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x About the Contributors
Gesa Drewes, Dieter Strametz & Partner, Villa im Park, D-65835 Liederbach, Germany.
Gesa Drewes is a consultant and project manager with Dieter Strametz & Partner (DSP), a
human resources consultancy in Frankfurt, Germany. She received a degree in Psychology from
the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen, Germany. At DSP she is responsible for projects in the
areas of training, organizational development, as well as personnel selection. Her work focuses
on issues such as performance appraisal management, assessment centers, customer satisfaction,
communication and leadership skills and behavior.
Neil E. Fassina, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 105 St. George
St.,Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3E6.
Neil Fassina received his B.Sc. in Psychology from the University of Calgary. He is currently a
doctoral student of organizational behavior and human resource management at the University of
Toronto. A student member of the Canadian and American Psychological Associations, Society
for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Center for the Advancement of Research Method-
ology and Analysis, and the Academy of Management, and his primary research focus is on the
application of social cognitive theory, justice theory, and goal setting to organizational issues.
Prof. Dr Clive Fletcher, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths’ College, University of London,
New Cross, London SE 14 6NW, UK.
Clive Fletcher is professor of psychology at Goldsmiths’ College, University of London. He is a
Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a former chairman of its occupational psychology
section. After completing his Ph.D., he worked for more than six years in the Behavioural Sciences
Research Division of the Civil Service Department, then moved back into an academic position. He
has authored well over one hundred publications and conference papers, nearly all of which have
focused on assessment centers, psychometrics, the selection interview, performance appraisal,
and performance management. His current research interests include candidate perspectives in
assessment situations, self-assessment and self-awareness, and multi-source feedback. In his role
as a consultant, he has advised many major organizations in both public and private sectors.
Prof.DrMichaelFrese,DepartmentofPsychology,UniversityofGiessen,Otto-Behaghel-Strasse
10 D-35394 Giessen, Germany.
Michael Frese is professor and chair of the Unit Work and Organizational Psychology at the
University of Giessen. He is also adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania and part-time
professor at the University of Amsterdam.
Michael Frese is the president elect of the International Association of Applied Psychology and
is internationally well known; he was the editor of Applied Psychology: An International Review
for six years and serves on several editorial boards. He has written and edited about 20 books and
more than 200 journal and book articles. Michael Frese has lectured extensively and is also an
adviser and lecturer to the management of many companies in various European countries. He
has worked, and is still working, in the areas of entrepreneurship, errors and mistakes at work,
motivation (particularly self-starting motivation as in the example of initiative), training, stress at
work, human–computer interaction, occupational socialization, and performance.

Betti Hamilton, Management Department, School of Business Administration, University of
Miami, 414D Jenkins Building, Coral Gables, FL 33124-9145, U.S.A.
Betti Hamilton is a third-year doctoral student at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.
She received her masters in business administration from the Department of Management at Wright
State University in 1993. Her research interests include mentorship, leadership, and team manage-
ment. She is a member of the Academy of Management, Southern Management Association, and
the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 14 (the Society of Industrial and Orga-
nizational Psychology). She has presented papers at the Academy of Management and Southern
Management annual meetings. She has served on the New Doctoral Student Consortium Com-
mittee, the Academy Placement Committee, and is a Graduate Student Senate Representative.
Ms. Hamilton has taught Organizational Behavior courses at undergraduate level. She has also
served as teaching assistant for master’s level courses at the University of Miami.
Prof. Dr Beryl Hesketh, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Carslaw Building F07,
NSW 2006, Australia.