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Industrial and Organizational Psychology:  Perspectives on Science and Practice

 

Evidence-Based I-O Psychology:  Not There Yet

by Rob B. Briner and Denise M. Rousseau

 

 

Volume 4 Issue 1

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Commentaries are due August 27, 2010

Abstract:


Evidence-based practice is now well established in several fields including medicine, nursing, and social policy.  This article seeks to promote discussion of whether the practice of I-O psychologists is evidence-based and what is needed to make I-O psychology an evidence-based discipline.  It first reviews the emergence of the concept of evidence-based practice.  Second, it considers the definitions and features of evidence-based practice including evidence-based management (EBMgt). It then assesses whether I-O psychology is itself an evidence-based discipline by identifying key characteristics of evidence-based practice and judging the extent these also characterize I-O psychology.  Fourth, some key strategies for promoting the use of evidence in I-O psychology are considered:  Practice-oriented Research and Systematic Reviews.  Fifth, barriers to practicing evidence-based I-O psychology are identified along with suggestions for overcoming them.  Last is a look to the future of an evidence-based I-O psychology that plays an important role in helping consultants, in-house I-O psychologists, managers, and organizations become more evidence-based..

 

 

 

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