Abstract:This essay provides a brief overview of the historical contributions of early industrial psychology to organizational studies. A description of present-day industrialorganizational psychology is first presented. Factors both inside and outside psychology that influenced the development of industrial psychology are discussed, followed by the history of industrial psychology in the early years of the twentieth century. In the USA, initial activity in industry by psychologists was in advertising; however, employe… Show more
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