Definition of Occupational Psychology

As we know, the psychology is the discipline which deals with scientifically addressing the psychic activity of people, their conducts and behaviors, while the Occupational psychology is a branch of psychology that deals exclusively with study, analyze and evaluate the conduct work of human beings within an organization, a company, that is, it focuses on the work that each one does.

But its study is not limited to the work performance of an individual but can also be extended to behavior of the organization or company in question. It should be noted that for the latter it is also possible to find the denomination of Work and Work Psychology Organizations.

The main mission of the occupational psychology on their backs is to ensure that workers feel satisfied and that the work environment in which they work brings them well-being and not the opposite. Then, having as a fundamental premise what is indicated, labor psychology will delve into the behaviors of workers from different angles, individually, their behavior in group, the relationship with respect to subordinates or bosses, as appropriate, between the most outgoing.

Meanwhile, once in possession of the information resulting from the study and analysis, occupational psychology professionals will be able to propose alternatives or options that are aimed at improving the weather work and also performance and effectiveness of an employee, as applicable.

Thus, the occupational psychologist will deal with typical issues inherent to human Resources of the company or organization, such as: recruitment, evaluation and selection of suitable personnel, training and analysis of the position and in addition to the behavior of the groups and all the work subsystems and the responses offered by the company to its own stimuli and external.

Because we must not forget that in addition to fulfilling its commercial objectives, the company must be aware of the concerns and motivations that each of its employees have and of course, work psychology paves the way in that sense.