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What If Industrial–Organizational Psychology Decided to Take Workplace Decisions Seriously?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Reeshad S. Dalal ,
Silvia Bonaccio ,
Scott Highhouse ,
Daniel R. Ilgen ,
Susan Mohammed  and
Jerel E. Slaughter
Reeshad S. Dalal*
Affiliation:
George Mason University
Silvia Bonaccio
Affiliation:
University of Ottawa
Scott Highhouse
Affiliation:
Bowling Green State University
Daniel R. Ilgen
Affiliation:
Michigan State University
Susan Mohammed
Affiliation:
The Pennsylvania State University
Jerel E. Slaughter
Affiliation:
University of Arizona
*
E-mail: [email protected], Address: Department of Psychology, George Mason University, David King Hall, MSN 3F5, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
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Abstract

The major premise of this article is that increased exposure to—and increased application of—theories, methods, and findings from the judgment and decision-making (JDM) field will aid industrial–organizational psychology and organizational behavior (IOOB) researchers and practitioners in studying workplace decisions. To this end, we first provide evidence of the lack of cross-fertilization between JDM and IOOB and then provide an overview of the JDM research literature. Next, with the aid of a panel of prominent IOOB scholars who share JDM interests, we discuss the philosophical and methodological traditions in IOOB and JDM, the areas in which IOOB has already been enriched by JDM as well as the areas in which it might be further enriched in the future, ways of increasing cross-fertilization from JDM to IOOB, and ways in which IOOB can in turn contribute to JDM. Through this focal article, we hope to spark conversation and ultimately engender more cross-fertilization between JDM and IOOB.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , December 2010 , pp. 386 - 405
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2010 

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