The Editors James W. Smither, Ph.D., is a consultant and scholar, withyears of corporate HR experience. He is a professor in the Management Department at La Salle University. A prolific writer, heis also the editor of the popular Performance Appraisal:State-of-the-Art in Practice (from Jossey-Bass). Manuel London, Ph.D., is associate dean and director ofthe Center for Human Resource Management at the College of Businessat the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He also has 12years of corporate HR experience. He is the co-author with Marilyn London of First Time Leaders of Small Groups: How to Create High-Performing Committees, Task Forces, Clubs, and Boards from Jossey-Bass. The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology(SIOP) is a 3, 000-member Division within APA. The Professional Practice Series provides practitioners and students with guidance, insights, and advice on how to apply the concepts, findings, methods, and tools from I/O psychology to solve human-relatedorganizational problems.