The Catholic University of America

JOSEPH m. hILLERY, Ph.D.

LECTURER

Phone: 301-345-7409

Email Address: jmhiller@opm.gov

INTRODUCTION:
Dr. Hillery is an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist who has worked in government for over 23 years and has taught a variety of Psychology and Business Management courses for over 30 years.

EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, University of Akron
M.A., Industrial Psychology, University of Detroit
B.S., Psychology, Loyola University (Chicago)
B.S., Business, University of Maryland University College

MSPS COURSES:

  • MBU 510: Organizational Theory & Behavior

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Fugita, S., Wexley, K. & Hillery, J. (1974) Black-white differences in nonverbal behavior in an interview setting. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 4, 343-350.

  • Hillery, J. & Fugita, S. (1975) Group size effects in employment testing. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 35, 745-750.

  • Hillery, J. & Wexley, K. (1974) Participation effects in appraisal interviews conducted in a training situation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 59, 168-171.

  • Hillery, J. & Yukl, G. (1974) Convergent and discriminant validity of student ratings of college instructors. JSAS Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology, 4, 26.

  • Hunt, P. & Hillery, J. (1973) Social facilitation in a coaction setting: An examination of the effects over learning trials. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 9, 563-571.

  • Schmidt, F.L., Ocasio, B.P., Hillery, J.M. & Hunter, J.E. (1985) Further within- setting empirical tests of the situational specificity hypothesis in personnel selection, Personnel Psychology, 38, 509-524.

  • Yukl, G., Wexley, K., Seymore, J., & Hillery, J. (1971) Instructors' manual to accompany Readings in Organizational and Industrial Psychology, New York: Oxford University Press.

PAPER PRESENTATIONS:

  • The application of meta analysis to small sample validity studies, Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington, Research Committee presentation, August 14, 1984 (with B. Ocasio).

  • Black-white differences in nonverbal behavior in an interview setting, Midwestern Psychological Association, 1973 (with S. Fugita and K. Wexley).

  • Computer assisted training for letter sorting machine operators, Military Testing Association, Nov. 1-5 1982 (with J. Mahoney and T. Bohen).

  • Convergent and discriminant validation of student ratings of college instructors, Midwestern Psychological Association, 1971 (with G. Yukl).

  • Employee attitudes, customer perceptions and service performance in the United States Postal Service, The Gallup Research Journal, Winter/Spring 2000 (with G. Gaertner, L. Keil and J. Tonner).

  • The Employee Opinion Survey and Upward Feedback for postal managers and supervisors, Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA, April, 19, 1996.

  • Experimental analysis of self-assessment for employee selection, Military Testing Association, October 24-28, 1983 (with B. Ocasio).

  • Identifying top talent: Strategies for assessing candidates, International Quality and Productivity Center conference, February 25, 2002 (with Ernest Paskey and Choni Gurira).

  • Implementing Upward Appraisal: Organizational Realities, Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Nashville TN, April 8, 1994 (practitioner forum member).

  • Panel discussion of proposed joint testing standards, Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington, Jan. 12, 1983 (panel member).

  • Participation and order effects in feedback interviews, American Educational Research Association Convention, 1973.

  • Putting it all together: Multi-perspectives on multi-rater feedback, Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando FL, May 19, 1995 (panel member).

  • Rating your boss - Is the feedback effective? Mid-Atlantic Personnel Assessment Consortium, October 25, 1990.

  • Social facilitation effects at different stages in learning, Midwestern Psychological Association, 1972 (with P. Hunt).

  • Social facilitation in a coaction setting, Midwestern Psychological Association, 1970 (with P. Hunt).

  • Survey Research for Organizational Assessment, Mid-Atlantic Personnel Assessment Consortium Meeting, January 20, 1988.

  • Work samples: An answer to the criterion problem, International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council, June 20, 1988.

MEMBERSHIPS:

  • American Psychological Association

  • Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington

  • Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology