Rena Rasch

Dr. Rena Rasch has been with IBM's Smarter Workforce Institute since 2008. She has managed the Institute's WorkTrends study, a large-scale employee opinion survey of over 33,000 workers in 26 countries around the world. Rena values empirically-based practices, and uses her skills in psychometric theory, research design and statistics to develop valid and reliable HR tools and knowledge. She has published in the Journal of Applied Psychologyand Journal of Business and Psychology, as well as written book chapters. She is currently leading a comprehensive research stream about independent workers. Rena is a member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists (SIOP), and frequently presents at its annual conference. Rena received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota's industrial/organizational psychology program.