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Future of Industrial/Organizational Psychology in Turkey


Recently, Turkish Psychological Association established an Ethics Committee to assert the ethical principles of professional psychology, including I/O psychology. The committee, consisting of professors from different universities and professional psychologists, started its work by examining the American Psychological Association's code of ethics and started to adapt the code for use in Turkey. The goal is to develop a national code of ethics for psychologists in line with professional standards acceptable in the rest of the world. This committee is already in action in warning psychologists of inappropriate practices which may cause drawbacks to the development of applied psychology in the country. It is already clear that with regards to I/O psychology, other standards will also need to be established. Hopefully, these will eventually include the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, Principles for the Validation and Use of Personnel Selection Procedures, and Instrument Adaptation Guidelines.
Some previous authors have noted that in the past, there have been some misuse of psychology and IQ testing in Turkish school and health psychology (Vassaf, 1982). In preventing such misuses and misapplications in I/O psychology, the above outlined adoption of the ethics code, standards, principles, and guidelines will be the much needed first step.
There are three other things that will need attention if I/O psychology practice and science in Turkey is to develop on strong foundations. First and foremost, the number of appropriately and adequately trained number of psychologists will need to increase. This may be expected to happen in the near future because of the recent favorable educational developments outlined above. Further, newer universities in Turkey have started recruiting younger faculty members, who have earned advanced I/O psychology or human resource management degrees abroad, to initiate graduate training programs. Second, leaders in organizations will need to be further educated that I/O psychology functions require specific training and qualifications, and that individuals from other occupations cannot be substitutes for I/O psychologists. Third, organizations providing I/O psychology consulting services to organizations will need to be educated about not using the principles of "Do-It-Yourself Science" that they have come to rely on. The future of I/O psychology in Turkey depends on these.
What can SIOP members and other colleagues from the US do to help the development of I/O psychology in Turkey? Researchers might consider collaborating with Turkish colleagues on projects of mutual interest. Practitioners should resist the urge to provide short term, single shot, American spun solutions to requests from Turkish organizations or branches of multinational companies. Instead, they might work together with a psychologist who is familiar with the Turkish culture and language. For consultants, Turkey is currently the land of opportunity. If a consulting company's development plan includes internationalization, this is the right time to open up a branch in Turkey. However, my advice here is to staff this branch office at least partially with local psychologists and to work in tandem with them in providing services. Finally, I invite all SIOP members to donate unwanted books and back issues of journals to Turkish universities offering curricula in English.
Turkey is a frontier land for I/O psychology. As in most frontiers, there are tremendous opportunities for I/O applications, as well as for misapplications. I am confident that with the help of my American colleagues, we will successfully pioneer the development of I/O psychology practice and science in Turkey.

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http://www.siop.org/tip/backissues/tipapr96/sinangil.aspx

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