Fiftieth anniversary issue: Editor-in-Chief's introduction to the special issue.

This article is the editor's introduction to a special issue commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Journal of Vocational Behavior. The theme of the special issue was integrating vocational and organizational psychology. The Editor-in-Chief reviews how the topics were chosen for the special issue, reviews the 9 articles that were invited, and the 8 essays contributed by the editorial team. The nine invited topics include manuscripts on career transitions, career adaptability, career decision-making, career self-management, lifespan and life stage in careers, precarious work, women at work, work-family integration, and social justice and career development. She then highlights the need for theoretically grounded research and briefly discusses two areas that were highlighted in many of the articles: the need for longitudinal research and the importance of context in vocational research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]