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Not Another “Researcher-Centric” Index: A Cautionary Note

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

Zhenyu Yuan  and
Kenneth G. Brown
Zhenyu Yuan*
Affiliation:
Department of Management and Organizations, University of Iowa
Kenneth G. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Management and Organizations, University of Iowa
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Zhenyu Yuan, University of Iowa, Department of Management and Organizations, 108 John Pappajohn Business Building, Iowa City, IA 52242. E-mail: [email protected]
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In their focal article, Aguinis et al. (2017) conducted an empirical analysis of the most frequently cited sources, articles, and authors in industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology textbooks. The authors conclude that their “results are encouraging regarding the scientist–practitioner model” (p. 545). We disagree. Although we applaud the effort that went into this research, we are concerned that the method used in the article, focusing on textbook citations, creates yet another “researcher-centric” index that will do nothing to address the research–practice gap. The problematic “researcher-centric” perspective manifests itself in several ways in the focal article, which we elaborate below.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , December 2017 , pp. 598 - 602
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2017 

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