Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

What Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology does

The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) is a 501(c)-style nonprofit professional association founded in 1982 as the incorporated form of APA Division 14, headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. It is the sole professional society specifically dedicated to industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology, representing the field within the American Psychological Association (APA) and serving as an organizational affiliate of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). SIOP serves three primary persona segments: I-O psychology professionals (researchers, academics, practitioners), graduate and undergraduate students pursuing I-O psychology, and affiliate members from adjacent disciplines. The Society also operates, via its wholly-owned SIOP Foundation (est. 1998), a philanthropic arm stewarding over $7 million across 37 endowments and distributing awards, grants, scholarships, and fellowships totaling more than $1 million cumulatively.

SIOP's core products are programmatic rather than technological. Its product portfolio centers on three flagship events — the SIOP Annual Conference, the Leading Edge Consortium, and the Global Work and Organizational Psychology (G-WOP) Conference — supplemented by the Work Smart Series (continuing education), webinars, peer-reviewed publications (IOP Journal published with Cambridge, TIP newsletter, Washington InfO newsletter), three book series (Professional Practice, Organizational Frontiers, Organizational Science, Translation & Application), and member services including the SIOP Career Center job board, Consultant Locator, and I-O Product Service Guide. Underlying infrastructure consists of a member portal (portal.siop.org), an e-commerce storefront (store.siop.org), and a job board (jobs.siop.org); SIOP explicitly does not develop proprietary AI or SaaS products.

Revenue is generated through recurring annual membership dues (Professional, Student, Affiliate tiers), conference and Leading Edge Consortium registration fees, workshop and webinar fees, publication sales, advertising, and SIOP Store merchandise. The Society pursues a community-led go-to-market anchored in its website portal, complemented by email newsletters (SIOP Source, TIP), conferences, webinars, advocacy via the Government Relations Advocacy Team (GREAT) and Lewis-Burke Associates, and international outreach through the SIOP UN Committee. Marketing channels span content (website resource library), events, email, organic social (LinkedIn, X), and earned media through Congressional testimony and UN partnerships.

Name

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Legal name

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Inc.

Website

https://siop.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SIOP is a nonprofit professional association founded in 1982 as APA Division 14 that serves as the premier professional society for industrial-organizational psychology. It provides membership, the Annual Conference, Leading Edge Consortium, the IOP Journal, fellowships, grants, and career resources to I-O professionals, students, and affiliates globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bowling Green

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues and Event Revenue: SIOP generates revenue through membership dues from professional, student, and affiliate members. Additional revenue streams include annual conference registrations, workshop fees, publication sales, advertising, and merchandise through the SIOP Store.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

SIOP is a professional membership association for industrial-organizational psychology that sells annual memberships, conference registration, continuing education programming, peer-reviewed publications, career services, and awards/fellowship recognition. Members access events such as the SIOP Annual Conference, Leading Edge Consortium, and Work Smart Series, the IOP Journal and TIP Newsletter, and the SIOP Career Center job board. The organization also funds research through grants, scholarships, and the SIOP Fellowship program via the SIOP Foundation.

Product overview

SIOP is a professional association website offering membership services, events, publications, and career resources for industrial-organizational psychology professionals. The organization provides annual conferences (SIOP Annual Conference, Leading Edge Consortium, G-WOP Conference), continuing education through the Work Smart Series and webinars, peer-reviewed publications including the IOP Journal and TIP newsletter, book series (Professional Practice, Organizational Frontiers, Organizational Science Translation & Application), career services through the SIOP Career Center and Consultant Locator, and recognition programs including Fellowship status, research grants, and scholarships. The SIOP Foundation serves as the philanthropic arm supporting these initiatives. The platform operates through a member portal with no standalone SaaS product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SIOP Foundation: The philanthropic partner of SIOP that leverages philanthropy and partnerships to create opportunities for I-O psychologists to promote the development and application of science in the workplace.

Products and services

• SIOP Annual Conference SIOP's flagship annual conference bringing together I-O psychology professionals for presentations, workshops, and networking.
• Leading Edge Consortium (LEC) Focused dialogue events on specific topics shaping the future of work, held annually with specialized programming on assessment and people analytics.
• Global Work and Organizational Psychology (G-WOP) Conference International conference focused on global work and organizational psychology topics.
• Work Smart Series Expert-led continuing education workshops providing practical insights into workplace issues with CE credits available.
• IOP Journal Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice - peer-reviewed journal published in partnership with Cambridge University Press.
• TIP Newsletter The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist - SIOP's flagship newsletter with updates, articles, and member news.
• SIOP Career Center Job board and career resources for I-O psychology professionals and employers seeking I-O talent.
• Consultant Locator Directory connecting organizations seeking I-O psychology consulting services with SIOP member consultants.
• SIOP Fellowship Program Prestigious fellow status recognizing outstanding contributions to I-O psychology, administered through peer nomination and review.
• SIOP Membership Annual membership subscription providing access to events, publications, networking, advocacy, and member resources for I-O professionals, students, and affiliates.
• SIOP Store E-commerce storefront selling SIOP-branded merchandise, publications, and educational materials.
• SIOP Webinars Online educational webinar sessions including Business Webinars and Online Program Webinar Series on current workplace topics.
• Research Grants Program Funding opportunities supporting research in industrial-organizational psychology, administered through the SIOP Foundation and SIOP.
• SIOP Scholarships and Fellowships Scholarships and fellowships for graduate students pursuing I-O psychology education, funded by the SIOP Foundation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $1 million distributed in support of I-O psychology for awards, grants, scholarships and fellowships
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• American Psychological Association (APA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIOP represents Division 14 of the American Psychological Association, making it the premier society for I-O psychology within the broader APA structure. SIOP Fellows who are APA Members may be recommended for APA Fellow status through SIOP's Fellowship process.
• Association for Psychological Science (APS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIOP is an organizational affiliate of the Association for Psychological Science. SIOP Fellows who are APS Members may apply for APS Fellow status through SIOP's endorsement process.
• United NationsflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIOP's UN Committee members contribute to the programs and goals of the United Nations, including UN Sustainable Development Goals, with current initiatives, partnerships, and communications outlined through SIOP's advocacy efforts.
• Lewis-Burke AssociatescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLewis-Burke is a DC-based government relations firm that has created working groups with SIOP leadership and the Government Relations Advocacy Team (GREAT) to guide policymakers on I-O psychology topics in Congress.
• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIOP and SHRM collaborate on white papers addressing workplace topics. SIOP-SHRM White Papers represent joint research efforts on relevant workplace issues.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• American Psychological Association: SIOP is Division 14 of the APA, making APA the parent professional psychology society and the most direct counterpart serving overlapping psychology practitioner and academic audiences with similar membership, publishing, and conference models.
• Association for Psychological Science: SIOP is an organizational affiliate of APS, the leading scientific psychology society. APS offers comparable member services, journals, and conferences for a psychology research audience with significant overlap in faculty and academic members.
• Academy of Management: AOM is the premier academic society for management research with overlapping interest in organizational behavior, HR, and organizational science. It serves a comparable professorate audience with annual conferences, journals, and fellowship status.
• International Association of Applied Psychology: IAAP is the international federation of applied psychology that hosts the International Congress of Applied Psychology and coordinates the global applied psychology community, closely paralleling SIOP's international and applied mission.
• Society for Personality and Social Psychology: SPSP is a sister scientific psychology society serving an adjacent subdiscipline with comparable annual conference, journals, awards, and membership programs targeting academic psychologists with similar career stages.
• American Educational Research Association: AERA is a large research-focused academic society with a comparable conference, journal portfolio, and awards structure that overlaps with SIOP's quantitative researchers and academic members.
• American Counseling Association: ACA is a peer professional society for counseling psychologists offering parallel membership, conference, journal, and continuing education services for an adjacent applied psychology practitioner audience.

Regional players

• European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology: EAWOP is the primary European counterpart to SIOP, serving the same W-O psychology discipline in a different geography with overlapping conferences, awards, and member services structure.

Broad incumbents

• Society for Human Resource Management: SHRM is a much larger HR professional association with a workplace focus that overlaps with I-O practice. SIOP and SHRM co-publish white papers and split practitioner audiences across the science versus generalist HR spectrum.

Emerging players

• International Personnel Assessment Council: IPAC focuses specifically on personnel selection and assessment within I-O psychology, overlapping with the SIOP membership around psychometrics, validation, and assessment practice through conferences and publications.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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