wop 1

= use psychological principles and research methods to solve problems in the workplace

1. Human resources management
2. HR specialists
3. Consultancy
4. Research

father of psychology : **Wilhelm Wundt**

together with ..... interested in individual differences

Catell : and Mustenberg

being able to choose if soldiers are capable or not

IQ needed to be a certain nr.

tests needed to be taken ( correlation between these tests and real life tasks is positive )

army alpha and beta tests

tried to find a more efficient way → machineries

but we need someone to use the machineries that are doing the job

look at the productivity level in relation to light

results show : more light = more productive

turns out that people only needed attention

= a change in behaviour due to attitudes that was the simple result of increased attention

personal computing

telecommuting and vistual teams

videoconferencing

providing a service vs manufacturing goods

nature of work more fluid

teams vs individual

little stability

family friendly workplaces

greater diversity

global workplace

Self determination theory is a macro theory of human motivation and personality that concerns people's innate growth tendencies and innate psychological needs.

1. competence
2. relatedness
3. autonomy

it saves time, space and energy

mixture of results on performance

mixed results on wellbeing

there are a lot of individual differences at play

maximum and typical

= the level of performance in a given domain that one can produce on demand for a short period if one chooses to exert max effort

= day to day performance

one dependent and one independent variable

moderating and mediating variables

interaction ( way to check whether the third variable influences the strength or direction of the relationship between an independent and dependent variable )

explains (observed relationship between an independent variable and dependent variable via the inclusion of a third explanatory variable

= system in which individuals share meaning and common ways of viewing events and objects

1. global culture
2. national culture
3. organisational culture
4. group culture
5. cultural self representation

culture = system in which individuals share meaning and common ways of viewing events and objects

sharing the meaning and interpretations

1. individualism/collectivism
2. power distance
3. uncertainty of avoidance
4. masculinity / femininity
5. long term vs short term orientation

degree to which individuals are expected to look after themselves vs remaining integrated in groups

degree to which less powerful members of an organisational accept an unequal distribution of power

the extent to within members of a culture feel comfortable in unstructured situations

distribution of emotional roles between genders ( masculine = though , feminine = interpersonal relationships )

extent to each members of a culture expect immediate vs delayed gratitude of material , social and emotional needs

we can see correlation between wealth and individualism

include procedures like observations , interview , case study and analysis of written documents

generally product flow diagrams and narrative descriptions of events/process

rely on tests, rating scales and physiological measures

yield numerical results

random assignment of participants to conditions

conducted in laboratory or workplace

does not include manipulation or assignment to different conditions

2 common designs

1. observational : observe and record behaviour
2. survey / questionnaire ( most common )

non random assignment of participants to conditions

if correlation is .00 , one cannot conclude that there is no association between variables

a curvilinear relationship might describe the relationship better