Organizational Psychology in Human Resource Management Practices

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to submit manuscripts addressing the issue of organizational psychology in human resource management. In a period marked by constant changes in organizational processes, employees need to better understand the environment in which they operate in order to adjust to the uncertainties arising from organizational transformation. Incorporating organizational psychology into human resource management has been identified as a major challenge in organizational research. Despite the growing amount of research in the area, there is still no consensus on the most effective way of incorporating the field of organizational psychology into current human resource management practices.

Organizational psychology was initially considered to be a branch of classical psychology with an emphasis on investigating the human mind and human behavior. Today, organizational psychology is an independent field of research connected to many spheres of organizational studies. Human resource management has been identified as the main sphere that contributes to the development of organizational psychology. Organizational psychology investigates different topics, namely: (a) processes at the individual level (e.g., job satisfaction, organizational commitment, job stress, work–life conflict, and psychological capital); (b) processes that determine interpersonal interaction (e.g., leadership, teamwork, and group behavior); and (c) processes at the organizational level (e.g., organizational culture, organizational climate, strategy, and organizational structure).

As organizational psychology affects all human resource management practices (function analysis, recruitment and selection, training, careers, and competencies and rewards), we encourage researchers to submit articles that focus on issues related to employee–organization relationships, as well as theoretical or empirical articles that address new trends in human resource management.

This Special Issue will examine the applicability of various themes in organizational psychology to human resource management practices. Because organizational psychology affects all practices in human resource management, we encourage researchers to submit articles that focus on issues related to the relationships between employees and their organization, especially function analysis, recruitment and selection, training, careers, and competencies and rewards. On the other hand, due to digital transformation and the use of technological tools in implementing human resource management practices, it has been found that different researchers have turned their attention to the technological revolution in organizations. In this context, researchers can submit theoretical or empirical research articles that address new trends in human resource management, considering the role of organizational psychology. Additionally, we welcome research and discussions with a focus on the individual, group, and organizational levels. Furthermore, we invite research related to the role of organizational psychology in HRM from a range of epistemic and ontological positions, including qualitative and quantitative studies and those with an action and/or intervention research approach.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Rosa Lutete Geremias
Prof. Dr. Patrícia Teixeira Maggi da Silva
Dr. Carla Caracol
Guest Editors

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• psychological capital
• organizational commitment
• job satisfaction
• leadership
• work–life balance
• recruitment and selection
• training
• rewards
• teamwork
• digital skills