Where no one has gone before

[...]we will target just one facet of our WEIRD bias, using empirical data to demonstrate how it hinders our scientific potential and utility. Since March 2020, Culture Amp has been collecting data from organizations’ surveys about their response to the pandemic, employee well-being during this time, and preparations to return to the workplace. Islam and Schmidt (2019) argue that I-O psychologists need to be the testers and debunkers of current management practices, testing with our rigorous methods what works and communicating that to the business community. [...]to be strategic and influential, the field needs to be at the forefront of what is meaningful and effective for organizations. Research is the highest purpose of I-O psychology Professional status in I-O psychology is established primarily based on numbers of cited publications by groups or individuals (e.g., Aguinis etal., 2017).