Professor plans to discuss goals at colloquium

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- Dr. John Slocum Jr., a 1962 Westminster graduate and chair of the Management and Organizations Department at Southern Methodist University, will speak at the Psychology Fall Colloquium at 4:45 p.m. Oct. 24.
The even will be in the Phillips Lecture hall in the Hoyt Science Resources Building on the Westminster College campus.
The title of Slocum's presentation is "Goal Orientation as a Personality Construct and its Application to Business." He will discuss goal orientation and its emergence as a potent individual difference in psychological research.
It has been linked to how people set goals, handle emotional reactions to feedback and allocate scarce resources when making decisions.
Slocum holds a master's degree from Kent State University and a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from the University of Washington. Slocum is the co-author of 24 books, including his latest, "Organizational Behavior 10th ed.," published by South Western Publishing Co., and has authored or co-authored 127 journal articles.
The event is free and open to the public.
Contact Dr. Jamie McMinn, assistant professor of psychology at Westminster College, (724) 946-6240 or e-mail mcminnjg@westminster.edu for more information.