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Walter Borman
Professor Emeritus and External Graduate Co-Advisor
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Office: PCD 3113
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BIO
Dr. Borman received his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of California (Berkeley). His research is in the areas of performance measurement, contextual or citizenship performance, personnel selection, and personality assessment. He is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), and in 1994-95 served as President of the Society. Dr. Borman has written more than 300 books, book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers. He recently co-edited the I/O volume of the Handbook of Psychology (Borman, llgen, & Klimoski, 2003), and, with two PDRI colleagues, wrote the Personnel Selection chapter for the 1997 Annual Review of Psychology. He also has served on the editorial boards of several journals in the I/O field, including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Human Performance, and the International Journal of Selection and Assessment. He was the recipient of SIOP's Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award for 2003, and the M. Scott Myers Award for applied psychology, best practice projects with such governmental agencies as the Department of Labor, Federal Aviation Administration, and U.S. Army Research Institute.
RESEARCH
Performance measurement, criterion development, personnel selection, job analysis, person perception, personality assessment, and assessment centers.
SPECIALTY AREA
Industrial-Organizational
PRESENTATIONS
Borman, W. C. (2005, November). Citizenship performance: Its nature, antecedents, and measurement. Invited keynote address to 47th International Military Testing Association Conference, Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
Borman, W. C., Houston, J. S., Schneider, R. J., Ferstl, K. L., Bearden, R. M., & Farmer, W. L. (2005, November). Adaptive personality scales: Initial validation results. Paper presented at the 47th International Military Testing Association Conference, Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
Borman, W. C., Hedge, J. W., Bourne, M. J., & Kubisiak, U. C. (2006, May). Promoting enlisted in the U.S. Navy: The 5-vector model. Presented at the 42nd International Applied Military Psychology Symposium, Berlin, Germany.
Borman, W. C. (2005, June). Citizenship performance: Its nature, antecedents, and measurement. Invited keynote address to 8th Annual Conference, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
Borman, W. C., Houston, J. S., Schneider, R. J., Ferstl, K. L., Farmer, W. L., and Bearden, R. M. (2004, May). A personality testing program in the U.S. Navy. Presented at the 40th International Applied Military Psychology Symposium, Oslo, Norway.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Borman, M, Grossman,W. C., Bryant, R. H., & Dorio, J. (in press). The measurement of task performance as criteria in selection research. In J. L. Farr and N. Tippins (Eds.), Handbook of employee selection second edition. New York: Psychology Press.
Silzer R.F. & Borman, W.C. (in press) Leadership potential, In Collins, D.G., Mullahs, K., Casco, W.F. (Eds.) Oxford handbook of talent management, New York: Oxford University Press, Inc
Borman, W. C., Brantley, L. B., & Hanson, M. A. (2014). Progress toward understanding the structure and determinants of job performance: A focus on task and citizenship performance. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 22(4), 422-431.
Borman, W. C. (2014). Intersections between technology and I/O psychology. In M. D. Coovert and L. F. Thompson (Eds.), The psychology of workplace technology. New York, NY: Routledge.
Borman, W. C. (2012). Dimensions, tasks, and mixed models: An analysis of three diverse perspectives on assessment centers. In D. J. R. Jackson, C. E. Lance, and B. J. Hoffman (Eds.), The psychology of assessment centers (pp. 309-320). New York, NY: Routledge.
Hedge, J. W., & Borman, W. C. (2012). Work and aging. In S. W. J. Koslowski (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of organizational psychology (Vol. 2, pp. 1245-1283). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Inc
Hedge, J. W., & Borman, W. C. (2008). The I/O consultant: Advice and insights for building a successful career. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.