Transcript Rank Ordering of Course Usefulness for Jobs First Full-Time Job Course Personnel Psychology Legal Issues Training Psychometrics I-O Psychology Organizational Psychology Advanced Statistics SPSS Thesis Experimental Design Individual Differences Methods & Ethics Advanced Social Psychology Ranking Mean.

Rank Ordering of Course Usefulness for Jobs
First Full-Time Job
Course
Personnel Psychology
Legal Issues
Training
Psychometrics
I-O Psychology
Organizational Psychology
Advanced Statistics
SPSS
Thesis
Experimental Design
Individual Differences
Methods & Ethics
Advanced Social Psychology
Ranking
Mean Rank
Present Full-Time Job
Ranking
Mean Rank
1
2
3
4
5.5
3.05
4.95
5.07
5.10
5.90
1
6
4
2
3
3.76
5.94
5.42
4.82
5.29
5.5
7
8
9
5.90
6.55
6.56
7.05
8
7
5
9
6.24
6.00
5.53
6.76
10
11
12
13
7.10
8.33
9.00
11.00
10
12
11
13
6.82
9.00
8.73
10.59
Growth in I/O Programs in U.S. From 1986 - 2004
Increase in doctoral programs:
47.7%
Increase in master’s programs:
221.7%
Number of programs
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Program
type
1986
2004
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MA/MS I-O Psych
22
66
PhD I-O Psych
40
52
Some Reasons for Growth in I-O Psychology in the U. S.
Economic --- Profit, Efficiency, Productivity
a) Macro and micro level
Technology --- Automation, Job changes, Job eliminations
• Training need
Social --• Employee education
• Employee needs regarding jobs (Enrichment, decision-making,
benefits)
• Dual careers
Legal --- Discrimination Law; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
Key Areas of Personnel Psychology
• Job Analysis
• Recruitment
• Selection (reliability, validity)
• Test Development
• Training
• Performance Appraisal
Knowledge Needed in Personnel Psychology
• Statistics (e.g., analysis, interpretation, application; SPSS)
• Discrimination Law (e.g., Adverse Impact, Title VII, ADA, FMLA,
ADEA, FMLA, Sexual Harassment)
• Human Learning & Cognition
• Psychometrics (test/scale development)
• Social Psychology (e..g., schemas, self-fulfilling prophecies)
Some Issues in Personnel Psychology in the U. S.
a) Limited attention to research and practice internationally
b) Focus on the perceived needs and concerns of management
c) Relative lack of applied training within I-O doctoral programs
d) Use of techniques without proof of adequate psychometric properties
e) Differences between I-O researchers and practitioners
f) Loss of I-O Psychology professionals & students to business schools