This movement aided in expanding industrial psychology to include organizational psychology Performance appraisal systems are an active area of research and practice in industrial psychology

The field of I-O psychology had its birth in industrial psychology and the use of psychological concepts to aid in personnel selection. However, with research such as the Hawthorne study, it was found that productivity was affected more by human interaction and not physical factors; the field of industrial psychology expanded to include organizational…

organizational psychology — branch of psychology that studies the interactions between people working in organizations and the effects of those interactions on productivity. industrial psychology — branch of psychology that studies job characteristics, applicant characteristics, and how to match them; also studies employee training and performance appraisal. performance appraisal — evaluation of an employee’s success or lack of success at performing the duties of the job. job analysis — determining and listing tasks associated with a particular job.