Network Partners

The Alliance for Organizational Psychology started a global initiative in 2020 called “The Big Tent”. The Alliance was founded by major professional associations in the field of work and organizational psychology (SIOP, EAWOP, IAAP Division 1, CSIOP) to increase the visibility and relevance of work and organizational psychology worldwide in an effort to improve the quality of working life for everyone. Increasing collaboration among all national associations representing work and organizational psychology is a crucial prerequisite towards achieving this goal. 

To that end, the Alliance has identified a set of organizations around the globe that share similar values around the science and practice of work and organizational psychology, to become “Network Partners”. Network Partners will form a broader community of like-minded organizations doing similar work. Together, Network Partners will share updated information about their major priorities/activities, with the goal of increasing communication among like organizations and facilitating our collective efforts around work and organizational psychology.

Our hope is to bring everyone around the globe to a virtual table in a virtual "big tent", facilitating understanding, communication, and eventually joint activities. 

Dr. Laura Dryjanska is the Director of the Master of Science in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, launched by Biola University (as a result of consulting with McKinsey): https://www.biola.edu/degrees/g/industrial-organizational-psychology-ms  

Laura is an Associate Professor at Biola University who has been serving in the Rosemead School of Psychology since 2017. She obtained an international joint PhD in Social Representations and Communication in 2012 from the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. 

Laura has interest and expertise in social psychology as applied to work and organizational settings. She has taught industrial-organizational psychology in Italy, Poland, and the United States. Laura has also published two introductory books on the topic of organizational psychology and several articles in peer-reviewed journals. She has been a member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), a division of the American Psychological Association, since 2017. Laura serves on the International Affairs Committee of SIOP, currently chairing the Publications and White Papers Subcommittee, and she is also a member of the Women Inclusion Network. 

Laura endorses a robust vision of a global citizen psychologist. Recently, Laura was awarded the Fellow status by the American Psychological Association. She values engagement with professional women across the world and has been an active member of WomenX Impact.