Todays Agenda Syllabus Overview of Organizational Psychology - - PDF document

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PSY 5708

Organizational Psychology

Instructor:

Aaron M. Schmidt, Ph.D.

Today’s Agenda

 Syllabus  Overview of Organizational Psychology  Introductions

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Syllabus Overview

 please refer to syllabus…  I will email a PDF copy after class  Course website:

 https://goal-lab.psych.umn.edu/orgPsych/  Is currently experiencing technical

problems…

What is Organizational Psychology?

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What is I/O Psychology?

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The scientific study of individual behavior in formal

• rganizational settings

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Groups, organizations, and other collectives are also of great interest, insofar as they:

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influence individual behavior (top-down effect)

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are influence by individual behavior (bottom-up effect)

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However, collectives not typically of focal interest as stand-alone entities

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What distinguishes I/O psychology from psychology at large?

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Context first and foremost

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Does I/O effectively utilize the general psychology literature?

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Does I/O contribute to general knowledge of psychology?

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What distinguishes Organizational psychology from Industrial psychology?

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Topics:

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Person vs. Situation: Lewin’s field theory: B = f(P,E)

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Talent Acquisition vs. Development & Management

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Artificial distinction? Considerable blurring b/w areas!!! What is the difference between Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior (in Business School?

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OB: (a) the study of human behavior in organizations, (b) the interface between human behavior and the organization, and (c) the organization itself (Moorhead & Griffin, 1995)

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Parts a and b are similar, c is quite different

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In Org Psych, the interest is always on human behavior. In OB, this is often not the case

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Education and skill differences:

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The analytical/methodological skills of I/O psychologists tend to be stronger than those from OB

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I/O: greater emphasis on empirical evaluation (show me the data!)

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OB: greater emphasis on theory, case studies (tell a good story!)

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Those in OB tend to have more formal business/finance training

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The Scientist-Practitioner Model

 Key tenets of both I and O psychology

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and less-so for field of Organizational-Behavior

 Application of good science in organizations  Importance of research linked to applied needs

Upcoming Classes

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For Thursday:

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Highhouse, S. & Schmitt, N. W. (2012). A Snapshot in Time: Industrial–Organizational Psychology

• Today. In N. Schmitt & S. Highhouse (Eds.). Handbook of Psychology: Industrial and Organizational

Psychology (vol 12, revised).

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Taylor, F. W. (1911). The principles of scientific management. Harper & Row (pp. 30-48, 57-77) 

For next Tuesday:

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Roethlisberger, F., & Dickson, W. J. (1939). Management and the worker (pp. 511-524).

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McGregor, D.M. (1960). The Human Side of Enterprise. (Chapters 3 and 4, pp. 33 – 57).

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Senge, P. M. (1990). The Fifth Discipline. Chapters 4 and 5 (pp. 57 – 92). New York: Doubleday. 

Next Thursday:

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Costa, P. L., Graça, A. M., Marques-Quinteiro, P., Santos, C. M., Caetano, A., & Passos, A. M. (2013). Multilevel research in the field of organizational behavior: An empirical look at 10 years of theory and

• research. Sage Open, 3, 1-17.

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* Kozlowski, S. W. J., & Klein, K. J. (2000). A levels approach to theory and research in organizations. In

• K. J. Klein & S. W. J. Kozlowski (Eds.), Multilevel theory, research and methods in organizations (pp. 3-

90). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

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A tough read, but lots of great information

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* Only pages 38-45 is required reading. In particular, Figure 1.1 (pg. 39) is key!

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Jex & Britt, Chapter 2: Research Methods and Statistics, Organizational Psychology (2nd Ed.)