychological
Methods (2010-2012)
Editorial Board
– SIOP Frontiers book series,
2013-
Journal of Management Liaison Committee with Southern
Management Association (SMA), 2012-
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology; Research
in Personality; Journal of
Personality; Personality and Individual Differences; Research Synthesis Methods; Psychological Methods; Applied
Psychological Measurement; British
Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology; Educational and Psychological Measurement; Educational Psychology; Educational Assessment; Learning and Individual
Differences; Multivariate Behavioral
Research; Behavior Research Methods;
Journal of Managerial Psychology; Organizational
Behavior and Human Decision Processes; Journal of Occupational and
Organizational Psychology; Human Resource Management Journal; Strategic Management Journal; Military
Psychology; Human Factors; Human Performance; Applied Psychology: An International Review; European Journal of
Psychology; European Journal of Psychological Assessment; Canadian
Journal of Behavioural Science, Journal of Memory and
Language; Psychology and Aging; Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and
Development; Basic and Applied Social
Psychology; Journal of Neuroscience,
Psychology, and Economics; Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology; Journal of Counseling Psychology; Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent
Psychology; American Journal of Evaluation; Swiss Journal of Psychology;
Language Teaching: Surveys and Studies; European Journal of Psychology of
Education; Asia Pacific Education Review
Conference
Committees
APA
Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement, & Statistics), Program Chair, 2014
APA
Division 14 (SIOP) Chair, Scientific Affairs Committee, 2012-
APA
Division 14 (SIOP) External Relations Committee, 2011-
APA Division 14
(SIOP) Chair, Joyce and Robert Hogan for Personality and Work Performance Award
Committee, 2011-2013
APA
Division 14 (SIOP) Distinguished Professional Contributions Award Subcommittee,
2011
APA
Division 14 (SIOP) Scientific Affairs Committee, 1999-2001, 2009-2011
APA
Division 14 (SIOP) Owens Award Committee, 2004-2006
APA
Division 14 (SIOP) Electronic Communications Committee, 2004-2008
APA
Division 14 (SIOP) Ad Hoc Web Committee, 2003-2005
APA
Division 14 (SIOP) Strategic Program Planning Subcommittee, 2002-2003
Academy
of Management Research Methods Division – Awards Committee, 2002, 2003
Academy
of Management HR Division – Best Student Paper Award Committee, 2005
APA
Division 14 (SIOP) Ad Hoc APA Ethics Code Review Committee, 2001
Journal of
Management
– Best Paper Award Chair – 2011, 2012
Organizational
Research Methods – Best Paper Award Committee – 2011, 2012
Grant and
Technical Reviewer
Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR)
Luxembourg, 2011, 2012
International
Test Commission’s ITC Guidelines for
Quality Control in Test Scoring, Analysis and Reporting of Test Scores, May
2011
Army
Research Laboratory, Army Research Office, 2009
Netherlands
Organization for Scientific Research, Social Sciences, 2007
Standard
Research Grants program of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
of Canada, 2007, 2012
Conference
Reviewer
APA
Division 14 (SIOP) Program Reviewer, 1999-present
APA
Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics) Program Reviewer,
2001-2008, 2012
AERA
Program Reviewer, 2012
Academy
of Management Program Reviewer – OB Division, 2003-2008; HR division 2010
Academy
of Management Program Reviewer – Research Methods Division, 2004-2011,
2013
Advisory Boards
Skillsurvey (www.skillsurvey.com), Technical
Advisor, 2008-present
Human
Resource Management Center (www.hrmc.com),
Advisory Board, 2008-present
Federation
of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS), At-large Member,
2012-present
Publications
– Peer-reviewed
Hambrick, D. Z.,
Oswald, F. L., Altmann, E. M., Meinz,
E. J. (in press). Deliberate practice: Is that all it takes to become an
expert? Intelligence.
Oswald, F. L.,
Mitchell, G., Blanton, H., Jaccard, J., & Tetlock, P. E. (in press). Predicting ethnic and racial
discrimination: A meta-analysis of IAT criterion studies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Schell, K. L.,
& Oswald, F. L. (in press). Item
grouping and item randomization in personality measurement. Personality and
Individual Differences.
Converse, P.
D., & Oswald, F. L. (in press). Thinking ahead: Assuming linear versus
nonlinear personality-criterion relationships in personnel selection. Human Performance.
McAbee, S. T., &
Oswald, F. L. (in press). The criterion-related validity of personality
measures for predicting GPA: A meta-analytic comparative-validity competition. Psychological Assessment.
Hedricks, C. A., Robie, C., & Oswald, F. L. (2013). Web-based
multisource reference checking: An investigation of psychometric integrity and
applied benefits. International Journal
of Selection and Assessment, 21, 99-110.
Beier, M. E., &
Oswald, F. L. (2012). Is cognitive ability a liability?: A critique and future
research agenda on skilled performance. Journal
of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 18, 331-345.
Oswald, F. L., &
Hough, L. M. (2012). I-O 2.0 from Intelligence 1.5: Staying (just) behind the
cutting edge of intelligence theories. Industrial
and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 5, 172-175.
Corker, K. A.,
Oswald, F. L., & Donnellan, M. B. (2012).
Conscientiousness in the classroom: A process explanation. Journal of Personality, 80, 995-1028.
Nathans, L. L.,
Oswald, F. L., & Nimon, K. (2012). Multiple
linear regression: A guidebook of variable importance. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 17, 1-19.
Hambrick, D. Z., Rench, T. A., Poposki, E., Darowski, E. S., Roland, D., Bearden, R. M., Oswald, F. L.,
& Brou, R. (2011). The relationship between the
ASVAB and multitasking: A process-specific approach. Military Psychology, 23, 365-380.
Braun, M.,
& Oswald, F. L. (2011). Exploratory regression analysis: A user-friendly
tool for selecting models and determining predictor importance. Behavior Research Methods, 43, 331-339.
Pleskac, T. J.,
Keeney, J., Merritt, S. M., Schmitt, N., & Oswald, F. (2011). A detection
model of college withdrawal. Organizational
Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 115, 85-98.
Sinha, R., Oswald,
F., Imus, A., & Schmitt, N. (2011). Criterion-focused approach to reducing
adverse impact in college admissions. Applied
Measurement in Education, 24, 137-161.
Imus, A.,
Schmitt, N., Kim, B., Oswald, F., Merritt, S., & Friede,
A. (2011). Differential item functioning in biodata:
Opportunity access as an explanation of gender- and race-related DIF. Applied Measurement in Education, 24, 1-24.
Oswald, F. L.,
& Plonsky, L. (2010). Meta-analysis in
second-language research: Choices and challenges. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 30, 85-110.
Oswald, F. L.,
& Schell, K. L. (2010). Developing and scaling personality measures: Thurstone was right – but so far, Likert
was not wrong. Industrial and
Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 3, 481-484.
Oswald, F. L.,
& Hough, L. M. (2010). Validity in a jiffy: How synthetic validation
contributes to personnel selection. Industrial
and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 3, 329-334.
Hambrick, D. Z.,
Oswald, F. L., Darowski, E. S., Rench,
T. A., & Brou, R. (2010). Predictors of
multitasking performance in a synthetic work paradigm. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24, 1149-1167.
Poposki, E. M., &
Oswald, F. L. (2010). The Multitasking Preference Inventory: Toward an improved
measure of individual differences in polychronicity. Human Performance, 27, 247-264.
Hambrick, D. Z., Meinz, E. J., Pink, J. E., Pettibone,
J. C., & Oswald, F. L. (2010). Learning outside the laboratory: Ability and
non-ability influences on acquiring political knowledge. Learning and Individual Differences, 20, 40-45.
Kim, B. H.,
& Oswald, F. L. (2009). Clarifying the concept and context of content
validation. Industrial and Organizational
Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 2, 497-500.
Schmitt, N.,
Keeney, J., Oswald, F. L., Pleskac, T., Quinn, A., Sinha, R., & Zorzie, M.
(2009). Prediction of 4-year college student performance using cognitive and noncognitive predictors and the impact of demographic
status on admitted students. Journal of
Applied Psychology, 94, 1479-1497.
Friede, A. J.,
Oswald, F. L., Schmitt, N., Merritt, S., Imus, A., Kim, B., Shivpuri,
S. (2009). Estimating trait and situational variance in a situational judgment
test. Human Performance, 22, 44-63.
Wolfe, E. W.,
Converse, P. D., & Oswald, F. L. (2008). Item-level non-response rates in
an attitudinal survey of teachers delivered via mail and web. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication,
14, 35-66.
Oswald, F. L.
(2008). Global personality norms: Multicultural, multinational, and managerial.
International Journal of Testing, 8, 400-408.
Oswald, F. L.
& Hough, L. M. (2008). Personality testing and I-O psychology: A productive
exchange and some future directions. Industrial
and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 1, 323-332.
Hough, L. M.,
& Oswald, F. L. (2008). Personality testing and I-O psychology:
Reflections, progress and prospects. Industrial
and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 1, 272-290.
Hambrick, D. Z., Pink,
J. E., Meinz, E. J., Pettibone,
J. C., & Oswald, F. L. (2008). The roles of ability, personality, and
interests in acquiring current events knowledge: A longitudinal study. Intelligence, 36, 261-278.
Miller, T. P.,
Oswald, F. L., & Reeves, M. J. (2008). An exploration of factors underlying
asthma care and morbidity: A factor analysis of clinical variables. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology,
122, 328-334.
Wessel, J. L.,
Ryan, A. M., & Oswald, F. L. (2008). The relationship between objective and
perceived fit with an academic major, adaptability, and major-related outcomes.
Journal of Vocational Behavior, 72, 363-376.
Converse, P.
D., Oswald, F. L., Imus, A., Hedricks, C., Roy, R.,
& Butera, H. (2008). Comparing personality test
formats and warnings: Effects on criterion-related validity and test-taker
reactions. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 16, 155-169.
Schmitt, N.,
Oswald, F. L., Friede, A., Imus, A., & Merritt,
S. (2008). Perceived fit with an academic environment: Attitudinal and
behavioral outcomes. Journal of
Vocational Behavior, 72, 317-355.
Converse, P.
D., Wolfe, E. W., Huang, X., & Oswald, F. L. (2008). Response rates for
mixed-mode surveys using mail and email/web. American Journal of Evaluation, 29, 99-107.
LeBreton, J. M.,
Hargis, M. B., Griepentrog, B., Oswald, F. L., Ployhart, R. E. (2007). A multidimensional approach for
evaluating variables in organizational research and practice. Personnel Psychology, 60, 475-498.
Hambrick, D. Z., Meinz, E. J., & Oswald, F. L. (2007). Individual
differences in current events knowledge: Contributions of ability, personality,
and interests. Memory and Cognition, 35,
304-316.
Schmitt, N.,
Oswald, F. L., Kim, B. H., Imus, A., Drzakowski, S., Friede, A., & Shivpuri, S.
(2007). The use of background and ability profiles to predict college student
outcomes. Journal of Applied Psychology,
92, 165-179.
Ramsay, L. J.,
Schmitt, N., Oswald, F. L., Gillespie, M. A. (2006). The impact of situational
context variables on responses to biodata and
situational judgment inventory items. Psychology
Science, 48, 268-287.
Donnellan, M. B., Oswald,
F. L., Baird, B. M., & Lucas, R. E. (2006). The Mini-IPIP scales:
Tiny-yet-effective measures of the Big Five factors of personality. Psychological Assessment, 18, 192-203.
Hönekopp, J., Becker,
B. J., & Oswald, F. L. (2006). The meaning and suitability of various
effect sizes for structured rater x ratee designs. Psychological Methods, 11, 72-86.
Shivpuri, S., Schmitt,
N., Oswald, F. L., & Kim, B. H. (2006). Individual differences in academic
growth: Do they exist, and can we predict them? Journal of College Student Development, 47, 69-86.
Schmitt, N.,
& Oswald, F. L. (2006). The impact of corrections for faking on the
validity of noncognitive measures in selection
settings. Journal of Applied Psychology,
91, 613-621.
Oswald, F. L., Friede, A. J., Schmitt, N., Kim, B. K., & Ramsay, L. J.
(2005). Extending a practical method for developing alternate test forms using
independent sets of items. Organizational
Research Methods, 8, 149-164.
Hough, L. M.,
& Oswald, F. L. (2005). They’re right…well, mostly right: Research evidence
and an agenda to rescue personality testing from 1960’s insights. Human Performance, 18, 373-387.
Hambrick, D. Z., &
Oswald, F. L. (2005). Does domain knowledge moderate involvement of working
memory capacity in higher-level cognition? A test of three models. Journal of Memory and Language, 52,
377-397.
Converse, P.
D., Oswald, F. L., Gillespie, M. A., Field, K. A., & Bizot,
E. B. (2004). Matching individuals to occupations using aptitudes and the
O*NET: Issues and an application in career guidance. Personnel Psychology, 57, 451-487.
Converse, P.
D., & Oswald, F. L. (2004). The effects of data type on job classification
and its purposes. Psychology Science, 46,
99-127.
Oswald, F. L.,
Schmitt, N., Kim, B. H., Ramsay, L. J., & Gillespie, M. A. (2004).
Developing a biodata measure and situational judgment
inventory as predictors of college student performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89, 187-207.
Ployhart, R. P., &
Oswald, F. L. (2004). Applications of mean and covariance structure analysis:
Integrating correlational and experimental approaches. Organizational Research Methods, 7, 27-65.
Schmitt, N.,
Oswald, F. L., Kim, B. H., Gillespie, M. A., & Ramsay, L. J. (2004). The
impact of justice and self-serving bias explanations for the perceived fairness
of different types of selection tests in college admissions. International Journal of Selection and
Assessment, 12, 160-171.
Schmitt, N.,
Oswald, F. L., Kim, B. H., Gillespie, M. A., Ramsay, L. J., & Yoo, T. (2003). Impact of elaboration on social
desirability and the validity of biodata measures. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88,
979-988.
Hough, L. M.,
Oswald, F. L., & Ployhart, R. E. (2001).
Determinants, detection, and amelioration of adverse impact in personnel
selection procedures: Issues, evidence, and lessons learned. International Journal of Selection and
Assessment, 9, 152-194.
Oswald, F. L., Saad, S. A., & Sackett, P. R.
(2000). The homogeneity assumption in differential prediction analysis: Does it
really matter? Journal of Applied
Psychology, 85, 536-541.
Hough, L. M.,
& Oswald, F. L. (2000). Personnel selection. Annual Review of Psychology, 51, 631-664.
Oswald, F. L.,
& Ferstl, K. L. (1999). Linking a structure of
vocational interests to Gottfredson’s (1986) Occupational
Aptitude Patterns Map. Journal of
Vocational Behavior, 54, 214-231.
Oswald, F. L.,
& Johnson, J. W. (1998). On the robustness, bias, and stability of results
from meta-analysis of correlation coefficients: Some initial Monte Carlo
findings. Journal of Applied Psychology,
83, 164-178.
Johnson, J. W.,
Schneider, R. J., & Oswald, F. L. (1997). Toward a taxonomy of managerial
performance profiles. Human Performance,
10, 227-250.
Publications
– Book Chapters
Poposki, E. M., &
Oswald, F. L. (in press). Individual difference variables as predictors of
error during multitasking training. In W. Arthur, Jr., E. A. Day, W. Bennett,
Jr., & A. M. Portrey (Eds.), Individual and team skill decay: The science and implications for
practice. New York: Routledge Academic.
Levine, J. D.,
& Oswald, F. L. (2012). O*NET: The occupational information network. In M.
A. Wilson, R. J. Harvey, G. M. Alliger, & W.
Bennett, Jr. (Eds.), The handbook of work
analysis: The methods, systems, applications, & science of work measurement
in organizations (pp. 281-301). New
York: Routledge/Psychology Press.
Plonsky, L., &
Oswald, F. L. (2012). How to do a meta-analysis. In A. Mackey & S. M. Gass (Eds.), A guide to research methods in second
language acquisition (pp. 275-295).
London: Blackwell.
Johnson, J. W.,
& Oswald, F. L. (2010). Use of test scores.
In J. L. Farr & N. T. Tippins (Eds.), Handbook of employee selection (pp.
151-170). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Oswald, F. L.,
& Hough, L. M. (2010). Personality and its assessment in organizations:
Theoretical and empirical developments. In S. Zedeck
(Ed.), APA handbook of industrial and organizational psychology: Vol. 2.
Selecting and developing members for the organization (pp. 153–184).
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Oswald, F. L., Hambrick, D. Z., & Jones, L. A. (2007). Keeping all the
plates spinning: Understanding and predicting multitasking performance. In D.
H. Jonassen (Ed.), Learning to solve complex scientific problems (pp. 77-97). Mahwah,
NJ: Erlbaum.
Converse, P.
D., Oswald, F. L., Imus, A., Hedricks, C., Roy, R., Butera, H., & Kiefer, T. (2006). Forcing choices in
personality measurement: Benefits and limitations. In R. Griffith (Ed.), A closer examination of applicant faking
behavior (pp. 263-282). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Schmitt, N.,
Oswald, F. L., & Gillespie, M. A. (2004). Broadening the performance domain
in the prediction of academic success. In W. F. Camara
and E. Kimmel (Eds.), Choosing students:
Higher education admission tools for the 21st century (pp. 195-213).
Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Schmitt, N.,
& Oswald, F. L. (2004). Statistical weights of ability and diversity in
selection decisions based on various methods of test score use. In H. Aguinis (Ed.), Test
score banding in human resource selection: Legal, technical, and societal
issues (pp. 113-131). Westport, CT: Quorum Books.
Deller, J., Oswald,
F. L., & Schoop, U. S. (2003). Personality scales
and process-oriented career development for senior management. In F. Avallone, H. K. Sinangil, A.
Caetano (Eds.), Identity and diversity in
organizations. Milan, Italy: Guerini Studio.
Oswald, F. L.,
& McCloy, R. A. (2003). Meta-analysis and the art
of the average. In K. R. Murphy (Ed.), Validity
generalization: A critical review (pp. 311-338). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Ford, J. K.,
& Oswald, F. L. (2003). Understanding the dynamic learner: Linking
personality traits, learning situations, and individual behavior. In M. Barrick & A. M. Ryan (Eds.), Personality and work. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Deller, J., Oswald,
F. L., & Schoop, U. S. (2002). debis Career Development Center: Personality scales within
a process-oriented development instrument for management high-potentials. In S.
Sonnentag (Ed.) Psychological
management of individual performance. New York: Wiley.
Campbell, J.
P., Gasser, M. B., & Oswald, F. L. (1996). The substantive nature of job
performance variability. In K. R. Murphy (Ed.), Individual differences and behavior in organizations (pp. 258-299).
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Edited Books
Ryan, A. M.,
Leong, F. T. L., & Oswald, F. L. (in press). Conducting multinational research: Applying organizational psychology
in the workplace. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
Other
Publications – Encyclopedia Entries
Oswald, F. L.
(in press). Multi-craft trainee test. The
twentieth mental measurements yearbook. Lincoln,
NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.
Oswald, F. L.
(in press). Management skills and styles assessment. The twentieth mental measurements yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros
Institute of Mental Measurements.
Plonsky, L., &
Oswald, F. L. (2012). Meta-analysis. In P. Robinson (Ed.), The Routledge encyclopedia of second language
acquisition (pp. 420-423). New York: Routledge.
Converse, P.
D., & Oswald, F. L. (2008). Biodata. In F. T. L.
Leong (Editor-in-Chief), W. B. Walsh (Senior Editor) & P. J. Hartung (Associate Editor) Encyclopedia of counseling, Volume 4: Career counseling. (pp.
1643-1645). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Oswald, F. L.,
& Converse, P. D. (2007). Job typologies.
In S. Rogelberg (Ed.), Encyclopedia of industrial/organizational psychology (pp. 421-424).
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Oswald, F. L.
(2007). Biodata. In S. Rogelberg
(Ed.), Encyclopedia of
industrial/organizational psychology (pp. 56-57). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Converse, P.
D., & Oswald, F. L. (2006). General Aptitude Test Battery. In J. Greenhaus & G. Callanan
(Eds.), Encyclopedia of career
development (pp. 331-333). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Other
Publications – Book Reviews
Oswald, F. L.
(2009). [Review of the book Publication
bias in meta-analysis: Prevention, assessment and adjustments]. Applied Psychological Measurement, 33, 74-76.
Oswald, F. L.
(2006). [Review of the book Measuring and
analyzing behavior in organizations]. Applied
Psychological Measurement, 30, 253-255.
Oswald, F. L.
(2003). [Review of the book Job analysis:
Methods, research, and applications for human resource management in the new
millennium]. Personnel Psychology, 3,
800-802.
Other Publications
– Call for Papers
Zyphur, M. J., &
Oswald, F. L. (2013). Bayesian probability and statistics in management
research: A new horizon. Journal of
Management, 39, 5-13.
Other
Publications - Technical Reports
Recent
reports listed below; for a full list, please click here.
Oswald, F., Ghandour, L., McAbee, S., & Ock, J. (2011). AP
English Language and Composition, AP Biology and AP Calculus AB: Relationships
with first-year GPA, subject GPA and retention to the second year (Internal
Report). New York: The College Board.
Oswald, F. L.
(2010). Practical recommendations for
trait-level estimation in the Navy Computer Adaptive Personality Scales (NCAPS)
(NPRST-TN-11-1). Millington, TN: Navy Personnel Research, Studies and
Technology.
Poposki, E. M.,
Oswald, F. L., & Brou, R. J. (2009). Development of a new measure of polychronicity (NPRST-TN-09-5). Millington, TN: Navy
Personnel Research, Studies and Technology.
Blackstone, T.
F., Crabb, J. C., & Oswald, F. L. (2009). Risk preference elicitation and the role of
personality and intelligence (NPRST-TN-09-8). Millington, TN: Navy
Personnel Research, Studies and Technology.
Sinha, R., Schmitt,
N., Oswald, F. L., Quinn, A., & Fandre, J.
(2008). Biodata parallel forms, reactions of multiple
constituents and applicant-student differences. Princeton, NJ: College
Board.
Hough, L., Fandre, J., Oswald, F. (2008). Understanding and measuring
global mindset: Development of the Global
Mindset Inventory. Glendale, AZ: Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Other
Publications - Newsletters
Kehoe, J. F.,
& Oswald, F. L. (2007). Some key issues and guidelines for e-enabled
selection. Washington DC: Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington.
Allen, T. D.,
Oswald, F., & Cho, E. (2012). Science advocacy survey results: A brief
report. The Industrial-Organizational
Psychologist, 50, 62-69.
Other
Publications - Letters
Oswald, F. L.,
& Kuncel, N. R. (December 6, 2011). "Save
Your Money" [opinion piece on SAT coaching], New York Times.
Donnellan, M. B.,
Fraley, M. C., & Krueger, R. F. (June 2007). Signatory on reply to Phil Zimbardo’s “Banality of Evil” (the reply advocating for
person-situation interaction). APS Observer.
Grants
Center for the
Advanced Study of Language (CASL), University of Maryland, 2011
Afghan
Language Aptitude Battery (ALAB)
$178,261
(52.5%IDC)
The College
Board, 2010-2011
AP
Exams: Relationships with Subject GPA and First-Year GPA - PI
$134,460
(10% IDC)
Navy Personnel
Research, Studies, and Technology, 2005-2009
Multitasking
Work Environment in the Navy Culture and Values Project (SYRUS) - PI
with
Zach Hambrick (Department of Psychology, Michigan
State University)
$455,000
(51% IDC), 2007-2009
[$118,087 subcontracted to Rice
University (30% IDC)]
$261,523
(51% IDC), 2005-2007
Practical
Recommendations for Trait-Level Estimation
in
the Navy Computer Adaptive Personality System (NCAPS) - PI
$34,108
(51% IDC), 2007-2008
The College Board,
2002-2008
Noncognitive Predictors of College Success –
co-PI
with
Neal Schmitt, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University
and
Tim Pleskac (2008-2009), Department of Psychology,
Michigan State University
$140,902
(10% IDC) - 2008-2009
$574,086
(10% IDC) - 2004-2007
$197,122
(10% IDC) - 2003-2004
$156,000
(10% IDC) - 2002-2003, $75,000 in sponsored graduate student awards
Michigan State
University Intramural Research Grant, 2002-2003
Internet
Survey Use
with
Ed Wolfe (Department of Educational Psychology, Michigan State University)
$75,000
SIOP (APA
Division 14) Small Grant Program, 2002
with
the Ball Foundation
$2,500
Recent Awards
and Fellowships
2011
- Social Sciences Research Initiative (SSRI), Research Fellowship - College of
Social Sciences
Recent
Presentations
Recent
presentations are listed below; for a full list please click here
McCloy, R. A., Putka, D. J., & Oswald, F. L. (2013). Hard problems: Knowns and unknowns in behavioral science. Symposium presented at the 28th Annual
Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Houston,
TX.
Oswald, F. L. (2013).
Moving the state of adverse impact measurement forward. Panelist. Presented
at the 28th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and
Organizational Psychology, Houston, TX.
Ock, J., Oswald, F. L., &
Hough, L. M. (2013). Theoretical and empirical structures of personality:
Implications for measurement, modeling and prediction. Symposium presented at
the 28th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and
Organizational Psychology, Houston, TX.
Randall, J. G., &
Oswald, F. L. (2013). Cognitive resources, direction thought, and task
performance: Meta-analyzing mind wandering. Paper presented at the
28th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and
Organizational Psychology, Houston, TX.
Ock, J., & Oswald, F. L.
(2013). Convergence of practical and statistical significance indices in
measurement invariance. Paper presented at the 28th Annual
Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Houston,
TX.
Oswald, F. L. (2013). The
context, impact, and future of personnel selection in 4.99 minutes. Symposium
presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Houston, TX.
Oswald, F. L. (2013).
Technology enhanced assessments: A measurement odyssey. Discussant at the 28th
Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Houston,
TX.
Heggestad, E. D., Rogelberg, S., Goh, A., &
Oswald, F. (2012). Does survey nonresponse bias correlations among measured
variables? A simulation study. Presented at the Southern Management Association
Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Converse, P. D., &
Oswald, F. L. (2012). Thinking ahead: Assuming nonlinear personality-criterion
relationships in personnel selection.
Paper presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the Society
for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.
McAbee,
S. T., Ock, J., & Oswald, F. L. (2012).
Implications of measurement invariance for the development of short-form
measures. Symposium presented at
the 27th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and
Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Ercan,
S. & Oswald, F. L. (2012). 1 Picture = 1,000 studies: Visualization tools
in meta-analysis. Symposium presented at the 27th Annual Conference
of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Oswald, F. L. (2012,
April). Invalid data in surveys: Antecedents, detection and consequences. Discussant. Presented at the 27th
Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
San Diego, CA.
Nathans, L. L., Oswald, F.
L., & Nimon, K. (2012, April). Viewing multiple
linear regression models through multiple lenses. Presented at the 2012 Annual
Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC.
Oswald, F. L. (2011,
April). Detecting deception: Techniques for assessing applicant faking on
personality measures. Discussant. Symposium presented at the 26th Annual Conference
of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
Ercan,
S., & Oswald, F. L. (2011, April). Assessing adverse impact: An alternative
to the four-fifths rule. Symposium presented at the 26th Annual Conference
of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
Oswald, F. L. (2011,
April). Does specificity matter? Advantages of broad vs. narrow traits. Discussant.
Symposium
presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
Putka,
D. J., Oswald, F. L., & Deshon, R. P. (2011,
April). WSIWYG: Weight, that’s not right!
Symposium
presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
Ock,
J. & Oswald, F. L. (2011, April). Practical impact of predictor reliability
for personnel selection decisions. Paper presented at the 26th
Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
Chicago, IL.
Schell, K. F., Oswald, F.
L., Scobel, E. L., Mitchell, M. A., Boronow, E., Marfisi, A. E., Glutz, M. J., Tran, D., & Hartman, M. (2011, April).
Item grouping and item randomization effects in personality measurement. Paper presented at the 26th
Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology,
Chicago, IL.
Oswald, F. L. (2011,
April). Why we rejected your meta-analysis and what you can do. Panelist. Presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
Oswald, F. L.
(2010, April). The use of social media and personality assessment in the hiring
process: Leveraging both while remaining legally defensible. Panelist, Talent Management for Healthcare Conference,
Human Capital Institute, Houston, TX.
Oswald, F. L., Ployhart, R. E. (2010, April).
Meta-analysis is a multilevel model. Symposium presented at the 25th Annual
Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta,
GA.
Oswald, F., Lucas, R.,
& Donnellan, B. (2010). Creating shorter
personality measures: Incorporating item-level validity diagnostics. Presented
at the 11th Annual Meeting for the Society of Personality and Social
Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.
Plonsky,
L., & Oswald, F. L. (2010). Interpreting mean differences in L2 research:
Cohen’s benchmarks for d values,
revisited. Presented at the American
Association for Applied Linguistics 2010 Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Oswald, F. L. (2009).
Creating and testing new item translations: Current applied practices.
Discussant. Symposium presented at the 24th Annual Conference of the
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), New Orleans, LA.
Converse, P. D., &
Oswald, F. L. (2009). Specifying correlations and mean differences in Monte
Carlo simulations. Paper presented at the 24th Annual Conference of
the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), New Orleans,
LA.
Braun, M. T., &
Oswald, F. L. (2009). Exploratory regression analysis: A user-friendly tool for
determining predictor importance. Paper presented at the 24th Annual
Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP),
New Orleans, LA.
Hedricks,
C. A., Robie, C., & Oswald, F. L. (2009).
Reliability and validity of on-demand 360° reference checking. Paper presented
at the 24th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and
Organizational Psychology (SIOP), New Orleans, LA.
Firth, B., Oswald, F. L., Hambrick D. Z. (2009). Are measures of multitasking
performance more than cognitive ability measures? Symposium presented at the 24rd
Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
(SIOP), New Orleans, LA.
Applied
Research and Consulting Experience
Recent
ones below; for a full list please click here.
March
2012-present
American
Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Provided
technical advice on the development and measurement of constructs related to
medical professionalism that could supplement the MCAT in selection decision
making.
June
2010-present
Helmreich & Payne, Inc.
Provided
technical advice on a computerized content-knowledge assessment system,
focusing on aspects of content sampling and statistical weighting that
integrates with other components and considerations of the system.
July
2010-present
Legal and
Social Sciences Consulting (LASSC), LLC – Principal Consultant
Serve
as lead expert on legal projects involving test validation and job analysis.
Nov
2007-present
SkillSurvey, Berwyn PA
Advise
on a range of web-based testing products, including reference-checking and
360-feedback instruments.
Jan 2007,
Jan-Aug 2011
Center for
Advanced Study of Language
Advise
on the Defense Language Aptitude Battery II (DLAB) research project, concerning
the array of cognitive and non-cognitive predictors that predict
second-language learning; technical advisor for DLAB-A+, predicting
language-learning success in Afghan samples.
October
2006-June 2009
Navy Personnel
Research, Studies, & Technology, Millington TN
PI
on a project (SYRUS) involved with understanding Sailor multitasking
performance in a changing and time-pressured work environment. Project efforts modeled and measured
multitasking performance and predictors of performance in a multitasking
environment.
June 2000-June
2008
The College
Board, Princeton, NJ
Developed
an expanded model of college student performance. Developed situational
judgment test biodata instruments measuring
dimensions of the model and predicting performance criterion measure.
Teaching
Experience
Graduate Level
Personnel
Selection
[spring
2005, spring 2003 at Michigan State; fall 1998-spring 2000 at Purdue]
Individual
Differences
[spring
2012, fall 2010, fall 2008 at Rice; spring 2005, fall 2002 at Michigan State]
Multivariate
Statistics
[fall
2013]
Psychometrics
[fall
2012]
Data
Analysis – Executive MBA
[fall
2012]
Structural
Equation Modeling
[spring
2011]
Meta-analysis
[spring
2012, spring 2010 at Rice; spring 2008, fall 2001 at Michigan State; spring
1997 at University of Minnesota]
Multilevel
Modeling
[fall
2009 at Rice]
Seminar
in Industrial Psychology
[fall
2007, fall 2005 at Michigan State; fall 1998-spring 2000 at Purdue]
Undergraduate Level
Testing,
Measurement and Experimental Design
[fall
2005, fall 2004, fall 2003, fall 2002, fall 2002, spring 2000, fall 2000 at
Michigan State]
Introduction
to Statistics
[fall
2013, spring 2011, spring 2010, spring 2009 at Rice, spring 2006, fall 2003,
spring 2001 (honors) at Michigan State, spring 1998 at University of Minnesota]
Introduction
to Industrial and Organizational Psychology
[fall
1998-spring 2000 at Purdue]
Professional
Service - Internal
Doctoral
Thesis Committees
Rice University
Michelle
Martin (in progress)
Louma Ghandour (in progress)
Cassandra
Pace (linguistics, in progress)
Enrica Ruggs (Mar
2013)
Katie
Nelson (linguistics, Mar 2013)
Chelsea
McCracken (linguistics, Nov 2012)
Corinne
Allen (May 2012)
Shu Wang (Apr 2012)
Harrison
Kell (Apr 2011)
Gunes Avci (Apr 2011)
Ashley
Rittmayer Hanks (Nov 2010)
Terrance
Savitsky (statistics, April 2010)
Max
McDaniel (Sep 2009)
Luis
Novelo (statistics, Aug 2009)
External
Luke
Plonsky (Michigan State University, applied
linguistics, Jun 2011)
Gabrielle
Wall (University of Canterbury, Christchurch NZ, July 2010)
Shaun
Pichler (Michigan State University, industrial and
labor relations, May 2009)
Michigan State
University
Soyeon Ahn
(educational psych, Apr 2008)
Christine
Scheu (Mar 2008)
Alyssa
Friede (Feb 2008)
Stephanie
Drzakowski (Jun 2007)
Brian
Kim (Oct 2006)
Jaclyn
Nowakowski (Jul 2006)
Meng-Jia Wu (educational psych, Jul 2006)
Pat
Converse (Jul 2005)
Kevin
Joldersma (educational psych, Aug 2005)
Linda
Chard (educational psych, Apr 2005)
Chien-Ming Cheng (educational psych, Feb 2005)
Sally
Theran (clinical psych, Jul 2003)
Brad
Chambers (Apr 2003)
Heewon Sung (educational psych, Apr 2003)
Darin
Wiechmann (Apr 2003)
Aleks Ellis (Oct 2002)
Purdue
University
Erica
Desrosiers (Nov 2001)
Master’s
Thesis Committees
Rice University
Christina
Upchurch (April 2013)
Jason
Randall (Nov 2012)
Seyd Ercan (chair, Apr 2012)
Jisoo Ock (chair, Apr 2012)
Becky
Lundwall (cognitive psych, Jun 2011)
Michelle
Martin (Jan 2011)
Larry
Martinez (Aug 2010)
Kathy
Ramos (chair, Jul 2010)
Michigan State
University
Abigail
Quinn (May 2009)
Jennifer
Wessel (Nov 2008)
Sarah
Pachulicz (chair, Apr 2008)
Elizabeth
Oberlander (chair, Mar 2008)
Sonia
Ghumman (Oct 2006)
Anna
Imus (Jul 2006)
Heather
Trobert (Apr 2006)
Stephanie
Merritt (Mar 2005)
Brian
Kim (Aug 2004)
Jacqueline
Nowakowski (May 2004)
Lauren
Ramsay (Oct 2003)
Chris
Kelly (clinical psych, Sep 2003)
Mike
Gillespie (chair, Jun 2003)
Marisa
Sturza (clinical psych, Jun 2003)
Janet
Solomon (clinical psych, May 2003)
Hanh Nguyen (Apr 2003)
Kerrie
Vanden Bosch (Dec 2002)
Pat
Converse (chair, May 2002)
Purdue
University
Jill
Kmet (Mar 2000)
Rice
University
University:
Faculty Senate Executive Board (2012-), Faculty Senate (2011-), Scientia Member (2011-),
Scientia Executive Committee (2013-), Library
Liaison Committee (2009-2012), Undergraduate Committee on Admissions (2011-),
Online Learning Working Group (2012-), Research & Scholarship Working Group
(2012-)
College:
Dean’s Advisory Committee (2008-10)
Department:
Psychology Undergraduate Committee (2008-09, Chair 2009-)
I/O
Area: I/O Psychology Area Head (2008-), I/O website (2008-)
Residential:
Wiess Associate (2009-), Wiess
Divisional Advisor (2009-), Faculty Mentor (2011-)
Michigan
State University
University:
ISS Hewlett Fellows Committee (2001-03)
Department:
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (2007-08), Multicultural Committee
(2007-08), Technology Committee (2001-03), Colloquium Committee (2001-03),
Multicultural Initiative Committee (2002-03), Evaluation Sciences Job Search
Committee (2002-03)
I/O
Area: Graduate Admissions Chair (2007-08), Website Committee (2001-1008)
Purdue
University
University:
Curriculum Committee (1999-2000), Grievance Committee (1999-2000)
Department:
Admissions & Awards Committee (1999-2000), Teaching Excellence Committee
(1999-2000), Psi Chi Advisor (1999-2000), Undergraduate Psychology Newsletter
Editor (1999-2000), I/O Admissions Chair (1998-2000), Admissions & Awards
Committee (1998-99), Human Subjects Committee (1998-99)
Invited Talks
National
Research Council, Committee on Measuring Human Capabilities: Performance
Potential of Individuals and Collectives workshop, Washington DC, April 3-4,
2013
University of
North Texas, College of Information, fall 2012
Wayne State
University, Center for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis
(CARMA), fall 2011
Ohio State
University, SAPS I/O Research Group, fall 2011
Michigan State
University, Dan Ilgen and Neal Schmitt Festschrift,
East Lansing MI, summer 2011
Psychology and
Human Resources Research Group (PHRRG), Bowling Green OH, spring 2011
Department of
Veterans Affairs, VA HSR&D Center of Excellence, Houston TX, summer 2010
Texas A&M
University, Department of Psychology, spring 2010
Angelo State
University, Department of Psychology, spring 2009
Rice
University, Department of Psychology, spring 2008
Central
Michigan University, Department of Psychology, spring 2008
Navy Personnel
Research, Studies, & Technology, spring 2007
Georgia Tech
University, Department of Psychology, fall 2006
Wayne State
University, Department of Psychology, fall 2006
University of
Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand), Department of Psychology, Sabbatical
Visit, Sep-Oct 2006
Central
Michigan University, I/O Psychology, spring 2005
Wayne State
University, I/O Psychology, spring 2002
University of
Applied Sciences, Lüneburg Germany, summer 2002
Bowling Green
State University, summer 2001
Workshops
Oswald, F. L.,
& Stanton, J. M. (2011, April). Put your survey on a diet: How to develop,
deploy, analyze, and justify brief measures of organizational constructs.
Workshop presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
Media Releases
“Metrolink workers plan to boycott personality tests,” guest
on AirTalk, host Larry Mantle, 89.3FM KPCC, Southern
California Public Radio, 4/1/2010.
“SYRUS,
Understanding individual differences in multitasking performance,” Navy Research Protections Update,
Feb/Mar 2007.
“Professors
find ways to predict student success,” by Kathleen Polesnak,
The State News (Michigan State
University student paper), 7/31/2006.
“College
success predictors go beyond test scores, GPAs,” by Jeff Koch, MSU Today, 7/14/06.
“The SAT III?”
by Cecilia Simon, New York Times,
1/18/04.
Boston Globe, 8/8/2003, "Broader, Varied SAT
Advocated" by Ellen Barry