Industrial/Organizational Psychology - scope, careers, colleges, skills, jobs, salary

Definition

“One cannot find a healthy economy anywhere in the world that does not have a strong industrial base, period.” ~William Clay Ford Jr.

This branch of psychology is the study of the workplace environment, organizations, and their employees. The specialty of industrial-organizational psychology (also called I/O psychology) is characterized by the scientific study of human behavior in organizations and the work place. The specialty focuses on deriving principles of individual, group and organizational behavior and applying this knowledge to the solution of problems at work.