From IRIOP to the JOB Annual Review: The past and future of a venerable outlet

• Author: Marie Dasborough,Paul Harvey
• Date: 01 February 2017
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/job.2179
• Published date: 01 February 2017

From IRIOP to the JOB Annual Review: The past

and future of a venerable outlet

PAUL HARVEY

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*AND MARIE DASBOROUGH

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Peter T Paul College of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, U.S.A.

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School of Business, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.

Summary As incoming co-editors, we introduce the 2017 International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psy-

chology (IRIOP) Annual Review Issue. We begin this editorial with a brief history of IRIOP, from its creation

as a book series in 1986 to the present issue—its fifth as an annual Journal of Organizational Behavior pub-

lication. We also summarize several changes we will be implementing, including expanded page limits for

submissions and a name change. Most importantly, we then introduce the six manuscripts that appear in this

issue. These papers, selected by former editors Gerard Hodgkinson and Kevin Ford, carry on the tradition of

high-quality, impactful reviews that IRIOP has published for the past 30 years. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley

& Sons, Ltd.

Keywords: review; IRIOP; I/O Psychology

As incoming editors, we are pleased to present the Journal of Organizational Behavior’s2017 International Review

of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (IRIOP) issue. This issue marks a new milestone for IRIOP as outgoing

editors Gerard Hodgkinson and Kevin Ford, along with Editor-in-Chief Suzanne Masterson, have graciously

entrusted us with guiding the annual review into its next chapter. We are honored to be given this responsibility

and the opportunity to carry on the legacy of IRIOP.

Looking Back

We open the 2017 issue with a look back at IRIOP’s history and trajectory from its beginnings as a book series in

1986. The series was founded by Sir Cary Cooper and Ivan Robertson to provide a forum for comprehensive, sys-

tematic and critical reviews of research from the fields of I/O Psychology and Organizational Behavior. Under their

leadership, IRIOP became recognized as “the most authoritative and current guide to new developments and

established knowledge”in these fields (Hodgkinson & Ford, 2014, p. S1).

Cooper and Robertson successfully led IRIOP into the new millennium, eventually selecting Gerard Hodgkinson

and Kevin Ford to take over as editors beginning with the 2005 volume. Despite having never met in person,

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Hodgkinson and Ford continued the upward trajectory of IRIOP in terms of readership, submissions and impact

while holding true to its core principles. Having successfully (and unsuccessfully!) submitted manuscripts under

their watch, we can personally attest to their rigor in ensuring that only impactful reviews consistent with IRIOP’s

goals were published.

One of the most significant evolutions in IRIOP’s history occurred under the leadership of Hodgkinson and Ford

when, in 2013, the series joined forces with JOB. Transitioning from a book series to an annual issue of JOB has

*Correspondence to: Paul Harvey, Peter T Paul College of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire

03824, U.S.A. E-mail: paul.harvey@unh.edu

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As an amusing aside, even now after a highly successful 12-year run as co-editors, Drs. Hodgkinson and Ford have STILL never met in person!

Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Received 14 December 2016, Accepted 28 December 2016

Journal of Organizational Behavior, J. Organiz. Behav. 38, 159–162 (2017)

Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/job.2179

The IRIOP Annual Review Issue