Division Profiles

2008 Membership Statistics for Division 14: Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Table 1: Demographic Characteristics of Division 14 Members by Membership Status, 2008
Table 2: Educational Characteristics of Division 14 Members by Membership Status, 2008
Table 3: Current Major Field of Division 14 Members by Membership Status, 2008
Table 4: Employment Characteristics of Division 14 Members by Membership Status, 2008
Table 5: Membership Characteristics of Division 14 Members by Membership Status, 2008

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Table 1
Demographic Characteristics of Division 14 Members by Membership Status, 2008

		Associate		Member		Fellow		Total
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
N=		386	100.0	2,155	100.0	341	100.0	2,882	100.0
Gender	Men	197	51.0	1,330	61.7	270	79.2	1,797	62.4
Gender	Women	189	49.0	825	38.3	71	20.8	1,085	37.6
Race/ethnicity	American Indian	0	.0	7	.3	1	.3	8	.3
	Asian	9	2.3	55	2.6	6	1.8	70	2.4
	Hispanic	15	3.9	43	2.0	7	2.1	65	2.3
	Black	5	1.3	38	1.8	2	.6	45	1.6
	White	212	54.9	1,621	75.2	306	89.7	2,139	74.2
	Other	0	.0	1	.0	0	.0	1	.0
	Multiracial/multi-ethnic	0	.0	12	.6	2	.6	14	.5
	Not specified	145	37.6	378	17.5	17	5.0	540	18.7
Age	Under 30	41	10.6	15	.7	0	.0	56	1.9
	30 - 34	72	18.7	156	7.2	0	.0	228	7.9
	35 - 39	68	17.6	265	12.3	0	.0	333	11.6
	40 - 44	33	8.5	264	12.3	11	3.2	308	10.7
	45 - 49	32	8.3	209	9.7	19	5.6	260	9.0
	50 - 54	26	6.7	197	9.1	33	9.7	256	8.9
	55 - 59	32	8.3	292	13.5	47	13.8	371	12.9
	60 - 64	24	6.2	274	12.7	56	16.4	354	12.3
	65 - 69	20	5.2	141	6.5	43	12.6	204	7.1
	70 or older	23	6.0	237	11.0	113	33.1	373	12.9
	Not specified	15	3.9	105	4.9	19	5.6	139	4.8
	Mean	44.7		52.8		66.2		53.3
	SD	14.1		14.2		13.6		15.2
Region	New England	15	3.9	128	5.9	16	4.7	159	5.5
	Middle Atlantic	43	11.1	303	14.1	49	14.4	395	13.7
	East North Central	60	15.5	331	15.4	50	14.7	441	15.3
	West North Central	43	11.1	172	8.0	29	8.5	244	8.5
	South Atlantic	91	23.6	470	21.8	101	29.6	662	23.0
	East South Central	11	2.8	84	3.9	7	2.1	102	3.5
	West South Central	40	10.4	171	7.9	21	6.2	232	8.0
	Mountain	18	4.7	82	3.8	11	3.2	111	3.9
	Pacific	48	12.4	283	13.1	42	12.3	373	12.9
	Other US (eg, Puerto Rico)	3	.8	11	.5	0	.0	14	.5
	Canada	4	1.0	47	2.2	4	1.2	55	1.9
	Other	10	2.6	73	3.4	11	3.2	94	3.3

Source: 2008 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies.

Table 2
Educational Characteristics of Division 14 Members by Membership Status, 2008

		Associate		Member		Fellow		Total
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
N=		386	100.0	2,155	100.0	341	100.0	2,882	100.0
Highest degree	Ph.D.	20	5.2	2,006	93.1	328	96.2	2,354	81.7
	Ed.D.	1	.3	46	2.1	3	.9	50	1.7
	Psy.D.	3	.8	23	1.1	1	.3	27	.9
	M.D.	0	.0	1	.0	0	.0	1	.0
	Other doctorate or doctorate type not specified	2	.5	38	1.8	6	1.8	46	1.6
	Masters	351	90.9	32	1.5	0	.0	383	13.3
	Baccalaureate/Associate	2	.5	2	.1	0	.0	4	.1
	Certificate/diploma	0	.0	1	.0	0	.0	1	.0
	Not specified	7	1.8	6	.3	3	.9	16	.6
Years since degree	Less than 5	70	18.1	191	8.9	0	.0	261	9.1
	5 – 9	114	29.5	380	17.6	0	.0	494	17.1
	10 – 14	56	14.5	291	13.5	8	2.3	355	12.3
	15 – 19	36	9.3	222	10.3	20	5.9	278	9.6
	20 – 24	27	7.0	196	9.1	33	9.7	256	8.9
	25 or more	77	19.9	825	38.3	272	79.8	1,174	40.7
	Not specified	6	1.6	50	2.3	8	2.3	64	2.2
	Mean	14.7		21.0		36.9		22.0
	SD	12.2		14.0		13.6		14.9

Source: 2008 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies.

Table 3
Current Major Field of Division 14 Members by Membership Status, 2008

		Associate		Member		Fellow		Total
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Health service provider subfields	Child clinical	0	.0	1	.0	0	.0	1	.0
	Clinical	3	.8	93	4.3	7	2.1	103	3.6
	Counseling psychology	3	.8	32	1.5	8	2.3	43	1.5
	Family	0	.0	0	.0	1	.3	1	.0
	Forensic	0	.0	3	.1	1	.3	4	.1
	Health	0	.0	4	.2	1	.3	5	.2
	School	1	.3	1	.0	0	.0	2	.1
	Sport psychology	0	.0	0	.0	1	.3	1	.0
	Subtotal	7	1.8	134	6.2	19	5.6	160	5.6
Research and other subfields	Cognitive	1	.3	3	.1	3	.9	7	.2
	Community	0	.0	2	.1	0	.0	2	.1
	Developmental	0	.0	7	.3	2	.6	9	.3
	Educational	4	1.0	8	.4	2	.6	14	.5
	Environmental	0	.0	1	.0	1	.3	2	.1
	Experimental	1	.3	12	.6	3	.9	16	.6
	General/Methods & Systems	6	1.6	5	.2	1	.3	12	.4
	Industrial/Organizational	228	59.1	1,446	67.1	218	63.9	1,892	65.6
	Neurosciences	0	.0	0	.0	2	.6	2	.1
	Personality	1	.3	8	.4	4	1.2	13	.5
	Physiological/Psychobiology	0	.0	2	.1	0	.0	2	.1
	Quantitative/ Math/ Psychometrics/ Stats	4	1.0	27	1.3	10	2.9	41	1.4
	Social	0	.0	46	2.1	28	8.2	74	2.6
	Subtotal	245	63.5	1,567	72.7	274	80.4	2,086	72.4
Other fields	Behavioral Medicine	0	.0	1	.0	0	.0	1	.0
	Business or Management	9	2.3	75	3.5	9	2.6	93	3.2
	Cognitive science	0	.0	1	.0	0	.0	1	.0
	Communications/Journalism	0	.0	1	.0	1	.3	2	.1
	Computer Science	1	.3	0	.0	0	.0	1	.0
	Counseling	2	.5	1	.0	0	.0	3	.1
	Criminology/Criminal Justice	0	.0	4	.2	0	.0	4	.1
	Education, Teaching	0	.0	6	.3	1	.3	7	.2
	Epidemiology	0	.0	1	.0	0	.0	1	.0
	Industrial Relations	3	.8	6	.3	1	.3	10	.3
	Law	1	.3	0	.0	0	.0	1	.0
	Medicine	0	.0	1	.0	0	.0	1	.0
	Organizational Behavior	5	1.3	82	3.8	13	3.8	100	3.5
	Psychiatry	0	.0	1	.0	0	.0	1	.0
	Public Health	0	.0	1	.0	0	.0	1	.0
	Rehabilitation	0	.0	3	.1	2	.6	5	.2
	Social/Behavioral Sciences	0	.0	7	.3	1	.3	8	.3
	Social Work	0	.0	1	.0	0	.0	1	.0
	Special Education	1	.3	0	.0	0	.0	1	.0
	Speech & Hearing	0	.0	1	.0	0	.0	1	.0
	Statistics	0	.0	0	.0	1	.3	1	.0
	Other	3	.8	43	2.0	10	2.9	56	1.9
	Subtotal	25	6.5	236	11.0	39	11.4	300	10.4
Not specified	Not specified	109	28.2	218	10.1	9	2.6	336	11.7
Science designation	General science	228	59.1	1,459	67.7	220	64.5	1,907	66.2
	Core science	23	6.0	210	9.7	71	20.8	304	10.5
	Neither	26	6.7	268	12.4	41	12.0	335	11.6
Total		386	100.0	2,155	100.0	341	100.0	2,882	100.0

Source: 2008 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies.

Table 4
Employment Characteristics of Division 14 Members by Membership Status, 2008

		Associate		Member		Fellow		Total
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
	N=	386	100.0	2,155	100.0	341	100.0	2,882	100.0
Employment status	Employed full time	92	23.8	660	30.6	121	35.5	873	30.3
	Employed part time	11	2.8	87	4.0	13	3.8	111	3.9
	Postdoctoral study	0	.0	2	.1	0	.0	2	.1
	Unemployed, seeking employment	1	.3	3	.1	0	.0	4	.1
	Unemployed, not seeking	1	.3	6	.3	1	.3	8	.3
	Retired	6	1.6	66	3.1	36	10.6	108	3.7
	Other	1	.3	0	.0	1	.3	2	.1
	Not specified	274	71.0	1,331	61.8	169	49.6	1,774	61.6
Licensure status	Licensed as a psychologist	22	5.7	609	28.3	112	32.8	743	25.8
Licensure status	Not licensed/unknown	364	94.3	1,546	71.7	229	67.2	2,139	74.2
Primary work setting (full-time-employed only)	University settings	9	9.8	199	30.2	73	60.3	281	32.2
	Four-year colleges	1	1.1	11	1.7	2	1.7	14	1.6
	Medical school	0	.0	2	.3	0	.0	2	.2
	Other academic settings	0	.0	10	1.5	1	.8	11	1.3
	Schools & other educational settings	2	2.2	9	1.4	2	1.7	13	1.5
	Independent practice	3	3.3	35	5.3	0	.0	38	4.4
	Hospital	0	.0	1	.2	1	.8	2	.2
	Clinic	0	.0	2	.3	0	.0	2	.2
	Other human service	1	1.1	2	.3	0	.0	3	.3
	Business & industry	30	32.6	108	16.4	4	3.3	142	16.3
	Government	7	7.6	45	6.8	6	5.0	58	6.6
	Other	37	40.2	228	34.5	32	26.4	297	34.0
	Not specified	2	2.2	8	1.2	0	.0	10	1.1
Involvement in work activities (full-time-employed only)	Research	40	43.5	371	56.2	97	80.2	508	58.2
	Education	20	21.7	275	41.7	78	64.5	373	42.7
	Health/mental health services	5	5.4	50	7.6	7	5.8	62	7.1
	Educational services	11	12.0	85	12.9	15	12.4	111	12.7
	Other applied psychology	78	84.8	467	70.8	61	50.4	606	69.4
	Management/administration	55	59.8	401	60.8	73	60.3	529	60.6
	Other employment activities	42	45.7	196	29.7	19	15.7	257	29.4
	Not specified	3	3.3	26	3.9	3	2.5	32	3.7
Primary work activity (full-time-employed only)	Research	6	6.5	126	19.1	53	43.8	185	21.2
	Education	8	8.7	110	16.7	17	14.0	135	15.5
	Mental Health Services	1	1.1	24	3.6	1	.8	26	3.0
	Educational Services	2	2.2	4	.6	1	.8	7	.8
	Applied Psychology	50	54.3	271	41.1	20	16.5	341	39.1
	Management/administration	17	18.5	84	12.7	23	19.0	124	14.2
	Other activities	5	5.4	10	1.5	2	1.7	17	1.9
	Not specified	3	3.3	31	4.7	4	3.3	38	4.4

Source: 2008 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies.

Table 5
Membership Characteristics of Division 14 Members by Membership Status, 2008

	Associate		Member		Fellow		Total
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
1. General Psychology	6	1.6	35	1.6	40	11.7	81	2.8
2. Teaching of Psychology	3	.8	52	2.4	17	5.0	72	2.5
3. Experimental Psychology	0	.0	8	.4	18	5.3	26	.9
5. Evaluation & Measurement	9	2.3	146	6.8	71	20.8	226	7.8
6. Behavioral Neuroscience & Comparative	0	.0	2	.1	4	1.2	6	.2
7. Developmental Psychology	0	.0	8	.4	7	2.1	15	.5
8. Personality & Social	10	2.6	138	6.4	70	20.5	218	7.6
9. SPSSI	1	.3	36	1.7	39	11.4	76	2.6
10. Psychology & the Arts	0	.0	8	.4	8	2.3	16	.6
12. Clinical Psychology	0	.0	28	1.3	14	4.1	42	1.5
13. Consulting Psychology	15	3.9	241	11.2	36	10.6	292	10.1
14. SIOP	386	100.0	2,155	100.0	341	100.0	2,882	100.0
15. Educational Psychology	2	.5	31	1.4	16	4.7	49	1.7
16. School Psychology	0	.0	4	.2	6	1.8	10	.3
17. Counseling Psychology	1	.3	25	1.2	24	7.0	50	1.7
18. Psychologists in Public Service	1	.3	15	.7	8	2.3	24	.8
19. Society for Military Psychology	5	1.3	50	2.3	43	12.6	98	3.4
20. Adult Development & Aging	1	.3	22	1.0	14	4.1	37	1.3
21. Applied Experimental & Engineering	0	.0	22	1.0	23	6.7	45	1.6
22. Rehabilitation Psychology	0	.0	12	.6	4	1.2	16	.6
23. Consumer Psychology	7	1.8	22	1.0	13	3.8	42	1.5
24. Theoretical & Philosophical	2	.5	7	.3	4	1.2	13	.5
25. Behavior Analysis	1	.3	10	.5	8	2.3	19	.7
26. History of Psychology	1	.3	11	.5	14	4.1	26	.9
27. Community Psychology	0	.0	9	.4	6	1.8	15	.5
28. Psychopharmacology & Substance Abuse	0	.0	5	.2	2	.6	7	.2
29. Psychotherapy	2	.5	15	.7	6	1.8	23	.8
30. Psychological Hypnosis	0	.0	4	.2	3	.9	7	.2
31. State, Provincial, & Territorial Psychological Assn Affairs	0	.0	7	.3	8	2.3	15	.5
32. Humanistic Psychology	0	.0	6	.3	5	1.5	11	.4
33. Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities	1	.3	3	.1	3	.9	7	.2
34. Population & Environmental	0	.0	4	.2	8	2.3	12	.4
35. Psychology of Women	0	.0	24	1.1	22	6.5	46	1.6
36. Psychology of Religion	2	.5	19	.9	5	1.5	26	.9
37. Child and Family Policy & Practice	0	.0	4	.2	2	.6	6	.2
38. Health Psychology	1	.3	16	.7	10	2.9	27	.9
39. Psychoanalysis	1	.3	13	.6	2	.6	16	.6
40. Clinical Neuropsychology	1	.3	10	.5	5	1.5	16	.6
41. Psychology-Law Society	0	.0	22	1.0	9	2.6	31	1.1
42. Psychologists in Independent Practice	0	.0	19	.9	7	2.1	26	.9
43. Family Psychology	0	.0	8	.4	4	1.2	12	.4
44. Lesbian & Gay Issues	1	.3	5	.2	4	1.2	10	.3
45. Ethnic Minority Issues	0	.0	14	.6	6	1.8	20	.7
46. Media Psychology	0	.0	11	.5	4	1.2	15	.5
47. Exercise & Sport Psychology	0	.0	17	.8	9	2.6	26	.9
48. Peace Psychology	0	.0	6	.3	5	1.5	11	.4
49. Group Psychology & Group Psychotherapy	0	.0	13	.6	7	2.1	20	.7
50. Addictions	1	.3	8	.4	3	.9	12	.4
51. Men & Masculinity	0	.0	5	.2	3	.9	8	.3
52. International	1	.3	12	.6	23	6.7	36	1.2
53. Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology	0	.0	3	.1	2	.6	5	.2
54. Pediatric Psychology	0	.0	3	.1	3	.9	6	.2
55. Advancement of Pharmacotherapy	0	.0	2	.1	3	.9	5	.2
56. Trauma Psychology	0	.0	4	.2	3	.9	7	.2
Number of divisions
One	328	85.0	1,396	64.8	107	31.4	1,831	63.5
Two	47	12.2	529	24.5	93	27.3	669	23.2
Three	7	1.8	139	6.5	54	15.8	200	6.9
Four or more	4	1.0	91	4.2	87	25.5	182	6.3
Number belonging to state associations	26	6.7	349	16.2	55	16.1	430	14.9
ABPP Clinical psychology	0	.0	9	.4	5	1.5	14	.5
Counseling	0	.0	2	.1	1	.3	3	.1
Organizational business consulting psychology	0	.0	20	.9	13	3.8	33	1.1
Clinical neuropsychology	0	.0	0	.0	1	.3	1	.0
Forensic	0	.0	2	.1	2	.6	4	.1
Family psychology	0	.0	0	.0	1	.3	1	.0
Behavioral psychology	0	.0	0	.0	3	.9	3	.1
Clinical health	0	.0	2	.1	0	.0	2	.1
Paid the Practice Assessment	9	2.3	119	5.5	12	3.5	140	4.9
Total	386	100.0	2,155	100.0	341	100.0	2,882	100.0

Source: 2008 APA Directory. Compiled by Center for Workforce Studies.