ABSTRACT
Historical trends can differ from country to country, and national developments in industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology are unlikely to be the same throughout the world. To better understand one’s own situation, it is often helpful to view that in the context of others’. To what extent do patterns in a particular country represent a universal trend, and how far are they unusual and situation-specific? Those questions have not been answered comprehensively for the history of any branch of psychology, and their detailed study would require substantial international collaboration beyond the intentions of this book.
