Ten percent mentioned increased competition from clinical psychologists and nonpsychologists moving into the field of I-O psychology. Eighteen percent mentioned promoting public understanding of I-O work and taking on issues of workers such as union members and low income workers. The responses to this intriguing question suggest that SIOP may benefit from looking at its brand if not its marketing. The remaining open-ended issue questions were related to SIOP conferences and workshops. A number of specific topic suggestions emerged and have been forwarded to SIOP committee heads.
Some highlights follow.
Several important statistics related to the specific content items appear in Table 2. The table shows the mean and standard deviation from the 1999 survey and the means from the 1996 and 1995 surveys. The items appear according to a rank order of highest to lowest 1999 means. The content of the item was a stronger determinant of the response that the characteristics of the respondent. It's no surprise that the impact of technology is a highly rated item, just as it was in prior surveys.