December 2025 IOP Issue Now Available

The latest issue of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (IOP) is now available. Volume 18 Issue 4 December 2025 includes two focal articles, one with 10 commentaries and the other with seven.

The first focal, Defining who is a worker: Why I-O psychology should extend consideration to nonhuman animals that labor for humans, by Ivan Hernandez, Arturia Melson-Silimon, and Michael J. Zickar, calls for a more inclusive field of I-O psychology that extends its consideration toward all workers—including nonhuman animal workers—as worthy of study and advocacy.

This focal is followed by 10 commentaries:

• Animals as more than just workers: Considering the role of pets as facilitators of nonwork–work processes by Ian M. Hughes, Halle Gold, Elizabeth L. Curtis, and Charlotte Stewart
• Advancing nonhuman animal worker assessment through I-O psychology by Anoop A. Javalagi, Felix Y. Wu, and Harrison J. Kell
• If it looks like a worker and quacks like a worker, is it a worker? Initiating the development of a precise and robust definition of a worker by Christopher Huynh and Emily Kim
• Why potential is not performance: Psychological bonds as a missing link by Janice C. Molloy
• Beyond anthropomorphism: A market-based approach to animal welfare in I-O psychology by Paresh Mishra
• Emotional contagion in nonhuman working animals: Lessons from canine rescue teams by Kimberly T. Schneider, S. Burak Ozkum, Alexandra Ilie, and Dan Ispas
• Behaviorally anchored rating scales for animal workers: Advancing inclusive assessment by Katrisha M. Smith, Alicia C. Virthe, and Michelle P. Martín-Raugh
• Animals laboring for humans: Integrating animal dignity into I-O psychology by William C. Scott, P. Matthijs Bal, and Mehmet A. Orhan
• When constructs fall short: A justice-based lens for animal workers by Edileide N. Oliveira, Maryam Baloch, and Pallavi Nimbappa Honkanadavar
• I-O psychology should not be extended to animals by Roger Sansom and Mindy E. Bergman

Focal 2, Environmental sustainability at work: It’s time to unleash the full potential of industrial and organizational psychology, by Clara Kühner, Joachim Hüffmeier and Hannes Zacher, seeks to spark discussion on this crucial topic within the community and to inspire I-O psychology researchers and practitioners to contribute to environmental sustainability.

The seven commentaries are:

• Beyond just individual responsibility: Advancing collective agency in environmental sustainability at work research by Jennifer Hoi Ki Wong, Joya A. Kemper, and Benjamin L. Williams

• The double-edged sword of informal learning: Catalyzing or undermining sustainability? by Annelie Lorber and Julian Decius

• Green from the ground up: An expanded call for research on nature contact to achieve environmental sustainability by Rebecca M. Brossoit, Jordyn J. Leslie, and Jay E. Maddock

• From niche to norm: Toward greater consideration of environmental sustainability in research via impact sections by Franz W. Mönke and Philipp Schäpers

• Employee AI use should be considered a counterproductive sustainability behavior (CSB) by Elissa A. Liguori, D.R. Charles, John Michael Savage, and Ian M. Katz

• What is environmental sustainability if we don’t measure environmental outcomes? by Chelsea LeNoble
• Lessons learned from the Center of Leadership Development in Built Environment Sustainability (CLDBES): Implications for advancing the science and practice of environmental sustainability in I-O psychology by Tyree Mitchell, Tracey Rizzuto, Yimin Zhu, and Yong Tao

Access this new issue as well as all back issues by going to the IOP Journal page and logging in at the top right. Once you are logged in, click on “Read IOP Journal.”

PS: Don’t forget, focal articles for the September 2026 issue are due by Feb. 1, 2026. For more information, visit the IOP Submissions webpage.