Materials for Incorporating I-O Into an Introductory Psychology Textbook

Although interest in I-O psychology has grown among students, very few introductory psychology textbooks cover the topic. Therefore, the following options are available for instructors who wish to incorporate this topic into their class. 

Standalone I-O Psychology Chapter

The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) created the following standalone I-O Psychology chapter for inclusion within introductory psychology classrooms and/or textbooks.

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Link to the Chapter: Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Text only (pdf)    (docx)                                 Formatted (pdf)  PowerPoint (pptx)

The committee and task force members responsible for planning and writing the boilerplate chapter include:  Joe Allen, Talya Bauer, Jason Dahling, Deborah DiazGranados, Jen Gibson, Thaddeus Rada-Bayne, and Diane Wentworth.

Online I-O Psychology Video Mini-Course

Ben Butina from the Department 12 website created a free online mini-course on I-O Psychology that can be assigned to introductory psychology students (or anyone interested in the topic):

https://department12.com/introduction-to-industrial-organizational-psychology-mini-course/

Learners can take the course, learn about the topic, answer learning assurance questions, and even get a certificate of completion.  This can be a great way for introductory psychology instructors to expose their students to I-O even if they don't know it themselves.

One-Page Summaries of Core I-O Content

For instructors interested in particular topics within I-O, SIOP created 1-page summaries that correspond directly with SIOP’s areas of competence.  For each summary, writers were instructed to discuss key theories, findings, and key applications. We also stressed the importance of providing summaries focused on communicating I-O’s useful ideas and major findings. It is our hope that you will incorporate this content in your textbooks so that undergraduate students may gain a broader perspective on our field and the key role we play in shaping human behavior and promoting human flourishing. We also hope that the materials provided will make your job easier.

Summaries:

General Knowledge and Skills (excluding areas of Fields of Psychology and History and Systems of Psychology)

1. Ethical, Legal, Diversity, and International Issues (pdf) (docx)
2. Professional Skills (Communication, Business/Research Proposal Development, Consulting, & Project-Management Skills) (pdf) (docx)
3. Research Methods (pdf) (docx)
4. Statistical Methods/Data Analysis (pdf)

Core Content

5. Attitude Theory, Measurement, and Change
6. Career Development
7. Criterion Theory and Development
8. Groups and Teams
9. Human Performance
10. Individual Assessment
11. Individual Differences
12. Job/Task/Work Analysis/Competency Modeling and Classification
13. Judgment and Decision Making
14. Leadership and Management
15. Occupational Health and Safety
16. Organization Development
17. Organization Theory
18. Performance Appraisal/Management
19. Personnel Recruitment, Selection, and Placement
20. Training: Theory, Delivery, Program Design, and Evaluation
21. Work Motivation 

Related Areas of Competence

22. Consumer Behavior
23. Human Factors
24. Humanitarian Work Psychology

The summaries were developed by the Education and Training Committee and the GIT task force of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. The Education and Training Committee members responsible for planning and organizing the collection of summaries include:  Stephen Young, Gary Giumetti, Julia Fullick, Deborah DiazGranados, Jen Gibson, Diane Wentworth, and Vipanchi Mishra. The GIT task force members include: Joe Allen (Chair), Georgia Chao, Deborah DiazGranados, Jen Gibson, Roni Reiter-Palmon, Marissa Shuffler Porter, and Nick Salter,

Contact information for the committee and task force is contained within each summary (and chapter) below so that prospective users of the materials may ask any questions about the work.

The committee would like to thank the following writers and reviewers for providing all of the content in this effort: Mark Nagy, Tim Huelsman, Tammy Allen, Liu-Qin Yang, Mark Poteet, Leslie Miller, Gary Giumetti, Jennifer Bunk, Matthew Fleischer, Kristina Bauer, Jane Halpert, David Costanza, Brian Schrader, Monica Dunnagan, Cheryl Bolstad, Pamela Savage-Knepshield, Lise Saari, Jeff Cucina, Vipanchi Mishra, Ashley Hoffman, Ishbel McWha-Hermann, Diane Wentworth, Paul Thoresen, Gordon Schmidt, Joel Nadler, Ashley Hoffman, Isabel McWha, Mark LoVerde, Daniele Bologna, Katherine Sliter, Brittany Davis, Jen Gibson, Garrett Howardson, George Hay, Elizabeth Schwab, and Pamela Savage-Knepshield. Without everyone’s help, this effort would not have been possible.