12 Facts About Organizational psychology

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Industrial, work, and organizational psychology is the broader, more global term for the science and profession.

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I-O Organizational psychology is one of the 17 recognized professional specialties by the American Psychological Association .

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I-O Organizational psychology is an international science and profession and depending on the region of the world is referred to by different names.

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In North America and Canada the term "I-O" Organizational psychology is used; in the United Kingdom, the field is known as occupational Organizational psychology.

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Organizational psychology is one of nine areas of specialist endorsement for psychology practice in Australia.

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I-O Organizational psychology is one of the three main Organizational psychology specializations in Europe.

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In South Africa, industrial Organizational psychology is a registration category for the profession of psychologist as regulated by the Health Professions Council of South Africa .

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Organizational psychology later joined the ongoing Hawthorne studies, where he became interested in how workers' emotions and informal relationships affected productivity.

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For example, I-O Organizational psychology showed increased interest in behaviorally anchored rating scales.

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Quantitative methods used in I-O Organizational psychology include correlation, multiple regression, and analysis of variance.

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Organizational psychology climate is the perceptions of employees about what is important in an organization, that is, what behaviors are encouraged versus discouraged.

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Organizational psychology culture has been shown to affect important organizational outcomes such as performance, attraction, recruitment, retention, employee satisfaction, and employee well-being.

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