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Industrial-Organizational Psychology's Recurring Identity Crises: It's a Values Issue!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Joel Lefkowitz
Joel Lefkowitz*
Affiliation:
Bernard M. Baruch College, The City University Of New York
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It's important to place the issues expressed by Ryan and Ford (2010) in historical perspective. Although they acknowledge some earlier expressions of concern, especially with respect to professional training (Naylor, 1971), I think it's fair to characterize the overall tenor of their essay as one of sounding the alarm: a new and unique impending identity crisis. However, as previously noted, “industrial-organizational psychology seems to be subject to recurring identity threats” (Lefkowitz, 2005, p. 18).

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , September 2010 , pp. 293 - 299
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2010 

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