Call for Papers: Embedding the Concept of Suspicion in Research on Business and Applied Psychology

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The Journal of Business and Psychology announces a special issue and call for papers entitled “Embedding the concept of suspicion in research on business and applied psychology.” A link to the associated invited article (Bobko et al., J Bus Psychol, doi:10.​1007/​s10869-014-9360-y, 2014b) is provided below. We seek both theoretical and empirical papers that investigate a relatively new construct in business and applied psychology; i.e., suspicion. The management literature has a substantial history of investigating the concept of trust—particularly interpersonal trust (e.g., see, Mayer et al. 1995, classic article and subsequent work). However, only a handful of studies and theories have considered distrust, and almost no studies in business or applied psychology have considered the hypothetical construct of suspicion (either at the state or trait level). We believe the time is ripe for such investigations. …