organizational psychology

noun

1. the study of the structure of an organization and of the ways in which the people in it interact, usually undertaken in order to improve the organization

Example Sentences

She quit her job, found a new one at a legal assistance organization and eventually went to grad school to focus on organizational psychology.

From Los Angeles Times

Christopher Wiese, an assistant professor of industrial organizational psychology at the Georgia Institute of Technology who studies commuting, said the “quality” of commutes depends less on the time they require than on how peaceful and predictable they are.

From Seattle Times

“There has been a big, big fight about this,” says Klaus J. Templer, an organizational psychology consultant formerly of the Singapore University of Social Sciences.

From Scientific American

That really speaks to a double standard that we find in the literature of social psychology, and organizational psychology, that has done research on this, and very clearly says that if you are a man and you want to get ahead in these white-collar industries, you need to be two things.

From Salon

“The people in power have to set the tone,” said Lauren Park, a researcher in organizational psychology.

From New York Times