Organisational psychology Flashcards

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newcomer socialisation

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integration of new employers into workplace influences working performance, inducted.

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Organisational psychologist role

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management of workers in organisation to work efficiently

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in job recruitment/ employee selection approaches:

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๐“Ÿ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ - best suited person to fit job - skills, IQ

๐“’๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“พ๐“ฌ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ - person compatibility with social organisational culture of company - theft, loyalty etc

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qualities of selection techniques:

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  • reliable: reliable measure for judging desirable traits eg, questionnaire
- predictive validity: judge of future behaviour in workplace eg correlational (coeffiecient tests) "validities", meta analysis - averages of predictive cases, 
structured interview (proven as more predictively valid than unstructured - more biased)
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General Mental Ability test GMA

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psychometric tests testing:

  • verbal, numerical, spacial, memory, logical resaosning ability
  • is good at predicting job performance, acquisition of job related knowledge - fast/more learning
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selection approaches

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normative approach: choose highest scoring individuals, 4 jobs, select top 4

criterion-based approach: preset threshold - must score above a certain point/ have certain skill level - may not select all 4

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adverse impact

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systematic differences: โ€œadverse impactโ€ causes minority groups to be disadvantaged in performance, therefore never at top to be selected

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how to overcome adverse impact

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  • raise score by certain amount, as the trend is same as normal population, to match (bad solution)
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