1st Edition

Key Thinkers in Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Edited By Laura Koppes Bryan, Andrew J. Vinchur Copyright 2025
360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

Key Thinkers in Industrial and Organizational Psychology explores the lives, ideas, contributions, and impact of key figures who have shaped and developed industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology. Through a chronological lens, the book traces the history and context behind the groundbreaking work of a diverse group of individuals who have influenced the field. Among those featured are... Read more

1.     Frederick Winslow Taylor

1856 - 1915

Elizabeth L. Shoenfelt

 

2.     James McKeen Cattell

1860 - 1944

Andrew J. Vinchur

 

3.     Hugo Münsterberg

1863 - 1916

Nathan T. Carter

 

4.     Jòzefa Joteyko

1866 - 1928

Jesús F. Salgado

 

5.     Mary Parker Follett

1868 - 1933

M. Dale Smalley and Jeffrey S. Schippmann

 

6.     Walter Dill Scott

1869 - 1955

Samuel T. McAbee

 

7.     William Stern

1871 - 1938

James T. Lamiell

 

8.     Jean-Maurice Lahy

1872 - 1943

Jesús F. Salgado

 

9.     Charles S. Myers

1873 - 1946

Geoffrey C. Bunn

 

10.  Lillian Evelyn Moller Gilbreth

1878 - 1972

Laura Koppes Bryan and David Devonis

 

11.  Walter Van Dyke Bingham

1880 - 1952

Katrina A. Burch

 

12.  Harry Levi Hollingworth

1880 - 1956

Stephanie C. Payne and Fan Yang

 

13.  Otto Lipmann

1880 - 1933

Walther Moede

1888 - 1958

David Devonis

 

14.  Elton Mayo

1880 - 1949

Jessica J. Sim and Jennifer Feitosa

 

15.  Edward K. Strong, Jr.

1884 - 1963

Janet L. Kottke

 

16.  Franciszka Baumgarten-Tramer

1883 - 1970

Sharon Glazer and Jonna Williams

 

17.  Bernard Muscio

1887 - 1926

Mengting (Rachel) Xia and Mark Griffin

 

18.  Louis Leon Thurstone

1887 - 1955

Nathan T. Carter

 

19.  Marion Almira Bills

1889 - 1970

Laura Koppes Bryan

 

20.  Kurt Lewin

1890 - 1947

Rebecca Grossman

 

21.  Bruce V. Moore

1891 - 1977

Mengting (Rachel) Xia and Mark Griffin

 

22.  Shigemi Kirihara

1892 - 1968

Miki Takasuna

 

23.  Donald G. Paterson

1892 - 1961

Michael J. Zickar

 

24.  Elsie Oschrin Bregman

1896 - 1969

Laura Koppes Bryan

 

25.  Max Freyd

1896 - 1951

Andrew J. Vinchur

 

26.  Arthur Kornhauser

1896 - 1990

Michael J. Zickar

 

27.  Emilio Mira y López

1896 - 1964

Jesús F. Salgado

 

28.  Morris Viteles

1898 - 1996

David Devonis

 

29.  Chen, Li (陈立)

1902 - 2004

Yeh Hsueh

 

30.  Rensis Likert

1903 - 1981

Thomas A. Stetz

 

31.  John Clemans Flanagan

1906 - 1996

Michael J. Zickar and Samuel T. McAbee

 

32.  Abraham Maslow

1908 - 1970

Samuel McAbee and Michael J. Zickar

 

33.   Patricia Cain Smith
1917 - 2007
William K. Balzer and Jeffrey M. Stanton

 

34.  Douglas W. Bray

1918 - 2006

Rosemary Hays-Thomas

 

35.  Mary L. Tenopyr

1929 - 2005

Jerard F. Kehoe

 

36.  Fred E. Fiedler

1922 - 2017

Kathie L. Pelletier and Janet L. Kottke

 

37.  Robert M. Guion

1924 - 2012

Scott Highhouse

 

38.  Bernard M. Bass

1925 - 2007

Wayne F. Cascio

 

39.  Marvin Dunnette

1926 - 2007

Leaetta Hough

 

40.  Edwin A. Fleishman

1927 - 2021

Stephen J. Zaccaro and Steven Zhou

 

41.  Frank L. Schmidt

1944 - 2021

John E. Hunter

1939 - 2002

Jeffrey M. Cucina

 

42.  Five Additional Key Thinkers

Andrew J. Vinchur

Biography

Laura Koppes Bryan is the inaugural T.G. Lewis Faculty Scholar in Organizational Behavior and former Interim Dean of the University of Kentucky Lewis Honors College, USA. She is a U.S. Fulbright Scholar and a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology (SIOP). Her work on the history of I-O psychology has been published in the Journal of Applied Psychology and as book chapters, and she edited both editions of Historical Perspectives in Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2007; 2021).

Andrew J. Vinchur is Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Psychology and former Psychology Department Head at Lafayette College, USA. During the first half of his professional career, he published research on topics such as employee selection, meta-analysis, job analysis, and psychometrics; however, for approximately the last 20 years his primary research focus has been the history of I-O psychology, especially the early history of the field.  He is the author of The Early Years of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2018).