I/O Flashcards
Focus of Industrial Psychology
Individual employees
- Job/work analysis
- Employee/personnel selection
- Training
- Performance evaluation
ADA Definition of Disability
defines a physical or mental impairment as one that substantially limits one or more of the individual’s major life activities; the definition also includes having a history of impairment or the perception of having such an impairment.
Strongest Predictor of Work Performance
General Cognitive Ability
Employee selection models with multiple criteria/tasks
(a) multiple cutoff, (b) multiple hurdle, and (c) multiple regression
Halo effect
supervisor may judge all aspects of an employee’s performance in a similar manner, even though the employee exhibits greater variation across assessment domains.
Theory X oriented managers
pessimistic; view employees as inherently lazy
Theory Y oriented managers
view others as generally hard working
Type Z Managers
Based on Japanese leadership style. Involves consensus decision making, holistic concern, less task specialization
Type A Managers
Based on American ideals
Strongest predictors of effective leadership
Conscientiousness, extraversion, openness to experience
Holland Occupational Codes
Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional
Need for Achievement Theory
Motivation is governed by: achievement, authority, affiliation
Super’s Theory of Career Development
Rainbow depicts different roles person assumes in their life.
Transactional-transformational leadership paradigm
leadership approach that causes change in individuals and social systems. Universal
KSAO
For job analysis. Knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics.
