The story of this special issue on critical perspectives in work and organizational psychology

Abstract

In this editorial, we tell the story of how the Special Issue on Critical Perspectives in Workand Organizational Psychology (CWOP) came about, how it fits within the broader agendaof building a critical community within Work and Organizational Psychology, and howfuture research and thought may be inspired by the collection of critical papers related towork and organizational psychology. We introduce the term“criticalizing”as a key conceptin how the Special Issue was developed by the editorial team and the authors. Criticalizingmoves beyond fixed static notions of“critical”scholarship toward a process of engaging inmore fluid, expansive, and creative perspectives on the scholarship within work andorganizational psychology. We illustrate how the set of papers within the Special Issueengages in such criticalizing of the field and offer new ways of thinking about andresearching relevant topics in work and organizational psychology.