PSYCH339 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Job Analysis
27 Jul 2018
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Industrial/organizational psychology >the application of psychological principles and theories to the workplace. Industrial psychology and organizational psychology are considered distinct, but tend to overlap. Industrial -> associated w/ job analysis, training, selection, and performance measurement/appraisal. Organizational -> deals w/ motivation, work attitudes, leadership and the structure, culture and process of organizations. Scientist/practitioner model -> an approach used to train i/o psychologists maintaining that b/c i/o psychologists are both generators and consumers of knowledge, training must be focused on both theory and application. The goal of graduate training in i/o psychology is to develop competencies -> skills, behaviors, and capabilities that allow employees to effectively perform specific functions/be an effective member of the i/o psychology profession. The siop"s guidelines also stress on the importance of diversity -> an awareness and understanding not only of ethnic, racial, and cultural differences among employees but also of age and gender differences.
