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Humanistic I-O Psychology: The Value of a Focus on Women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2017

Lise Saari
Lise Saari*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, New York University
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Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Lise Saari, New York University – Psychology, 6 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003. E-mail: Lise.Saari@nyu.edu
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The focal article by Gloss, Carr, Reichman, Abdul-Nasiru, and Oestereich (2017) makes a very convincing case that industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology as a profession needs to consider a realignment—from one focused primarily on professional workers in Western companies to the wider world of workers, especially those in poverty.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , September 2017 , pp. 388 - 392
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2017 

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