J. Kevin Ford is a Professor of Psychology at Michigan State University. His major research interests involve improving training effectiveness through efforts to advance our understanding of training needs assessment, design, evaluation and transfer. Dr Ford also concentrates on understanding change dynamics in organizational development efforts and building continuous learning and improvement orientations within organizations. He has published over 50 articles and chapters and 4 books relevant to industrial and organizational psychology. Currently, he serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology and Human Performance. He is an active consultant with private industry and the public sector on training, leadership, and organizational change issues.
Kevin is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He received his BS in psychology from the University of Maryland and his MA and PhD in psychology from The Ohio State University. Further information about Kevin and his research and consulting activities can be found at http://www.io.psy.msu.edu/jkf.
Contributors.
Editorial Foreword.
1. Conceptualizing and Measuring Intuition: A Review of Recent Trends (Erik Dane and Michael G. Pratt).
2. Transfer of Training 1988-2008: An Updated Review and Agenda for Future Research (Timothy T. Baldwin, J. Kevin Ford, and Brian D. Blume).
3. Fifty Years of Psychological Contract Research: What Do We Know and What are the Main Challenges (Neil Conway and Rob B. Briner)?
4. Security in Organizations: Expanding the Frontier of Industrial-Organizational Psychology (Edward G. Bitzer, III, Peter Y. Chen, and Roger G. Johnston).
5. Sensemaking in Virtual Teams: The Impact of Emotions and Support Tools on Team Mental Models and Team Performance (Anat Rafaeli, Shy Ravid, and Arik Cheshin).
6. Team Performance in Dynamic Task Environments (Verlin B. Hinsz, Dana M. Wallace, and Jared L. Ladbury).
7. Clarifying the Notion of Self-Regulation in Organizational Behavior (Richard P. DeShon and Tara A. Rench).
8. Individual Differences and Decision Making: What We Know and Where We Go From Here (Susan Mohammed and Alexander Schwall).
Index.
Contents of Previous Volumes.