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Enough Talk, It's Time to Transform: A Call for Editorial Leadership for a Robust Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2018

Sven Kepes ,
Sheila K. List  and
Michael A. McDaniel
Sven Kepes*
Affiliation:
Department of Management, School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University
Sheila K. List
Affiliation:
Department of Management, School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University
Michael A. McDaniel
Affiliation:
Department of Management, School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be sent to Sven Kepes, Virginia Commonwealth University, 301 West Main Street, PO Box 844000, Richmond, VA 23284. E-mail: skepes@vcu.edu
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The focal article (Grand et al., 2018) addresses one of the most important issues across virtually all areas of science (Goldstein, 2010): the trustworthiness and credibility of a scientific discipline. Once these attributes are lost, it is difficult to regain them within a reasonable time frame, if ever. In contrast to previous articles on this topic (e.g., Kepes & McDaniel, 2013), the authors of the focal article provide a detailed review of the stakeholders surrounding industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology, including their potential effect on the robustness and trustworthiness of our scientific discipline. In essence, the focal article describes I-O psychology's ecosystem responsible for fostering robust and credible science. The authors should be commended for their comprehensive undertaking, and we have no substantive disagreements. However, implicitly, as with most articles on this vital topic, the focal article tends to take a bottom-up approach to decision making and change. The bottom-up approach is an emergent process where the individuals involved in the day-to-day activities are primarily responsible for the decision-making process and resulting change (Kindler, 1979). Thus, changes resulting from this process are incremental and typically involve making minor adjustments to existing processes (Bartunek & Moch, 1987).

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , March 2018 , pp. 43 - 48
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2018 

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