Psychology › Section M · Industrial-organizational psychology › Topic M.1
What is industrial-organizational psychology?
Most adults spend more of their waking hours at work than anywhere else, so how people are hired, led and equipped matters enormously. Industrial-organisational psychology studies that world, and its history runs from army testing to the factory floor.
In this topic
- Psychology at work
- Three areas of I-O psychology
- Where I-O psychologists work
- Early pioneers
- Testing an army
- Scientific management and motion study
- Worked example: the Hawthorne studies
- Groups, leaders and fair testing
- Worked example: one problem, three areas
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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