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Smither, J.W., & Walker, A.G. (In Press). Are the characteristics of narrative comments related to improvement in multirater feedback ratings over time? Journal of Applied Psychology. [101] [AA] [ICB]

Smither, J.W., Walker, A.G., & Yap, M.K.T. (In Press). An examination of the equivalence of web-based vs. paper-and-pencil upward feedback ratings: Rater- and ratee-level analyses. Educational and Psychological Measurement.

Smither, J.W., London, M., & Richmond, K.R. (In Press). The relationship between leaders’ personality and their reactions to and use of multisource feedback: A longitudinal study. Group and Organization Management.

Smither, J.W., London, M., Reilly, R.R., Flautt, R., Vargas, Y., & Kucine, I. (2004). Discussing multisource feedback with raters and performance improvement. Journal of Management Development, 23.

Smither, J.W., London, M., Flautt, R., Vargas, Y., & Kucine, I. (2003). Can working with an executive coach improve multisource feedback ratings over time? A quasi-experimental field study. Personnel Psychology, 56, 23-44.

London, M., & Smither, J.W. (2002). Feedback orientation, feedback culture, and the longitudinal performance management process. Human Resource Management Review, 12 (1), 81-101.

Smither, J.W., & Reilly, S.P. (2001). Coaching in organizations: A social psychological perspective. In M. London (Ed.), How People Evaluate Others in Organizations: Person Perception and Interpersonal Judgment in I/O Psychology. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Smither, J.W., & Walker, A.G. (2001). Measuring the impact of multisource feedback. In D. Bracken, C. Timmreck, & A. Church (Eds.), Handbook of multisource feedback. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Dalessio, A.T., Hinrichs, J., Hoffman, C., Pearlman, K., Reilly, R.R., Tippins, N., & Smither, J.W. (2000). Publishing applied work, The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 37 (3), 88-99.

Walker, A.G., & Smither, J.W. (1999). A five-year study of upward feedback: What managers do with their results matters. Personnel Psychology, 52, 393-423.

London, M., & Smither, J.W. (1999). Career-related continuous learning: Defining the construct and mapping the process. Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, 17, 81-121.

London, M., & Smither, J.W. (1999). Empowered self-development and continuous learning. Human Resource Management Journal, 38, 3 - 16.

Ryan, F.J., Soven, M., Smither, J.W., Sullivan, W.M., & VanBuskirk, W.R. (1999). Appreciative inquiry: Using personal narratives for initiating school reform. The Clearing House, 72(3), 164 - 167.

Smither, J.W. (Editor). (1998). Performance appraisal: State-of-the-art in practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Smither, J.W. (1998). Lessons learned: Research implications for performance appraisal and management practice. In J.W. Smither (Ed.), Performance appraisal: State-of-the-art in practice (pp. 537 - 547). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (M. London served as editor for this chapter.)

Warech, M.A., Smither, J.W., Reilly, R.R., Millsap, R.E., & Reilly, S.P. (1998). Self-monitoring and 360-degree ratings. Leadership Quarterly, 9, 449-473.

Reilly, S.P., Smither, J.W., Warech, M.A., & Reilly, R.R. (1998). The influence of indirect knowledge of previous performance on ratings of present performance: The effects of job familiarity and rater training. Journal of Business and Psychology, 12, 421-435.

Smither, J.W. (1998). The Teledon Industries role-play. . In D. Marcic and J. Seltzer (Eds.), Organizational behavior: Experiences and cases. Cincinnati, Ohio: South-western College Publishing.

London, M., Smither, J.W., & Adsit, D.J. (1997). Accountability: The Achilles heel of multi-source feedback. Group and Organization Management, 22, 162-184.

Reilly, R.R., Smither, J.W., & Vasilopoulos, N.L. (1996). A longitudinal study of upward feedback. Personnel Psychology, 49, 599-612.

Smither, J.W., Millsap, R.E., Stoffey, R.W., Reilly, R.R., & Pearlman, K. (1996). An experimental test of the influence of selection procedures on fairness perceptions, attitudes about the organization, and job pursuit intentions. Journal of Business and Psychology, 10(3), 297-318.

London, M., & Smither, J.W. (1995). Can multi-source feedback change perceptions of goal accomplishment, self-evaluations, and performance-related outcomes? Theory-based applications and directions for research. Personnel Psychology, 48, 803-839.

Smither, J.W., London, M., Vasilopoulos, N.L., Reilly, R.R., Millsap, R.E., & Salvemini, N. (1995). An examination of the effects of an upward feedback program over time. Personnel Psychology, 48, 1-34.

Smither, J.W., Wohlers, A.J., & London, M. (1995). A field study of reactions to normative vs. individualized upward feedback. Group and Organization Management, 20, 61-89.

Smither, J.W. (1995). Creating an internal contingent workforce: Managing the resource link. In M. London (Ed.), Employees, careers, and job creation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Schor, S. M., Seltzer, J., & Smither, J.W. (1995). SSS Software. In D.A. Whetten and K.S. Cameron, Developing management skills. New York: Harper Collins.

Seltzer, J., & Smither, J.W. (1995). A role-play exercise to introduce students to path-goal leadership theory. Journal of Management Education, 19(4), 380-391.

Smither, J.W., Reilly, R.R., Millsap, R.E., Pearlman, K., & Stoffey, R.W. (1993). Applicant reactions to selection procedures. Personnel Psychology, 46, 49-76.

Salvemini, N.J., Reilly, R.R., & Smither, J.W. (1993). The influence of rater motivation on assimilation effects and accuracy in performance ratings. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 55, 41-60.

Krebs, P.J., Smither, J.W., & Hurley, R.B. (1991). The relationship of vocational personality and research training environment to the research productivity of counseling psychologists. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 22, 362-367.

Buda, R., Reilly, R.R., & Smither, J.W. (1991). The influence of indirect knowledge of prior performance on evaluations of present performance: The generalizability of assimilation effects. Journal of Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences, 6, 89-99.

Squires, P., Torkel, S.J., Smither, J.W., & Ingate, M.R. (1991). Validity and generalizability of a role-play test to select telemarketing representatives. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 64, 37-47.

Reilly, R.R., Henry, S., & Smither, J.W. (1990). An examination of the effects of using behavior checklists on the construct validity of assessment center dimensions. Personnel Psychology, 43, 71-84.

Varma, G.H., & Smither, J.W. (1990). Selecting colleges and universities for on-campus recruiting. Journal of Career Planning and Employment, 50, 34-40.

Smither, J.W., Collins, H., & Buda, R. (1989). When ratee satisfaction influences performance evaluations: A case of illusory correlation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 74, 599-605.

Basow, S.A., Smither, J.W., Rupert, L., & Collins, H. (1989). The effect of satisfaction and gender on self-evaluations of task performance. Sex Roles, 20, 413-427.

Smither, J.W., & Reilly, R.R. (1989). The relationship between job knowledge and the reliability of conceptual similarity schemata. Journal of Applied Psychology, 74, 530-534.

Smither, J.W., Barry, S.R., & Reilly, R.R. (1989). An investigation of the validity of expert true score estimates in appraisal research. Journal of Applied Psychology, 74, 143-151.

Smither, J.W., Reilly, R.R., & Buda, R. (1988). The effect of prior performance information on ratings of present performance: Contrast versus assimilation revisited. Journal of Applied Psychology, 73, 487-496.

Smither, J.W., & Reilly, R.R. (1987). True intercorrelation among job components, time delay in rating, and rater intelligence as determinants of accuracy in performance ratings. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 40, 369-391

Smither, J.W., Skov, R.B., & Adler, S. (1986). In the cards or inability: Attributions for a poorly performing blackjack dealer. Personnel Psychology, 39, 123-139.

Reilly, R.R., & Smither, J.W. (1985). An examination of two alternative techniques to estimate the standard deviation of job performance in dollars. Journal of Applied Psychology, 70, 651-661.

 

Smither, J.W., & London, M. (2003, April). Challenges in conducting research on the effectiveness of coaching. Paper presented in a symposium titled “Coaching Practices and Outcomes: A Research Foundation” (Chair: Cynthia D. McCauley) at the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando.

Smither, J.W., & Walker, A.G. (2003, April). Examining the equivalence of web versus paper upward feedback ratings. Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando.

Smither, J.W., London, M. & Richmond, K.R. (2002, April). Personality and Leaders' Reactions to and Use of Multisource Feedback. Paper presented at the Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto.

Smither, J.W., London, M., Flautt, R. Vargas, Y. & Kucine, I. (2002, April). Does Discussing Multisource Feedback with Raters Enhance Performance Improvement? Paper presented at the Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto.

Smither, J.W., & Reilly, S.P. (2001, April). Person perception in executive coaching relationships. Paper presented in a symposium titled “Person Perception in Organizations: The Heart and Mind of I/O Psychology” (Chair: Manuel London) at the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, California.

Smither, J.W. (2001, April). Are we really learning anything of value from research on 3600-degree feedback? Discussant remarks for a symposium titled, “Has 360-degree feedback really gone amok? New empirical data” (Chair: Jane R. Williams) at the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, California.

Smither, J.W. (2000, April). Regulatory focus: Its promise and potential limitations as a framework for research in I/O psychology. Discussant remarks for a symposium titled “Cognitive reactions to performance feedback” (Co-Chairs: Jeff Johnson and Kerri Ferstl) at the Fifteenth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Warech, M.A., Smither, J.W., Reilly, R.R., Millsap, R.E., & Reilly, S.P. (1997, August). Self-monitoring/impression management and 360-degree ratings. Paper presented in a symposium titled “Personality, organization, and behavior” at the Annual Convention of the Academy of Management.

London, M., Smither, J.W., Adsit, D.J., (1996, April). A framework for effective use of multi-source feedback. Paper presented in a symposium titled "360-feedback systems: Another look at their uses and impact” at the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, California.

Reilly, R.R., Smither, J.W., Vasilopoulos, N.L., & Salvemini, N. (1995, May). Another look at the effects of an upward feedback program over time. Paper presented in a symposium titled "Upward feedback: The ups and downs of it" at the Tenth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.

Reilly, S.P., Smither, J.W., Reilly, R.R., & Warech, M.A. (1995, May). Another nail in the coffin: When rater error training turns assimilation errors into contrast errors. Paper presented at the Tenth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.

Schor, S. M., Seltzer, J., & Smither, J.W. (1994, May). SSS Software: An In-Basket for the 90s. Paper presented at the Eastern Academy of Management, Albany, NY.

Salvemini, N. Smither, J.W., Millsap, R., London, M., & Reilly, R.R. (1993, May). Examining the characteristics of upward feedback and self-evaluations among managers based in the United States and overseas. Paper presented at the Eighth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

Smither, J.W., & Krebs, P.J. (1993, April). An examination of changes in the research training environments of counseling psychologists from 1970 to 1987. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Smither, J.W., Wohlers, A.J., & London, M.M. (1992, May). Relationships between self-subordinate agreement and acceptance and use of upward feedback. Paper presented at the Seventh Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Montreal, Quebec.

Pearlman, K., Smither, J.W., & Reilly, R.R. (1992, May). Development of a writing assessment center for selecting public relations managers. Paper presented at the Seventh Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Montreal, Quebec.

Smither, J.W., & Pearlman, K. (1991, April). Perceptions of the job-relatedness of selection procedures among college recruits and recruiting/employment managers. Paper presented at the Sixth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, St. Louis, MO.

Stoffey, R.W., Millsap, R.E., Smither, J.W., & Reilly, R.R. (1991, April). The influence of selection procedures on attitudes about the organization and job pursuit intentions. Paper presented at the Sixth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, St. Louis, MO.

Buda, R., Reilly, R.R., & Smither, J.W. (1990, April). The influence of indirect knowledge of prior performance on evaluations of present performance: The generalizability of assimilation effects. Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Miami Beach, FL.

Salvemini, N.J., Reilly, R.R., & Smither, J.W. (1989, June). The influence of rater motivation on assimilation effects and accuracy in performance ratings. Paper presented at the First Meeting of the American Psychological Society, Alexandria, VA.

Smither, J.W., Collins, H., & Buda, R. (1989, April). When ratee satisfaction influences performance evaluations: A case of illusory correlation. Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Boston, MA.

Basow, S.A., Smither, J.W., Rupert, L., & Collins, H. (1989, March). The effect of satisfaction and gender on self-evaluations of task performance. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Squires, P., Torkel, S., Smither, J.W., and Ingate, M. (1989, April). The reliability and validity of a telephone role-play test to select sales representatives. Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Boston, MA.

Smither, J.W., Reilly, R.R., & Buda, R. (1988, April). The influence of direct versus indirect knowledge of prior performance on ratings of present performance. Paper presented at the Fifty-ninth Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Buffalo, New York.

Greenberg, S., & Smither, J.W. (1988, April). Union commitment among teachers: An extension and validation of the Friedman and Harvey Scale. Paper presented at the Fifty-ninth Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Buffalo, New York.

Smither, J.W., Skov, R.B., & Adler, S. (1985, November). In the cards or inability: Attributions for a poorly performing blackjack dealer. Paper presented at the meeting of the New Jersey Psychological Association. Somerset, New Jersey.

Smither, J.W., & Reilly, R.R. (1985, October). True intercorrelation among job components, time delay in rating, and rater intelligence as determinants of accuracy in performance ratings. Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Adelphi University Applied Experimental Psychology Conference, Garden City, New York.

Reilly, R.R., & Smither, J.W. (1984, October). An examination of two alternative techniques to estimate the standard deviation of job performance in dollars. Paper presented at the Third Annual Adelphi University Applied Experimental Psychology Conference, Garden City, New York.

 
Smither, J.W. (2002, April). Chair for a symposium titled ‘Using 360-degree surveys to predict leader success and derailment’ at the Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto.

Smither, J.W., London, M., Flautt, R., Vargas, Y., & Kucine, I. (2002, February). Can executive coaches enhance the impact of multisource feedback on behavior change? A quasi-experimental field study. Presented at the Metropolitan New York Association for Applied Psychology, New York, NY.

Bruce, G.O., Borkowski, S., Smither, J. (2000, November). Development of a faculty-driven ongoing review process. AACSB: Management Education Strategic Compensation and Rewards Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Salas, E., Baldwin, T., Cascio, W., DeMeuse, K., Hedge, J., Higgs, A., Pearlman, K. Smither, J., Tannenbaum, S. (2000, April). The Professional Practice Series focuses on the customer: An invitation and opportunity. Conversation Hour at the Fifteenth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Smither, J.W. (1998, July) Performance appraisal: State-of-the-art views for practitioners. Presentation at The Performance Management Conference, The Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY.

Smither, J.W. (1998, May). Performance appraisal: State-of-the-art views for practitioners. Presented at the Metropolitan New York Association for Applied Psychology, New York, NY.

Smither, J.W. (1998, May). Presenter at a conference titled "Thinking and learning together: Cooperative learning in La Salle University's classrooms" sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Center and the Institute for the Advancement of Mathematics and Science Teaching, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA.

Smither, J.W., and Hollenbeck, J. (1998, April). Personnel Psychology’s Scientist-Practitioner Forum. Conversation Hour at the Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, Texas.

Smither, J.W. (1998, April). Chair of a symposium titled “Performance appraisal: Can we do better?” at the Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, Texas.

Smither, J.W. (1997, May). Top ten ways to get your manuscript rejected: A reviewer’s perspective. Presented in a symposium titled, “Weaving Relationships among Authors, Editors, Publishers, and Audiences” at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Academy of Management, New Brunswick, NJ.

Smither, J.W. (1997, April). Co-coordinator of a conference titled “Making Schools Work: Catholic Schools and the Common Good, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA.

Smither, J.W. (1997, April). Discussant for a symposium titled “Antecedents and Consequences of Interrater Agreement in Multi-Rater Feedback” (Chair: Jeff Johnson) at the Twelfth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, St. Louis, Missouri.

Smither, J.W. (1997, April). The jury is still out. Presentation in a Panel Discussion titled “Advancing the Science and Practice of 360-Degree Feedback” (Chair: Bill Murry) at the Twelfth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, St. Louis, Missouri.

Szabat, K.A., Smither, J.W., Simmons, K., & Seltzer, J. (1996, November). The relationship between strategic planning practices and effectiveness in nonprofit organizations. Presentation at the conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA).

Van Buskirk, W. Sullivan, W., Soven, M., Smither, J.W., Ryan, F., & Volpe, J. (1996, October). Appreciative inquiry and the education of at risk students: What we are learning. Presentation at the Taos Institute Conference, Taos, New Mexico.

Szabat, K., Simmons, K., Seltzer, J., & Smither, J.W. (1996, May). La Salle’s strategic planning research project: Readiness factors, perception of importance, and implications for organizational success. Presentation at Nonprofit Management Regional Research Forum, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA.

Smither, J.W. (1994, November). Does upward feedback improve managerial behavior? Invited presentation given to the I/O Psychology Colloquium Series at Baruch College, City University of New York.