Kenexa to Present at 25th Annual SIOP Conference

WAYNE, PA, Apr 06 (MARKET WIRE) --

WHO:

Thought leaders from Kenexa(R) (NASDAQ: KNXA), a global provider of
business solutions for human resources

WHAT:

Will participate in panel discussions, forums, poster presentations and
special events during the 25th Annual Society for Industrial and
Organizational Psychology, Inc. (SIOP) Conference.

WHEN:

The 25th Annual SIOP Conference will take place Thursday, April 8 through
Saturday, April 10, 2010. Preconference workshops will be held Wednesday,
April 7.

WHERE:

Hilton Atlanta

255 Courtland Street NE

Atlanta, Ga.

For more information about this event, please visit
www.siop.org/conferences.

DETAILS:

"Innovation in Benchmarking Employee Survey Results," chaired by Jack W.
Wiley of the Kenexa Research Institute (KRI) and featuring Anne E. Herman
of KRI, will be presented in Room 212 on Thursday, April 8 from
10:30-11:50 a.m. Benchmarking survey results is a common practice for
organizations conducting employee surveys. The sources of and practices
for utilizing benchmark data have evolved in order to provide
organizations with appropriate and/or enhanced options for examining
their survey results. Four innovative benchmarking efforts will be
presented and discussed.

The session "e-HR, Virtual HR, and Other Things Like It: Implications of
Technology for HR Theory, Research, and Practice," will be held on
Thursday, April 8 from 11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m. in Salon E and will feature
Jeff A. Weekley from Kenexa. Presenting findings from their "Trends and
Future Developments in e-Assessment" report, Weekley will participate in a
discussion with other researchers and practitioners about the implications
of technology for the work of industrial-organizational (I-O)
scientists-practitioners.

On Thursday, April 8 from 12:00-1:20 p.m. in Room 201, the panel
discussion "Maximizing the Value of Your Exit Survey Process" will be
chaired by Chris L. Lovato and Lisa M. Germano of Kenexa, and panelists
will include Ryan Lebow and Cameron Klein from Kenexa. Exit surveys and
exit interviews have long been considered a "standard" process used in HR
departments. Despite this fact, most HR departments report
dissatisfaction with their exit process. The panel discussion will focus
on strategies for both the design of new programs and the enhancement of
existing programs.

On Thursday, April 8 from 1:30-2:50 p.m. in Salon C, "Balancing
Globalization With Localization: Successfully Implementing Global Talent
Management Programs" will feature Chris L. Lovato discussing how
organizations have successfully integrated global talent management
programs in the areas of selection, leadership development, and engagement
surveys. Alongside representatives from international Fortune 500
companies and external consulting firms, Lovato will review the
development, change management, implementation, and ongoing trends of
global human resources programs.

From 3:30-4:50 p.m. on Thursday, April 8 in Room 205, Jay M. Dorio of
Kenexa will co-host a Community of Interest session focused on linking I-O
principles to managerial decisions.

Co-chaired by Nancy DeLay of Kenexa, "Telework as an Evolving Form of
Virtual Work: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?" will be
presented on Thursday, April 8 from 3:30-4:20 p.m. in Salon E. The
session is intended to foster discussions over the current state of
telework and its future direction by bringing together researchers and
practitioners who deal with its implications in organizational life. The
current state of telework knowledge and its future implications will be
addressed.

Tiffany M. Greene-Shortridge of Kenexa will present her poster "Proximal
and Longitudinal Outcomes of Fit: A Positive Psychological Approach" on
Friday, April 9 from 10:30-11:20 a.m. in the Galleria. The study proposed
a model taking a positive psychological approach to the person-environment
fit domain. Within a longitudinal investigation, indices of fit were
examined in relationship to outcomes through direct and indirect paths.
Through the process of sequential mediation, needs-supply fit was found to
predict organizational and individual longitudinal outcomes.

Kenexa's Ben Hawkes will participate in a panel titled "Upgrading Your
Assessment Practice" on Friday, April 9 from 1:30-2:50 p.m. in the Crystal
Ballroom A/F. Panelists will discuss the use of technology in assessments
to create a more relevant and engaging experience for candidates and users
across various industries as well as lessons learned from implementation
of new technologies.

Also from 1:30-2:50 p.m. on Friday, April 9 in Salon B, "Getting Ready for
the Economic Recovery: Opportunities and Insights," will be chaired by
Kenexa's Jeffrey A. Jolton and will feature Kenexa's Sara P. Weiner as a
panelist. The panelists will examine how organizations are responding to
economic struggles and opportunities being created to become stronger.
Themes examined include organization structure, people management, process
reengineering, and brand positioning. Additional panelists include
representatives from The Home Depot, Bank of America, and Starwood.

A special event on Friday, April 9 from 3:30-4:50 p.m. in Room 204 will
feature Kyle Lundby of Kenexa discussing how a book in the SIOP
Professional Practice Series is sponsored and put together. "The Making of
a Book in SIOP's Professional Practice Series" will feature editors of
three books now being prepared, and attendees will learn the various ways
a "topic" can become a book, how contributors are picked, and what they
must write.

Vanessa Kowollik of Kenexa will present two posters on Friday, April 9
from 4:30-5:20 p.m. in the Galleria. In "Behavior Modeling and Complex
Skill Acquisition: Coping Versus Mastery Models," the authors compared
two forms of behavior modeling training (BMT) -- coping and mastery --
regarding training on a complex computer simulation involving cognitive
and psychomotor demands. Results showed benefits for BMT compared to
control conditions, and the differential benefits of the two BMT
conditions differed depending on evaluation criteria (e.g., skill
generalization). Kowollik will also present the poster "The Interaction
between Ability and Training Structure: A Meta-Analysis." Fifty-one
studies were integrated to address the viability of aptitude-treatment
interactions (ATIs) for organizationally-relevant training. The focus was
on the interaction between GMA and the structure of training programs.
Results indicated that small ATIs exist but that the effects vary in size
and nature depending on the criterion.

On Saturday, April 10 from 10:30-11:50 a.m. in Rooms 210-211, Stephanie
Kendall from Kenexa will participate in a panel discussion titled
"Aligning Business and Functions for Customer Service." The panel will
bring together academicians and practitioners to discuss successes and
challenges of aligning different organizational functions for a common
purpose. The focus will be on key functions, namely selection, training,
rewards and recognition, and measures of change and the coming together
of these four units to improve customer service.

In the panel discussion "Going Global: Nuggets of Wisdom From the
Professional Practice Series," Kenexa's Kyle Lundby will chair a panel
featuring authors from SIOP's Professional Practice Series volume, Going
Global: Practical Applications and Recommendations for HR and OD
Professionals in the Global Workplace. Panelists will discuss lessons
learned and best practices for I-Os working globally. The session will be
held Saturday, April 10 from 10:30-11:50 a.m. in the Crystal Ballroom B/E.

Kenexa's Jeff A. Weekley will present his poster, "Personality as a
Predictor of Performance Across Levels of Leadership," on Saturday, April
10 from 10:30-11:20 a.m. in the Galleria. Data on 4,150 leaders across 21
management roles and 12 organizations were analyzed to understand whether
the relationship between personality and performance varies across lower
and upper level organizational leaders. Findings suggest that the
personality-performance relationship allows for unique prediction within
both lower and upper level leader roles.

"Antecedents and Outcomes of Family-Supportive Supervision," a session
featuring Tiffany M. Greene-Shortridge of Kenexa, will be held on
Saturday, April 10 from 10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. in Salon A. The symposium,
comprised of five papers, will address the concept of family-supportive
supervisor behaviors, as well as antecedents, and outcomes of
family-supportive supervision. A discussion of the practical implications
of this work for employers then will be followed by a facilitated
discussion with the audience.

Chaired by Kenexa Research Institute's Anne E. Herman, "People Analytics"
will be held on Saturday, April 10 from 12:30-1:20 p.m. in Salon E.
Employing people metrics and analytics allows organizations to evaluate
the components of their talent/HR initiative and how they influence
business outcomes. The session will use a combination of expert speakers
and interactive discussion formats to help attendees understand how to
gain strategic insight by examining employee, customer, and business
performance data together.

Kenexa is a Sustaining Conference Partner of the event, and Dr. Sara P.
Weiner, Program Director and Executive Consultant at Kenexa, is the 2010
SIOP Program Chair.

About Kenexa

Kenexa(R) provides business solutions for human resources. We help global
organizations multiply business success by identifying the best
individuals for every job and fostering optimal work environments for
every organization. For more than 20 years, Kenexa has studied human
behavior and team dynamics in the workplace, and has developed the
software solutions, business processes and expert consulting that help
organizations impact positive business outcomes through HR. Kenexa is the
only company that offers a comprehensive suite of unified products and
services that support the entire employee lifecycle from pre-hire to
exit. Additional information about Kenexa and its global products and
services can be accessed at www.kenexa.com.

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