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| The application of psychological principles, theory, and research to the work setting. |
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| An association to which many I/O psychologists, both practitioners and researchers, belong. Division 14 of APA |
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| Field of psychology that addresses issues such as recruitment, selection, training, performance appraisal, promotion, transfer, and termination. |
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| Human Resources Management (HRM) |
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| Practices such as recruiting, selection, retention, training, and development of people (human resources) in order to achieve individual and organizational goals. |
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| Organizational Psychology |
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| Field of psychology that combines research from social psychology and organizational behavior and addresses the emotional and motivational side of work. |
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| Human engineering or human factors psychology |
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| The study of the capacities and limitations of humans with respect to a particular environment. |
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| Scientist-Practitioner model |
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| A model that uses scientific tools and research in the practice of I/O psychology |
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| Program that requires individuals to work in return for government subsidies. |
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| Accomplishing work tasks from a distant location using electronic communication media. |
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| Team that has widely dispersed members working together toward a common goal and linked through computers and other technology. |
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