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Reflection Paper: Industrial/Organizational and Social Psychology
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Reflection Paper: Industrial/Organizational and Social Psychology
The two specialties – industrial/organizational and social psychology – offers a wide range of careers opportunities, some of which I have gained particular interest. Considering my passion towards the field of business and relations between individual, I have mainly been inclined towards exploring the career as an industrial psychologist. Through social and industrial psychology, I will deliver my skills towards an organization by improving the mental and physical health of staff members thus contributing towards the overall effectiveness of the firm. The field is key to the development of new procedures and products in organizations since I’ll be able to identify gaps and make appropriate changes.
I have gained several concepts regarding the two specialties. Primarily, in social psychology, the behavior of an individual is affected by the environment surrounding or the conditions that one is exposed to. Connecting this with organizational psychology, the management should adequately ensure a favorable environment that allows for best performance from the staff members (Kossek et al., 2011). Social psychology does not only affect the academic view of social sciences, sociology, and psychology but also changes human expectations and their understanding of social behavior. Humans are social beings and will tend to behave distinctively under varying circumstances.

It is important to study the factors that affect social interactions and human life as this offers a better understanding of how to create a more harmonious environment for human beings (Kossek et al., 2011).
Social and organizational psychology has been applied to various occasions. For instance, several agencies have been created that investigate how individuals behave under various political issues. With such an understanding of human behavior, they can predict how specific outcomes will affect individual behavior. In some organization, the level of organization’s productivity can be increased by suiting the environment in ways that improve employees’ satisfaction.

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Kossek, E. E., Pichler, S., Bodner, T., & Hammer, L. B. (2011). Workplace social support and work-family conflict: A meta‐analysis clarifying the influence of general and work–family‐specific supervisor and organizational support. Personnel Psychology, 64(2), 289-313.