Technology and Measurement around the Globe

Louis Tay is William C. Byham Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Purdue University, USA. His research interests are in psychological assessments, measurement, machine learning, and data science. He is also the founder of ExpiWell (https://www.expiwell.com), a technology-based company that enables researchers to capture real-world experiences. Sang Eun Woo is Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University, USA. She studies how people's personality and motivation can help explain various psychological phenomena in the workplace. Her focal expertise lies in developing and validating (often new and/or underutilized) techniques of measuring individual differences, as well as in clarifying the theoretical underpinnings and implications of such techniques. Tara Behrend is Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University, USA. She is an internationally recognized expert in the psychological effects of workplace technologies. She is also a member of the National Academies Board on Human-Systems Integration and former Program Director for the National Science Foundation's Future of Work and Science of Organizations Programs.

• Editors' introduction Louis Tay, Sang Woo and Tara Behrend; Part I. Foundations: 1. Machine learning algorithms and measurement Q. Chelsea Song, Ivan Hernandez, Hyun Joo Shin, Meaghan M. Tracy and Mengqiao Liu; 2. Toward improved workplace measurement with passive sensing technologies: opportunities and challenges Munmun De Choudhury; 3. Information privacy: challenges and opportunities for technology and measurement Heng Xu and Nan Zhang; Part II. Global Perspectives on Key Methods/Topics: 4. Social media assessments around the globe Hayli Min and Cristina Gonzalez; 5. Game-based assessment around the globe: international differences in privacy, legality, and applicant reaction concerns Richard N. Landers, Vivien Lee and Chulin Chen; 6. Mobile sensing around the globe: considerations for cross-cultural research Le Vy Phan, Nick Modersitzki, Kim K. Gloystein and Sandrine Müller; Part III. Regional Focus: 7. Technology and measurement in Asia Q. Chelsea Song, Hyun Joo Shin, Nakul Upadhya and Timothy Teo; 8. Technology-enabled measurement in Singapore David Chan; 9. A European perspective on psychometric measurement technology Nigel Guenole, Cicek Svensson, Bart Wille, Kristina Aloyan and Peter Saville; 10. Testing and measurement in North America with a focus on transformation Liberty Munson; 11. Technology and measurement challenges in education and the labor market in South America Filip De Fruyt, Toon Devloo, Ana Carolina Zuanazzi, Thais Brandão, Ricardo Primi, Fabiano Koich Miguel and Juliana Seidl; Reflections Fred Oswald and Tara Behrend.