Murray R BarrickHUBERT S. FEILD (he prefers Junior, or Jr.) There are four things that you need to know about Feild to understand him completely. First, he has lived in the same house in Auburn, Alabama, for 46 years. Second, in the year 2000, he threw out all clothng except for jeans, shorts, t-shirts, and tennis shoes because he never wore anything else. Third, he refuses to go to professional meetings or to serve on academic journal review boards because these take too much of his time. Fourth, when he was in high school, a girl gave him a baseball signed by the 1927 New York Yankees team. He said thank you but did not ask why she gave it to him or how she got it. Even worse, he took it home, went off to college, and never saw it again. He never even asked his mother what happened to it. Jr. received his Ph.D. in industrial psychology from the University of Georgia. While there, he met Bob Gatewood, another author on this book. They have been good friends for over 40 years, mainly because they have seen each other only four times during that time. Jr. has been both an impactful and influential faculty member during his time at Auburn. He has published consistently in the leading research journals in both management and psychology in a number of the major areas of human resource management, but especially in selection. In doing this, he has been xx Human Resource Selection 9e very successful as a mentor and friend of his many Ph.D. students who have gone on to be successful themselves. He has remained a true friend and a strong support network for all of these former students. Jr. is also an excellent teacher. Most of his classes are in selection or in other HR topics. His usual strategy is to develop in-class exercises to demonstrate principles in the text. (He'll do anything to avoid lectures and keep students awake.) He has shared these exercises with his two coauthors of this book, who have equally experienced success with them. Both of his coauthors attribute Jr.'s success to the fact that he thinks like 19- to 21-year-olds, especially immature ones. It's adults that he has trouble dealing with. Of his many fine attributes, perhaps Jr.'s most significant strength is that once a friend, always a very good friend. This means that he is fun to be with, laughs at jokes about himself (which are numerous), does what he says he is going to do, and treats others with respect and emotional understanding. He could be the most popular person in the United States if he would ever leave Auburn and meet people. Read More Read Less