The Early Years of Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Andrew J. Vinchur

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9781107065734
• eBook ISBN:
  9781108691673
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

This book provides a history of the origins of industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology, focusing on the late nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries. Taking an international perspective, The Early Years of Industrial-Organizational Psychology examines the context in which the field emerged, and its origins in the measurement of individual differences. Andrew J. Vinchur covers the initial applications of psychology in advertising, the study of fatigue, and especially employee selection, as well as the role industrial psychology played in World War I and the post-war expansion of the field. He also examines the education of industrial psychologists, their efforts to establish industrial psychology as a profession, and the beginnings of the organizational side of the field.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 Work, Psychology, and History
• Chapter 2 Historical Context and Influence
• Chapter 3 Measurement, Individual Differences, and Psychological Testing
• Chapter 4 Initial Forays into Industry
• Chapter 5 Industrial Psychology and the Great War
• Chapter 6 The Postwar Expansion of Industrial Psychology
• Chapter 7 Employee Selection in the 1920s
• Chapter 8 The Education of Industrial Psychologists
• Chapter 9 Establishing a Profession
• Chapter 10 The Beginnings of Organizational Psychology
• Chapter 11 Reflections on the Early Years of Industrial Psychology
• Appendix I-O Psychology from the 1930s to the Twenty-First Century
• References
• Name Index
• Subject Index