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Jonathan Cottrell, Instructor
Angela Lee, Teaching Assistant
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SyllabusStart Chapter 1
Overview of I/O Psychology
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Why is it important
to you and to the society?
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Discussion:Which aspects of your (future)
life do you think are the mostimportant to you?
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Imagine a workplace in your mind.
What does it look like?
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Work is important in our livesWork, whether pleasant or painful
helps defineindividual identity. Strangers ask, What do you
do?We replyby naming skills or places ofemployment. We relate
occupation to race,ethnicity, gender, region, and religionOur
dailytasks give [our] lives coherence; by contrast, thelack of work
denies our basic humanityPhilosophers may translate such vernacular
linesinto I work, therefore I am.-A. Green, 1993
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The Meaning of WorkIf a man is called to be a street sweeper,
heshould sweep streets even as Michelangelo
painted, Beethoven composed music, orShakespeare wrote poetry.
He should sweepstreets so well that all heaven and earth will
pause to say, Here lived a great street sweeperwho did his job
well
-- Martin Luther King, Jr., 1956
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Work Gives Us MeaningIf you were to get enough money to live
ascomfortably as you like for the rest of your
life, would you:a) continue to work?
b) stop working?
Since 1973, over 70% chose working!
- National Research Council, 1999
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What Work Provides1. Source of Identity
2. Source of relationships outside of family
3. Source of autonomy4. Source of income and security
5. Provides opportunities to develop skills and creativity
6. Gives other activities (e.g., leisure time) meaning
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Effects of Unemployment Unemployment has been linked to idleness
and
despair (Jahoda, 1933).
Mental health suffers (Paul & Moser, 2009).
May often be linked to suicide (Boor, 1980; JapaneseMinistry of
Workforce and Labor, 2007).
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Work takes up a large part of our
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Work Commute TV Sleep Eat Other
Life of the average person
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Work is PervasiveWork is a huge part of our lives Greater
devotion of time and energy given to work
than to any other waking activityWork is a defining
characteristic of the way people
gauge their value to society, their family, andthemselves
To study people at work,tells us a great deal about human
behavior in general
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Defining I/O PsychologyPsychology: the scientific study of
thinking,
feeling, and behavior
I/O Psychology: The application ofpsychological principles,
theory, andresearch to the workplace
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What are I and O?
Industrial/OrganizationalPsychology
Industrial
Recruitment
Selection
PerformanceAppraisal
Training
Employment Law
Human Resources
Organizational
Motivation
Stress
Leadership
Diversity
GroupPerformance
Justice
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I/O is a False Dichotomy Disagreement on the classification of
topics; some can
fall on either side depending on the research question
Attitudes
Selection Interdependence of topics
We all care about a lot of the same outcomes
Research necessarily increasingly complex
More and more integrative
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Scientist-Practitioner Model
Practitioner:
Create Plan
Science:
Job Turnover Theories
Past Empirical Studies
A call center has a three week training program for new
employees. The average employee quits after three months.
Apply existing science to newproblems
Use current problems to direct newscience
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What is an I/O Psychologist?
Academic
Professor
Requires PhD
Applied
Internal Consultant
External Consultant Requires MS/PhD
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SIOP
www.siop.org
Includes information about graduateprograms, jobs, and what I/O
psychologyis
Also includes a number of publications onsalary, employment
outlook, etc.
http://www.siop.org/http://www.siop.org/
