The ''Journal of Organizational Behavior'' is a

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published eight times a year by

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. The journal publishes

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reports and

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reviews spanning the spectrum of

organizational behavior Organizational behavior (OB) or organisational behaviour is the: "study of human behavior in organizational settings, the interface between human behavior and the organization, and the organization itself".Moorhead, G., & Griffin, R. W. (1995) ...

research. It was established in 1980 as the ''Journal of Occupational Behavior'', obtaining its current title in 1988. The founding

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was

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(

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), who was succeeded by

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(

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). The current editor-in-chief is Christian Resick (

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Abstracting and indexing

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, EBSCO databases, and

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. According to the ''

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'', it has a 2020

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of 8.174.

Best dissertation-based paper

The journal sponsors the

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'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 (

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) and J. Kevin Ford (

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Abstracting and indexing

Best dissertation-based paper

''International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology''

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