Aims and scope

Journal of Advanced Research in Organizational Psychology (J. of Adv. Res. in Organ. Psych.) is designed to provide an outlet for its readers with up-to-date studies and current trends in the field of organizational psychology. The Journal explores the various understandings that economic approaches shed on organizational psychology. Journal of Advanced Research in Organizational Psychology publishes theoretical and empirical peer-reviewed research in organizational psychology-related subjects.

The contents of the Journal can be useful to students and practitioners alike, as they will provide insight to new theories, thoughts and perspectives with regards to the field of organizational psychology.  Also, Journal of Advanced Research in Organizational Psychology publishes research on a broad range of topics including the economic analysis of regulation and the behavior of regulated firms, the political economy of legislation and legislative processes, law and finance, corporate finance and governance, and industrial organization.

Its approach is broad-ranging with respect both to methodology and to subject matter. The annually journal reaches an international community of scholars in: Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Managerial Psychology, Leadership, Workplace Stress, Organizational Communication, Motivation, Organizational Civic Behavior (OCB), Conflicts and Negotiation, Organizational Culture and Climate, Corporate Social Responsibility, Personal Relations, Organizational Efficiency, Group Dynamic, Work Psychology, Human Resources, Organizational Justice/Fairness, Organizational Health, Organizational Identity … and any other related topic.

Editorial Board

Editor in Chief:
Pompiliu Constantinescu, Association for Sustainable Education, Research and Science 

Co-Editor:  
Andra Mihaela Paloș, Association for Sustainable Education, Research and Science 

Editorial Advisory Board 
Mico Apostolov, Sant Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy
Jean-Paul Gaertner, Ecole de Management de Strasbourg, France
Piotr Misztal,The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Faculty of Management and Administration, Poland
Marco Novaresse, Universita del Piemonte Orientale, Italy
Rajesh K. Pillania, Management Development Institute, India
Carrie A. Picardi, University of Bridgeport, USA
Rachel Price-Kreitz, Ecole de Management de Strasbourg, France
Hans-Jürgen Weißbach, University of Applied Sciences - Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Invitation for Qualifies Reviewers for Editorial Board & International Program Committee Members
ASERS Publishing invites the interested professionals to contribute into ASERS Publishing’s research network by joining us as a part of Editorial Board & International Program Committee members for its scientific peer-reviewed journals & books.
Interested applicants must submit a detailed CV along with a List of Publications at apg@aserspublishing.eu.
Please remember that your help with reviewing the papers would be very much appreciated.

Publication malpractice statement
Journal of Advanced Research in Organizational Psychology is committed to pursuing the highest standards of probity and the elimination of malpractice in research presented within this journal. Journal's ethics and malpractice statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.
All ASERS Publishing's Journals adopt the COPE guidelines on publication ethics http://publicationethics.org/resources/code-conduct.

Reviewing process follows these steps:
• 1st Step: The Editor in Chief will make an initial screening of the paper submitted in order to determine if it is suitable with the scope and the aims of the journal.
• 2nd Step: The submission received will be checked with the anti-plagiarism software before will undergo a double blind peer reviewing process. If the report indicates suspicious, the paper will be rejected, else will follows next stage.
• 3rd Step: The paper is double-blind peer reviewed by the members of Editorial Advisory Board, according with the area of research indicated by the JEL Classification specified by the author in its paper.
• 4th Step: The final decision is made by the Editor in Chief based on the recommendations and comments of reviewers. The Editor in Chief decides whether the paper should be accepted as it is, revised (with minor or major corrections) or rejected. Any changes which affecting the substance of the text will, of course, only be made in agreement with the author.
The review process usually takes between 3 and 4 weeks but sometimes, due to number of papers, complexity of research submitted could be up to 6 weeks.

Duties of Authors:
• Submitted manuscripts must be the original work of the author(s)
• Only unpublished manuscripts should be submitted.
• It is unethical to submit a manuscript to more than one journal concurrently.
• Any conflict of interest must be clearly stated.
• Acknowledge the sources of data used in the development of the manuscript.
• All errors discovered in the manuscript after submission must be swiftly communicated to the Editor.

Duties of Reviewers:
• That all the manuscripts are reviewed in fairness based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenry nor political values of author(s).
• That any observed conflict of interest during the review process must be communicated to the Editor.
• That all information pertaining to the manuscript is kept confidential.
• That any information that may be the reason for the rejection of publication of a manuscript must be communicated to the Editor.

Duties of Editors:
• That all the manuscripts are evaluated in fairness based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenry nor political values of authors.
• Any observed conflict of interest pertaining manuscripts must be disclosed.
• That information pertaining manuscripts are kept confidential.
• The editor should respect the intellectual independence of authors.
The Editorial Board takes responsibility for making publication decisions for submitted manuscripts based on the reviewer’s evaluation of the manuscript, policies of the journal editorial board and legal restrain acting against plagiarism, libel and copyright infringement.

Malpractice Statement of ASERS Publishing 
ASERS Publishing is committed to pursuing the highest standards of probity and the elimination of malpractice in research presented within own journals.
It is ultimately the responsibility of the editors-in-chief to ensure that this policy is disseminated to all and followed through. If any third party believes that malpractice has occurred, they are encouraged to contact the Editors-in-Chief of the journal.
Where malpractice has been found to occur, the article in question will be removed from the journal. Individuals found to have deliberately undertaken actions that result in malpractice will be excluded from publishing in the Journal in the future.