About the Book

The purpose of the Advances in e-Business and Psychology series is to showcase the theories, research, applications, and case studies prepared by industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologists and related professionals who are participating as scientist-practitioners in the broader e-business revolution.  This collection of readings should prove useful to researchers, practitioners, and academics alike.  Volume 1 in this series includes 16 articles that fall into the following six categories:

1. E-Business Opportunities:  The articles in this section review the opportunities that I-O psychologists will discover when they begin to study and advance the e-business revolution.
2. E-Testing Frontiers:  These articles address e-testing and assessment topics, currently the most popular area of research and practice among I-O psychologists.
3. E-Performance Metrics:  This section will allow I-O psychologists to become better acquainted with the new class of e-metrics associated with the digital age of business.
4. E-Leadership and Collaboration:  Articles in this section address the e-business demands on contemporary leadership and virtual teamwork.
5. E-Business Models:  This section will allow I-O psychologists to become more familiar with the emerging e-business paradigm shift.
6. Internet-Based Risk Management:  Despite the benefits of the e-business revolution, this section includes a classic article on Internet addiction that showcases the darker side of this revolution.

We hope that readers will find the first volume of this new series to be both useful and enjoyable.  We also hope that academics especially will introduce their undergraduate and graduate level students to the topics covered in this collection of readings. 

About the Author

John W. Jones

John W. Jones, Ph.D., is an Illinois licensed psychologist with over 20 years managerial experience in the professional services industry. He is the President of IPAT (www.IPAT.com), a leading provider of human resources assessments and talent management services. Dr. Jones held positions at Pearson Reid London House, where he was the Senior Vice President of R&D and Professional Services for 14 years. He was also the founding Director of the Human Factors Loss Control Program for The St. Paul Insurance Companies.  

            Dr. Jones is the founding editor of both the Journal of Business and Psychology and the Journal of e-Commerce and Psychology.  Dr. Jones is also the senior author of a wide variety of I/O psychology books, including “Applying Psychology in Business: The Handbook for Managers and Organizations,” “Personnel Testing: A Manager’s Guide,” and “Virtual HR: Human Resources Management in the Information Age,” to name a few.

            Dr. Jones received his doctorate in Applied Psychology from DePaul University and he earned an MBA at the Keller Graduate School of Management.  Dr. Jones’ areas of research expertise include strategic talent management, personnel selection, controlling employee theft and counter-productivity, and virtual HR strategies and applications.

Eric E. Brasher

Eric Brasher, M.S., r is currently the Talent Selection Manager for PETsMART, Inc., the nation’s leading retail supplier of products, services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets.  He has over 7 years of experience in designing, implementing, and evaluating employee selection systems.  Mr. Brasher received his M.S. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Ohio University.  Mr. Brasher is a member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the American Psychological Association, and the Project Management Institute.  He has published articles in Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology¸ International Journal of Selection and Assessment, Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, and Journal of e-Commerce and Psychology.