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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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