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Industrial-Organizational psychology in the Americas: Past & future trends Harold Takooshian, APA International Psychology. Overview. International origins of scientific Y Y today: indigenous (193) + specialized (52) I-O Y today in the North America today
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Industrial-Organizational psychology in the Americas: Past & future trendsHarold Takooshian, APA International Psychology
Overview International origins of scientific Y Y today: indigenous (193) + specialized (52) I-O Y today in the North America today Origins of I-O Y in North America I-O Y today in South v North America The future of U.S. I-O Y : 3 trends 7. Conclusion
1a. International origins of Y 1879 Wundt: Germany 1881 Ochorowicz: Poland 1889 International Exposition: France
1c. International Y • By 1889 Y had developed many specialties covering specialty areas (criminal studies, education, psychopathology, psychophysics, therapy) and phenomena (amnesia, hypnosis, hallucinations, learning, perception). • In 1889 several scholars and scientists decided to hold the International Congress of Physiological Y in Paris.
2a. Y: Indigenous and specialized Indigenous: National Y (193 nations) 1885 Russia (125th anniversary in 2010) 1892 USA (APA) Specialized: In every nation In APA, 54 divisions. Division 52 (1997)= International Y Division 14 (1945)= I-O Y
3. I-O Y today in North America 4 I-O areas today in SIOP (Society for I-O Y): Personnel Y: Fit the person to the organization Who to recruit, select, train, assess, promote Organizational Y: Fit the organization to the person 3. Human factors: Ergonomics, engineering Y Consumer behavior: Reach outside the organization (Advertising, marketing)
4a. Origins of I-O Y in North America Personnel Y James McKeen Cattell 1890 “mental tests” 1921 Psychological Corporation 1917 Military Y (Goddard) Human factors 1909 “time-motion studies” F.W. Taylor, F+L. Gilbreth
4b. Origins of I-O Y in North America Consumer behavior 1901 Walter Dill Scott 1903 Y of advertising Organizational Y 1927-39 Hawthorne studies (Elton Mayo) 1960 Human enterprise Douglas McGregor HRM = “Labor Y” shift
4. Growth of I-O Y: South v North America South America: None 1984 Universidad d’Atacama Abel Gallardo, MS http://abelgallardo.tripod.com North America: 1987: Society for I-O Psychology www.siop.org 4,000 of 84,000 demand, salaries, growth (NYC 2007)
5a. 3 future trends in U.S. I-O Y APA I-O Psychology Handbook (S. Zedeck, 2011) 1. Human Relations Movement (HRM): Ways to humanize the corporation Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) 3. Predicting counterproductive behaviors (CPB)
5b. HRM: Target Corporation HOW CAN TARGET PROMOTE ITS EMPLOYEES’ WELFARE? ANNE TAKOOSHIAN:TARGET “TEAM” H.R. (HUMAN RESOURCES) “360-degree feedback:” assessing job satisfaction, annual Employee Attitude Surveys Employee wellness: Physical & mental health, EAP Counseling: finances, family, career development Insurance: Home, car, life, health, pension Community involvement: volunteers, social activities, TCOE 1%,
5b. Org. citizenship behaviors PROMOTING POSITIVE Y IN ORGANIZATIONS? Y tests: Shift from clinical to I-O Assessing job satisfaction: JDI, MSQ… OCQ, Org. Commitment (Porter, 1979) OCB, Org. citizenship (Podsakoff, 2000)
5c. Counterproductive behaviors CAN ORGANIZATIONS AVOID CPBs? Y tests: Shift from clinical to I-O Dependent personality (drugs, alcohol) Dishonesty Lateness, absence, malingering Violence, anger, conflict
Thank you ! Professor Alexander Voronov ! Professor Evgeny Osin ! Professor Valentin Spivakovsky ! Anne W.S. Takooshian !
International Y in New York City:March 1-4, 2013, EPA conference