Towards happiness: Experiences of work-role fit, meaningfulness and work engagement of industrial/organisational psychologists in South Africa

Zyl, Llewellyn Ellardus van; Deacon, Elmarí; Rothmann, Sebastiaan

doi:10.4102/sajip.v36i1.890

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“…I-O psychologists are concerned with the development and utilisation of psychological acts for the optimisation of individual, group, organisational and community functioning in relation to work contexts and environments (Benjamin & Louw-Potgieter, 2007;Van Zyl, Deacon & Rothmann, 2010). These psychological acts are applied to various domains within the organisational context, namely:…”

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“…These areas of expertise relate to specific research-practice domains in I-O psychology (HPCSA, 2011;Van Zyl et al, 2010) which were used as a framework for analysing the content of the SAJIP publications.…”

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“…Aspects pertaining to practice management, ethics, training and development, continuous professional development and the like are included in this domain (HPCSA, 2008;Van Zyl et al, 2010). Moyo (2012) indicated professional development, professional ethics and scope of practice (future fit) as important current research themes for scholars and practitioners.…”

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“…Typical research themes include job analysis and criterion development; psychological assessment, employee selection and placement; employee performance, reward and remuneration; employee training and development; attracting and retaining scarce and critical talent and adherence to employment-related legislation in hiring, promotion, placement, development and retention . Although Schreuder and Coetzee (2010) Psychometrics or psychological assessment in the I-O psychology context is closely related to all of the aforementioned domains in the sense that psychological assessment is relevant to employee, group and organisational development from the point of view of employee selection (Arnold & Randal, 2010;Benjamin & Louw-Potgieter, 2008;Van Zyl et al, 2010). Theron (2007) regards measures and methodologies of psychometric assessment as the tools of the trade for I-O psychologists where the only limit of its use is the extent of the practitioner's creativity and competence.…”

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“…Each of the aforementioned sub-domains of I-O psychology is rooted in scientific research (Bergh, 2013) and has enjoyed the benefits associated with scientific refinement during the past four decades (Van Zyl, 2013b (Hayes, Barlow & Nelson-Gray, 1999;Riggio, 2009). The professional training of I-O psychologists focuses on equipping students with the knowledge and skills to conduct research in an effort to increase knowledge and understanding of human-work behaviour and to apply that knowledge to improve work behaviour, the work environment and the psychological conditions of workers (APA, 2007;Byrne et al, 2014;Riggio, 2009).…”

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A review of a decade’s scholarly publications (2004–2013) in the <i>South African Journal of Industrial Psychology</i>

Coetzee

Zyl

2014

SA j ind psychol

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Orientation: Publishing methodologically sound, empirically based studies in reputable accredited scientific journals are essential in order to advance knowledge and evidence-based practice in the field of industrial and organisational psychology.Research purpose: The purpose of the research was to conduct a broad content analysis of the articles published in the South African Journal of Industrial Psychology (SAJIP) between 2004 and 2013. The study aimed to provide a descriptive overview of the most frequent content themes,published authors and institutions, research approaches, strategies, designs and analysis techniques, software packages and sample sizes in industrial and organisational (I-O) psychology utilised in the publications.Motivation for study: The periodic analyses of published content in scholarly journals provide an index of the extent to which the publications reflect the scope of practice in a given discipline and broaden insight into the direction and relevance of research published in a journal.Research design, approach and method: A broad systematic content analysis was conducted of 342 documented articles published in the SAJIP between 2004 and 2013. Descriptive data(frequencies and percentages) were used to report the findings.Main findings: The publishing pattern of the SAJIP appeared to correspond with its focus and scope. Manuscripts utilising mostly cross-sectional quantitative correlational research designs with large samples (n > 201) were published in the SAJIP. The University of Johannesburg and Professor Sebastiaan (Ian) Rothmann were the largest contributors to publications between 2004 and 2013. Organisational psychology and psychometrics were the most prominent domains in I-O psychology research. Data were predominantly processed utilising SPSS.Practical implications: The insights derived from the findings can be employed to plan future research initiatives in the field of I-O psychology.Contribution/value-add: The findings provide valuable insight into the current status of the foci of I-O psychology research as published in the SAJIP between 2004 and 2013 and the contribution made by the SAJIP to advancing knowledge and evidence-based practice in I-O psychology.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%