Psychology of Organization

branch of psychology that makes use of psychological theories

and principles to organizations.” It is abbreviated as I/O

Psychology. The main area of concern of an I-O psychologist is

to resolve issues such as increasing work-place productivity,

ensuring proper physical and mental well-being of the people

working within the industry, etc.

To find appropriate solutions to the issues, an industrial and

organizational psychologist is required to perform a variety of

tasks such as conducting leadership training, carrying out an

evaluation of companies, studying the attitudes and behavior of

the workers employed in the companies.

The Industrial and Organizational Psychology is comprised of

the two sides namely, the Industrial and the Organizational side

of psychology, both of which focus on entirely different

perspectives however they are not very different from each

other in terms of their applications, their goals and their topics

of interest.

The emergence of World War I and World War II helped in

making significant changes in the field of Industrial and

Organizational Psychology. After the breakout of World War II,

the APA began to look strictly into the proceedings of the I/O

Psychology and formulated the Division 14, Industrial and

Business Psychology.

The I/O Psychologist are trained to perform several qualitative

and quantitative studies and tests on the individual working

within an industry or organization in order to provide

appropriate solutions to their problems which are characterized

by the professional practice domains of an I/O psychologist.

To help with keeping the psychological matters of a company

under control of the industrial and organizational branch of

psychology comes into effect.