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Completing the requirements for a PhD in psychology with a specialization in industrial/organizational psychology allows students to gain knowledge about how people behave in the workplace. This area of study also deals with factors that affect efficiency and employee attitudes in the workplace.

Students in this program learn the skills needed to work in business settings or institutes of higher learning. They have good communication and analytical skills, which are needed to look at current issues in the work place and to develop solutions that will benefit the organization. Examples of the courses you would be taking at this level of study include:

• Base Pay Management
• Compensation and Benefit Application
• Differential Item Functioning
• Fundamentals of Employee Benefits Programs
• Issues in Industrial Psychology
• Leadership and Group Dynamics
• Leadership Theories and Research
• Legal Issues
• Meta-Analysis and Utility Analysis
• Multi-level Data Analysis
• Multivariate Statistical Analysis
• Organizational Assessment
• Organizational Attitudes and Behaviors
• Performance Appraisal
• Personnel Selection
• Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Quantitative Psychology
• Total Quality Management
• Variable Pay

Career Options

A person with a PhD in psychology with a specialization in industrial/organizational psychology has a number of career options available, including:

• Human Resources Manager
• Instructor
• Professor
• Workplace Motivator
• Workplace Psychologist