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The PhD Project Management Doctoral Students Association was created on August 11, 1997 in Boston, Massachusetts as a system of support and a national network for African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Native Americans in the process of pursuing doctoral degrees in Management at universities in the United States of America.

Members of the association voluntarily assume a responsibility to offer moral support and encouragement to African-American, Hispanic-American, and Native American Management doctoral students as they pursue their degrees and take their place in the teaching and research profession. The members serve as mentors to new doctoral students as they enter the association. They act as mentors to their students upon attainment of a teaching position. Additionally, members maintain the highest standards of scholarship in their profession.

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Comment by Tina Thompson on February 17, 2010 at 1:23pm: To the MDSA members on behalf of Nicholas A. Pearce

Dear MDSA Member,

Last week, you should have received an invitation to participate in the MDSA networking survey. Thanks to all of you have taken the survey. We have had a good response, but we would like to hear from all of you. The survey takes approximately 5 minutes of your time. The survey is an effort to assess and strengthen our family network as we approach our 14th Annual Conference in Montreal this August. Please take just a moment to complete the survey as soon as you are able.

Your participation is vital in helping us to leverage the diversity that exists within our family to make your experience as an MDSA member an even better one. The deadline for completing the survey is Monday, February 22, 2010. If you have any logistical or content questions about the survey, please contact MDSA member Adina Sterling (Emory University) at adina_sterling@bus.emory.edu. I thank you in advance for your participation.

You can participate by completing the survey at http://emory.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_5vBtUDOQ0sNynIM&SVID=Prod. We look forward to sharing what we learn with you at the conference in August.

Warmest regards,
Nicholas A. Pearce

MDSA President, 2009 - 2010

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Nicholas A. Pearce

Management and Organizations Doctoral Student
Kellogg School of Management | Northwestern University

President, The PhD Project - Management Doctoral Students Association

Comment by Herman Aguinis on February 3, 2010 at 11:31am: http://info.kelley.iu.edu/news/page/normal/13302.html

U Kelley School professor co-authors latest edition of seminal human resource management text

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan. 29, 2010

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University Kelley School of Business Professor of Management Herman Aguinis has co-authored the seventh edition of the classic human resource management text Applied Psychology in Human Resource Management, just published this month. Professor Wayne Cascio of the University of Colorado Denver is the book's co-author.

In use since the 1970s, this text book is taught in undergraduate, masters and doctoral level personnel psychology and human resource management courses at universities around the world. Personnel psychology focuses on how to make organizations more effective and satisfying places to work. This text book has a strong focus on integrating psychological theory into practice by providing helpful tools and methods for students and practitioners.

"Firms should devote more attention to the development of their human resources," Aguinis argues. "Human capital is much more difficult to duplicate than advancements in technology, for example. You may be able to develop a similar technological innovation to your competitors, but you can't get the same top-performing employee. This book gives practical, research-based guidance for recruiting, selecting, deploying and retaining these top performers."

The book is so widely regarded as a classic text on human resource management that the sixth edition was recently cited by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her Ricci v. DeStefano dissent. The Ricci case was brought by a group of firefighters claiming to be victims of racial discrimination by the City of New Haven, Conn.

Seventeen white and one Hispanic firefighters had taken and passed a test required for consideration for management positions within the department. Upon discovering that few African-Americans had passed the test, the city invalidated the results due to concern that the test had a disparate impact on members of a protected minority.
"Applied Psychology in Human Resource Management"

In a 5-4 decision, the court held that the city discriminated against the complainants on the basis of their race. According to the court's decision, the City of New Haven had to have strong basis in evidence that it would be liable under the disparate impact statute, not just concern that it would be sued.

Justice Ginsburg cited Aguinis' research in the field of pre-employment testing, a subject on which he has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters. He also co-authored an amici brief in the Ricci case, in which he and his colleagues described the steps, from a scientific standpoint, that the city should have taken to determine whether the test was valid. They argued that the city did not follow due diligence in evaluating the validity of the test.

Other areas of Aguinis' research that figure prominently in the textbook include individual and team performance management, workplace romances, strategic workforce planning, corporate social responsibility, employee training and development and cross-cultural training and management.

"Firms put together committees, conduct research and then spend weeks deciding which new computers or copiers to purchase," Aguinis says. "But when it comes to hiring a new employee, managers often make gut-level decisions. Hiring a person is a much more expensive investment, with the potential for great cost if something goes wrong or great benefits when something goes right. It requires the kind of scientific approach that is described in great detail in the book."

Kelley School faculty have authored more than 200 textbooks.

Comment by DIANA HECHAVARRIA on November 1, 2009 at 2:36pm: Hi Gang:
Anyone have a good strategy review to start off for comps?
diana.hechavarria@gmail.com

Comment by Tina Thompson on September 3, 2009 at 8:23am: Hi everyone! I hope that you are having a terrific semester so far.

I am looking for an anxiety scale...specifically House & Rizzo (1972). I have the article and I have searched FSU library and Goggle scholar. However, I have not found the measure. Does anyone have it? If so, please email to twthompson@fsu.edu. Thanks!

Tina

Comment by Gladys E. Simpson on August 13, 2009 at 2:26pm: What is the best way to share/discuss what we learn at this year's conference? I'll be putting my notes on digital format next week, I'll post it here... somewhere.
Also, today cohort 4 participants received a nice set of files that I think would be nice for those interested or students who missed the session on "Negotiating a Deal".
Gladys

Comment by Nicholas Pearce on August 13, 2009 at 12:31pm: Hello everyone! I too enjoyed our Chicago conference!

For those who don't know, I will be serving as the president of the MDSA over the next academic year through our 2010 conference in Montreal. I look forward to working with Tina Thompson (vice president) and Shanna Daniels (secretary), as well as the general membership, to make our MDSA the best and strongest it has ever been. If you have ideas (particularly those that you'd like to work towards bringing to fruition), please e-mail me at n-pearce@kellogg.northwestern.edu. Best wishes for a successful academic year!