Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research^®

Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research ^® is published by the Educational Publishing Foundation in collaboration with APA Society of Consulting Psychology (Division 13).

The mission of this journal is to advance knowledge and practice in all areas of consulting psychology (including but not limited to coaching, assessment, leadership, corporate consulting, consulting to schools, team consulting, etc.). This includes issues at the individual, group, and organizational/systemic levels so long as there is a consulting focus. Articles crossing two or more levels are particularly welcomed.

The journal is international in scope and is uniquely placed to reach both academic and consulting practitioner audiences. The journal publishes articles in the following areas:

• theoretical/conceptual articles with implications for application to consulting
• original empirical research related to consulting psychology
• in-depth reviews of the research and literature in specific areas of consulting practice
• case studies that demonstrate the application of consultation methods/strategies and that advance professional practice (see Lowman, R. L., & Kilburg, R. R. [2011]. Guidelines for case study submissions to Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research (PDF, 25KB). CPJ, 63[1], 1–5.)
• articles on consulting psychology training practice development
• articles advancing the scientist-practitioner and practitioner-scientist consulting psychology linkages (see Lowman, R. L. [2012]. The scientist-practitioner consulting psychologist (PDF, 30KB). CPJ, 64[3], 151–156).

Editor

Robert B. Kaiser
Kaiser Leadership Solutions

Associate Editors

Larry W. Norton
The Shell Oil Company

Kenneth Nowack
Envisia Learning, Inc.

Development Editor

Martin Wilcox
Publishing in Context

Editorial Board

Clayton Alderfer
Alderfer & Associates

Bill Berman
Berman Leadership Development, LLC

Judith E. S. Blanton
Blanton Consulting

Richard Boyatzis
Case Western Reserve

Allan H. Church
PepsiCo

Stewart E. Cooper
Valparaiso University

S. Bartholomew Craig
North Carolina State University

Erik de Haan
Ashridge Centre for Coaching

Kenneth De Meuse
Wisconsin Management Group

Jennifer Deal
Center for Creative Leadership

Jared Detter
OR Consulting

Dennis Doverspike
University of Akron

Jeff Foster
Hogan Assessment Systems

Arthur Freedman
Learning thru Action, LLC

Na Fu
Dublin City University

Dale R. Fuqua
Oklahoma State University

Theodore L. Hayes
Consulting Research Psychologist

Richard Kilburg
RRK Coaching and Executive Development

René I. Kusch
Metaberatung GmbH / Hogan Assessment Systems ASG

H. Skipton Leonard
School of Business, John Hopkins University

Stephen J. Marshall
Marshall Leadership Consulting, PLLC

Edward Pavur, Jr.
Management Service Inc.

David B. Peterson
Google, Inc.

Katina Sawyer
Villanova University

Kumea Shorter-Gooden
University of Maryland, College Park

Marc Sokol
Sage Consulting Resources, LLC

Len Sperry
Florida Atlantic University

Randall P. White
Executive Development Group LLC

Dave Winsborough
Winsborough Limited, New Zealand

Editorial Coordinator

Sharon Ramos
American Psychological Association

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Prior to submission, please carefully read and follow the submission guidelines detailed below. Manuscripts that do not conform to the submission guidelines may be returned without review.

Submission

Submit manuscripts electronically (.rtf, PDF, or .doc) via the Manuscript Submission Portal.

General correspondence may be directed to the Editor.

Mission and Purpose

Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research^® is published by the Educational Publishing Foundation in collaboration with APA Society of Consulting Psychology (Division 13).

The mission of this journal is to advance knowledge and practice in all areas of consulting psychology (including but not limited to coaching, assessment, leadership, corporate consulting, consulting to schools, team consulting, etc.). This includes issues at the individual, group, and organizational/systemic levels so long as there is a consulting focus. Articles crossing two or more levels are particularly welcomed.

The journal publishes articles in the following areas:

• theoretical/conceptual articles with implications for application to consulting
• original quantitative and qualitative empirical research
• in-depth reviews of the research and literature in specific areas of consulting practice
• case studies that demonstrate the application of consultation methods/strategies and that advance professional practice (see Lowman, R. L., & Kilburg, R. R. [2011]. Guidelines for case study submissions to Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research (PDF, 25KB). CPJ, 63[1], 1–5.)
• “Wisdom Papers” that provide distilled knowledge from accumulated experiences by veteran consultants to share insights with fellow practitioners about what works and why in consulting psychology
• articles on consulting psychology training practice development
• articles advancing the scientist-practitioner and practitioner-scientist consulting psychology linkages (see Lowman, R. L. [2012]. The scientist-practitioner consulting psychologist (PDF, 30KB). CPJ, 64[3], 151–156).

Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research also publishes special topic issues with guest editors on a regular basis. Prospective editors of special sections or issues should consult the Editor, Rob Kaiser.

Development Editor Assistance

Consulting Psychology Journal is dedicated to publishing articles that draw on the experience of using psychological science to deliver consulting services to organizations. We recognize that the skillset for developing and delivering effective psychological interventions does not necessarily include the same skills required for journal writing.

Therefore, each year we choose four prospective authors with a background in consulting psychology to receive assistance from a development editor in preparing a manuscript for submission to Consulting Psychology Journal. Prospective authors are chosen quarterly by the journal editor based on a review of proposals.

Visit Development Editor Assistance in Preparing Manuscripts for more information.

Masked Review

Manuscripts accepted by the Editor are submitted to a masked review by members of the Editorial Review Board. To ensure anonymity, each manuscript should contain a separate title page with authors' names and affiliations, and these should not appear anywhere else on the manuscript.

Reviewers are instructed to provide comments that will help authors revise and improve their manuscripts. The Editor makes the final decision regarding publication in consultation with the reviewers regarding the manuscript's quality, importance, and relevancy.

Please ensure that the final version for production includes a byline and full author note for typesetting.

Schedule and Submission Deadlines

Manuscripts for articles are accepted at any time. Authors should expect the review/revision process to take 6 to 9 months. Deadlines for submission of advertisements, divisional news, letters to the editor, etc., are January 1, April 1, June 1, and September 15 for the for the March, June, September, and December issues, respectively.

Manuscript Preparation

Prepare manuscripts according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6^th edition). Manuscripts may be copyedited for bias-free language (see Chapter 3 of the Publication Manual).

Review APA's Checklist for Manuscript Submission before submitting your article.

Double-space all copy. Other formatting instructions, as well as instructions on preparing tables, figures, references, metrics, and abstracts, appear in the Manual.

Below are additional instructions regarding the preparation of display equations, computer code, and tables.

Display Equations

We strongly encourage you to use MathType (third-party software) or Equation Editor 3.0 (built into pre-2007 versions of Word) to construct your equations, rather than the equation support that is built into Word 2007 and Word 2010. Equations composed with the built-in Word 2007/Word 2010 equation support are converted to low-resolution graphics when they enter the production process and must be rekeyed by the typesetter, which may introduce errors.

To construct your equations with MathType or Equation Editor 3.0:

• Go to the Text section of the Insert tab and select Object.
• Select MathType or Equation Editor 3.0 in the drop-down menu.

If you have an equation that has already been produced using Microsoft Word 2007 or 2010 and you have access to the full version of MathType 6.5 or later, you can convert this equation to MathType by clicking on MathType Insert Equation. Copy the equation from Microsoft Word and paste it into the MathType box. Verify that your equation is correct, click File, and then click Update. Your equation has now been inserted into your Word file as a MathType Equation.

Use Equation Editor 3.0 or MathType only for equations or for formulas that cannot be produced as Word text using the Times or Symbol font.

Computer Code

Because altering computer code in any way (e.g., indents, line spacing, line breaks, page breaks) during the typesetting process could alter its meaning, we treat computer code differently from the rest of your article in our production process. To that end, we request separate files for computer code.

In Online Supplemental Material
We request that runnable source code be included as supplemental material to the article. For more information, visit Supplementing Your Article With Online Material.

In the Text of the Article
If you would like to include code in the text of your published manuscript, please submit a separate file with your code exactly as you want it to appear, using Courier New font with a type size of 8 points. We will make an image of each segment of code in your article that exceeds 40 characters in length. (Shorter snippets of code that appear in text will be typeset in Courier New and run in with the rest of the text.) If an appendix contains a mix of code and explanatory text, please submit a file that contains the entire appendix, with the code keyed in 8-point Courier New.

Tables

Use Word's Insert Table function when you create tables. Using spaces or tabs in your table will create problems when the table is typeset and may result in errors.

Submitting Supplemental Materials

APA can place supplemental materials online, available via the published article in the PsycARTICLES^® database. Please see Supplementing Your Article With Online Material for more details.

Abstract and Keywords

All manuscripts must include an abstract containing a maximum of 250 words typed on a separate page. After the abstract, please supply up to five keywords or brief phrases.

References

List references in alphabetical order. Each listed reference should be cited in text, and each text citation should be listed in the References section.

Examples of basic reference formats:

• Journal Article:
  Hughes, G., Desantis, A., & Waszak, F. (2013). Mechanisms of intentional binding and sensory attenuation: The role of temporal prediction, temporal control, identity prediction, and motor prediction. Psychological Bulletin, 139, 133–151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0028566
• Authored Book:
  Rogers, T. T., & McClelland, J. L. (2004). Semantic cognition: A parallel distributed processing approach. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• Chapter in an Edited Book:
  Gill, M. J., & Sypher, B. D. (2009). Workplace incivility and organizational trust. In P. Lutgen-Sandvik & B. D. Sypher (Eds.), Destructive organizational communication: Processes, consequences, and constructive ways of organizing (pp. 53–73). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis.

Figures

Graphics files are welcome if supplied as Tiff or EPS files. Multipanel figures (i.e., figures with parts labeled a, b, c, d, etc.) should be assembled into one file.

The minimum line weight for line art is 0.5 point for optimal printing.

For more information about acceptable resolutions, fonts, sizing, and other figure issues, please see the general guidelines.

When possible, please place symbol legends below the figure instead of to the side.

APA offers authors the option to publish their figures online in color without the costs associated with print publication of color figures.

The same caption will appear on both the online (color) and print (black and white) versions. To ensure that the figure can be understood in both formats, authors should add alternative wording (e.g., "the red (dark gray) bars represent") as needed.

For authors who prefer their figures to be published in color both in print and online, original color figures can be printed in color at the editor's and publisher's discretion provided the author agrees to pay:

• $900 for one figure
• An additional $600 for the second figure
• An additional $450 for each subsequent figure

Permissions

Authors of accepted papers must obtain and provide to the editor on final acceptance all necessary permissions to reproduce in print and electronic form any copyrighted work, including test materials (or portions thereof), photographs, and other graphic images (including those used as stimuli in experiments).

On advice of counsel, APA may decline to publish any image whose copyright status is unknown.

• Download Permissions Alert Form (PDF, 13KB)

Publication Policies

APA policy prohibits an author from submitting the same manuscript for concurrent consideration by two or more publications.

See also APA Journals^® Internet Posting Guidelines.

APA requires authors to reveal any possible conflict of interest in the conduct and reporting of research (e.g., financial interests in a test or procedure, funding by pharmaceutical companies for drug research).

• Download Disclosure of Interests Form (PDF, 38KB)

Authors of accepted manuscripts are required to transfer the copyright to APA.

• For manuscripts not funded by the Wellcome Trust or the Research Councils UK
  Publication Rights (Copyright Transfer) Form (PDF, 83KB)
• For manuscripts funded by the Wellcome Trust or the Research Councils UK
  Wellcome Trust or Research Councils UK Publication Rights Form (PDF, 34KB)

Ethical Principles

It is a violation of APA Ethical Principles to publish "as original data, data that have been previously published" (Standard 8.13).

In addition, APA Ethical Principles specify that "after research results are published, psychologists do not withhold the data on which their conclusions are based from other competent professionals who seek to verify the substantive claims through reanalysis and who intend to use such data only for that purpose, provided that the confidentiality of the participants can be protected and unless legal rights concerning proprietary data preclude their release" (Standard 8.14).

APA expects authors to adhere to these standards. Specifically, APA expects authors to have their data available throughout the editorial review process and for at least 5 years after the date of publication.

Authors are required to state in writing that they have complied with APA ethical standards in the treatment of their sample, human or animal, or to describe the details of treatment.

• Download Certification of Compliance With APA Ethical Principles Form (PDF, 26KB)

The APA Ethics Office provides the full Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct electronically on its website in HTML, PDF, and Word format. You may also request a copy by emailing or calling the APA Ethics Office (202-336-5930). You may also read "Ethical Principles," December 1992, American Psychologist, Vol. 47, pp. 1597–1611.

Other Information

• Appeals Process for Manuscript Submissions
• Preparing Auxiliary Files for Production
• Document Deposit Procedures for APA Journals