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“This Is Our House!” Why Are I-O Psychologists Losing at the Gender Disparity Game?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

Ann Hergatt Huffman ,
Satoris S. Howes  and
Kristine J. Olson
Ann Hergatt Huffman*
Affiliation:
WA Franke College of Business and Department of Psychological Sciences, Northern Arizona University
Satoris S. Howes
Affiliation:
College of Business, Oregon State University
Kristine J. Olson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Dixie State University
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Ann Hergatt Huffman, WA Franke College of Business and Department of Psychological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, South San Francisco Street, Flagstaff, AZ 86011. E-mail: ann.huffman@nau.edu
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Aguinis et al. (2017) highlighted the gender disparity in authorship of publications within the field of industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology. We agree with the authors that this is a troubling finding and think that this gender disparity within our field is the most critical implication of the focal article. I-O psychologists are specifically trained to address employment issues, including gender disparities at work. To see such disconcerting findings in our area of expertise is akin to a sports team losing to a competitor when they have the home court advantage. Namely, we are left feeling deflated and asking ourselves, “What went wrong?”

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , December 2017 , pp. 584 - 588
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2017 

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