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Licensing Organizational Psychologists: The Australian Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2017

John O'Gorman
Affiliation:
Griffith University and Compass Consulting
Peter Macqueen*
Affiliation:
Griffith University and Compass Consulting
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Peter Macqueen, Compass Consulting, PO Box 1191, Toowong, Queensland, 4066Australia. E-mail: p.macqueen@compassconsulting.com.au

Extract

We comment on the focal article (LCIOP Joint Task Force, 2017) from the perspective of practitioners and academics in industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology, who have been involved for some years in debates about the regulation of psychology in Australia.

Type
Commentaries
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2017 

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