Unit 13 – Industrial &
Organizational
Psychology
,What is I/O Psychology?
• Industrial & Organizational Psychology – a branch of psychology tha
studies how human behavior and psychology affect work and how
they are affected by work
,What is I/O Psychology?
• The field can be broken down into three broad areas
• Industrial psychology – describing job requirements and assessing individu
for their ability to meet those requirements
• Job tasks: Hiring, training, and evaluating employees
• Organizational psychology – interested in how the relationships among
employees affect those employees and the performance of a business
• Job tasks: Assessing leadership, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, motiva
• Human factors – the study of how workers interact with the tools of work
how to design those tools to optimize workers’ productivity, safety, and he
• Job tasks: Most often ergonomics (studies of motion efficiency)
, History of I/O Psychology: James
Cattell
• Student of Wilhelm Wundt
• Founded a psychological consulting company that’s still around tod
Organizational
Psychology
,What is I/O Psychology?
• Industrial & Organizational Psychology – a branch of psychology tha
studies how human behavior and psychology affect work and how
they are affected by work
,What is I/O Psychology?
• The field can be broken down into three broad areas
• Industrial psychology – describing job requirements and assessing individu
for their ability to meet those requirements
• Job tasks: Hiring, training, and evaluating employees
• Organizational psychology – interested in how the relationships among
employees affect those employees and the performance of a business
• Job tasks: Assessing leadership, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, motiva
• Human factors – the study of how workers interact with the tools of work
how to design those tools to optimize workers’ productivity, safety, and he
• Job tasks: Most often ergonomics (studies of motion efficiency)
, History of I/O Psychology: James
Cattell
• Student of Wilhelm Wundt
• Founded a psychological consulting company that’s still around tod
