Posted on Monday, October 10, 2005
Dr. John Slocum Jr., a 1962 Westminster graduate and chair of the Management and Organizations Department at Southern Methodist University, will speak at the Psychology Fall Colloquium Monday, Oct. 24, at 4:45 p.m. in Phillips Lecture Hall located in the Hoyt Science Resources Building.
The title of Slocum's presentation is "Goal Orientation as a Personality Construct and its Application to Business." He will discuss goal orientation and its emergence as a potent individual difference in psychological research. It has been linked to how people set goals, handle emotional reactions to feedback, and allocate scarce resources when making decisions. Slocum will highlight what is known about the construct and how each facet of goal orientation provides information about goal-setting in complex tasks.
Slocum holds a master's degree from Kent State University and a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from the University of Washington. He was awarded the Alumni Citation for Professional Accomplishment by Westminster College, both the Nicolas Salgo and Rotunda Outstanding Teacher Awards from SMU, the Executive MBA Most Valuable Faculty Member Award, SMU Alumni Award for Outstanding Service to Alumni, and was the recipient of the inaugural Carl Sewell Distinguished Service and Distinguished University Citizen Awards by SMU. Currently, he serves as co-editor of the "Journal of World Business, Organizational Dynamics" and "Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies. Slocum is the co-author of 24 books, including his latest, "Organizational Behavior 10th ed." published by South Western Publishing Co., and has authored or co-authored 127 journal articles.
The event is free and open to the public. Contact Dr. Jamie McMinn, assistant professor of psychology at Westminster College, (724) 946-7121 or e-mail mcminnjg@westminster.edu for more information.
