Publishing Internationally (sponsored by the Division 1 and Division 15 of the International Association of Applied Psychology-IAAP)

Michael Frese, Gießen, Germany

Publishing our research internationally is necessary for most scholars. We either want to get international recognition or external bodies, such as universities or research institutions demand that research is published in international journals, preferably in high impact journals.
European researchers often find it difficult to publish in these journals.

The workshop is going to introduce you to some typical problems of European work and organizational psychologists when publishing internationally and especially, how to deal with them. These are some of the issues covered: publishing as (cultural) communication, framing the article well, producing a good story, theory, writing style and transitions, choose the right journal, response to rejection and rewrites, cutting the article right, getting cited, be a reviewer yourself.

To make this workshop productive for you, bring the following along (if you are able to do that):

1) Most important: You should bring along an English article that you are currently working on or that you have recently written (please have the Abstract and the first two pages copied on an overhead sheet);
2) Write a review of certain article yourself. This may be an article of a colleague of yours (and s/he may have asked you to review it) or it may even be a published article.
3) Please read the APA Publication guidelines, particularly the following parts: Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA Guidelines), Chapters 1, 2, 6, pp. 258-272, 4th Ed.).
4) Please write down the top 5 best journals in YOUR area, include the impact rate, the rejection rate, the name of the current editor (and associate editors).
5) If you can, you might also want to read an introduction of Sternberg, R. J. The psychologists companion. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, particularly "writing the psychology paper".


Short Bio of Prof. Frese:
Michael Frese holds a chair for work and organizational psychology at the University of Giessen. He is also a Visiting Professor at the London Business School and Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania (Psychology). Prior to this appointment, he has taught in Berlin, University of Pennsylvania, and the Universities of Munich and Amsterdam.

He has been an editor of Applied Psychology: An International Review and has been or currently is on the editorial board of many important journals in our field (e.g., Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology,  Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Performance).

He is author of more than 200 articles (in amongst other journals JAP, JOOP, JPSP, AMJ, JOB, ROB, and APIR) and editor/author of more than 20 books and special issues. He is one of the most highly cited work and organizational psychologists in Europe. He currently serves as past president of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP).