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Editor: Lillian T. Eby
ISSN: 0021-9010
eISSN: 1939-1854
Published: monthly
Impact Factor: 9.4
Psychology - Applied: 3 of 113
5-Year Impact Factor: 11.8
Management: 14 of 401
Journal scope statement
The Journal of Applied Psychology® emphasizes the publication of original investigations that contribute new knowledge and understanding to fields of applied psychology (other than clinical and applied experimental or human factors, which are more appropriate for other APA journals).
The journal primarily considers empirical and theoretical investigations that enhance understanding of cognitive, motivational, affective, and behavioral psychological phenomena in work and organizational settings, broadly defined.
Those psychological phenomena can be
- at one or multiple levels—individuals, groups, organizations, or cultures;
- in work settings such as business, education, training, health, service, government, or military institutions; and
- in the public or private sector, for-profit or nonprofit organizations.
The journal publishes several types of articles, including:
- Rigorously conducted empirical investigations that extend conceptual understanding (original investigations or meta-analyses);
- Theory development articles as well as integrative conceptual reviews that synthesize literature and create new theory of psychological phenomena that will stimulate novel research;
- Rigorously conducted qualitative research on phenomena that are difficult to capture with quantitative methods, or on phenomena that warrant inductive theory building.
The journal accepts work that is conducted in the field or in the laboratory, where the data (quantitative or qualitative) are analyzed with elegant or simple statistics, so long as the data or theoretical synthesis advances understanding of psychological phenomena and human behavior that have direct or indirect practical implications.
A nonexhaustive sampling of topics appropriate for the Journal of Applied Psychology includes:
- individual differences in abilities, personality, and other characteristics;
- testing and personnel selection;
- performance measurement and management;
- training, learning, and skill acquisition;
- work motivation;
- job attitudes, affect, and emotions;
- leadership;
- team development, processes, and effectiveness;
- career development;
- work–family interface;
- work stress, health, and well-being;
- positive and negative work behaviors;
- diversity and cross-cultural differences in work behavior and attitudes;
- technology and work systems;
- expertise and knowledge management;
- creativity, innovation, and adaptation;
- organizational culture and climate; and
- organizational design, change, and interventions.
The journal also encourages studies of human behavior in novel situations, and integration of basic psychological principles and theories with applied work and organizational phenomena. Specific topics of interest, however, change as organizations evolve and societal views of work change.
Disclaimer: APA and the editors of the Journal of Applied Psychology® assume no responsibility for statements and opinions advanced by the authors of its articles.
Equity, diversity, and inclusion
Journal of Applied Psychology supports equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in its practices. More information on these initiatives is available under EDI Efforts.
Open science
The APA Journals Program is committed to publishing transparent, rigorous research; improving reproducibility in science; and aiding research discovery. Open science practices vary per editor discretion. View the initiatives implemented by this journal.
Editor's Choice
Each issue of theJournal of Applied Psychologywill honor one accepted manuscript per issue by selecting it as an “Editor’s Choice” paper. Selection is based on the discretion of the editor and will be determined by considering societal relevance, potential for practically improving employee and organizational outcomes, and potential for advancing science in new directions.
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Submission Guidelines
Prior to submission, please carefully read and follow the submission guidelines detailed below. Manuscripts that do not conform to the submission guidelines may be returned without review.
Submission
The completion of a submission checklist that signifies that authors have read this material and agree to adhere to the guidelines is required as part of the submission upload process (authors can find this checklist in the "Additional Information" section). If you need to include a data transparency appendix, please append this as the last page of your manuscript file. Revisions should also include the data transparency appendix and include any necessary updates based on the revisions.
To submit to the editorial office of Lillian T. Eby, please submit manuscripts electronically through the Manuscript Submission Portal in Microsoft Word (.docx) or LaTex (.tex) as a zip file with an accompanied Portable Document Format (.pdf) of the manuscript file.
Prepare manuscripts according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association using the 7th edition. Manuscripts may be copyedited for bias-free language (see Chapter 5 of the Publication Manualand APA’s Brief Guide to Bias-Free and Inclusive Language). APA Style and Grammar Guidelines for the 7th edition are available.
Lillian T. Eby, editor
Department of Psychology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
General correspondence may be directed to the editor's office.
In addition to addresses and phone numbers, please supply email addresses and fax numbers, if available, for potential use by the editorial office and later by the production office.
Keep a copy of the manuscript to guard against loss.
Manuscripts submitted for publication consideration in the Journal of Applied Psychology are evaluated according to the following criteria:
- degree to which the manuscript fits the mission of the journal as described on the journal website
- significance of the theoretical, practical and/or methodological contributions
- quality of the literature review
- articulation and explication of the conceptual rationale, constructs, and psychological processes
- rigor of the design and execution of the study
- appropriateness of the analysis and interpretation of the results
- discussion of implications for theory, research, and application
- clarity of presentation
Manuscripts should be logically organized and clearly written in concise and unambiguous language. The goal of APA primary journals is to publish useful information that is accurate and clear.
Three primary types of articles will be published:
- Feature Articles, which are full-length articles that focus on a conceptually or theoretically driven empirical contribution (all research strategies and methods, quantitative and qualitative, are considered) or on a theoretical contribution that can shape future research in applied psychology.
- Research Reports, which are narrower in scope and are limited to no more than 19 manuscript pages (excluding title page, abstract, references, tables, and figures). In determining the length limits of Research Reports, authors should count 25 lines of 12-point text with 1-inch margins as the equivalent of one page.
- Integrative Conceptual Reviews, which are full-length articles that are designed to synthesize relevant literature, extend theoretical development, and propose new directions for future research. Submissions start with a 10-page prospectus that describes the contribution, structure and coverage of the proposed paper and is evaluated by the editorial team. Additional information can be found at the Call for Integrative Conceptual Reviews.
The review process is the same for Feature Articles and Research Reports. The two types of manuscripts differ only in length, commensurate to different scope of intended contribution. Authors should indicate in the cover letter that they would like the submission considered as a Research Report. However, the action editor (with input from the review team) may suggest that a Feature Article submission be pared down to Research Report length through the review process.
Authors should refer to recent issues of the journal for approximate length of Feature Articles, Integrative Conceptual Reviews, and Research Reports. (Total manuscript pages divided by three provides an estimate of total printed pages.)
The journal also has a history of publishing Monographs on occasion. Monographs are substantial and significant contributions (as determined by the editorial team).
In addition, the journal occasionally publishes Commentaries (see Kozlowski, S.W.J. (2011). Comment policy. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96 (2), 231–232). (PDF, 36KB)
The Journal of Applied Psychology also publishes replications that add important value and insight to the literature. Submissions should include “A Replication of XX Study” in the subtitle of the manuscript as well as in the abstract.
Journal of Applied Psychology is now using a software system to screen submitted content for similarity with other published content. The system compares the initial version of each submitted manuscript against a database of 40+ million scholarly documents, as well as content appearing on the open web. This allows APA to check submissions for potential overlap with material previously published in scholarly journals (e.g., lifted or republished material).
Author contribution statements using CRediT
The APA Publication Manual (7th ed.) stipulates that “authorship encompasses…not only persons who do the writing but also those who have made substantial scientific contributions to a study.” In the spirit of transparency and openness, Behavioral Neuroscience has adopted the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) to describe each author's individual contributions to the work. CRediT offers authors the opportunity to share an accurate and detailed description of their diverse contributions to a manuscript.
Submitting authors will be asked to identify the contributions of all authors at initial submission according to this taxonomy. If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the CRediT designations will be published as an Author Contributions Statement in the author note of the final article. All authors should have reviewed and agreed to their individual contribution(s) before submission.
CRediT includes 14 contributor roles, as described below:
- Conceptualization: Ideas; formulation or evolution of overarching research goals and aims.
- Data curation: Management activities to annotate (produce metadata), scrub data and maintain research data (including software code, where it is necessary for interpreting the data itself) for initial use and later reuse.
- Formal analysis: Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize study data.
- Funding acquisition: Acquisition of the financial support for the project leading to this publication.
- Investigation: Conducting a research and investigation process, specifically performing the experiments, or data/evidence collection.
- Methodology: Development or design of methodology; creation of models.
- Project administration: Management and coordination responsibility for the research activity planning and execution.
- Resources: Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computing resources, or other analysis tools.
- Software: Programming, software development; designing computer programs; implementation of the computer code and supporting algorithms; testing of existing code components.
- Supervision: Oversight and leadership responsibility for the research activity planning and execution, including mentorship external to the core team.
- Validation: Verification, whether as a part of the activity or separate, of the overall replication/reproducibility of results/experiments and other research outputs.
- Visualization: Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically visualization/data presentation.
- Writing—original draft: Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically writing the initial draft (including substantive translation).
- Writing—review and editing: Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work by those from the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary or revision—including pre- or post-publication stages.
Authors can claim credit for more than one contributor role, and the same role can be attributed to more than one author. Not all roles will be applicable to a particular scholarly work.
Masked review policy
The journal will accept submissions in masked review format only.
Author names and affiliations should appear in the cover letter but not anywhere on the manuscript. Authors should make every reasonable effort to see that the manuscript itself contains no clues to their identities, including grant numbers, names of institutions providing IRB approval, self-citations, and links to online repositories for data, materials, code, or preregistrations (e.g., create a view-only link for a project). Manuscripts not in masked format will be returned to authors for revision prior to being reviewed.
Please ensure that the final version for production includes a byline and full author note for typesetting.
Original use of data
APA requires that all data in their published articles be an original use. Along with determining the appropriateness of any submission, the editorial team (editor and reviewers) also have a role in determining what constitutes "original use." Key to this determination is the extent to which reported data and results serve to promote cumulative knowledge and insight to the literature.
In order to preserve masked review, authors should include a data transparency appendix in the manuscript which details how and where the data collected were (or potentially will soon be) used. Any previous, concurrent, or near future use of data (and/or sample) reported in a submitted manuscript must be brought to the editorial team's attention (i.e., any paper(s) previously published, in press, or currently under review at any journals, as well as any paper(s) that foreseeably will be under review before an editorial decision is made on the current submitted manuscript). This includes variables that overlap as well as those that may not overlap with those in the submitted article. Authors may also put in any other clarifying information they wish, as long as it can be done anonymously. Any identifying information, such as authors' names or titles of journal articles that the authors wish to share can be included in the cover letter where only the editorial staff will see it.
When providing information in the paper itself and/or in the appendix, authors should ensure there is enough detail for reviewers to assess whether data presented constitute original use and unique knowledge and insights.
For more information on APA's data policies, please see "Duplicate and Piecemeal Publication of Data," APA Publication Manual (Section 1.16, 7th Edition, p. 17–20).
Accessdata transparency appendix examples.
Transparency and openness
APA endorses the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines by a community working group in conjunction with the Center for Open Science (Nosek et al. 2015). All articles submitted to the Journal of Applied Psychology must, at a minimum, adhere to the TOP levels as noted in the list below, which details the domains of research planning and reporting, the TOP level required, and a brief description of the journal’s policy. Submissions that do not include (1) qualitative, quantitative, or simulated data, (2) a systematic narrative or meta-analytic review of the literature, or (3) re-analysis of existing data must also include a statement that TOP guidelines related to data sharing, code sharing, hypotheses preregistration, analysis preregistration, and materials sharing are not applicable and why. All articles must comply with the TOP guideline of citing any materials not original to the submitted work.
- Citation: Level 2, Requirement—All data, program code, and other methods not original to the submitted work (developed by others) must be cited in the text and listed in the References section.
- Data Transparency: Level 1, Disclosure—Article states whether or not the raw and/or processed data on which study conclusions are based are posted to a trusted repository and, if so, how to access the data.
- Analytic Methods (Code) Transparency: Level 1, Disclosure—Article states whether or not the computer code or syntax needed to reproduce analyses in an article is posted to a trusted repository and if so, how to access it.
- Research Materials Transparency: Level 1, Disclosure—Article states whether materials described in the Method section are posted to a trusted repository and, if so, how to access them. It is strongly encouraged to include online supplements for study materials.
- Design and Analysis Transparency (Reporting Standards): Level 2, Requirement—Article must follow the Journal of Applied Psychology methods checklist and all relevant aspects of the APA Style Journal Reporting Standards (JARS).
- Study Preregistration: Level 2, Requirement—Article states whether the study design and (if applicable) hypotheses of any of the work reported was preregistered and, if so, how to access it. Access to a masked version of the preregistered materials must be available at submission via stable link or supplemental material.
- Analysis Plan Preregistration: Level 2, Requirement—Article states whether any of the work reported was preregistered with an analysis plan and, if so, how to access it. Access to a masked version of the preregistered analysis plan must be available at submission via stable link or supplemental material.
Authors must include a brief (one short paragraph) subsection in the method description titled “Transparency and openness” that indicates how they complied with the TOP guidelines adopted at the Journal of Applied Psychology.
For example:
- We describe our sampling plan, all data exclusions (if any), all manipulations, and all measures in the study, and we adhered to the Journal of Applied Psychology methodological checklist. All data, analysis code, and research materials are available at [stable masked link to repository]. Data were analyzed using R, version 4.0.0 (R Core Team, 2020) and the package ggplot, version 3.2.1 (Wickham, 2016). This study’s design and its analysis were not preregistered.
- We describe our sampling plan, all data exclusions (if any), all manipulations, and all measures in the study, and we adhered to the Journal of Applied Psychology methodological checklist. Analysis code and research materials are available at [stable masked link to repository]. Data are not available due to their proprietary nature. Data were analyzed using R, version 4.0.0 (R Core Team, 2020) and the package ggplot, version 3.2.1 (Wickham, 2016). The study design was not preregistered because the data were collected for an applied selection project. The hypotheses and analysis were preregistered [masked OSF link].
Data and materials
Authors must state whether data and study materials are available and, if so, where to access them. Recommended repositories include APA’s repository on the Open Science Framework (OSF), or authors can access a full list of other recommended repositories. Trusted repositories adhere to policies that make data discoverable, accessible, usable, and preserved for the long term. Trusted repositories also assign unique and persistent identifiers. Original materials that are not in English do not require translation.
In a subsection at the end of the method subsection titled “Transparency and openness,” specify whether and where the data and material will be available or include a statement noting that they are not available.
For example:
- All data have been made publicly available at the [trusted repository name] and can be accessed at [persistent URL or DOI].
- Data for this study are not available because they are proprietary.
- Data for this study are not available because they protected under HIPAA.
- Data for this study are not available because they protected under FERPA.
- Materials for this study can be found [in the Appendix; in the online supplement].
- Materials for this study can be found at the [trusted repository name] and can be accessed at [masked persistent URL or DOI].
- Materials for this study are not available because they are not owned by the authors.
Please refer to the APA Publication Manual (7th ed.) regarding APA guidelines on data retention and sharing (section 1.14) as well as the APA Ethics Code regarding conditions and exceptions to data sharing (e.g., 2.01 Boundaries of Competence, 8.14 Sharing Research Data for Verification).
Information regarding reproducing material from previously published works
If you have reproduced full scales or other material (e.g., tables, figures, experimental materials) from previously published articles, please note that it is your responsibility to ensure that doing so does not constitute a copyright infringement with the original publisher. You can find information on fair use of previously published material and on APA’s permissions policy in the Permissions Alert Form for APA Authors.
Analytic methods (code)
For submissions with quantitative or simulation analytic methods, state whether the study analysis code is posted to a trusted repository and if so, how to access them, including their location and any limitations on use. Trusted repositories adhere to policies that make data discoverable, accessible, usable, and preserved for the long term. Trusted repositories also assign unique and persistent identifiers. Recommended repositories include APA’s repository on the Open Science Framework (OSF), or authors can access a full list of other recommended repositories.
For example:
- The code behind this analysis/simulation has been made publicly available at the [trusted repository name] and can be accessed at [persistent URL or DOI].
- The code behind this analysis/simulation is not available because it is proprietary.
- Analysis code is available at [stable masked link to trusted repository], except for the predictor scoring algorithm which is proprietary.
Preregistration of studies and analysis plans
Preregistration of studies and specific hypotheses can be a useful tool for making strong theoretical claims. Likewise, preregistration of analysis plans can be useful for distinguishing confirmatory and exploratory analyses. Investigators are encouraged to preregister their studies and analysis plans prior to conducting the researchvia a publicly accessible registry system (e.g., OSF, ClinicalTrials.gov, or other trial registries in the WHO Registry Network).
There are many available preregistration forms (e.g.,OSF, ClinicalTrials.gov, or other trial registries in the WHO Registry Network).There are many preregistration templates available, including thePreregistration for Quantitative Research in Psychology template (Bosnjak et al., 2022). Completed preregistration forms should be time-stamped.
Articles must state whether or not any work was preregistered and, if so, where to access the preregistration. Preregistrations must be available to reviewers; authors should submit a masked copy via stable link or supplemental material. Links in the method section should be replaced with an identifiable copy on acceptance.
For example:
- This study’s design was preregistered; see [STABLE LINK OR DOI].
- This study’s design and hypotheses were preregistered; see [STABLE LINK OR DOI].
- This study’s analysis plan was preregistered; see [STABLE LINK OR DOI].
- This study was not preregistered.
Manuscript preparation
Prepare manuscripts according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association . Manuscripts may be copyedited for bias-free language (see Chapter 5 of the 7th edition).
Review APA's Journal Manuscript Preparation Guidelines before submitting your article.
Double-space all copy. Other formatting instructions, as well as instructions on preparing tables, figures, references, metrics, and abstracts, appear in the Manual. Additional guidance on APA Style is available on the APA Style website.
Methodological reporting guidelines and checklists
In an effort to enhance transparency, reproducibility, and replicability, we have developed methodological reporting guidelines and checklists for the Journal of Applied Psychology (PDF, 166KB)that authors should follow (as appropriate for their submitted work) when preparing manuscripts for submission to the Journal of Applied Psychology. Authors should also consult the APA Style Journal Article Reporting Standards (JARS) for quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research.
Authors should review the new Journal Article Reporting Standards for Race, Ethnicity, and Culture (JARS–REC). Meant for all authors, regardless of research topic, JARS–REC include standards for all stages of research and manuscript writing.
For more, see the Guidance for Authors sections of the table (PDF, 184KB).
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Display equations
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Abstract and keywords
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References
List references in alphabetical order. Each listed reference should be cited in text, and each text citation should be listed in the references section.
Examples of basic reference formats:
Journal article
McCauley, S. M., & Christiansen, M. H. (2019). Language learning as language use: A cross-linguistic model of child language development. Psychological Review, 126(1), 1–51. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000126
Authored book
Brown, L. S. (2018). Feminist therapy (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000092-000
Chapter in an edited book
Balsam, K. F., Martell, C. R., Jones. K. P., & Safren, S. A. (2019). Affirmative cognitive behavior therapy with sexual and gender minority people. In G. Y. Iwamasa & P. A. Hays (Eds.), Culturally responsive cognitive behavior therapy: Practice and supervision (2nd ed., pp. 287–314). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000119-012
Data set citation
Alegria, M., Jackson, J. S., Kessler, R. C., & Takeuchi, D. (2016). Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES), 2001–2003 [Data set]. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20240.v8
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Editorial Board
Editor
Lillian T. Eby, PhD
University of Georgia, United States
Associate editors
Talya N. Bauer, PhD
Portland State University, United States
Wendy J. Casper, PhD
University of Texas at Arlington, United States
Bryan D. Edwards, PhD
Oklahoma State University, United States
Allison S. Gabriel, PhD
Purdue University, United States
Alicia A. Grandey, PhD
Pennsylvania State University, United States
Astrid C. Homan, PhD
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Jenny M. Hoobler, PhD
Nova School of Business and Economics, Carcavelos, Portugal
Jia (Jasmine) Hu, PhD
Ohio State University, United States, and Tsingua University, Beijing, China
Scott B. Morris, PhD
Illinois Institute of Technology, United States
In-Sue Oh, PhD
Temple University, United States
Fred Oswald, PhD
Rice University, United States
Christopher O. L. H. Porter, PhD
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States
Kristen M. Shockley, PhD
Auburn University, United States
Scott Tonidandel, PhD
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States
Gillian B. Yeo, PhD
University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Editorial fellows
Edwyna Hill, PhD
University of South Carolina, United States
William Luse, PhD
University of La Verne, United States
Tyree Mitchell, PhD
Louisiana State University, United States
Emily Poulton, PhD
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, United States
Editorial fellow mentors
Bryan D. Edwards, PhD
Oklahoma State University, United States
Jia (Jasmine) Hu, PhD
Ohio State University, United States, and Tsingua University, Beijing, China
Kristen M. Shockley, PhD
Auburn University, United States
Gillian B. Yeo, PhD
University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Contributing editors
Herman Aguinis, PhD
George Washington University, United States
Ramon J. Aldag, PhD
University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States
David G. Allen, PhD
Texas Christian University, United States
Tammy D. Allen, PhD
University of South Florida, United States
Frederik Anseel, PhD
University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Samuel Aryee, PhD
University of Surrey, Surrey, United Kingdom
Bruce Avolio, PhD
University of Washington, United States
Daniel G. Bachrach, PhD
University of Alabama, United States
Katie L. Badura, PhD
Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Timothy Ballard, PhD
University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
Gary A. Ballinger, PhD
University of Virginia, United States
Peter A. Bamberger, PhD
Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
Laurie J. Barclay, PhD
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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University of Washington, United States
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University of Maryland, United States
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University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Cornell University, United States
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DePaul University, United States
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University of Delaware, United States
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Washington State University, United States
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University of Western Ontario, Canada
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King’s College, London, United Kingdom
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Illinois State University and DeGarmo Inc, Bloomington, IL, United States
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Singapore Management University, Singapore
Paul D. Bliese, PhD
University of South Carolina, United States
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University of Oklahoma, United States
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Texas A&M University, United States
James A. Breaugh, PhD
University of Missouri, Saint Louis, United States
Claudia Buengeler, PhD
Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
Anne Burmeister, PhD
Rotterdam School of Management, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Marcus M. Butts, PhD
Southern Methodist University, United States
Charles Calderwood, PhD
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States
Elizabeth M. Campbell, PhD
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States
Emily D. Campion, PhD
University of Iowa, United States
Nichelle C. Carpenter, PhD
Rutgers University, United States
Dorothy R. Carter, PhD
Michigan State University, United States
Min Z. Carter, PhD
Southern Illinois University, United States
Georgia T. Chao, PhD
University of South Florida, United States
Prithviraj Chattopadhyay, PhD
University of Cambridge,Cambridge, United Kingdom
Nitya Chawla, PhD
Texas A&M University, United States
Gilad Chen, PhD
University of Maryland—College Park, United States
Nai-Wen Chi, PhD
National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Jaepil Choi, PhD
Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
SinHui Chong, PhD
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Michael S. Christian, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
Malissa A. Clark, PhD
University of Georgia, United States
Stephen M. Colarelli, PhD
Central Michigan University, United States
Michael S. Cole, PhD
Texas Christian University, United States
Adrienne Colella, PhD
Tulane University, United States
Patrick D. Converse, PhD
Florida Institute of Technology, United States
Jose M. Cortina, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University, United States
Stephen H. Courtright, PhD
University of Iowa, United States
Eean R. Crawford, PhD
University of Iowa, United States
Kristen L. Cullen-Lester, PhD
University of Mississippi, United States
Jeremy F. Dawson, PhD
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Eric Anthony Day, PhD
University of Oklahoma, United States
Serge P. da Motta Veiga, PhD
NEOMA Business School, Reims, France
Katherine DeCelles, PhD
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bart A. de Jong, PhD
Australian Catholic University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Evangelia Demerouti, PhD
Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Rellie R. Derfler-Rozin, PhD
University of Maryland, United States
Lindsay Y. Dhanani, PhD
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States
James M. Diefendorff, PhD
University of Akron, United States
Erich C. Dierdorff, PhD
DePaul University, United States
Nikolaos Dimotakis, PhD
Oklahoma State University, United States
Brian R. Dineen, PhD
Purdue University, United States
Michelle K. Duffy, PhD
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States
Mark G. Ehrhart, PhD
University of Central Florida, United States
Jill Ellingson, PhD
University of Kansas, United States
Aleksander P.J. Ellis, PhD
University of Arizona, United States
Berrin Erodogan, PhD
Portland State University, United States, and University of Exeter, United Kingdom
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Auburn University, United States
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Portland State University, United States
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University of Alabama, United States
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University of Maryland, United States
Kimberly A. French, PhD
Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Michael Frese, PhD
Asia School of Management, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaandLeuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany
Ravi Shanker Gajendran, PhD
Florida International University, United States
Ian R. Gellatly, PhD
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Steffen R. Giessner, PhD
Erasmus University, Rotterdam School of Management, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Stephen W. Gilliland, PhD
Claremont Graduate University, United States
Erik Gonzalez-Mulé, PhD
Indiana University, United States
Vicente González-Romá, PhD
University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Lindsey M. Greco, PhD
Oklahoma State University, United States
Rebecca L. Greenbaum, PhD
Rutgers University, United States
Lindred Leura Greer, PhD
University of Michigan, United States
Travis J. Grosser, PhD
University of Connecticut, United States
Gudela Grote, PhD
ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Markus Groth, PhD
University of New South Wales Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Andrew C. Hafenbrack, PhD
University of Washington, United States
Leslie B. Hammer, PhD
Portland State University and Oregon Health & Science University, United States
Joo Hun Han, PhD
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejong, South Korea
Samantha D. Hansen, PhD
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Crystal M. Harold, PhD
Temple University, United States
T. Brad Harris, PhD
HEC Paris, Jouy-en-Josas, France
John P. Hausknecht, PhD
Cornell University, United States
Madeline E. Heilman, PhD
New York University, United States
Morela Hernandez, PhD
University of Michigan, United States
Louis Hickman, PhD
Virginia Tech, United States
Giles Hirst, PhD
Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Inga J. Hoever, PhD
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Brian C. Holtz, PhD
Temple University, United States
Peter W. Hom, PhD
Arizona State University, United States
Michael Horvath, PhD
Cleveland State University, United States
Jason L. Huang, PhD
Michigan State University, United States
Stephen E. Humphrey, PhD
Pennsylvania State University, United States
Ilke Inceoglu, PhD
University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
Kaifeng Jiang, PhD
The Ohio State University, United States
Michael A. Johnson, PhD
Louisiana State University, United States
Michael D. Johnson, PhD
University of Washington, United States
Kristen P. Jones, PhD
University of Memphis, United States
Dana L. Joseph, PhD
University of Central Florida, United States
Sora Jun, PhD
Rice University, United States
John D. Kammeyer-Mueller, PhD
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States
Seth Kaplan, PhD
George Mason University, United States
Nina Keith, PhD
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Anita C. Keller, PhD
University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
Gavin Kilduff, PhD
New York University, United States
Eugene Kim, PhD
Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Bradley L. Kirkman, PhD
North Carolina State University, United States
Anthony C. Klotz, PhD
University College London, United Kingdom
Donald H. Kluemper, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
Joel Koopman, PhD
Texas A&M University, United States
Jaclyn Koopmann, PhD
Auburn University, United States
Maria L. Kraimer, PhD
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, United States
Dina V. Krasikova, PhD
University of Texas at San Antonio, United States
Jana Kühnel, PhD
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Timothy G. Kundro, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
Giuseppe (Joe) Labianca, PhD
University of Kentucky, United States
Jamie J. Ladge, PhD
Northeastern University, United States and University of Exeter Business School, Exeter, United Kingdom
Chak Fu Lam, PhD
City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Klodiana Lanaj, PhD
University of Florida, United States
Blaine Landis, PhD
University College London, London, United Kingdom
Keith Leavitt, PhD
Oregon State University, United States
James M. LeBreton, PhD
Pennsylvania State University, United States
Cynthia Lee, PhD
Northeastern University, United States
Hun Whee Lee, PhD
Ohio State University, United States
KiYoung Lee, PhD
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Anna C. Lennard, PhD
Oklahoma State University, United States
Jeff LePine, PhD
Arizona State University, United States
Hannes Leroy, PhD
Erasmus University, Rotterdam School of Management, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Lisa M. Leslie, PhD
New York University, United States
Alex Ning Li, PhD
Texas Christian University, United States
Andrew Li, PhD
West Texas A&M University, United States
Ning Li, PhD
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Wen-Dong Li, PhD
Chinese University of Hong Kong,Shatin, New Territories,Hong Kong
Yixuan Li, PhD
University of Florida, United States
Huiwen Lian, PhD
Texas A&M University, United States
Zhenyu Liao, PhD
Northeastern University, United States
Robert C. Liden, PhD
University of Illinois, Chicago, United States
Filip Lievens, PhD
Singapore Management University, Singapore
Szu-Han (Joanna) Lin, PhD
University of Georgia, United States
Weipeng Lin, PhD
Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
Laura M. Little, PhD
University of Georgia, United States
Songqi Liu, PhD
Georgia State University, United States
Yihao Liu, PhD
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
Beth A. Livingston, PhD
University of Iowa, United States
Margaret M. Luciano, PhD
Pennsylvania State University, United States
Aleksandra Luksyte, PhD
University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
John Wiley Lynch, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
Brent J. Lyons, PhD
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jeremy D. Mackey, PhD
Auburn University, United States
Ke Michael Mai, PhD,
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Mark A. Maltarich, PhD
University of South Carolina, United States
Suzanne S. Masterson, PhD
University of Cincinnati, United States
John E. Mathieu, PhD
University of Connecticut, United States
Fadel K. Matta, PhD
University of Georgia, United States
Russell A. Matthews, PhD
University of Alabama, United States
Mary B. Mawritz, PhD
Drexel University, United States
Daniel J. McAllister, PhD
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Julie M. McCarthy, PhD
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Brian William McCormick, PhD
Northern Illinois University, United States
Lynn A. McFarland, PhD
University of South Carolina, United States
Adam W. Meade, PhD
North Carolina State University, United States
Laurenz L. Meier, PhD
University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Jesse S. Michel, PhD
Auburn University, United States
Christian Yarid Ayala Millán, PhD
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
Marie S. Mitchell, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
Frederick P. Morgeson, PhD
Michigan State University, United States
Elizabeth Wolfe Morrison, PhD
New York University, United States
Cindy P. Muir (Zapata), PhD
University of Notre Dame, United States
Kevin R. Murphy, PhD
University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
Jennifer D. Nahrgang, PhD
University of Iowa, United States
Andrew Neal, PhD
University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
Barbara Nevicka, PhD
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Daniel W. Newton, PhD
University of Iowa, United States
Thomas W. H. Ng, PhD
University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Cornelia Niessen, PhD
Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Bernard A. Nijstad, PhD
University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
Raymond A. Noe, PhD
Ohio State University, United States
Anthony J. Nyberg, PhD
University of South Carolina, United States
Christopher D. Nye, PhD
Michigan State University, United States
Ernest O'Boyle, PhD
Indiana University, United States
Burak Oc, PhD
Singapore Management University, Singapore
Babatunde Ogunfowara, PhD
University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Kyoungjo (Jo) Oh, PhD
University of Connecticut, United States
Sandra Ohly, PhD
University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
Jane O'Reilly, PhD
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Tae-Youn Park, PhD
Cornell University, United States
Michael R. Parke, PhD
University of Pennsylvania, United States
Stephanie C. Payne, PhD
Texas A&M University, United States
Matthew J. Pearsall, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
Ann Chunyan Peng, PhD
University of Missouri, United States
Jill Perry-Smith, PhD
Emory University, United States
Robert Ployhart, PhD
University of South Carolina, United States
Caitlin Porter, PhD
University of Memphis, United States
Belle Rose Ragins, PhD
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, United States
Christian J. Resick, PhD
Drexel University, United States
Simon Lloyd D. Restubog, PhD
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
Hettie A. Richardson, PhD
Texas Christian University, United States
Andreas Richter, PhD
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Melissa Robertson, PhD
Purdue University, United States
Jessica B. Rodell, PhD
University of Georgia, United States
Steven Gary Rogelberg, PhD
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States
Christopher C. Rosen, PhD
University of Arkansas, United States
Alex L. Rubenstein, PhD
University of Central Florida, United States
Enrica N. Ruggs, PhD
University of Houston, United States
Deborah E. Rupp, PhD
George Mason University, United States
Paul R. Sackett, PhD
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States
Juan Ignacio Sanchez, PhD
Florida International University, United States
Katina B. Sawyer, PhD
The George Washington University, United States
John M. Schaubroeck, PhD
University of Missouri, United States
Donald J. Schepker, PhD
University of South Carolina, United States
Charles A. Scherbaum, PhD
Baruch College, City University of New York, United States
Beth Schinoff, PhD
University of Delaware, United States
Aaron M. Schmidt, PhD
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States
Benjamin Schneider, PhD
University of Maryland, United States
Brent A. Scott, PhD
Michigan State University, United States
Priti Pradhan Shah, PhD
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States
Ruodan Shao, PhD
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jason D. Shaw, PhD
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Winny Shen, PhD
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Junqi Shi, PhD
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Shung Jae Shin, PhD
Portland State University, United States
Lynn M. Shore, PhD
Colorado State University, United States
Mindy Shoss, PhD
University of Central Florida, United States
Lauren S. Simon, PhD
University of Arkansas, United States
Ruchi Sinha, PhD
University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia
Traci Sitzmann, PhD
University of Colorado Denver, United States
Jerel E. Slaughter, PhD
University of Arizona, United States
David M. Sluss, PhD
ESSEC Business School, Cergy-Pontoise, France
Alexis N. Smith (Washington), PhD
Oklahoma State University, United States
Troy A. Smith, PhD
University of Nebraska, United States
Q. Chelsea Song, PhD
Indiana University, United States
Yifan Song, PhD
Texas A&M University, United States
Sabine Sonnentag, PhD
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Andrew B. Speer, PhD
Indiana University, United States
Alex Stajkovic, PhD
University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States
Kayla Stajkovic, PhD
University of California, Davis, United States
Greg L. Stewart, PhD
University of Iowa, United States
Karoline Strauss, PhD
ESSEC Business School, Cergy-Pontoise, France
Michael C. Sturman, PhD
Rutgers University, United States
Rong Su, PhD
University of Iowa, United States
Lorne M. Sulsky, PhD
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Tianjun Sun, PhD
Kansas State University, United States
Brian W. Swider, PhD
University of Florida, United States
Kenneth Tai, PhD
Singapore Management University, Singapore
Riki Takeuchi, PhD
University of Texas at Dallas, United States
Subrahmaniam Tangirala, PhD
University of Maryland, United States
Shannon G. Taylor, PhD
University of Central Florida, United States
Stefan Thau, PhD
INSEAD, Singapore
Phillip S. Thompson, PhD
Virginia Tech, United States
Christian N. Thoroughgood, PhD
Georgia State University, United States
March L. To, PhD
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Donald M. Truxillo, PhD
University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
Kerrie L. Unsworth, PhD
University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Edwin A. J. Van Hooft, PhD
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Gerben A. van Kleef, PhD
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Jeffrey B. Vancouver, PhD
Ohio University, United States
Robert J. Vandenberg, PhD
University of Georgia, United States
Hoda Vaziri, PhD
University of North Texas, United States
Vijaya Venkataramani, PhD
University of Maryland—College Park, United States
Chockalingam Viswesvaran, PhD
Florida International University, United States
Ryan M. Vogel, PhD
Temple University, United States of America
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Arizona State University, United States
H. Jack Walker, PhD
Auburn University, United States
Danni Wang, PhD
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States
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Florida State University, United States
Mo Wang, PhD
University of Florida, United States
Julie Holliday Wayne, PhD
Wake Forest University, United States
Elijah X. M. Wee, PhD
University of Washington, United States
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University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Justin M. Weinhardt, PhD
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Kelly Schwind Wilson, PhD
Purdue University, United States
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States
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Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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University of Texas at Dallas, United States
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National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Portland State University, United States
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Nanyang Technological University,Singapore
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University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
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Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Southern Methodist University, United States
Jing Zhou, PhD
Rice University, United States
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University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States
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Bowling Green State University, United States
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Drexel University, United States
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Purdue University, United States
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Transparency and Openness Promotion
APA endorses the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines by a community working group in conjunction with the Center for Open Science (Nosek et al. 2015). Effective November 1, 2021, all articles submitted to the Journal of Applied Psychology must, at a minimum, adhere to the TOP levels as noted in the list below, which details the domains of research planning and reporting, the TOP level required, and a brief description of the journal’s policy. Submissions that do not include (1) qualitative, quantitative, or simulated data, (2) a systematic narrative or meta-analytic review of the literature, or (3) reanalysis of existing data must also include a statement that TOP guidelines related to data sharing, code sharing, hypotheses preregistration, analysis preregistration, and materials sharing are not applicable and why (this can appear in the method section). All articles must comply with the TOP guideline of citing any materials not original to the submitted work.
For example:
- Level 1: Disclosure—The article must disclose whether or not the materials are posted to a trusted repository.
- Level 2: Requirement—The article must share materials via a trusted repository when legally and ethically permitted (or disclose the legal and/or ethical restriction when not permitted).
- Level 3: Verification—A third party must verify that the standard is met.
Empirical research, including meta-analyses, submitted to the Journal of Applied Psychology must, at a minimum, adhere to the TOP levels as noted in the list below, which details the domains of research planning and reporting, the TOP level required by the Journal of Applied Psychology, and a brief description of the journal’s policy.
- Citation: Level 2, Requirement—All data, program code, and other methods not original to the submitted work (developed by others) must be cited in the text and listed in the references section.
- Data Transparency: Level 1, Disclosure—Article states whether or not the raw and/or processed data on which study conclusions are based are posted to a trusted repository and, if so, how to access data.
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- Research Materials Transparency: Level 1, Disclosure—Article states whether materials described in the method section are posted to a trusted repository and, if so, how to access them.
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- Study Preregistration: Level 2, Requirement—Article states whether the study design and (if applicable) hypotheses of any of the work reported was preregistered and, if so, how to access it. Access to a masked version of the preregistered materials must be available at submission via stable link or supplemental material.
- Analysis Plan Preregistration: Level 2, Requirement—Article states whether any of the work reported was preregistered with an analysis plan and, if so, how to access it. Access to a masked version of the preregistered analysis plan must be available at submission via stable link or supplemental material.
Note: If you have reproduced full scales or other material (e.g., tables, figures, experimental materials) from previously published articles, please note that it is your responsibility to ensure that doing so does not constitute a copyright infringement with the original publisher. You can find information on fair use of previously published material and on APA’s permissions policy in the Permissions Alert Form for APA Authors.In addition, we strongly encourage the inclusion of online supplements for study materials.
Authors should include a brief (one short paragraph) subsection in their method section titled “Transparency and openness” that indicates how they complied with the TOP guidelines adopted at the Journal of Applied Psychology.
For example:
- We describe our sampling plan, all data exclusions (if any), all manipulations, and all measures in the study, and we adhered to the Journal of Applied Psychology methodological checklist. All data, analysis code, and research materials are available at [stable masked link to trusted repository]. Data were analyzed using R, version 4.0.0 (R Core Team, 2020) and the package ggplot, version 3.2.1 (Wickham, 2016). This study’s design and its analysis were not preregistered.
- We describe our sampling plan, all data exclusions (if any), all manipulations, and all measures in the study, and we adhered to the Journal of Applied Psychology methodological checklist. Analysis code and research materials are available at [stable masked link to trusted repository]. Data are not available due to their proprietary nature. Data were analyzed using R, version 4.0.0 (R Core Team, 2020) and the package ggplot, version 3.2.1 (Wickham, 2016). The study design was not preregistered because the data were collected for an applied selection project. The hypotheses and analysis were preregistered [masked OSF link].
Please refer to the Center for Open Science TOP guidelines for details, and contact the editor (Lillian T. Eby, PhD) with any further questions. APA recommends sharing data, materials, and code viatrusted repositories(e.g.,APA’s repositoryon theOpen Science Framework (OSF)).Trusted repositories adhere to policies that make data discoverable, accessible, usable, and preserved for the long term. Trusted repositories also assign unique and persistent identifiers.
We encourage investigators to preregister their studies and to share protocols and analysis plans prior to conducting the research. There are many available preregistration forms (e.g., the APAPreregistration for Quantitative Research in Psychologytemplate,ClininalTrials.gov, aspredicted.org, or otherpreregistration templates available via OSF). Completed preregistration forms should be time-stampedand posted on a publicly accessible registry system (e.g., OSF, ClinicalTrials.gov, or other trial registries in the WHO Registry Network).
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Author and Editor Spotlights
Editorials
- Reflections on theJournal of Applied Psychologyin Times of Change
by Lillian Eby
January 2022 - Editorial (PDF, 47KB)
by Lillian Eby
January 2021
Editor Spotlight
- Read an interview with Editor Lillian Eby, PhD
From APA Journals Article Spotlight®
- You've got to have friends: The spillover of cross-race friendships to diversity training and education
- The art of racing (deadlines) in the rain
- Psychopaths in the C-suite?
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