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The Licensure Issue in I-O Psychology: Are We Trying to Police the Police?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2017

Ronald E. Riggio*
Affiliation:
Kravis Leadership Institute, Claremont McKenna College
Karan Saggi
Affiliation:
Kravis Leadership Institute, Claremont McKenna College
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Ronald E. Riggio, Kravis Leadership Institute, CMC, 850 Columbia Ave., Claremont, CA 91711. E-mail: Ron.riggio@cmc.edu

Extract

Many industrial and organizational (I-O) and consulting psychologists who engage in practice of their profession, for example as “management consultants,” compete against consultants with a wide array of backgrounds and disciplinary degrees. Indeed, in consulting work, one of us has competed against practitioners with backgrounds in fields ranging from accounting (CPAs) to sociology, communication, anthropology, business administration, and even those with degrees in divinity.

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Commentaries
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2017 

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