What Is Organizational Psychology?
What is Organizational Psychology?
Tiffany Newman
Psy 570/Organizational Psychology
February 20, 2012
Jon Cabiria
Organizational Psychology Organizational psychology is a critical part of getting an organization or workplace to function in a productive and positive manner. Organizational psychology gives a glimpse into how a business is doing in terms of the workers. Some aspects looked at are the worker’s morale, attitudes, abiding policies, problems, etc. The subject can also help an organization to find possible routes that can help the organization thus creating a better working environment for the employees. In this paper organizational psychology will be defined, the evolution of organizational psychology will be examined, a comparison and contrast of social psychology, occupational health psychology, and organizational psychology will be conducted, and an analysis of the roles that research and statistics have in the field of organizational psychology.
Organizational Psychology Defined According to Jex and Britt (2008) organizational psychology “is a field that utilizes scientific methodology to better understand the behavior of individuals working in organizational settings” (p. 1); “is the study of individual and group behavior in formal organizational settings” (p. 2). Some claim that organizational psychology can be defined within formal and informal organizations but organizational psychology is more focused and concerned with formal organizations. Formal organizations can be family owned businesses, moderately sized corporation serving multiple cities, or even a company that has a name that is well known and has many facilities all over the United States. An organizational psychologist can be hired to see if set policies are working, if there could be tests made that help to better fill positions within to organization, make sure the employees at the organization are a fit for the department he or she is a part of, etc.
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Tiffany Newman
Psy 570/Organizational Psychology
February 20, 2012
Jon Cabiria
Organizational Psychology Organizational psychology is a critical part of getting an organization or workplace to function in a productive and positive manner. Organizational psychology gives a glimpse into how a business is doing in terms of the workers. Some aspects looked at are the worker’s morale, attitudes, abiding policies, problems, etc. The subject can also help an organization to find possible routes that can help the organization thus creating a better working environment for the employees. In this paper organizational psychology will be defined, the evolution of organizational psychology will be examined, a comparison and contrast of social psychology, occupational health psychology, and organizational psychology will be conducted, and an analysis of the roles that research and statistics have in the field of organizational psychology.
Organizational Psychology Defined According to Jex and Britt (2008) organizational psychology “is a field that utilizes scientific methodology to better understand the behavior of individuals working in organizational settings” (p. 1); “is the study of individual and group behavior in formal organizational settings” (p. 2). Some claim that organizational psychology can be defined within formal and informal organizations but organizational psychology is more focused and concerned with formal organizations. Formal organizations can be family owned businesses, moderately sized corporation serving multiple cities, or even a company that has a name that is well known and has many facilities all over the United States. An organizational psychologist can be hired to see if set policies are working, if there could be tests made that help to better fill positions within to organization, make sure the employees at the organization are a fit for the department he or she is a part of, etc.
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