IO Psychology in General
This branch of psychology studies human behavior in the work environment and applies general psychological principles
What is IO Psychology?
The expected output of every job analysis
What is job description?
It is the process of searching for and securing applicants for various job positions.
What is recruitment?
It is the process of determining a proposed mode of action based upon a full understanding of the factors involved and directed at specific objectives which take into consideration the priorities desired by the management.
What is Planning?
It is the process of guiding and directing the behavior of people in the organization in order to achieve certain objectives.
What is Leadership?
This area in IO psychology focuses on how to best match individuals to specific job roles
What is Industrial Psychology?
Indicates the qualifications in terms of skills, experience, training, and other special qualifications as well the traits required of the worker to satisfactorily perform the job.
What is Job Specifications?
It is the process of sourcing qualified candidates from the company and within the ranks of its present employees.
This refers to the employee's acquisition of knowledge, development of skill in the job, and proper work attitudes.
What is Training and Development?
They act in warm and supportive manner, showing concern to their subordinates, believing that employees are intrinsically motivated, and seeking responsibility and self- control.
How do person-oriented leaders act?
This side of I-O psychology is more focused on understanding how organizations affect individual behavior.
What is organizational psychology?
These are sources such as supervisors and incumbents who are knowledgeable about a job
Who are SME?
It is the process of sourcing when no one among the next rank of employees can successfully perform the job.
What is External Sourcing?
This happens when employees are inspired to work to achieve the objectives of the organization effectively.
What is employee motivation?
They define and structure their own roles and those of their subordinates to attain the group’s formal goals. They tend to manage or lead by giving directives, setting goals and making decisions without consulting their subordinates. Under pressure, tend to be anxious, defensive & dominant.
How do task-oriented leaders perform?
I-O psychologists who work in this area develop assessments and techniques to determine if employees are doing their jobs well.
What is performance management?
This is the basic capacity for performing a wide range of different tasks, acquiring a knowledge, or developing a skill.
What is abilities?
It is one of the least expensive recruitment systems and happens as soon as people learn that there's a job opening - the word spreads around.
What is the Word-of-Mouth system?
This is the facet of Human Resources concerned also with negotiating with Labor Unions.
What is Employee Relations?
This scale helps leaders identify the subordinate or employee with whom they would least want to work from nice to nasty and from friendly to unfriendly.
What is Least - Preferred Coworker (LPC) Scale?
This area focuses on improving employee satisfaction and maximizing the productivity of the workforce. I-O psychologists in this area might work to find ways to make jobs more rewarding or design programs that improve the quality of life in the workplace.
What is Work-Life?
This is a structured instrument developed by McCormick, Jeanneret and Mechan at Purdue University. An instrument based on statistical analysis of worker- oriented job elements consists of 194 items
What is Position Analysis Questionnaire?
It is the process of posting available positions within the organization and is usually done in the company bulletin board.
What is Job Posting?
This Kirkpatrick model of training evaluation is concerned in measuring training effectiveness in terms of return of investment (ROI).
What is Level 4 Evaluation?
Based on behavioral perspective, this game is using what technique?
What is positive reinforcement?