PSYC 361 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Psychological Contract, Conflict Avoidance, Job Performance
20 Apr 2017
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Industrial psychology focuses on practices that ultimately benefit organizational and employee outcomes. How jobs are performed and the ksao"s required change rapidly with. Models of growth and development relevant to retention: attraction-selection-attrition model - focuses on how individuals and organizations make decisions about retention. Over time, this cycle tends to lead to organizations retaining members that are similar and meet the organization"s needs". This is good because people are more likely to get along (conflict avoidance) but bad because it lessens creativity and diversity. Attraction applicants are drawn to an organization they like for a variety of reasons. Selection individuals are recruited and selected based on who is believed to fit" with the organization. Trial/establishment phase - performance/achievement rapidly increasing: career as learning cycle - depicts employee development relevant to career age (years in the job/area/specialty) rather than chronological age. Hall"s career as learning cycles model focuses on career age instead of chronological age.
