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2024-2025 Catalog

PSYC 211 Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes in organizations, especially work organizations. Course topics include the historical development of I-O psychology, relevant research methods and statistics, the impact of legal and judicial decisions, job analysis and evaluation, employee selection, performance appraisal, training and development, organizational socialization, motivation, job satisfaction and employee attitudes, organizational stress, leadership, power and politics, group processes, and organizational theory, culture, structure, and change.

Prerequisite

PSYC 110 or permission of instructor

Instructor

Chu