Organizational Psychology

We are glad to introduce our readers to new issue of Organizational Psychology Journal. We arepleased to continue to acquaint readers with the latest developments in organizational psychology.
In the “Research in organizational psychology” section we offer two articles. In the article by Konstantin Bagrationi “Socio-psychological conditionality of the collective mindfulness in organizations”, the results of theoretical and empirical study of the organizational and socio-psychological determination of collective mindfulness are outlined. It turned out that the collective mindfulness is linked with the degree of collectivism in the organizational culture. At the same time, a high level of collective mindfulness is combined with a low level of reflexivity, which may indicate the unwillingness of employees to be engaged in the reflexive activities, despite the existence of the necessary organizational circumstances. In the article “Employer brand perception by workers with different social identity” by Natalia L. Ivanova and Darya Moshinskaya the employer brand perception by workers with different social identity has been explored. The main parameters of perception are «general characteristics of the company», «socialtrust», «conditions and benefits», «opportunities for professional development.»
In the “Organizational-psychological practice” the article “Organizational diagnosis: How it works in the client-centered management counseling” by Mikhail Ivanov is presented. The proposed approach to the organization diagnosing differs from the generally accepted ones, that it pay great attention to there construction of the organization’s history and, in particular, to individual differences in the vision of the organization among its managers and owners, and also to their individual histories. Methodological distinction of the approach is connected not so much with the methods used, as with the dialogic position of the consultant in each interview. This position defines the minimal formalization of diagnostics, free discussion with each manager of a given set of topics.
In the “First steps” section you could find the work “The relationship between perceived corporate culture, it’s attractiveness and employees’ organizational identification” by Roksana Nesmeianova and Sergey Lipatov and “Comparative research of organizational culture in Russian and American universities: Order diagnostics of international cooperation departments” by Ksenia Nesterova.
In the “Conferences” section there is information about upcoming events of 2018. ICIOP 2018: 20th International Conference on Industrial and Organizational Psychology; The 33rd Annual Conferenceof the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP); Tools of organizational psychologists; Annual conference of the community of organizational psychologists of Latvia (LOPB).
In the “Literary Guide” section there is our traditional editorial note about the 20 most cited and 20most recent scientific articles about the employer and the workplace branding.
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