Slide 1 Flashcards
What is I-O psychology?
It is the study and application of psychological principles, theories and methods in work settings. The scientific study of work and workers both in and outside the context of formal organizational settings
What do I/O psychologists work to improve?
- individual worker performance,
- individual satisfaction and well-being
- organizational effectiveness
What are the 4 main categories in which people differ?
- Knowledge
- skills
- abilities
- other personal characteristics
What does knowledge refer to?
– collection of discrete but related facts; what one
needs to know to do a job
What are skills?
what one is able to do on the job; proficiency to perform a
task or group of tasks; usually improves with practice and training
What do abilities refer to?
a person’s aptitude or capability to do job tasks or
learn to do job tasks; a person’s potential to develop skills.
What are some opportunities in the I-O field?
- rapidly growing
- the job market is strong
- area of psychology making an impact on the world
- Interdisciplinary connections
Where do I-O psychologists work?
- teaching & research in academic institutions
- research in public and private sector
- consulting firms
- security service
- humanitarian services
What do I-O psychologist do?
- Recruiting and selecting employees for jobs
- Training and developing employees
- Assessing and managing performance
- Defining and analyzing jobs
- Determining how people feel about work
(Job Satisfaction, Org Commitment, etc)
What are the similarities between HR and I-O?
- Work with people: selection, employment relations, etc
- Participate in decisions affecting staffing in orgs. Eg
training, compensation, performance appraisal, et
What is Humanitarian Work Psychology?
the application of the theories, practices, research and principles of industrial and organizational psychology (I-O) to improving human wellbeing and solving the most difficult problems facing the people of the world today.
