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social psychology and productivity
The Role of Psychology in the Workplace
Workplace psychology” refers to the practice of applying psychological principles and practices to a work environment.
The goal is to identify and solve problems, increase employee satisfaction, and improve workplace dynamics.
Techniques and instruments used
Tests used to better understand the personality, skills and skills of workers.
Structured and unstructured interviews to understand in depth each of the employees or candidates for a company.
Live test" or dynamics, which allow workers to put workers in problematic situations similar to those that will be found in the performance of their work and observe their response.
Organizational psychology
This discipline is responsible for understanding all psychological and behavioral factors in the field of work, and applies theories extracted from psychology in general to different topics related to companies and organizations.
Experts in organizational psychology use the scientific method to investigate the different factors that impact workers' work and personal lives. Thus, among other things they research topics such as motivation, productivity, job satisfaction, occupational safety and the physical and mental health of employees.
Areas of organizational psychology
Selection of staff
Training and development
Performance management
Working life
The objective of organizational psychology is both to understand the factors that influence all these aspects of the field of work, and to design interventions that allow them to be improved from the data collected.
What does organizational psychology study? Object of study
The main aspects that this branch of psychology studies about organizations are structure, climate, culture, social systems and organizational processes.
