The editors welcome articles that contribute to thinking, discussion and debate on a wide range of matters relevant to Organisational Psychology, defined as follows:
“Organisational psychologists seek to understand the complex relationships occurring in workplaces in order to enhance organisational effectiveness, productivity and individual wellbeing.
Organisational psychologists apply psychological principles and methods to understand and influence work behaviour and attitudes, and organisational structures. Organisational psychology encompasses the disciplines of industrial and organisational (I/O) psychology; work psychology; occupational psychology; personnel psychology; human resource management and development; ergonomics, and vocational psychology; managerial psychology including coaching; and consumer psychology.”
(www.groups.psychology.org.au/cop/about_us/APS)
All articles submitted to the journal will be subject to blind review by two referees overseen by the Editor in Chief. Articles should be submitted in APA style (see below) and all research conducted will be required to conform to ethical standards of the Australian Psychological
Society.
The journal accepts contributions in the following broad categories:
1.
Articles reporting the conduct and findings of original research on, or relevant to
Organisational Psychology usually conducted by one or more of the authors of the article. A range of research inquiry is invited from quantitative (survey, experimental, meta-analytic) to qualitative (ethnographic, discourse analytic, phenomenological, grounded theory, textual analysis) approaches. It is expected that authors will clearly describe their research practices, and locate them within an articulated research tradition.
2.
Reviews of previous research in a particular area relevant to the practice of
Organisational Psychology.
3.
Articles addressing theoretical, conceptual or ideological issues in Organisational
Psychology.
Articles focussing on specific client groups, or general schemas of the discipline. 4.
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Book reviews. These are aimed at keeping practitioners up-to-date with developments in their field.
All submitted articles in categories 1-4 are submitted to a blind review process in accordance with academic conventions. The article will be reviewed independently by two peer reviewers.
The Editor in Chief will advise authors of the outcome of this process, and facilitate further editing work as required. Accepted submissions are published in accordance with publication schedules and special issue requirements.
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association provides detailed guidelines for manuscript preparation. The following brief outline of these guidelines is intended to be indicative only. Contributors are referred to Chapter 4,
in the fourth edition of the manual. The fourth edition is available in many libraries throughout Australia. The newer fifth edition could be consulted as an alternative source. All page references below refer to the 4 th edition.
The main points to be followed when preparing a manuscript are summarised below:
Please provide:

 A separate title page with title of article and authors names (p.249)
 Double-line spacing of text on one side of paper only
 Text in 12 point Times New Roman typeface
 A running header at the top right hand corner of each page with page number
 No identification of authors in the body of the article (to facilitate the blind review process)
 All tables, figures, statistical reporting and sub-headers in APA format
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References in APA format
In-text quotations in APA format.
Quotations of fewer than 40 words should be incorporated into the text and enclosed by double quotation marks (“)... Display quotations of 40 or more words in a double-spaced block of typewritten lines with no quotation marks. Do not single-space. Indent five to seven spaces from the left margin without the usual opening paragraph indent (American
Psychological Association, 1999, p. 245).