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The Licensure Issue in I-O Psychology: Are We Trying to Police the Police?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2017

Ronald E. Riggio  and
Karan Saggi
Ronald E. Riggio*
Affiliation:
Kravis Leadership Institute, Claremont McKenna College
Karan Saggi
Affiliation:
Kravis Leadership Institute, Claremont McKenna College
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Ronald E. Riggio, Kravis Leadership Institute, CMC, 850 Columbia Ave., Claremont, CA 91711. E-mail: Ron.riggio@cmc.edu
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Many industrial and organizational (I-O) and consulting psychologists who engage in practice of their profession, for example as “management consultants,” compete against consultants with a wide array of backgrounds and disciplinary degrees. Indeed, in consulting work, one of us has competed against practitioners with backgrounds in fields ranging from accounting (CPAs) to sociology, communication, anthropology, business administration, and even those with degrees in divinity.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , June 2017 , pp. 204 - 206
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2017 

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