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Journal of Organizational Behavior

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Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
  
J. Organ. Behav.

Edited by
  
Suzanne S. Masterson

Language
  
English

Publisher
  
John Wiley & Sons

Former names
  
Journal of Occupational Behavior

Discipline
  
Organizational behavior

The Journal of Organizational Behavior is a peer-reviewed academic journal published eight times a year by Wiley-Blackwell. The journal publishes empirical reports and theoretical reviews spanning the spectrum of organizational behavior research. It publishes research conducted at the individual person, group, organization, or mixed levels. It was established in 1980 as the Journal of Occupational Behavior, obtaining its current title in 1988. The founding editor-in-chief was Cary Cooper (Lancaster University); the current editor is Suzanne S. Masterson (University of Cincinnati).

Contents

The editorial mission of the journal is to "publish empirical reports and theoretical reviews of research in the field of organizational behavior". The themes of "job design, stress, and careers" are of particular significance, as is the context in which behaviors take place.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, Scopus, ProQuest, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, EBSCO, and Emerald Management Reviews. According to the Journal Citation Reports, it has a 2015 impact factor of 2.986.

Best dissertation-based paper

The journal sponsors the Academy of Management's Organizational Behavior Division’s annual "Best Dissertation-Based Paper" prize, which recognizes one paper, based on a dissertation, which makes a significant contribution to the OB discipline.

International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology

In 2012, it was announced that the International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology would be published as an annual review issue of the Journal of Organizational Behavior. This issue will be co-edited by Gerard P. Hodgkinson (Warwick Business School) and J. Kevin Ford (Michigan State University).

References

Journal of Organizational Behavior Wikipedia