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An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology Jeffrey M. Conte Edition 7 th 2024 Publisher Wiley

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Summary Work in the 21st Century 7th edition 2024 Conte 9781394220977 Psychology in the Workplace Book Summary

Week 1: Chapter 1, 2 and 3

Chapter 1: What Is Industrial And Organizational Psychology?

I-O Psychology = industrial and organizational psychology -> the application of psychological principle, theory, and research to the work setting

Areas of Concentration:

-Selection and placement -Training and development -Organizational development -Performance measurement -Quality of work life -Engineering psychology SIOP = Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology -> the primary professional membership organization for I-O psychologists

Importance of work:

-It occupies much of our time -It provides us with a livelihood -It defines how we feel about ourselves Personnel psychology = field of psychology that addresses issues such as recruitment, selection, training, performance appraisal, promotion, transfer and termination HRM = practices such as recruitment, selection, retention, training, and development of people in order to achieve individual and organizational goals Organizational psychology = field of psychology that combines research from social psychology and organizational behavior and addresses the emotional and motivational side of work Human engineering = the study of the capacities and limitations of humans with respect to a particular environment Scientist-practitioner model = a model that uses scientific tools and research in the practice of I-O psychology Hawthorne studies = research that began as attempts to increase productivity by manipulating lighting, rest breaks, and work hours -> showed the important role that workers’ attitudes played in productivity

The four challenges I-O psychologists need to meet in the future:

1.I-O psychology needs to be relevant 2.I-O psychology needs to be useful 3 / 4

Summary Work in the 21st Century 7th edition 2024 Conte 9781394220977 3.I-O psychology needs to think bigger 4.I-O psychology needs to be grounded in the scientific method Culture = a system in which individuals share the same meanings and common ways of viewing events and objects

The Dynamic of Top-Down-Bottom-Up processes across levels of culture:

‘West versus the rest’ mentality = the tendency for researchers to develop theories relevant to U.S.situations, with less concern given to their applicability in other countries Expatriate = a manager or professional assigned to work in a location outside of his or her home country Collectivist culture = a culture that values the group more than the individual Individualistic culture = a culture that values the individual more than the group

Hofstede’s theory, five dimensions:

1.Individualism- collectivism = the degree to which individuals are expected to look after themselves versus remaining integrated into groups 2.Power distance = the degree to which less powerful members of an organization accept and expect an unequal distribution of power 3.Uncertainty avoidance = the extent to which members of a culture feel comfortable in unstructured situations 4.Masculinity- femininity = the distribution of emotional roles between genders, with the masculine role being seen as ‘tough’ and the feminine role as ‘tender’ 5.Long-term versus short-term orientation = the extent to which members of a culture expect immediate versus delayed gratification of their material, social and emotional needs Horizontal culture = a culture that minimizes distances between individuals Vertical culture = a culture that accepts and depends upon distances between individuals

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