About Us
President: Annemarie Hiemstra
Dr. Annemarie Hiemstra is associate professor at the Department of Psychology, Education and Child Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam. She has over 20 years of experience in both science and practice in the areas of personnel selection, assessment and training. Within this field, her research focuses on (ethnic) diversity in admission, selection, and applicant reactions. Annemarie received her MSc and PhD degree in Work and Organizational Psychology from VU University and Erasmus University Rotterdam respectively. Annemarie is currently associate editor for the European Journal of Psychological Assessment. She was elected in 2017 as executive committee member of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) and she served the final part of her term in the EC as EAWOP President (until 2023).
Treasurer: Mark Poteet
Mark L. Poteet owns and operates a consulting practice in Tampa, Florida. He received a BA in Psychology, & a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, both from the University of Tennessee. His work focuses primarily in the areas of leadership assessment, executive coaching, training & development, & competency modeling. He is also a Courtesy Professor at the University of South Florida and a member of SIOP’s United Nations Committee.
Sharon Glazer: Secretary
Sharon Glazer is Professor at Rutgers University, Founding Chair of the Alliance for Organizational Psychology Global Network (a.k.a. “The Big Tent”), and a Fellow of SIOP, IAAP Division 1, and IAIR. Her research focuses on the intersection of cross-cultural organizational psychology and occupational stress and well-being. In particular, she studies the role of culture, changes in (organizational and national) cultures due to domestic policies in a globalizing world, and differences and similarities between (national and organizational) cultures on worker health and well-being. She has published over 60 articles, books and book chapters, 120+ conference presentations, and 50+ invited presentations that summarize original studies and synthesize current directions.
Alexandra Michel: External Communications
Alexandra Michel is Scientific Director and Professor at the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) and Associate Professor for Work and Organizational Psychology at Heidelberg University, Germany. Besides being an academic, Alexandra is a practitioner with experiences as a Human Resources and Change Manager as well as a Coach. In addition, she is a certified systemic therapist and consultant (SG). Her primary research interests refer to resource-oriented interventions at work, organizational change, occupational health and coaching. She has published her research in leading Work and Organizational Psychology journals such as the Journal of Applied Psychology and Journal of Organizational Behavior and is member of different editorial boards.
Incoming President's Message
Message from Annemarie Hiemstra
It is with great pleasure and honor that I greet you as the new President of the Alliance for Organizational Psychology.
The Alliance for Organizational Psychology (AOP) was established in 2009, envisioning support and advancement of the science and practice of organizational psychology globally, to promote cross-national collaboration and to facilitate more effective communication among the federated members. With over 15 federated members worldwide from different continents and countries, we are constantly striving to improve working life globally.
There are various successful activities, which are launched by the AOP. We organize several congresses that offer opportunities for exchange based on the latest empirical evidence. Via the “Big Tent”, a community of scientists and practitioners, we are connecting leadership of organizational psychology associations across the globe to promote local activities, discuss, and disseminate knowledge and best practices. Furthermore, we identified and depict our connecting themes and practices as organizational psychologists with the
In the coming years we will focus on global representation and facilitation of cross-national communication and collaborations. For example, with looking for opportunities to expand our group of federated members, to facilitate communication and collaboration between global associations and to spark initiatives by connecting IWOP leadership during the first AOP Summit meeting.
We are looking forward to joint initiatives with organizational psychologists across the world over the coming years.
Outgoing President's Message
Message from Barbara Kożusznik
Dear All,
As my role as President of Alliance for Organizational Psychology has come to an end, I would like to sincerely thank you for your cooperation and commitment to creating Alliance for Organizational Psychology as an organization for promoting the importance of work and organizational psychology for diagnosing and solving the problems of the modern world.
Thanks to the involvement of the world's largest organizations of work and organizational psychologists and creating the Alliance, we have the additional power to join in discussing and acting on the intractable situations of the contemporary world.
I am particularly proud of the speeches made by AOP representatives at the 2023 European Congress of Apllied Psychology in Katowice, Poland, and at the 2024 congress of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology in Chicago. I also believe that it is worth continuing the work undertaken on the Declaration of Identity on building a sense of unity and identity among members of the work and organizational psychology community.
I wish the current authorities of the AOP success and satisfaction in the implementation of the set goals and tasks.
Barbara Kożusznik
Past President of the Alliance for Organizational Psychology
