Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology is the study of how people
behave at work. More specifically, I-O psychologists are interested in
such topics as: recruiting and hiring the best people, improving
employee skills, developing performance appraisal and reward systems,
ensuring fair workplace procedures, motivating employees, fostering team
work, leadership, and employee well-being.
The Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology program at the University of Guelph is unique in Canada because of our balanced approach to graduate education. We highly value both the research and practice in our field, and as a result, our graduates are highly sought after by both academic and applied employers.
On the research side, we have faculty who are heavily involved in basic and applied research and our graduate students have a strong record of winning research and thesis awards. In short, our faculty and graduates are working to extend our understanding of psychological phenomena in the workplace and to use this knowledge to improve productivity and the quality of life at work.
The Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology program at the University of Guelph is unique in Canada because of our balanced approach to graduate education. We highly value both the research and practice in our field, and as a result, our graduates are highly sought after by both academic and applied employers.
On the research side, we have faculty who are heavily involved in basic and applied research and our graduate students have a strong record of winning research and thesis awards. In short, our faculty and graduates are working to extend our understanding of psychological phenomena in the workplace and to use this knowledge to improve productivity and the quality of life at work.
On the practice side, our graduate students are able to benefit from
skills-based course work and the opportunity to apply the skills they
have learned in real consulting assignments with Organization &
Management Solutions and paid internships.
This balanced approach to education ensures that our graduates will make meaningful contributions to the science and practice of Industrial-Organizational Psychology. As well, it means that students thoroughly enjoy the program at Guelph. Indeed, we recently came second in graduate student ratings of North American I-O programs published by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP).
Read the SIOP rankings of I-O graduate programs
(HTML).
Learn more about I-O psychology at www.siop.org.
Learn more about I-O psychology in Canada at the website for the Canadian Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (CSIOP).
This balanced approach to education ensures that our graduates will make meaningful contributions to the science and practice of Industrial-Organizational Psychology. As well, it means that students thoroughly enjoy the program at Guelph. Indeed, we recently came second in graduate student ratings of North American I-O programs published by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP).
Read the SIOP rankings of I-O graduate programs
(HTML).
Learn more about I-O psychology at www.siop.org.
Learn more about I-O psychology in Canada at the website for the Canadian Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (CSIOP).