Editorial As Editor I have now had the pleasure of nine months in charge of the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology . Both I and the team of Associate Editors feel this is an appropriate juncture to clarify our plans for the journal, and to lay out what we see as the most important principles for both contributors and the readership. A range of developments at work afford new opportunities for study and new demands for informed psychological intervention. Yet in many instances we appear to be generating conflicting, if not confusing, evidence in relation to these developments. In some cases we see fundamental challenges to many established precepts.
Paradigm change is in the air.
Many managerial and social science disciplines have put themselves through a period of critical analysis. Strangely, the occupational and organizational psychologists seem not to have entered such an analysis. Perhaps this reflects the fact that the sheer workload and volume of contribution from the field is high. A recent analysis of members activity showed that there are over 200 distinguishable professional activities within the British Psychological Society's Division of Occupational Psychology and, of course, eight distinct knowledge areas are deemed necessary to validate its Chartered status. Perhaps it also reflects a sense of identity and continuity in our methods and analytical frameworks.