The Society of Psychologists in Management (SPIM) is a professional association of

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s who also serve in

managerial Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities ...

or leadership positions.

History and purpose

The Society of Psychologists in Management was founded in 1985 in

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by a small group of psychologists who also served in managerial roles. These included Anthony Broskowski, Richard Kilburg, Dwight Harshbarger, Margaret Hastings, and

Harry Levinson Harry Levinson (1922 – June 26, 2012) was an American psychologist and consultant in work and organizational issues.Lowman, RL (2005) Importance of diagnosis in organizational assessment: Harry Levinson's contributions. ''The Psychologist-Manager ...

. The intent was to provide a professional home and identity for psychologists who were no longer working as practicing or academic psychologists, both to help them retain their identity and to recognize psychology-management as a distinctive profession.

Presidents of SPIM

The presidents of SPIM have been: * Richard Kilburg (1985–1986) * Anthony Broskowski (1986–1987) * D. Dwight Harshbarger (1987–1988) * Elizabeth Wales (1989–1990) * Darwin Dorr (also known as Deke Dorr; 1990–1991) * Dory Hollander (1991–1992) * Ken Ball (1992–1993) * Robert Perloff (1993–1994) * Rodney L. Lowman (1994–1995) * Marc T. Frankel (1995–1996) * Ann Howard (1996–1997) * Mark Ginsberg (1997–1998) * Arthur M. Freedman (1998–1999) * Paul Lloyd (1999–2000) * Robert P. Lowman (2000–2001) *

Donald O. Clifton Donald O. Clifton (February 5, 1924 – September 14, 2003) was an American psychologist, educator, author, researcher, and entrepreneur. He founded Selection Research, Inc., which later acquired Gallup Inc., where he became chairman, and develo ...

(2001–2002) * Carl Greenberg (2002–2003) * Marilyn Gowing (2003–2004) * Linda Richardson (2004–2005) * Dale Thompson (2005–2006) * Judith Albino (2006–2007) * John C. Bruckman (2007–2008) * Cathleen Civiello (2008–2009) * Roger Cooper (2010–2011)

Conferences, awards, and journal

SPIM holds an annual mid-winter conference for psychologist-managers and also provides programming at the annual meeting of the

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. The Society annually awards the Distinguished Psychologist in Management (DPIM) Award and the Richard Kilburg Service Award. It also publishes an

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, '' The Psychologist-Manager Journal''. The journal has provided professional guidance relevance for psychologist-managers (e.g., crisis management, Ball, 2005; principles for growing a company, Clifton, 1999; transformational leadership, Eisenhower) and special issues such as on The Psychologist-President (Lowman, 1999). The organization also formed a not-for-profit foundation to further its charitable purposes.

Memberships

The association is dedicated to maintaining their membership criteria. SPIM's members are psychologists usually holding a managerial or consultant positions, are teaching or conducting research in management or leadership. SPIM also offers Affiliate memberships to those who hold a master's degree in psychology and are employed as a manager or consultant to management.

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