Industrial–Organizational Psychologists in Business Schools: Insights From a UK Perspective

As industrial–organizational (I–O) psychologists working in a business school, the issues discussed in the focal article struck a chord. To contextualize our response to Aguinis, Bradley, and Brodersen (2014), we initially offer some background information about our personal situation, before providing a UK perspective on I–O psychology in business schools. Having recently completed our doctorates in I–O psychology (or what is in the UK more commonly known as “occupational/organizational psychology”), we began working as early career academics at the University of Edinburgh Business School at the same time, coming into an interdisciplinary team of scholars, together forming the “Organization Studies” group, whose research is aimed at providing insight into major challenges in human resources and public policy. Of the 11 group members, the majority (N= 6) are psychologists (mostly with I–O psychology focus); the remaining individuals are sociologists (N= 2), human resource management scholars, economists