We are the Technology iN Training Laboratory, a lab of industrial/organizational psychologists dedicated to researching the Internet and related technologies as they can be used to improve both the study of work and work itself.

Too many technologies are being blindly adopted by organizations and educational institutions with little research to support those decisions. The mission of this lab is to sort the wheat from the chaff - to investigate how knowledge and skill acquisition is affected by the use of new technologies and further, to refine those technologies to improve learning outcomes. We thus operate at the intersection of several fields - industrial/organizational psychology, human resources, organizational behavior, educational psychology, educational technology, instructional design, and many others.

Our current focus is on the use of technology to improve training and education through the use of online social network sites, 3D virtual worlds (MUVEs), and other interactive web-based applications. We also study the use of the Intneret for unproctored testing, like college exams and post-training knowledge measures.

If you are considering adopting a new technology in your organization and would like us to assist you in evaluating its effectiveness, see this info or contact us directly.

Upcoming Presentations and Publications

Bold indicates student author and italics indicates faculty author.

Landers, R. N. & Sackett, P. R. (in press). Offsetting performance losses due to cheating in unproctored internet testing by increasing the applicant pool. International Journal of Selection and Assessment.

Biderman, M. D. & Reddock, C. M. (in press). The relationship of scale reliability and validity to respondent inconsistency. Personality and Individual Differences.

Callan, R. C. & Landers, R. N. (2012, April). Effects of experience and learning control on time and learning. In T. S. Behrend (Chair), R.N. Landers (Chair), & K. Kraiger (Discussant), Building a science of learner control in training: Current perspectives.  Symposium presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Landers, R. N. & Callan, R. C. (2012, April). Using social networking sites with gameification to support employee learning.  In G. Schmidt (Chair), R.N. Landers (Chair), & J. Stanton (Discussant), The impact of social media on work.  Symposium presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Landers, R. N., Reddock, C. M. & Mogan, T. (2012, April). Learner control: Update and extension of Kraiger and Jerden (2007). In T. S. Behrend (Chair), R.N. Landers (Chair), & K. Kraiger (Discussant), Building a science of learner control in training: Current perspectives.  Symposium presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Major, D. A., Orvis, K. A., Morganson, V. J. & Bauer, K. N. (2012, April). Testing a social cognitive career theory model of professional development. Poster presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Landers, R. N. & Goldberg, A. S. (in press). Online social media in the workplace: A conversation with employees. In M. D. Coovert & L. F. Goldberg (Eds.), Psychology of Workplace Technology. New York: Routledge Academic.

Weathington, B. L. & Reddock, C. M. (in press). Equity sensitivity in "fringe" benefit value and satisfaction. Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management.

Johnson, R. C. & Landers, R. N. (in press). Learning theory & Social networks [2 entries]. Encyclopedia of New Venture Management. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Landers, R. N. & Johnson, R. C. (in press). Learning. Encyclopedia of New Venture Management. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Landers, R. N. & Reddock, C. M. (in press). Psychological views. Encyclopedia of New Venture Management. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Reddock, C. M. & Landers, R. N. (in press). Human resources. Encyclopedia of New Venture Management. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Recent Presentations and Publications

Landers, R. N. & Callan, R. C. (2011). The seriousness of casual games: The psychology of gameification in undergraduate education and employee training. In M. Ma, A. Oikonomou, & L. C. Jain (Eds.), Serious Games and Edutainment Applications (pp. 399-424). Surrey, UK: Springer.

Landers, R. N., Reddock, C. M., Callan, R. C. & Cavanaugh, K. J. (2011, October). The evolving role of the Internet for employees and students. Symposium presented at the Fall 2011 conference of the Virginia Psychological Association.

Landers, R. N. (2011, August). Researching and teaching a Second Life: A tutorial on virtual worlds.  Workshop presented at the 2011 annual conference of the Academy of Management, Organizational Behavior division, San Antonio, TX.

Barton, H., Landers, R. N., Lynch, J. D., Schmidt, G. B., & Teahen, J. A. (2011, August). The future of management and social media. Panel presented at the 2011 annual conference of the Academy of Management, Organizational Behavior division, San Antonio, TX.

Landers, R. N. (2011, May). Ready to MUVE: Exploring the potential of 3D virtual worlds in recruitment, selection, training, and virtual teamwork.  Invited talk for the Human Resources Research Organization [HumRRO].

Reddock, C. M., Biderman, M. D., & Nguyen, N. T. (2011). The relationship of reliability and validity of personality tests to frame-of-reference instructions and within-person inconsistency. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 19, 119-131.

Johnson, R. C. & Landers, R. N. (2011, April). Designing training with discussion in virtual worlds: A longitudinal investigation. In R.N. Landers (Chair), T. Behrend (Chair) & J.M. Stanton (Discussant), Empirical evidence for emerging technology: MUVEs/Virtual worlds in HR. Symposium presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Landers, R. N. (2011, April). Multi-user virtual environments and virtual worlds: Definitions, demonstration and history. In R.N. Landers (Chair), T. Behrend (Chair) & J. Stanton (Discussant), Empirical evidence for emerging technology: MUVEs/Virtual worlds in HR. Symposium presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Johnson, R. C., Leffler, G. P.,  & Landers, R. N. (2011, April). Predicting dishonest online test taking behavior in unproctored internet-based testing. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Reddock, C. M. & Landers, R. N. (2011, April). Personality and synchronicity interaction predicts training performance in online discussion. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Cavanaugh, K. J. & Landers, R. N. (2011, March). Predicting job success from Facebook profiles. Paper presented at the 2011 annual conference of the Virginia Social Science Association, Norfolk, VA.

Landers, R. N., Sackett, P. R., & Tuzinski, K. A. (2011). Retesting after initial failure, coaching rumors, and warnings against faking in online personality measures for selection. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96, 202-210.

Schmidt, G.B. & Landers, R.N. (2010). Strengthening shared identity in I/O psychology through online social networks. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 3, 286-288.

Landers, R. N. (2010, October). A hands-on introduction to social media. Workshop presented at the Fall 2010 conference of the Virginia Psychological Association.

Landers, R.N. & Schmidt, G.B. (2010, August). Making and managing connections to colleagues, employees and students through online social networks. Workshop presented at the 2010 annual conference of the Academy of Management, Organizational Behavior divison, Montreal, Canada.

Schmidt, G.B., Kane, G.C., Landers, R.N., Lynch, J.D., Teahen, J.A., & VanDervort. (2010, August). Making management knowledge connections through online social networking sites. Panel presented at the 2010 annual conference of the Academy of Management, Organizational Communication and Information Systems division.

Schmidt, G. B. & Landers, R. N. (2010, August). Online social media in our professions and professional lives. Caucus presented at the 2010 annual conference of the Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada.

Landers, R.N. (2010, April). Social media is coming to psychology: What should we do now?! Invited talk for the Virginia Psychological Association.

Johnson, R.C. & Landers, R. N. (2010, March). Anonymity and agency in discussion. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Virginia Social Science Association.

Landers, R.N. (2010, March). Integrating technology into training and education: What we know and what we wish we knew. Invited talk for the ODU College of Business and Public Administration Dean's Seminar Series.