Global visibility for theory in organizational psychology

Abstract

At the start of Organizational Psychology Review’s fourth volume, we are proud to announce an expansion of the editorial team. As of January 1, 2014, OPR has three new Associate Editors: Elizabeth George, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Eric Kearney, Leibnitz University Hannover; and David Sluss, Georgia Institute of Technology. This not only adds three great experts in the field to the OPR team; together with ‘‘old hands’’ Mark Griffin, University of Western Australia, and Stephen Humphrey, Pennsylvania State University, and including myself as Editor-in-Chief at Erasmus University Rotterdam, OPR’s editorial team now includes editors from five countries across four continents. Together with our international editorial board that we aim to expand to become even more international OPR thus makes important new steps in fulfilling its ambition to be a truly international journal of theory in organizational psychology. This is further reflected in submissions from five continents, a very nationality diverse group of authors over the last three years, and online downloads of OPR content from many countries on five continents. With a little bit more patience, OPR will also be able to apply for an impact factor to capture the citation activity we can observe for OPR content (and to speak to the desire of authors in many schools to prioritize publication in outlets with an impact factor). The past volumes have already included the different types of papers OPR aims to publish: conceptual papers, meta-analyses, integrative reviews, and essays in our Special Forum on Good Theory. The coming year will most likely also see us complete publication of the full spectrum of contributions we aim to cover with publication of our first Special Issue – on Dynamic Relationships in Groups and Teams, edited by Matthew Cronin. Future volumes will continue to include this range of contributions – and OPR still has an ongoing call for review proposals for authors interested in taking on an integrative review (see the OPR website for details: http://opr.sagepub.com/) – including a Special Issue on Multilevel Relationships in Groups and Teams, edited by John Mathieu and Stephen Humphrey. We hope that this diversity