Members Turn Down Bylaws Amendment
The SIOP voting membership has spoken, and "Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology" (SIOP) will continue to be the Society’s name.
SIOP beat TSOP by a very narrow margin, with 500 ballots cast for a bylaws amendment to change the Society name to "The Society for Organizational Psychology" and 515 ballots cast against the bylaws amendment.
Read a full story about the election tomorrow on the SIOP Web site or discuss your reactions now by leaving a comment below!
I am so relieved. I've always identified more with the "I" than the "O." Industrial is our heritage; we need to honor that.
JH
Posted by: James Herndon | January 29, 2010 at 02:16 PM
What would be branded? The name the organization, the name of the field, or both? What exactly would the brands be?
Posted by: Susan Wright | January 16, 2010 at 09:19 PM
I'm "just" a student for now, but one day I will be one of you:)
Posted by: Alet | January 12, 2010 at 05:52 AM
I sure hope we will now put this name issue aside and move on to other matters. If we keep churning it we should brand ourselves with the "Organization of Organizational Psycholological Scholars".
Posted by: Paul Muchinsky | January 10, 2010 at 07:37 PM
good!
However i'm still angry SIOP treats folks with "just" a masters degree like second class citizens with no voting rights.
Posted by: Finch | January 08, 2010 at 03:24 PM
Kurt: Are you suggesting "Individual and Organizational Psychology?"
Posted by: Paul W. Thayer | January 07, 2010 at 02:25 PM
Great!...
Simply demonstrates that I-O Psychologists are people with professional criteria.
Posted by: Abel Gallardo | January 07, 2010 at 06:54 AM
John,
Look to see a renewed focus on branding by SIOP in the next year or so (budget permitting).
Our visibility committee has been considering branding strategies for awhile.
For what its worth, if you saw my comments on the SIOP home page today (regarding the vote), my sense from both the vote and the comments in the past year is that there are many members who like "SIOP" and many who dislike "industrial", and those do not have to be incompatible preferences.
Posted by: Kurt Kraiger | January 06, 2010 at 05:43 PM
It seems like it is time to move on. One question -- will branding involve calling the field "I-O" with no reference made anymore to "industrial"? In other words, will "I-O" be made to take on a meaning all of its own, with no further use of the full name "industrial-organizational"?
Posted by: John L. | January 06, 2010 at 12:50 PM