Edwin A. Fleishman, Ph.D., is internationally known for his research on human abilities and the analysis of work requirements. Dr. Fleishman has been a professor at Yale University, and the University of California, and is currently Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at George Mason University and President of Management Research Institute, Inc.
Dr. Fleishman is the author of numerous journal articles, encyclopedia articles and books, including Studies in Personnel and Industrial Psychology, Psychology and Human Performance, The Structure and Measurement of Physical Fitness, Current Developments in the Study of Leadership, Handbook of Item Abilities, Human Performance & Productivity, and Taxonomies of Human Performance. He has been editor-in-chief of the Journal of Applied Psychology, and has served on the editorial boards of the journals Personnel Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, Human Resource Management Review, Leadership Quarterly and the International Journal of Cognitive Ergonomics.
He has been elected president of three Divisions of the American Psychological Association (APA), including the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), and the Division of Evaluation and Measurement, and also served as Chair of APA’s Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessment. He was also elected president of the International Association of Applied Psychology.
Honors he has received include the American Psychological Association’s Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology and more recently its Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology. He has also received the Distinguished Professional Contributions Award from the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology For his contributions, the University of Edinburgh awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree.
Dr Fleishman has been a consultant to numerous industrial, educational, and governmental organizations, including the U.S. Department of Labor, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, President’s Council on Physical Fitness, Department of Justice, has served on the Advisory Panel on Psychology and the Social Sciences in the Office of Secretary of Defense, and served the Board of Examiners of the U.S. State Department. He has been a consultant to such companies as AT&T, IBM, General Electric, Edison Electric, Uniroyal, and, Sherring Plough Pharmaceuticals.
Marilyn K. Quaintance (now Gowing), Ph.D., has been Director for Personnel Resources and Development of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. In this role, she has directed the largest civilian psychological research center in the U.S. government concerned with the analysis of work requirements, ability and performance appraisal, personnel selection and placement, training analysis and development, and organizational analysis. She has also been Director of Assessment Services for the International Personnel Management Association.
Her work has been widely recognized in the public and private sectors and she has received many awards for her contributions. She has been a national officer of the American Psychological Association’s Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and President of the Personnel Testing Council of Washington. She is the author of many publications including, The Changing Face and Place of Work, Dimensions of Effective Behavior, Assessing the Quality of the Federal Workforce, Personnel Selection of the Future, and Intelligent Placement and Career Management.
