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What is Industrial and Organisational
(I/O) Psychology?
• The “science of people at work”
• Industrial and Organisational
Psychology is a specialist area that
applies psychological knowledge and
skills to the workplace, with the aim of
improving organisational effectiveness
and the quality of work life.
I/O Psychologists have knowledge and
skills in areas such as:
• Selection and
assessment
• Job analysis
• Training and
development
• Career development
and coaching
• Organisational
development and
change management
• Attitude surveys and
research on workplace
issues
• Performance
development and review
• Wellbeing, conflict,
stress and work
adjustment
• Occupational health and
safety
• Program evaluation
• Consumer behaviour
and marketing
• Advisory and advocacy
regarding workplace
issues
I/O Psychology Career Destinations
• Human Resources/Organisational
Development
– E.g. Department of Treasury and Finance,
RAC, WA Police Service, BHPBilliton, Rio
Tinto, Coca-Cola
• General Management
– E.g. Department of Health, Wesfarmers
• Consulting
– E.g. Chandler & MacLeod, Deloitte,
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, SHL
• Academia
Salary expectations
• Depends very much on which area
you enter
• In a recent Australian survey (n=231)
– Median 2006 salary for current full time
employees was $88,465 (range $22,000 $400,000, mean=$106,530)
– Median 2006 graduate salary for those
starting work in the last 2 years was
$51,000 (range $10,000-$122,000)
Degree Offerings in I/O Psychology at
UWA
• Master of Science (Industrial and
Organisational Psychology)
• Master of Psychology (Industrial and
Organisational Psychology)
• Combined MPsych/PhD (Industrial
and Organisational Psychology)
• PhD
Master of Psychology (Industrial and
Organisational Psychology)
• Intake of around 15 a year
• Acceptance rate varies
– Generally 10%-30% acceptance
depending on the quality of
applications
• Coursework
• Placements in Industry
• Thesis
Coursework units
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Selection and Assessment
Psychology of Training
Organisational Development & Work Design
Occupational Health, Safety and Well-being
Professional Issues in I/O Psychology
Statistics for Field Research
Research Methods in Applied Settings
2 Elective units (UWA Business School) e.g.
Organisational Behaviour, Accounting,
Advanced Human Resource Management,
Marketing Principles
Placements
• 125 days (1000 hours) in total
divided into 3 separate
placements of 42 days each
• Individualised placements
depending on career stage and
interests
• Individual and group meetings
within a peer coaching framework
Example Placement Projects
• Development of internal communication
strategy for a government agency
• Analysis of training needs and development
of training options for a diversified corporate
• Selection and assessment for mining staff
• Organisational culture survey development,
administration, analysis and report for
various organisations
• Development of induction process for lateral
hires for a top 4 accounting firm
• Development and evaluation of induction
program for overseas recruits in a state utility
and for mining clients
• Analysis of exit interview data for a large
retail client
Example Placement Organisations
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BHPBilliton
Chandler & MacLeod
ChevronTexaco
Coles
Department of
Consumer &
Employment
Protection
• Department of
Environment and
Conservation
• Department of Racing,
Gaming and Liquor
• Department of
Treasury and Finance
• IKEA
• People Solutions
• Perth Transit
Authority
• PriceWaterhouse
Coopers
• Prime Psychology
• RAC
• Talent2
• Woolworths
• Wesfarmers Energy
• Western Power
Research Thesis
• Example topics
– Employee burnout
– Flexible work
arrangements
– Ethical codes
– Work stress
– Coaching
– Turnover intention
– Personality and
intelligence
– Employee
engagement
• Example participant
organisations include
– ChevronTexaco
– Department of
Environment and
Conservation
– Main Roads WA
– Office of Public Sector
Standards
– OSA Group
– Wesfarmers
– Western Australian
Institute of Sport
– Woolworths
More information about I/O Psychology
at UWA?
• Browse the School’s I/O Psychology web
resources
– http://www.psychology.uwa.edu.au/courses/postgraduate/
industrial
– http://www.psychology.uwa.edu.au/research/industrial
• Visit the College of Organisational
Psychologists WA (COPWA):
– http://www.groups.psychology.org.au/cop/committee/wa/
• Call or email Maria Puerta Francos in the
School of Psychology
– 6488 3247
– [email protected]