- Division 14 of APA
- one of the 14 recognized specialties in professional psychology
- study of human behavior in workplace
- application of psychological principles to help people achieve performance, high engagement, satisfaction, and well-being at work
1) Frederick Taylor (Industrial Engineer)
- father of scientific mngt.
- principles of scientific mngt (1911)
- practice of scientific way of selecting, training, and supervising workers
- man and machine relationship
2) Hugo Munsterberg
- Psychology and Industrial Efficiency (1913)
- beginning of industrial psychology
- finding best possible person to produce best possible work
- how to improve motivation, perfomance, and efficiency
3) Walter Bingham
- first academic program in Industrial Psychology (1915)
- helped developed Alpha and Beta tests (1917) and popularized intelligence and aptitude testing in industry
4) James Mckeen Cattell
- founder of Psychological Corporation (1921)
- making research in Applied Psychology for business and industry
5) Walter Dill Scott
- one of the pioneers who applied psychology to business practices (personnel selection and advertising)
- openned the Scott Company and began practice of consulting IO psychologists in business and industry
6) Elton Mayo (Hawthorne Effect)
- discovered the importance of psychological and social factors to people at work (1927)
- paying attention to worker needs would improve productivity
- pioneer of human relations movement
7) Kurt Lewin
- german american psychologist of MIT
- study group dynamics and organizational development
- development of sensitive training
- establishment of the national training laboratories at Bethel, Maine.
- training and development
Research Orientation in IO Psychology
-utilizes a variety of quantitative and qualitative research methods to validate theories, principles, and best practices to improve employee performance, motivation, satisfactin, and well-being
- most common independent variables are: intelligence, values, attitudes, personality, leadership, motivation, communication, group and team characteristics, stress, job design, and work environment
- most common dependent variables are: job performance, job satisfaction, employee engagement, organizational committment, productivity, absenteeism, turnover, productive work behavior, counter productive work behavior, wellbeing/happiness
Practitioner Orientation in IO Psychology
- practitioners are often employed in diff industries and org to handle human resource mngt functions such as employee recruitment and selection, training and development, performance evaluation, compensation and rewards, employee relations and counseling, organizational development
Psychology Board Exam Areas and Coverage
1) Employee Recruitment and Selection
2) Training and Development
3) Motivation and Rewards Design
4) Performance Management and Evaluation
5) Team Dynamics and Leadership
6) Employee Well-Being and Work Life Balance
