ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY A SCIENTIST-PRACTITIONER APPROACH ppt

[...]... that organizational behavior draws off a greater variety of disciplines than does organizational psychology While organizational psychology draws largely from various subfields within psychology, organizational behavior draws not only on psychology but sociology, anthropology, economics, and labor relations, to name a few Thus, to answer the question of whether there is a difference between organizational. .. professional interests FIGURE 1.1 A Breakdown of Topics Associated with the Industrial and Organizational Sides of the Field of I/O Psychology Industrial /Organizational Psychology Industrial Side Organizational Side Recruitment Socialization Selection Motivation Classification Occupational Stress Compensation Leadership Performance Appraisal Group Performance Training Organizational Development The Scientist-Practitioner. .. Organizational psychology is also concerned with the impact of macro-level variables and processes, but only to the extent that such variables and processes have an impact on individual behavior Thus, one subtle way in which organizational psychology and organizational behavior differ is that organizational behavior is a bit more “eclectic” in its focus than is organizational psychology Much of the reason for... field of organizational behavior What is the difference between organizational psychology and organizational behavior? In all honesty, these two fields are much more similar than different—so much so, in fact, that many faculty who teach organizational behavior in business schools received their training in departments of psychology Though less common, some faculty who teach organizational psychology. .. distinguish organizational psychology from other social science disciplines (e.g., sociology, economics, and political science) that attempt to explain organizational processes It is also one way in which organizational psychology differs from the closely related field of organizational behavior (see Comment 1.1) ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY IN CONTEXT Although organizational psychology represents a legitimate... interactions between groups The final three chapters are focused on “macro” or organizational- level processes These include the design of organizations, organizational culture, and organizational change and development rganizations are complex social systems that sometimes perform remarkably well and sometimes fail miserably Organizational psychology is a subfield within the larger domain of industrial /organizational. .. Methods and Statistics ecause organizational psychology is a science, research methodology and statistical analysis are extremely important Organizational psychologists routinely design scientific investigations to answer theoretically based research questions about behavior in organizational settings As will be shown, these methods may range from simple observation of behavior to elaborate fieldbased quasi-experimentation... quasi-experimentation The data from such studies are then analyzed using a variety of statistical methods to test the validity of predictions Research methodology and statistical analysis are also crucial to the practice of organizational psychology For example, organizational psychologists often use systematic research methods to provide organizational decision makers with information regarding employees’ attitudes... service agencies Another point worth noting is that the focus on formal organizations does not preclude the study of informal organizational What Is Organizational Psychology? 3 COMMENT 1.1 ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY VERSUS ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? MANY READERS, PARTICULARLY those who have received at least a portion of their training in a university business school, have heard of... psychology received their training in business schools Despite the outward similarities, there are actually subtle differences between organizational psychology and organizational behavior Moorhead and Griffin (1995) define organizational behavior as “the study of human behavior in organizational settings, the interface between human behavior and the organization, and the organization itself” (p 4) If we . simply means that organizational psy- chologists use a systematic data-based ap- proach to both study organizational processes and solve organizational problems processes have an impact on indi- vidual behavior. Thus, one subtle way in which organizational psychology and organizational behavior differ is that organizational